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When is a "benefits programme" NOT a "benefits programme"? (Aug 30 2007 23:59 GMT) - A few years back, online message boards in connexion with websites as monitor fraudulent and deceptive scams packaged as "home business opportunities" using a "multi-level marketing" (MLM) or "forced-matrix" component were all over @ least two "consumer benefits programme" scams which included a... N.B. This is only a brief summary. To read the complete text of this item, please visit thedailyphosdex. |
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No postings Labour Day weekend (Aug 30 2007 23:59 GMT) - Out of respect for the Labour Day Long Weekend, the daily phosdex will be on hiatus between Saturday, 1 September and Monday, 3 September, inclusive. Regular postings will resume, G-d willing, on Tuesday, 4 September. Enjoy your weekend, drive carefully, and--in the immortal motto of Yates's Wine... N.B. |
Coyote Gulch
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Iraq (Aug 30 2007 23:59 GMT) - Daily Kos: "Richardson asks the question that none of the front-runner candidates want to answer: "'All the major Democratic candidates say they are eager to end this war, and they all say they don't believe there is a military solution in Iraq. Why, then, do they maintain that we must leave an indefinite number of troops behind for an indeterminate amount of time to work hopelessly towards a military solution everyone says doesn't exist?' "'It is time to get a straight answer from all the other candidates: |
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Elephants and Parades (Aug 30 2007 23:58 GMT) - I had a dream that I was leading a parade, while playing a large bass drum. 2 Elephants in the parade, then got out of control and dispersed the parade. When this happened I dropped the drum and grabbed my daughter and hid in a nearby bathroom. The two original elephants were joined by 2 other elephants (one of which was a baby elephant). The elephants seemed to be looking for me an my daughter. |
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Three new Kodak Cameras (Aug 30 2007 23:57 GMT) - Kodak today announced three new EASYSHARE digital cameras along with an HDTV-capable EASYSHARE Dock. The V1253 and V1233 cameras share 12 megapixel sensors and 3x SCHNEIDER- KREUZNACH lenses with the V1253 getting a larger 3.1″ screen versus the V1233?s 2. |
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Ex-astronaut can take off ankle bracelet (Aug 30 2007 23:56 GMT) - A former NASA astronaut accused of assaulting a romantic rival at a Florida airport can take off her electronic tracking bracelet while she awaits trial, a judge ruled Thursday. |
VoIP News and Developments
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TNR Gold Corp.: Acquisition and Exploration of the (Aug 30 2007 23:56 GMT) - Stockhouse Canada - … Management, Customer Interaction Management, Do Not Call, E911, e-Business Solutions, Enterprise VoIP Gateways, Hosted Contact … Media Processing, Metro Ethernet, Mobile Telephony, OnDemand Customer Communications, Open Source CRM, Open Source PBX … Original post by hosted pbx - Google News |
Boing Boing
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Collection of creepy looking farm equipment. (Aug 30 2007 23:54 GMT) - Our pal Iowahawk took a bunch of photos of his father's collection of scary-looking old farming implements. (Above: "Pity the poor apple skinned alive by the fiendish cast iron Kleen Kutter.") After 42 years farming a handsome little square mile of western Iowa, my old man hung up his clodhoppers a few years ago for a well-deserved rest. Like a lot of retirees, Hawkdad decided to take up collecting, with a focus on primative farm equipment and toys. |
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Under-fire senator alleges entrapment (Aug 30 2007 23:54 GMT) - Sen. Larry Craig denied trying to engage in lewd behavior in an airport bathroom and suggested he was entrapped, according to audiotape of his arrest interview released Thursday. Craig said: "I reached down and scooted over and the next thing I knew, under the bathroom divider comes a card that says 'police.'" |
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Gavin Continues His March To Victory: Tony Hall's Out (Aug 30 2007 23:53 GMT) - You think Gavin means it when he tells Ken Garcia that it's kind of freaking him out that no one's running against him? Well, there's one more down: ABC 7's Dan Noyes has the scoop that Tony Hall has dropped out of the race too. Hall was the one unambiguously-serious mayoral candidate running against Gavin Newsom (and by "unambiguously-serious" we mean was a wedding singer but does not have an animal in his name and wears clothes, of course) -- but says it was an uphill battle getting campaign contributions since everyone is so sure Gavin's going to win anyways. Well, it might have helped if Tony had ever managed to get his website up beyond "under construction" too. |
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