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[theweaselking]

Australian insurance broker who came to work drunk regularly, pissed in a garbage can, and had constant unexplained absences over the course of month, and was finally fired, feels he was unfairly discriminated against due to his attention deficit disorder. He sues, and wins $10,000

Also,
Thai ice cream vendor attacks his dentist with a sword.

Also,
Boston high-school's 30-year-old radio station's frequency given to Christian broadcasting network, as the FCC says that religious programming is "a better use of the public airwaves"

Also,
Google cedes use of "Gmal" name in the UK.

Also,
American insurance company told that yes, yes you DO have to pay for the accident insurance claim for a woman who was crippled by a collision with an out-of-control truck.

Also,
Scottish cats appear to be allergic to humans.

Also,
Michigan man reports that his car is stolen. Does not mention his 4-month-old son, who was in the car when it was stolen.

Also,
From the White House Press Room:

QUESTION: You can't say you're challenging the facts and then not say which ones you're challenging.

SCOTT McCLELLAN: Yes, I can. I just did.

Also,
I want this monitor:

Comments

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

Dunno about everywhere else, but in America, insurance companies are pretty much pure, unbridled evil. I hate them and I hate the people who work for them.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

And what's up with that gmail shit? How can multiple people have the same email address?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

They're not giving up gmail.com.

They're agreeing not to advertise gmail in the UK, and presumably ceding the claim to gmail.co.uk. In the UK, "GMail" is not "Google Mail".

An analogy: For some reason, Microsoft runs into a company in the UK that produce a product called "Encarta", and has produced it for longer than Microsoft.

They can't agree on a deal for MS to buy the name, so, in the UK, MS does not produce or sell "Encarta", they sell the identical-in-all-ways Microsoft Encyclopedia. They don't have to give up Encarta.com, but they would probably be prevented from buying encarta.co.uk or a variant.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

But... why not just give them gmail.com addresses? Why do they have to have .co.uk addresses?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

But they've lost the rights to use the name "Gmail" in the UK. Giving out gmail.com addresses in the UK, even though they own gmail.com, would necessarily involve presenting Google's product as "Gmail" - and in the UK, "Gmail" refers to the other company's product, not Google's.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

Wow. Seems kind of silly. *shrug*

[wolfger.livejournal.com]

I absolutely *must* *have* one of these monitors!