Wednesday, 18 April 2007
The triumph of capitalism
Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old South Korean majoring in English and living on the Blacksburg campus, fired round after round from his Glock 9 mm and Walther .22-caliber handguns into helpless students and teachers, before turning his pistols on himself and ending the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.
For most people around the country, this was a shocking and grievous moment. For the new owner of vtechkilling.com, it was an opportunity. The domain was registered through Moniker Online Services on Monday, and soon afterwards was up for auction on eBay. The registrant posted an image of an assault rifle with the listing and described vtechkilling.com as the "perfect domain name for any memorandum or other site dedicated to the recent mass killings at Virginia Tech."
The bidding opened at one cent. The "Buy It Now" price was set at $500. In an eBay auction, "Buy It Now" allows shoppers to skip the bidding altogether by paying a lump sum up front. The registrant did not respond to an interview request.
That domain was offered at a cheap price. Another, more ambitious, would-be profiteer asked for $100,000 for five sites he'd registered through GoDaddy, including vamassacre.com and vatechcarnage.com. He covered his ad in American flags and described his sites as "Great Domain Names for a Memorial Fund Development… Our Hearts go out to all the victims and families of Virginia Tech Massacre!"
Matt Owens opened bidding for virginia-tech-rampage.com at $1,000. He set his Buy It Now price at $10,000. On the listing, Owens wrote that virginia-tech-rampage.com is a "great domain name for development!" He posted a photo of an angel in a short white dress hovering next to a cross. [read the rest]
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THIS COULD BE A PICTURE OF CHO SEUNG-HUI.
Yesterday while surfing collegehumor.com, a popular college website, I randomly came across this photo among thousands. It appears to be an Asian man attempting to kiss another girl.
At first I dismissed it, however, the caption at the top said, “From Mike at VT,” and was taken some time in 2006. Look closely at his glasses. They appear to be very similar to the infamous photo seen on television.
What could be the likelihood of it being Cho. I would say very plausible.
Here is the link to the picture…… http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1654399
Just trying to get some attention shed on this photo where ever I can.
Yesterday while surfing collegehumor.com, a popular college website, I randomly came across this photo among thousands. It appears to be an Asian man attempting to kiss another girl.
At first I dismissed it, however, the caption at the top said, “From Mike at VT,” and was taken some time in 2006. Look closely at his glasses. They appear to be very similar to the infamous photo seen on television.
What could be the likelihood of it being Cho. I would say very plausible.
Here is the link to the picture…… http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1654399
Just trying to get some attention shed on this photo where ever I can.
THIS COULD BE A PICTURE OF CHO SEUNG-HUI.
Yesterday while surfing collegehumor.com, a popular college website, I randomly came across this photo among thousands. It appears to be an Asian man attempting to kiss another girl.
At first I dismissed it, however, the caption at the top said, “From Mike at VT,” and was taken some time in 2006. Look closely at his glasses. They appear to be very similar to the infamous photo seen on television.
What could be the likelihood of it being Cho. I would say very plausible.
Here is the link to the picture…… http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1654399
Just trying to get some attention shed on this photo where ever I can.
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Yesterday while surfing collegehumor.com, a popular college website, I randomly came across this photo among thousands. It appears to be an Asian man attempting to kiss another girl.
At first I dismissed it, however, the caption at the top said, “From Mike at VT,” and was taken some time in 2006. Look closely at his glasses. They appear to be very similar to the infamous photo seen on television.
What could be the likelihood of it being Cho. I would say very plausible.
Here is the link to the picture…… http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1654399
Just trying to get some attention shed on this photo where ever I can.
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