MP3 Christmas Gift for 10 Year Old Girl Bought at WALMART Preloaded With Porn

I hardly think that this was on Santa’s list of presents to bring children …

Hey Walmart … Wanna get away? This must have been the feeling when Daryl Hill realized that the MP3 player he had purchased at Walmart for his 10 year old daughter was preloaded with porn and explicit songs. One would think that legal action will be part of this families new year.

A father gave his 10-year-old daughter a Christmas present that would make Santa blush.

Now Daryl Hill wants to know why an MP3 video player he bought at a Wal-Mart in Sparta was preloaded with pornography and explicit songs.

Hill bought three of the players as Christmas presents for his children. He said one of the devices had apparently been returned to the store from a previous owner who loaded sex clips and songs with lyrics about using drugs.

“Within 10 minutes, my daughter was crying,” Hill said Thursday. “I wish I could take the thoughts and images out of her head.”

Hill questioned why Wal-Mart Stores Inc. would sell used merchandise as new, which he said violates its own policies. (FOX News)

The Internet Super Highway Coming to the Friendly Skies as Some Airlines Offer In-Flight Internet Service

Gone are the days of meals and playing cards on airlines; however, now you will hear when you get on a plane … “you got mail.” Gone are the days of getting an extra package of nuts, but the world wide web will be available.  In a post 911 world where due to terrorism concerns passengers cannot bring on a multitude of items, we will now have access to the web and direct IM communication. Let’s think this one out first to its full conclusion before we have to deal with the laws of unintended consequences and a terrorism plane disaster. So we don’t allow liquids on a plane, but we allow internet access … Hmmm.

Passengers may soon hear a new in-flight announcement: “You can now log on.”

Starting next week and over the next few months, several American airlines will test Internet service on their planes.

On Tuesday, JetBlue Airways will begin offering a free e-mail and instant messaging service on one aircraft, while American Airlines, Virgin America and Alaska Airlines plan to offer a broader Web experience in the coming months, probably priced at about $10 a flight.

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Cyber Monday Kicks Off the On-line Holiday Shopping Season for Retailers

Black Friday, the first shopping day after Thanksgiving appears to have been a major success for retailers. Reports show that sales on Friday and Saturday combined rose 7.2 percent to $16.4 billion from the same two-day period a year ago. Now comes Cyber Monday. Are you planning on buying on-line? Maybe you have already started.

Retailers are hoping last week’s strong start to the holiday shopping season at malls and stores translates into a busy buying season online, which officially begins Monday.

The Monday after Thanksgiving, tagged “Cyber Monday” by the National Retail Federation, marks the first big online shopping surge for many merchants as consumers return to their work computers.

Chimpanzees Choose more Rationally than Humans

Tell us something we already don’t know … Chimps choose more rationally than humans. In other words, Monkeys do not make irrational choices to punish someone they perceive as unfair. Its not a matter of getting even, its a matter of self interest and self preservation. End result when it comes to choice, monkeys are rational. So how does this rational decision making play into stories that have been commented on this site?

The researchers concluded chimpanzees do not show a willingness to make fair offers and reject unfair ones. In this way, they protect their self interest and are unwilling to pay a cost to punish someone they perceive as unfair.

And sometimes Monkeys choose even more rationally than certain humans.

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21st Century Milk Carton … National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Missing Kid Saver

The internet can be a very valuable tool for missing person cases. We have heard and read many stories when the internet is used for evil. Here is a tremendous case when the  internet is used for good. 

In the continuing effort to have computer technology aide in missing persons cases, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has developed the new 21st century milk carton.