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    07/12/09

    In reply to Ferrari-Crashing Gizmondo Head Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
    You know what kinds of threats are legal, Mr. Nosowitz? The kind where I threaten to smother you with hugs and gummy bears.
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    07/12/09

    In reply to Ferrari-Crashing Gizmondo Head Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
    For the record, Brian Lam is just as bad as driving. But no when cares if a Toyota Avalon winds up wrapped around a lamppost.



    Also, Blam is smart enough to know how to threaten people within the bounds of the law.



    "Sure is a nice commenting account you got here. It'd be a shame if a BanHammer were to fall on it."



    He is from NJ after all.
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    07/12/09

    In reply to Ferrari-Crashing Gizmondo Head Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
    There is a divine god!
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    07/11/09

    In reply to Ferrari-Crashing Gizmondo Head Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
    SO much history here on the tech blogs.



    The best reading has been here and over at Engadget over the years.



    GOOD TIMES, PEOPLE!
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    07/12/09

    @strider_mt2k:



    Wired.com did a great article on this a while back. Its a good read for those unfamiliar with the story: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/gizmondo.html
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    07/11/09

    In reply to Ferrari-Crashing Gizmondo Head Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
    It's funny, reading about this guy a few years back is what made me find Gizmodo (I mistyped Gizmondo into Google).



    Ah, memories.
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    07/11/09

    @Mike Zuniga: Same here, man. Same here.
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    Image of deathshadow391 deathshadow391
    07/11/09

    In reply to Ferrari-Crashing Gizmondo Head Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
    for a second I thought it was the head of Gizmodo!
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    Image of NurseDave NurseDave
    07/11/09

    @deathshadow391: So lets have the article about the head of Gizmodo to show how the two are different. What type of Ferrari does he drive? Which county's mafia is he a part of? And what type of threats does he make? The people demand to know!
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    07/11/09

    @NurseDave:



    Brian Lam, stand and be recognized!



    (wait, is Editor the same thing? perhaps not)



    What the heck...GET HIM!
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    Image of dicer999 dicer999
    07/11/09

    @NurseDave: He has a Furrari Enzo (Nickname for his cat)



    Part of the Italian Mafia. (Well, he has The Godfather on DVD)



    He threatens to make cartoons of Best Buy employees.
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    Image of [Medic]iEro-Sennin [Medic]iEro-Sennin
    07/12/09

    @NurseDave:



    You demanded:



    Brian Lam, head of Gizmodo (the failed tech blog that couldn't even plagiarize the name of Gizmondo correctly), was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for robbery, attempted blackmail and making illegal threats (which threats are legal?).



    Lam, whose story reaches Mark Sanford levels of ridiculous, is famous for crashing a rare Volkswagen, escaping at least one prison sentence, possibly having a movie made about him, leading some sort of mafia in the U.S.A in the 1990s and making a blog nobody ever wanted, ever. Referred to in his native English as "nerd Brian," because he's a nerd, Brian will serve 18 months in prison for his multitude of mafia and gadget-related crimes. Brian is a hilarious dirtbag the likes of which we rarely see in the tech world and he'll be missed, at least theoretically, maybe.





    I <3 Brian Lam and Gizmodo.
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