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Next generation spam captcha

This is hilarious; I don’t know whether it was put up as an April Fool’s gag, or just a gag in passing, but do check out the “captcha” on searchguild.
http://www.searchguild.com/profile.php?mode=register&agreed=true
Go down to the bit where it says “To prove you’re human place the index finger of your dominant hand in the red box. Hold it […]

Written by 2cworth on April 23rd, 2007 with 1 comment.
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April Foolery

Google’s at it once again. The folks who gave you GMail will now print out all your email (including photos) and send it to you through snail mail.
Remember what date it is today, and then check out
GMail Paper.
I liked the tongue in cheek
Photo attachments are printed on high-quality, glossy photo paper, and secured to […]

Written by 2cworth on April 1st, 2007 with no comments.
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Cost Of A Dispute?

I learnt something today about credit card companies; and I’m wondering whether anyone has similar or other experiences to share. This is about a disputed charge for an online transaction. Not revealing any identities here, just the details.
I’d made two purchases from a particular web site; it’s one which is of repute, no fly-by-night deals. […]

Written by 2cworth on November 26th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Funny Money

Enough Money has a simple yet amusing query - how can Bill Gates be the world’s richest man with a net worth of $50 Billion, when he’s donated a huge chunk to the Gates foundation?
Possible answers :

He just said
he would be donating it, but hasn’t really!
He got the 2nd richest (Warren Buffett) to also […]

Written by 2cworth on November 16th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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One Ugly Domain = 1 million dollars?

Remember Kyle Macdonald and his One Red Paper Clip? The quirky story where he got a large paperclip, and set out to barter it for other stuff, planning to keep exchanging till he got a house?
Here comes another barter blog. Starting with One Ugly Domain, Andres Kello’s trying to barter domain names to get something […]

Written by 2cworth on November 9th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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