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Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 04, 2006 @02:56PM from the shoulder-surfing-retailers dept.

Jewfro_Macabbi writes, "Recently after browsing major online retailers for Bluetooth adapters, I went to Amazon.com to find front-page ads for, you guessed it, Bluetooth adapters. Disable cookies, the ads go away; re-enable cookies and the ads re-appear. The EULA is ambiguous as usual. Try it for yourself and see."

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Buy It On.... (Score:5, Funny)

by DynaSoar ( 714234 ) * writes: on Monday September 04, 2006 @03:18PM (#16039244) Journal

While searching a bit torrent site for old episodes of La Femme Nikita, I was regaled by an ad which read:
"Can't find La Femme? Buy it on eBay!"

Really. Just a rental as per usual, or an all out purchase?
Can I take it for a test drive?
The shipping would probably be horrendous. I'll bet they sell them "pick up only". Which is, after all, the usual way. So who needs eBay?

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It's actually... (Score:3, Funny)

by ericdano ( 113424 ) writes: on Monday September 04, 2006 @03:20PM (#16039253) Homepage

It's actually a Ninja named Roger [askaninja.com] who's pissed at him. He's waiting for the author to click on the wrong link.

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Re:How long did it take you? (Score:4, Funny)

by Afecks ( 899057 ) writes: on Monday September 04, 2006 @03:37PM (#16039335)

Wow, you mean when I go to www.nsa.gov my packets can be sniffed by AT&T and then given to the NSA? What kind of twisted Orwellian nightmare has this world become?!

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All your files have been destroyed (sorry). Paul.