Jokes in poor taste... Jul 28, 10, 4:52 p.m.

I apologise in advance for this thread.

Q: What's the smallest Pub in England?
A: The Thalidomide Arms

Facebook IPO Feb 1, 12, 8:17 p.m.

"The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social network’s first headquarters made a smart bet. The shares owned by the artist, David Choe, are expected to be worth upward of $200 million when Facebook stock trades publicly later this year.

The payout to Mr. Choe, the graffiti artist, could provide more money from his paintings than Sotheby’s attracted for its record-breaking $200.7 million auction in 2008 for work by the artist Damien Hirst.

In 2005, Mr. Choe was invited to paint murals on the walls of Facebook’s first offices in Palo Alto, Calif., by Sean Parker, then Facebook’s president. As pay, Mr. Parker offered Mr. Choe a choice between cash in the "thousands of dollars," according to several people who know Mr. Choe, or stock then worth about the same amount.

Mr. Choe, who has said that at the time that he thought the idea of Facebook was "ridiculous and pointless," nevertheless chose the stock.

Many "advisers" to the company at that time, which is how Mr. Choe would have been classified, would have received about 0.1 to 0.25 percent of the company, according to a former Facebook employee. That may sound like a paltry amount, but a stake that size is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, based on a market value of $100 billion. Mr. Choe’s payment is valued at roughly $200 million, according to a number of people who know Mr. Choe and Facebook executives."

Ban the Burqa? Jul 13, 10, 4:56 p.m.

Yes or no? Are the French right to ban the wearing of the Burqa in public?

My take - I believe society’s right to view someone’s face far outweighs any outdated religious edict that mandates covering up and wearing this provocative cultural garb.

Just a hunch, and not based in fact, but I would say the vast majority of Muslim women who wear the Burqa and claim it is by choice, only say this to avoid persecution by muslim men.

The Royal Wedding Apr 27, 11, 1:02 a.m.

So who's pumped?

I've heard debate here (Oz) on the radio lamenting the saturation coverage and the fact this is not news...well flap me. I'd much rather watch/listen to a bit of fantasy than the crap that is served up daily as "news".

Horse names Oct 20, 10, 4:16 p.m.

Got any good ones?

Always had a soft spot for Norma Stits.

Hell of a day... Feb 8, 09, 1:21 a.m.

...here in Victoria. 66 people dead from bushfires yesterday after it hit 46.4 yesterday and fears the toll could top 100.

New ANZ Logo Oct 24, 09, 7:35 p.m.

Is goint to cost $15mill to roll out. Already looks crap IMO and will probably be outdated in a year or two. Definitely not something that looks like it will stand the test of time.

Apple Exec bonuses Nov 7, 11, 4:01 a.m.

Was just reading on CNET Apple Inc was giving $60m in bonuses to it's senior execs. I assumed it was to be split among them...but turns out they are each due to receive 150,000 shares with half of them vested in 2013 and the other half in 2016.

Based on today's share price, that is $60m EACH. Have I miscalculated something? Pretty obcene if you ask me, no matter how well the company is going.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_…

Perez Hilton Jun 22, 09, 6:47 p.m.

What a biggoted fuckwit. You act like a tosser and this is what happens to you.

iPhone GPS tracking Apr 20, 11, 6:37 p.m.

Pretty poor IMO that this type of data is so easily obtained.

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Ive leaving Apple? Feb 28, 11, 2:13 p.m.

Not healthy for a company to be so reliant on iconinc figures such as Jobs and Ive...if either or both are not there soon, what will that mean for them?

http://mashable.com/2011/02/27/i…

teh Jul 17, 09, 12:18 a.m.

Is there a more mistyped word?

Letterman/Palin Spat Jun 11, 09, 4:49 p.m.

What a bunch of dingbats those Palins are. "Todd" suggesting that Letterman was virtually condoning rape of a 14 year old girl. Are these people for real?

Firefox sloooooooooow Jul 14, 09, 11:43 p.m.

WTF does Firefox take so long to start up? I only have a couple of addons and not many fonts loaded but from the time it takes for me to click the logo for the first time to the time it actually opens my home page, I could go and buy some freaking lunch!

Anyone else experience this?

FF3.5 on Win7 BTW.

Metroscript Feb 17, 09, 2:03 p.m.

Just wondering if the long tailing on the 't' at the end of the sample word can be reproduced directly with the font...or is that part customised?

The Haka Oct 20, 11, 1:22 a.m.

"If some of the All Blacks persist in ending this latest version of the haka with a throat-slitting motion, they will be using a very big stage to remind people the Maoris once engaged in unspeakable conduct, which we don't discuss any more."

I for one reckon the Wallabies should have brought out a few beers and belted out a rendition of Khe Sanh.

Glenn Beck LOL Apr 6, 11, 7:03 p.m.

Probably deserves a thread of its own. Fancy him being considered too right wing for Fox News! Hilarious.

I guess it's 1-1 now...

Apple & Woolworths Dispute Oct 4, 09, 4:33 p.m.

http://www.theage.com.au/busines…

"WOOLWORTHS insists its new logo is a stylised ''W'' or a piece of fresh produce. Apple thinks it is an apple, and the California-based technology company wants to stop Australia's largest retailer from using it.

Apple has mounted a legal challenge to prevent Woolworths from using the logo, arguing it is too close to its own."

Perhaps they should take the fruit to court...for looking too much like their logo.

QBN Suggestion Nov 25, 09, 8:46 p.m.

I reckon when you click on a thread, it should ALWAYS take you to the last post in that thread rather than the first.

Am I just bass ackwards?

Paris Hilton on Letterman Jun 8, 09, 5:06 p.m.

Just caught this last night...and I have to ask one thing...WTF was she there?

She's a fucken vapid, brainless, moronic empty fucken waste of space. She added fuck all to the show. Talking about how she went to Cannes to show off some new show or something...what a joke.

Why is this fucktard given any air time at all?