How geeks define irony

First of all, let me warn you that this post has a geek rating that's righ off the charts. But I got a chuckle out of it, so I'll share it.

Remember how the music industry started suing people who distributed MP3's online? Well, now the movie industry is following suit and launching action against people who share movies online. One of the ways that people share movies is through a website called suprnova.com. At least, they did until yesterday.

I was reading this article (not sure how long the link will be valid) about how the Motion Picture Association of America has filed suit against suprnova.com, and the site had been taken offline in response. So, where's the irony?

Well, at the bottom of the article were several ads served up by Google's ad-matching technology. Many of the ads were for file sharing sites proclaiming "unlimited access to thousands of movies." And there was even an ad for ... drum roll ... suprnova.com!

Gentlemen, make sure the "boys" are protected

Yet one more hazard of the modern information age.

One teensy typo

I got this email yesterday from Best Buy ...

A promotional e-mail that we sent to you on December 1 contains a typographical error. The e-mail incorrectly stated: 'Plus get $10,000 bonus points just for joining.'

It should have stated: 'Plus get 10,000 bonus points just for joining.'

We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

Wooops!