Numele unei nou nascute este format din 25 de nume ale unor celebritati din lumea boxului:
Her full name, which left register office staff in Perton, Wolverhampton reeling is: Autumn Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Hart Burns Johnson Willard Dempsey Tunney Schmeling Sharkey Carnera Baer Braddock Louis Charles Walcott Marciano Patterson Johansson Liston Clay Frazier Foreman Brown.
Un alt cuplu nu a reusit insa sa-i puna numele “4real” copilului lor:
New Zealand authorities have blocked a couple’s bid to officially name their new son “4real,” saying numerals are not allowed. Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby “4real” shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.
“The name has not at this stage been rejected,” Registrar-General Brian Clarke said in a statement Thursday. “We are currently in discussions with the parents … to clarify the situation.”
Clarke said the rules are designed to prevent names that are “likely to cause offense to a reasonable person.” Satan and Adolf Hitler were proposed names that have been declined, he said.
If no compromise has been reached by July 9, the baby will be registered as “real,” officials say.
Iar Patrick Knight, un texan condamnat la moarte si-a facut pagina pe MySpace.com pentru a solicita glume pe care sa le citeasca inainte de a muri spunand ca vrea sa moara razand:
A Texas man scheduled to be executed on Tuesday wants to die laughing. Patrick Knight, 39, has been soliciting jokes on the Internet and plans to tell one of them before receiving a lethal injection, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons said on Monday.
“He says he wants to keep his execution light,” she said.
Knight was sentenced to die for the August 1991 murder of his two elderly neighbours in Amarillo, Texas.
“Blog”, “netiquette”, “cookie” and “wiki” have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet, according to the results of a poll published Thursday.
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British pollsters YouGov questioned 2,091 adults earlier this month for the poll commissioned by the Lulu Blooker Prize, a literary award for books, which released the results in a statement.
Earlier this month, the growing use of words inspired by cyberspace was highlighted when the Collins English Dictionary announced that a string of them would be included in their ninth edition.
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The dictionary’s compilers monitor the use of English through a 2.5 billion word database of websites, magazines, books, journals, newspapers and broadcast transcripts to help them decide if new words should be included.
Cuvantul atotcuprinzator va reprezenta o insemnare saptamanala ce va contine un cuvant si explicatia acestuia. El va reprezenta reflexia starii autorului Ovidiu Alvis.
Au aparut speculatii (mai ales pe “ilustrul instrument de scriere corecta a istoriei” denumit Youtube) referitoare la faptul ca i s-ar fi furat presedintelui George W. Bush… ceasul, cu ocazia unei bai de multime in Albania. Echipa lui Bush nu-i atat de idioata incat sa nu se astepte la asa ceva si sa nu-l fi instruit.
Nu mai am timp sa trimit echipei materiale, n-am timp de altele noi, Alisa mai lucreaza inca la blogul ei(am tras cu ochiul, o sa fie multe de vazut si macar ea promite sa se ocupe zilnic de el).
“Teama de vineri 13, sau paraskevidekatriaphobia pe numele sau stiintific, este atat de raspandita incat afecteaza peste 17 milioane de oameni de pe intregul glob, estimeaza un studiu al Institutului pentru studiul fobiilor si managementul stresului din Carolina de Nord.
Unii sunt practic paralizati de frica si nu au curaj sa se dea jos din pat intr-o astfel de zi. „Se estimeaza ca firmele din SUA pierd 800-900 de milioane de dolari deoarece oamenii nu vor sa plece in delegatii sau sa incheie afacerile pe care le-ar face in mod normal”, afirma Donald Dossey, de la institutul mentionat. ” (Sursa: EVZ.ro)
Stiu ca-i vechi articolul dar el ramane valabil. 13… ?! … si ce ? Daca ar fi fost si Vineri m-as fi bucura ca vine weekend-ul…
According to CNET News.com. federal judge Jacqueline Chooljian requested that Torrentspy (what’s in a name) must start creating logs detailing their user’s activities. This, despite the site’s privacy policy which states they will never monitor their visitors without consent.
Understandably, this is a worrying move by the court - even more so when one considers these logs must then be turned over to the MPAA. This is believed to be the first time a judge has ordered a defendant to log visitor activity and then hand over the information to the plaintiff. The decision - arrived at last month but under seal - could force sites that are defendants in a law suit to track the actions of their visitors.
“It is likely that TorrentSpy would turn off access to the U.S. before tracking its users,” said Rothken. “If this order were allowed to stand, it would mean that Web sites can be required by discovery judges to track what their users do even if their privacy policy says otherwise.”
This action follows MPAA action in 2006 against several BitTorrent sites, TorrentSpy included. According to the MPAA, Torrentspy helps others commit copyright infringement by directing people to sites which enable them to download copyright material, an offense claims the MPAA, of secondary copyright infringement.
At the time, Rothken said “It [TorrentSpy] cannot be held ‘tertiary’ liable for visitors’ conduct that occurs away from its web search engine”. TorrentSpy claims it did nothing illegal and suggested the MPAA should sue Google.
One way or another, it seems that the MPAA is determined to obtain information about TorrentSpy and its users. A complaint issued by TorrentSpy suggests the MPAA paid a hacker $15,000 to steal e-mail correspondence and trade secrets. The hacker admitted that this was true.
Raspunsuri destepte de ambele baricade de avocati. Daca MPAA apeleaza la hackeri pentru $15,000 inseamna ca informatiile personale ale oamenilor obisnuiti valoreaza mult prea putin, iar cine are abilitati de a le fura le vinde mult prea ieftin. Lumea merge inainte datorita prostilor, da-i guvernata de destepti…
Totul se vinde mult prea ieftin sau mult prea scump. Calea de mijloc(cea perfecta) e rara in orice…
P.S. De urmarit problemele legale ale Google - pe viitor
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The logo for the 2012 Olympics has been unveiled in the most significant move since London won the Games.The jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, comes in a series of shades of pink, blue, green and orange and will evolve in the run-up to the Games.
“This is the vision at the very heart of our brand,” said London 2012 organising committee chairman Seb Coe.
“It will define the venues we build and the Games we hold and act as a reminder of our promise to use the Olympic spirit to inspire everyone and reach out to young people around the world.
“It is an invitation to take part and be involved.
“We will host a Games where everyone is invited to join in because they are inspired by the Games to either take part in the many sports, cultural, educational and community events leading up to 2012 or they will be inspired to achieve personal goals.”
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