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Submission + - A Fapping app? surely you've seen this....

Submitted by turkeydance on Thursday November 20, 2014 @07:19PM

turkeydance writes: it's a YouTube link for a robo-arm in fapping mode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Submission + - fake Price Comparison fools Walmart (clarkhoward.com)

Submitted by turkeydance on Thursday November 20, 2014 @06:04PM

turkeydance writes: People are reportedly creating fake Amazon pages to show fake prices on electronics and other items. In the most heavily publicized cases, Walmart was reportedly duped into selling $400 PlayStation 4 consoles for under $100.

Here's how this scam has played out: The perpetrators create fake Amazon pages and show these fake listings to Walmart cashiers (and ultimately to store managers) in an attempt to con them into matching the phantom prices.

Comment this just takes my breath away (Score 1) 114

by turkeydance on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @09:11PM (#48422677) Attached to: Blowing On Money To Tell If It Is Counterfeit

derp

Comment biased reportage (Score 1) 110

by turkeydance on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:32PM (#48422053) Attached to: The Software Big Oil's PR Firm Uses To "Convert Average Citizens"

Astroturfing is the increasingly popular tactic wherein corporations sponsor front groups or manufacture the appearance of grassroots support to simulate a genuine social movement that is rallying for goals in line with their profit motive. end quote. it's Everyone (see Bloomberg's Everytown), not just corporations. so the definition given for Astroturfing is designed for the reporter's PR motive.

Comment what do you consider your tipping point? (Score 1) 111

by turkeydance on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @08:20PM (#48414111) Attached to: Interviews: Ask Malcolm Gladwell a Question

one and done.

Comment "Has anyone ran".... (Score 0) 66

by turkeydance on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @08:12PM (#48414077) Attached to: NYT: Privacy Concerns For ClassDojo, Other Tracking Apps For Schoolchildren

this is just too easy.

Comment Re:Recycling small town America (Score 1) 231

by turkeydance on Monday November 17, 2014 @08:14PM (#48407149) Attached to: The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia

King of Hearts for the WIN! funny forty years ago.

Comment ...."had not had to endure hospital-like care." (Score 0) 231

by turkeydance on Monday November 17, 2014 @07:51PM (#48407001) Attached to: The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia

which succintly sums up Obama-care

Comment Re:Lots of deaths lately. (Score 1) 186

by turkeydance on Sunday November 16, 2014 @09:44PM (#48399573) Attached to: Battlestar Galactica Creator Glen A. Larson Dead At 77

when lots of deaths are what you post... then you are much older than the average.

Comment Glen was great (Score 1) 186

by turkeydance on Sunday November 16, 2014 @09:40PM (#48399559) Attached to: Battlestar Galactica Creator Glen A. Larson Dead At 77

and i will miss him.

Comment glass half-empty (Score -1, Troll) 154

by turkeydance on Sunday November 16, 2014 @10:30AM (#48396357) Attached to: For Some Would-Be Google Glass Buyers and Devs, Delays May Mean Giving Up

or half-full with glassholes.

Comment petaflop porn filter (Score 1) 127

by turkeydance on Saturday November 15, 2014 @08:44PM (#48394501) Attached to: US DOE Sets Sights On 300 Petaflop Supercomputer

had to adjust mine.

Comment Executive Orders (Score 1) 258

by turkeydance on Saturday November 15, 2014 @10:33AM (#48391401) Attached to: Comcast Kisses-Up To Obama, Publicly Agrees On Net Neutrality

will now come from Comcast.

Comment if so.....better Knock On Wood... (Score 1) 41

by turkeydance on Friday November 14, 2014 @06:55PM (#48389005) Attached to: How To Mathematically Predict Lightning Strikes

http://www.metrolyrics.com/kno...

Comment Raquel Welch reference (Score 1) 48

by turkeydance on Thursday November 13, 2014 @08:55PM (#48382837) Attached to: Researchers Use DNA To Record a Cell's Life History

...waited a long time to use it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

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