Sony BMG raided for software piracy!

Apparently a small software company was contacted by a Sony BMG IT person for assistance and gave them the software key, which the company found was pirated. The company ordered a bailiff raid and found their software installed on four Sony servers.

There's also something about 47% of Sony's software being pirated....

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9362/Sony+BMG+Sued+for+Software+Piracy+-+Assets+Seized

I'm waiting for Italy and South Korea to merge

From News of the Weird:

Italy's highest appeals court ruled in March that it is not illegal for a woman to lie in a police investigation if the reason is to cover up her adulterous affair. Court of Cassation judges said that her honor is more important than providing intimate information about her lover. [BBC News, 3-7-08]

and

In February, the South Korean cell phone company KTF announced a new voice-analysis program for its customers to enable them to evaluate their sincerity when calling a lover. The caller can point the phone's camera at himself and see a meter on the screen measuring his own passion, then receive a text message afterward noting voice expressions by the person receiving the call (surprise, honesty, etc.). [Reuters, 2-14-08]

The AD&D stats of famous people!

For example, Paris Hilton:

Paris Hilton
Actress
Chaotic Neutral Human
Strength: 9
Intelligence: 9
Wisdom: 8
Constitution: 10
Dexterity: 14
Charisma: 18
Special Abilities: Wiggling out of jail time for DUI charges, washing cars in an entertaining manner.

Personally I think her int and wis are at least 1 point high. The descriptions for Bush & Cheney are pretty funny.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/guess-the-add-s.html