Rusty Foster Isn't Dead 162
While he was vacationing with his wife, Kuro5hin founder Rusty Foster was killed — at least in the eyes of Facebook. NBC News details how it happened: a "pal" pranked both Foster and Facebook by notifying the social site of Foster's supposed death, providing as documentation the obituary of another, much older man by the same name. Getting the Facebook version of his life back took some doing; based on this article it seems much easier to convince Facebook that you're dead than that you're alive.
Murder by Internet? (Score:5, Funny)
http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/01/03/049209/security-firm-predicts-murder-by-internet-connected-devices [slashdot.org]
Looks like they were mostly correct.
It was an understandable mixup (Score:5, Funny)
While he's not dead, his site certainly is.
In other news (Score:5, Funny)
Kuro5hin is still online.
The worst part of it was (Score:3, Funny)
Just as Rusty was getting his FB life back on track, Zygna shut down Petville and he lost his pets too.
A truly tragic story...
Re:In other news (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Slow News Day (Score:5, Funny)
"Posted by timothy on Saturday January 05, @12:24AM"
posted a whole 24 min after the day started, tell me ... are you a natural fucktard, or a trained dipshit?
I don't think you have a comprehensive knowledge of either time zones or phrases in the English Language.
First point, in some places of the world, like Sydney, it's after 5PM, the workday is over. This is due to the Earth being round, a discovery made a few years ago and a bias by the majority of the population to being active when it's bright outside. Second point, the phrase, 'slow news day', is a figure of speech refering to publisher quotas and a demand to publish crud over nothing at all.
Re:Facebook still isn't obligatory. (Score:4, Funny)
As long as you don't need facebook to get a job
But what if this happens on LinkedIn?
Once upon a time... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Two Facebook articles in a row (Score:2, Funny)
It looks like you forgot to tick the AC checkbox. Or if, consult a shrimp -- fast. :-)
Re:Shitfest of Kuro5hin (Score:5, Funny)