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Submission + - Somebody's had better days at work (chicagotribune.com)

Submitted by flopwich on Saturday January 13, 2018 @07:56PM

flopwich writes: Somebody sent out a false emergency alert to all cell phones in Hawaii saying, "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL" Authorities vow to ensure it doesn't happen again.

Submission + - PETA is not happy that Google used a camel to get a desert "StreetView" (kitsapsun.com)

Submitted by flopwich on Sunday October 12, 2014 @07:51PM

flopwich writes: So Google used a camel-mounted camera to get a "street view" of a stretch of desert in the United Arab Emirates. PETA's director is all sniffy about it, saying they should have used jeeps. Oblivious to PETA's opinion, the camel in the video, munching food as it carries the camera, really doesn't look like it minds all that much.

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