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LOL believe me, I thought about it. Even thought about buying a baseball bat especially for it. But in the end I think the bank dealt with him. They spent so much time and resources chasing down the wrong person.

Not quite ID fraud, but a bank slip up. (lol yep.. I don't like em much either) Some guy bought a new (used) car and the lad at the bank in charge of the transaction apparently made a complete balls up and made a mistake with the guy's ID number.

The guy paid for the car for the first few months, and then stopped when they were about 10 000 away from actually owning the car. It was a round of lawyers calling and demanding, being downright rude, banks calling saying that they were going to take the money from bank accounts and all sorts.

Boy was there a bit of grovelling when they had their mistake pointed out to them. Even their Lawyers responsible for their debt collection etc. had to do a bit of feet (for lack of a better word lol) kissing.

The mistake in the ID? The last three digits. He didn't copy them properly from the guys ID book, (how did he miss it when they take copies of ID's though...)

I think, if this is how things are going to go, then facebook etc. better crack down on their no fake name policy. I think it depends on whether or not they used their "usual methods" to get their moneybefore turning to social networks, and I also guess warning people of this to avoid the shame isn't going to work either.

I brings up another problem though, ID fraud is a problem as well, so what if someone buys something on your name and decides he wants it for free? The collectors then cause a raucous on your FB page and you don't know what the heck they're talking about. It could result in a good few lawsuits methinks.

As someone that has rather cobweb infested social network (lol no time I'm afraid), I can see a few genuinely good ways to use it as a marketing tool, but I've said it before, its not the be all and end all of marketing. That article was brilliant by the way, and on may areas I agree mostly. but its not because it will help you increase your following only.

It's because it helps build your and your company's reputation. "Keeping it real" and focusing on your clients, potential customers, and the odd visitor that wandered in off a Google search does so much more for you than people are likely to think. It would really seem as if business is becoming more money oriented than customer oriented (IMHO).

Being good to your existing clients, helps you build a bigger, better client base, and having a social network is just an easier way for them to spread the word if they like what you do.

(Sigh.. I'm gna be hated for this one )

A woman goes for a drive in the country. She stops at a farm and watches a farmer in the field with his sheep. She walks up to him and says, "If I can tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your field, can I have one?".

The farmer thinks about it and says its ok. She looks around at the sheep and finally comes up with a number. The startled farmer looked at her, puzzled, but let her choose her sheep.

As she was about to leave with her prize, the farmer stops her and says, "If I can predict your real hair color, can I have my dog back?".

lol ah shucks, what have I done

HAHAHAHA that was brilliant.

Steve, can't you log complaints with vodaphone? I use vodacome here, and I am seriously in the middle of nowhere, and yet still get good reception.

It gets a bit nasty when I try use my 3G though, I have to practice not to move one I find an area in the house that has a signal strength of around 2 bars or it reverts back to edge.

What I do now though, is connect using the wifi on my adsl modem. (its even faster than 3G )

LOL, good one

I'm not a fan of blonde jokes, but this one was rather good

A blonde, a brunette and a redhead escape from prison and are running from the cops. They see three potato sacks and decide to hide in them. A cop comes past and starts to kick each potato sack one by one.

He kicks the sack the brunette's hiding in, and she goes "meeow".
He then kicks the sack the redhead's hiding in, and she goes "woof".
He then kicks the sack the blonde's hiding in and she goes "potato".

I have heard of a few people muttering under their breath that they should have taken an iPhone instead. I was watching the news, and they explained that a lot of people in SA are being affected by it as well. Ah well, I have the best smartphone on the market, they can keep their BB's. (Seriously. I haven't had a single problem with my iphone since the day I got it.)

It's a sad time for apple and Steve's family. I know that, before he left, he hand picked his successor. I just wonder if he has an idea of how hard its going to be to fill Steve's shoes. He did a lot for not only apple, but technology as a whole, and if it wasn't for his genius, we wouldn't have half the gorgeous tech we have today, if at all.