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Kerrigan
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Jan 16, 2008, 03:39 AM
 
Sayf-Allah's signature has been the subject of controversy in the past, but it's a little different this time.

I was googling for a leaked Tom Cruise Scientology video, and I came upon a Gawker.com article.

Go to the website and see for yourself

For reference, this is Sayf's signature


Are they stealing our signatures??
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 05:43 AM
 
Huh?



(oh, and that video is just bizarre.)
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 07:25 AM
 
Ahh! I could only endure about 1 minute of this nonsense. Gosh, could he possibly be more self-absorbed and full of crap. Egadz.

BTW, I have no clue what is supposed to look like Sayf's signature other than that little "S" logo that looks absolutely nothing like's sayf's sword.
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Jan 16, 2008, 08:25 AM
 
Originally Posted by ebuddy View Post
Ahh! I could only endure about 1 minute of this nonsense..
1 minute???? I lasted 10 seconds before giving up on that crap.
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 08:26 AM
 
Are we supposed to know what in bloody hades you're talking about?
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That's why he's gonna kill us. So we got to beat it. Yeah. Before he let's loose the marmosets on us."
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Kerrigan  (op)
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Jan 16, 2008, 08:53 AM
 
Do you not see his signature? It appears on every single Gawker.com article page, just above where the comments begin. In fact, his signature serves as the link which takes you to a comments RSS feed.

Here is the image:

     
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Jan 16, 2008, 09:00 AM
 
Originally Posted by Kerrigan View Post
Do you not see his signature? It appears on every single Gawker.com article page, just above where the comments begin. In fact, his signature serves as the link which takes you to a comments RSS feed.

Here is the image:



I see a small, standard RSS icon (orange box with white signal-strength waves emanating from the bottom left). I don’t see how that relates to Sayf-Allah’s signature...
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 09:10 AM
 
Originally Posted by Kerrigan View Post
Yeah I'd be mad too if they stole my RSS icon
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 09:38 AM
 
Is this a joke? No threads about other members?
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 10:09 AM
 
We will not be indoctrinated by such a silly ruse.
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Jan 16, 2008, 10:10 AM
 
Kerrigan, might it be too rude to suggest that you lay off the heavy for a while?
Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
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Kerrigan  (op)
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Jan 16, 2008, 03:33 PM
 
Oh, it's a bug in Firefox, which doesn't happen when I use Safari. Still, it is very strange that Firefox is rendering Sayf-Allah's signature on every single Gawker article that I visit.

Firefox:


Safari:


Glad to see that I've not gone completely mad.
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 03:34 PM
 
i only use firefox; not happening for me.
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 03:37 PM
 
What a hilariously weird error.
     
Kerrigan  (op)
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Jan 16, 2008, 03:45 PM
 
I don't know what's weirder: that, or the Cruise video.
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 03:47 PM
 
I think you've been marked, buddy.

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Jan 16, 2008, 05:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
What a hilariously weird error.
What he said. That is so extremely odd you can’t help but laugh at it.
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 08:35 PM
 
Originally Posted by Kerrigan View Post
Sayf-Allah's signature has been the subject of controversy in the past...
It has?

Link please.

And I have no idea what this thread is about as I see nothing at said site.

And no thread about other members.
     
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Jan 16, 2008, 09:15 PM
 
It's cached the RSS image, and confused it with the signature that was also cached... then displayed the wrong image.

It's a bug.

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Jan 17, 2008, 06:35 AM
 
I love that this thread is bizarre so appropriately to the content you linked to.

Perfect!

     
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Jan 17, 2008, 08:42 AM
 
I also use firefox (on the pc at work) and it has not occured when I visited that site.
     
   
 
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