Beyond the pale...

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Beyond the pale...


What three- word phrase originally meant outside of the area of Ireland controlled by England, but now means beyond the limits of acceptable behaviour?



Beyond the pale.

A warning about internet fraud and a message from Microsoft...

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An email claiming to be from Paypal was received this morning. It was actually internet fraud. They wanted my person details, name and password. Be warned, you may get one yourself. I also received the following warning  from Microsoft.

124-11-68-88.static.tfn.net.tw



We recommend that you do not continue to this website.

Go to my homepage instead



This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information.



More information



This website has been reported to contain the following threats:

Phishing threat: This is a phishing website that impersonates a trusted website to trick you into revealing personal or financial information.





Learn more about phishing

Learn more about malicious software

Report that this site does not contain threats

Disregard and continue (not recommended)

Ghosts for sale on TradeMe...

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Ghosts for sale on TradeMe...



A New Zealand woman has sold two captured ghosts for $5000 on online shopping website TradeMe.



A Christchurch bidder called cdrive won the auction last night, outbidding two other contenders, according to media reports.



The seller, Avie Woodbury, has said the two spirits turned up after an experiment with a ouija board.



She claims one ghost is an old man, Les Graham, who lived in her house during the 1920s — the other is a powerful and disruptive little girl.



Since the house was exorcised in July last year the ghosts have been preserved in holy water which Ms Woodbury claims "dulls the spirits' energy".



The sale gained worldwide attention with British tabloid The Sun likening the auction to the movie Ghostbusters.



Money from the sale will go to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals once the cost of the exorcism has been taken out.



Acknowledgements: MSN Money


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Sploggers are the new nazis of the web...

Today's subject is something that has become a bone of contention for me, a blogger and a community blogger as well  -  splogger attacks.

Much of the splogging is mechanically achieved. They manage to  pour the material into your community blogsite forcing good, well written posts down the front page. Every blogger of whatever ability as a writer or reseacher, is undoubtably entitled to some time in the sun on the front page.

It would be fine if the community blogsite of which you are a member has an Administrator worth his or her salt who is prepared to instal programs to control spam, splog and porn.

Unfortunately many of these Admins don't control the unwanted material. My favourite community blogsite - Blogevolve.com -  is  literally flooded with splog, but the Admin is nowhere to be seen. The sploggers like the inmates, have taken over the institution.

What is to be done? Not a hell of a lot, I'm afraid.

The rich list...

Question 1/ Who was the richest person in history?

Question 2/ Who is New Zealand's richest person?

Question 3/ Who is Australia's richest person?


Answers at Blogevolve tomorrow:The answer

The blonde flight attendant...

The Blonde Flight Attendant...

An airline captain was helping a new blonde flight attendant prepare for her first overnight trip. Upon their arrival, the captain showed the flight attendant the best place for airline personnel to eat, shop, and stay overnight. The next morning as the pilot was preparing the crew for the day's route, he noticed the new stewardess was missing. He knew which room she was in at the hotel and called her up to ask what happened to her. She answered the phone, crying, and said, "I can't get out of the room!" "You can't get out of your room?"; the captain asked. "Why not?" She replied, "There are only three doors in here," she sobbed, "one is the bathroom, one is the closet, and one has a sign on it that says 'Do Not Disturb'!"

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The Blogevolve.com community in danger of disbanding because of splogging...

That great little community blog, 'Blogevolve.com' is in danger of disbanding because of the uncontrollable splogging and an absent Admin.

The group is looking for an alternative blogging site. I have been with BE for two and a half years and enjoyed the friendship of the bloggers there.

Splogging is a curse when the Admins dont do their work.

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