TheRegister.org: Visa dings teen for $23-quadrillion restaurant charge
TheRegister.org: Fancy dropping into Pitetsbkrrh?

I've heard about these stories on NPR yesterday and today. What can you say? Technology's goin' plain crazy lately! How would you like to fly into Pitetsbkrrh, or be charged $23,148,855,308,184,500.00 for eating at Applebee's?

Another interesting and more revealing source of information on the Visa charge error is over at Slashdot.

Randomly... I'm finally going through my MP3s folder and cleaning house. I've got so much crap in here that I used to think was cool as hell. Ugh.

I still dig this one though.

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William Shatner
Common People

She came from Greece
She had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College
That's where I caught her eye

She told me that her Dad was loaded
I said, in that case I'll have a rum and coca-cola
She said fine, and in thirty seconds time she said

I want to live like common people
I want to do whatever common people do
I want to sleep with common people
I want to sleep with common people, like you

Well, what else could I do?
I said, I'll see what I can do

I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why
But I had to start it somewhere
So it started there

I said, pretend you've got no money
She just laughed, and said
Oh you're so funny! I said, yeah?
Well, I can't see anyone else smiling in here

Are you sure you want to live like common people?
You want to see whatever common people see?
You want to sleep with common people?
You want to sleep with common people, like me?
But she didn't understand

[Jackson]
She just smiled and held my hand

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school

But still, you'll never get it right
When you're lying in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you called your Dad he could stop it all
Yeah

[Shatner]
You'll never live like common people
You'll never do whatever common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And dance and drink and screw

[Jackson and Shatner]
Because there's nothing else to do

[Shatner and Chorus]
Sing along with the common people
Sing along, and it might just get you through

[Chorus]
Laugh along with the common people

[Shatner and Chorus]
Laugh along, even though they're laughing at you

[Shatner]
And the stupid things that you do
'Cause you think that poor is cool

[Jackson]
Like a dog lying in a corner
They'll bite you and never warn you
Look out

[Shatner]
They'll tear your insides out
'Cause everybody hates a tourist

[Jackson]
'Cause everybody hates a tourist
Especially one who thinks
It's all such a laugh

[Shatner]
Yeah, and the chip stains' grease
Will come out in the bath

[Shatner and Jackson]
You will never understand
How it feels to live your life
With no meaning or control
And with nowhere left to go

You're amazed that they exist
And they burn so bright
While you can only wonder why

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school

But still, you'll never get it right!
'Cause when you're lying in bed at night

[Shatner]
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you called your Dad he could stop it all!
Yeah

You'll never live like common people!

[Shatner and Jackson]
You'll never do what common people do!
You'll never fail like common people!
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

[Chorus]
I want to sing with common people, like you
I want to sing with common people, like you
I want to sing with common people, like you

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: William Shatner - Common People