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Offline RopeFiend

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George Orwell's '1984' in the Internet age
« on: August 08, 2009, 06:42:05 PM »
In a cruel but hilarious example of life imitating art, Amazon.com is mimicking George Orwell's 1984... THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.


Read the full story here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1203527/Big-Brother-Amazon-automatically-removes-1984-Kindle-e-book-reader-warning.html

Here's an excerpt:


 :emot_rotf.gif:  People always thought I was paranoid...
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Re: George Orwell's '1984' in the Internet age
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2009, 01:24:13 AM »
...I don't wanna be erased.
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Hey everybody, did the news get around about a guy named Butcher Pete?
Ol' Pete just flew into this town and he's choppin' up all the women's meat!
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