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Laptop tells all about the Northern Illinois University Shooting

February 17, 2008

A laptop cumputer seized from a DeKalb motel `n` believed ta be connected ta Thursday’s didly shootin at Northern Illinois University had no hard drive, federal officials said Saturday.

Police confiscated a laptop cumputer from a room at dis DeKalb, Illinois, motel, its manager said.

DeKalb Travelodge manager Jay Patel said police confiscated a Toshiba laptop cumputer from Room 105.

Steven Kazmierczak, 27, killed five students `n` himself Thursday in a lecture hall on da university campus in DeKalb, west of Chicago.

The motive behind da shootin spree remains unknown. Video Watch a profile of da victims »

As da university mourns, school officials on Saturday announced classes will resume February 25.

A memorial service fer da victims is scheduled ta tekk place da day b4, university spokeswoman Melanie Magara said.

Faculty `n` staff will return ta work Tuesday `n` will receive trainin on how ta help students when classes resume, Magara said.

On Friday, a bomb squad swept da Travelodge room wher da laptop was found fer explosives, a source close ta da investigation said.

A DeKalb police source said a duffel bag wif shotgun ammunition `n` regular ammunition was found in da room `n` confiscated. No note was found, da source said.

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Watch Out PayPal, Now we can deposit checks from home!

February 8, 2008

Online banking service provider CheckFree Corp. is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go to a bank branch to deposit checks.

Called Remote Deposit Capture, the technology has been around for years and lets people scan checks through their home computers and deposit them electronically. But it has been used mainly for businesses.

Customers want to be able to deposit checks without having to go to banks, said Rod Springhetti, CheckFree’s vice president of global strategic marketing, and banks want to be able to offer that.

“I think the ability to remotely capture a check will become part of the standard features and functions of online banking,” Springhetti said.

CheckFree said the service is available starting this week for any consumers who bank online, as long as their banks offer it.

Recently acquired by Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. for about $4.4 billion, CheckFree has been in discussions with institutions large and small, though none have committed to using the technology, Springhetti said.

Bob Meara, a senior analyst for research firm Celent, said lots of smaller competitors may follow CheckFree’s lead, but it remains unclear how many banks will adopt it and how consumers will react.

“Eventually, it will be a staple element in banks online and the mobile banking platform,” he said. “That doesn’t mean every consumer is going to pay attention to it.”

A recent Celent survey found that about 20 percent of banks had the technology for consumers or planned to get it, and another 20 percent were considering it — while about 90 percent either use the technology with business clients or want to.

CheckFree’s technology already is in the top 150 banks. Springhetti said it is fairly simple to use, and banks can tailor it for their clients.

Customers need a scanner, which is often standard on printers now, a computer and an Internet connection. They’ll go to their home banking site, enter the amount of the check, scan both sides, do a quick review and submit it to the bank.

Banks will have the option to add their own fraud protection to make sure bad checks aren’t being cashed, he said. Normal processing times will apply, he said

UHHH, Redneck Reality Check. Isn’t there enough crime in da world taday? I thinkk dis is going to cause more crime and internet fraud than ever before. We aren’t getting more advanced, we are getting more STUPPIDER.

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New NFL playoff structure?

February 8, 2008

A small bit of news about da possibility of shakin up da NFL playoffs was buried, somewhut ironically, by da awesomeness of da playoffs emselves. Ta me, dat suggests dat da playoffs don’t need changed, but whut da hell, I’m open ta new ideas.

Roger Goodell wants ta make it so dat in da farst round of da playoffs, division winners wouldn’t automatically have a home game. If`n they played a wildcard team dat had a better record, da wild card team would git da game in their own crib.

nfl, national football league, football, pro footballThe idea is dat it gives teams mow incentive ta play hard throughout da end of da regular season, so we don’t end up seeing somethang lik a Charlie Batch vs. Jim Sorgi matchup in Week 17.

For example, dis year, da Bucs couldn’t have sat on their hands in weeks 16 `n` 17, knowing they had their division sewn up. If`n they wanted ta play a home game in da farst round, they’d have had ta tekk da field in Week 17 wif a line-up a wif a li`l mow farpower than was brung ta da table by Luke McCown, Michael Bennett, `n` Chad Lucas.

I’m not opposed ta dis idea, necessarily. It makes perfect sense, `n` a team wif a better record probably deserves a home game.

However, if`n it was put ta a vote, I’d vote no, `n` cheer’s why: If`n yonder’s a coach out yonder who saw da Colts `n` Bucs tank da end of dis season, `n` saw da Giants put forth a gargantuan effort wif \uttin ta play fer in Week 17, `n` then saw whut happened in da playoffs, `n` dat coach is still dumb enough ta be lettin his players collect rust over da last two weeks of da season, then I’m opposed ta da league stepping in `n` savin dis coach from his own idiocy.

If dis year’s postseason didn’t hammer home da “tankin is bad” message fer a coach, then he deserves a savage beatdown in da playoffs next year.

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So I get to see where the do Alaska Crab Fishing

February 1, 2008

Well I think I am going to do some Alaska Traveling. Thats right you heard me, I am going to take the family to Alaska. There is so much we wanna gander at, Like where they do the Alaskan Crab Fishing, The snow and mountains. We don’t get much snow don here in these hollers. I did me some lookin around and found some great reviews of Alaska and they are:

Alaska SceneAlaska. Imagine yore vacation in Alaska fer one moment. yore delight when yew spot a grizzly bear wif a cub er two in tow. dat instant when da silence of a misty fjord is shattered by a pod of giant humpback whales, breaching high inta da are, then crashing back against da sea. While yore floatplane flies over crystal glaciers, toward da midnight sun, remember: dis is Alaska. dis is real. dis is da adventure of a lifetime.

“It would tekk a lifetime ta experience evarythang Alaska has ta offer.”
-Charmaine Curtis, Seattle

Traveling in Alaska is lik traveling no other place on earth. yonder aur 586,000 squrrr miles cheer, `n` almost dat many possibilities. Choose from wildlife viewing, sea kayakin `n` guided glacier hikes. Relax aboard a one-day cruise, pan fer gold, bait a rod fer Alaska’s world famous kin salmon fishing.

“On a scale of 1 ta 10, I rate Alaska as a 20.”
-Richard Ulmer, Jacksonville

Alaska is a grand American Vacation destination yew don’t wanna miss! Use dis syte ta plan yore travel ta Alaska and/or Alaska vacation today: create a personal itinerary `n` git special deals on an unforgittable adventure ta Alaska!

Select My Alaska at da top of da page ta set up a personal account ta store yore Alaska vacation information. Register once `n` then update as often as yew lik.

Alaska - Beyond yore dreams. wifin yore reach.

The Deadliest Catch - I cant wait to see this

Viewers once again voyage to the Bering Sea and follow the brave captains and crew of eight crab-fishing vessels as they struggle against the treacherous weather conditions doing one of the deadliest — and most lucrative — jobs in the world.This season, which is currently being filmed as boats head out to catch opilio crab, viewers experience life above and below the Alaskan waters. Submersible cameras capture unprecedented underwater images of crabs migrating on the bottom of the Bering Sea and entering the crab pots.

In addition, footage shot from a “chase boat” shows just how diminutive these crab boats actually are in the midst of the Bering Sea. For the first time, viewers see the fishing vessels being tossed around by the high winds and rough seas. The unique angle will also offer a new perspective of the fishermen working the rails, setting and hauling the massive 800-pound crab pots as their boats fight the crashing waves.

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