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For those of you, including myself, that didn't know what this was a reference to: "Trapped in the Closet" is an urban opera, R&B opera, or hip-hopera released by contemporary R&B singer R. Kelly in 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet
It's also a South Park Episode. http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/912
Oh, right.
"burglarized" still makes me chuckle when I see it written. (It is not a valid word in English). edit: Yes, I know it's valid in American . Burgled (English), Burglarized (American English).
dictionary.reference.com: Origin: 1870–75, Americanism; burglar + -ize It's old, it's popular, and it's well understood. It is certainly a valid word. Saying you were burgled has a Mr. Burns feel to it. It's almost always burglarized or robbed in the United States.
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By English, I mean English. Not American English.
Ah, UK English. Not sure why UK English vocabulary should apply to this site; it does not appear to be based there, and the people who make it appear to be from the Netherlands.
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lol well when I'm out committing felonies I prefer not to leave tracks like my IP address visiting pleaserobme.com?
So someone gets robbed, then they subpoena the web logs for pleaserobme.com, and then they arrest everyone who visited the site? That doesn't really scale.
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More generally, boobytrapping stuff has lots of potential harm to lots of potential people. (gas company employees, police, etc). The fact that it's also harmful to thiefs is tangential.
Intending to you kill someone for robbing you is illegal as well if you are not in danger (being at work in this case)
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Does the web site also list class schedules? Because that is also a source of “when she is not at home”, as someone else already said, most people who have a job are out during the day, so finding “empty homes” is not exactly rocket science. Also, in addition to “empty home” you also want a place where no-one hears you if you break a window or similar, a place where it is easy to leave with the stolen goods without b…
Take it even further. Scout the location, observe the 'regular' schedule (of leaving for work/school) and then use Twitter to make certain they are not close to home.
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Good point. But one of the key robbin times is vacation. People definitely tweet about that.
Isn't it the insurance company's problem?
Most people, however, are not borg drones and though a check from the insurance company may allow for acquiring replacements for lost items it won't make up for the damage done by a robbery.
Makes me think a twitter bot might be useful, that takes over the account and twitters mundane activities (cooking, watching TV,...). If you leave the house, you can switch on the twitter bot.
Makes me think whether using Twitter is worth it.
Makes me wonder if having a home is worth it.
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So someone gets robbed, then they subpoena the web logs for pleaserobme.com, and then they arrest everyone who visited the site? That doesn't really scale.
Not for finding the robber in the first place, but it's going to look very bad if the police think it's you and then confirm that you visited the site just before the burglary.
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Ah, UK English. Not sure why UK English vocabulary should apply to this site; it does not appear to be based there, and the people who make it appear to be from the Netherlands.
And New Zealand! We have Colours and such over here.