Black Friday.. Blacker than ever.

WTF?!    Jesus people!  what’s WRONG with you?!

A Wal-Mart employee was killed in a Black Friday stampede in Valley Stream, NY. The [Daily News] reports that hundreds of people were lined up outside of this Long Island Wal -Mart and were not patient enough to wait for the 5:00AM opening in a civilized manner. The victim was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead at 6:03AM. The Daily News interviewed JimmyOverby, a co-worker of the victim: “He was bum-rushed by 200 people. They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too…I literally had to fight people off my back.”

What the hell is wrong with people?!? It’s just shopping. It doesn’t matter how great a sale is — big savings doesn’t mean you should abandon courtesy and decency, behaving like a savage and ending a life. This is just such a terrible and senseless thing. Seriously…this is one of those moments that makes me think less of humanity. WTF?!?

A [pregnant woman was also hospitalized] as a result of the stampede. There are reports circulating that that the woman suffered a miscarriage, but the police are denying this.

“A 28-year-old pregnant woman was knocked to the floor during the mad rush. She was hospitalized for observation, police said. Early witness accounts that the woman suffered a miscarriage were unfounded, police said.”

Never fear, Jasper is here!

 

According to a flooding of posts over at xbox-scene, it appears that the cooler-running [Jasper-based Xbox] 360 consoles have begun arriving in stores featuring the highly anticipated 65nm GPU which should significantly reduce RROD failures.   A quick way to note if your new console is indeed a Jasper-based model is to check the power supply. A Jasper will use 12.1A power supplies, while all current models draw 14.2A.   Looking at the serial number can also give you an indication as it is assumed that any model made on October 23rd 2008 or later is a Jasper model.