Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/16/devil_machine/
Reg reader turns 'homo devil machine' on eBayer
Bandwidth-leeching photo link gets the Turing treatment
Posted in Bootnotes, 16th June 2009 13:09 GMT
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An Italian eBayer has not yet clocked that he's been rumbled for linking to a photo from someone else's personal website in an attempt to offload a handheld CB radio.
A Reg reader spotted the outrage - hosted on his servers - and decided to replace the image with something more provocative. The sale is here [1], and you'll need to scroll down a bit to find not the promised "M-520 INTEK C.B. 27 MHZ PORTATILE", but this splendid snap, complete with perfectly legit IT angle:
And before the knee-jerking commentards among you weigh in with pro-gay indignation venting from both ears, check out the background to the picture here [2] under "Employing irony in the marriage debate".
And no, we're not going to link directly to the snap in question, lest our wag's servers take a Reg-provoked bashing. ®
Links
- http://cgi.ebay.it/Elettronica-di-Consumo_Articoli-per-Radioamatori_CB_M520-INTEK-C-B-PORTATILE-27-MHZ-NUOVO-GARANZIA-24-MESI_W0QQitemZ390058079447QQadiZ7060QQptdiZ7079QQddiZ7011QQadnZArticoliQ20perQ20RadioamatoriQQptdnZCBQQddnZElettronicaQ20diQ20ConsumoQQcmdZViewItemQQptZCB?hash=item5ad145f4d7&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:1385|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50
- http://www.bostonphoenix.com/pages/03709277.asp