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Entries from April 2005

MPAA Sues Hawaii Residents

April 15th, 2005 · Comments Off · News

Beware movie pirates, the seas be swarmin’ with sharks!
Several motion-picture studios sued two O’ahu residents this week for allegedly downloading movies, including “Catwoman” and “Garfield,” online.
Among the other movies allegedly downloaded by the two named in the Hawai’i lawsuits were “The Stepford Wives,” “King Arthur,” “Without a Paddle” and “The Perfect Score,” according to court [...]

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Zip Code Change Cancelled!

April 14th, 2005 · Comments Off · News

This PR nightmare was brought to you by The Stink…
The U.S. Postal Service had planned to make the change on July 1, but ditched the effort yesterday.
Postal officials decided that the difficulties in implementing such a large-scale change, including equipment recalibration and retraining, outweighed the benefits of reserving the 967 codes for the growing Neighbor [...]

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Oahu Zip Code Change: 967 to 968!

April 13th, 2005 · Comments Off · News

EXCLUSIVE: MUST CREDIT TALK STINK.
Here’s the document from the Mayor’s Office obtained by The Stink regarding Oahu Zip Code Changes (PDF).
Dated April 11, 2005, it states that effective July 1, 2005 Oahu will be changing its zip code from 967xx to 968xx . Outer islands will retain the 967xx code.
So far no mention of it [...]

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Duane Chapman Profile Schmaltz

April 12th, 2005 · Comments Off · News

‘Tiser writer Michael Tsai pours it on in this profile of Dog The Bounty Hunter’s man himself, Duane Chapman:
The show is a cultural phenomenon in Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Harper Collins has set an August release date for the book “You Can Run But You Can’t Hide,” based on Dog’s life. [...]

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Hard Drive Failure

April 11th, 2005 · Comments Off · News

Must be those numbers.
The hard drive on our main machine is dying and we’ll be without for a short period of time. We’ll be working on a way to access the net in the meantime. Good thing there’s reruns scheduled.

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