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'Dude, you're getting a Dell guy' arrested last night on Marijuana charge
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/delldude1.html ^

Posted on 02/10/2003 7:49:25 AM PST by rs79bm

Benjamin Curtis, the 22-year old actor who portrays the Dell Guy in those bothersome computer commercials, was arrested late last night (2/9) on a marijuana possession charge, The Smoking Gun has learned. According to cops, Curtis was holding a "small bag of marijuana" when he was popped on Manhattan's Lower East Side (at Ludlow and Rivington for you Gothamites). Curtis is currently being held in Central Booking and is scheduled to be arraigned later today in Manhattan Criminal Court. Curtis, who lives in lower Manhattan, was charged with criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor. Bonnie Shumofsky, the actor's agent, said she was unaware of her client's bust when contacted this morning by TSG. (1 page)


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To: A. Patriot
More proof smoking weed makes you stupid.
81 posted on 02/10/2003 8:24:50 AM PST by RicocheT
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To: rs79bm; babylonian; Jeremiah Jr
Dude! Your gettin a Dell Cell!

Priceless!

82 posted on 02/10/2003 8:24:53 AM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: ewing; Registered
Someone...hint hint....needs to change this pic so it has the kid holding up a bong and a bag of grass instead.
83 posted on 02/10/2003 8:25:04 AM PST by BaBaStooey
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To: Theo

84 posted on 02/10/2003 8:25:14 AM PST by ewing
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To: rs79bm
Dude, you're gettin' prison labor!

(from ARSTechnica.com, 1/10/03)

Dell's "Dell Exchange" program is coming under fire from environmentalists and civil rights advocates who say that Dell's use of prison labor to recycle computers is inhumane, and a "sham." Under the program, computer owners can execute a number of options to get value out of their aging systems, including auctioning them off, trading them in for upgrades, or donating their boxen to charities. Or, if your box is aged enough, you can ship your system to Dell for recycling (at your own cost, mind you) and 4-6 weeks later they'll send you a coupon for 10% off anything in their software & peripherals store. Considering the cost of shipping, you'd need to be buying a pretty hefty item to offset the shipping cost, but if you're willing to do the math, it might be a good deal.

The problem, critics say, is that Dell is using prison labor to recycle these machines, and such workers are not necessarily afforded the safety precautions that normal civilian labor would be. Dell insists that proper precautions are made, and they advertise that their recycling program is EPA-compliant, but that doesn't stop the naysayers at this week's CES in Vegas.

"I lost my job. I robbed a store. Went to jail. I got my job back," chanted five mock prisoners wearing "Dell Recycling Team" signs and linked by chains.

The real issues are the US's rather unimpressive computer recycling standards, and more general concerns over the morality of using prison labor for, well, anything. Additionally, Dell's use of prison labor is, according to the Robin Schneider, executive director of the Texas Campaign for the Environment, a detriment to establishing a real, nationally viable computer recycling industry. The situation must be a headache for Dell, who earlier this year was the target of the "Toxic Dude" campaign that attacked Dell for not offering any recycling options. What's that about not pleasing all the people all the time?

85 posted on 02/10/2003 8:25:41 AM PST by P.O.E. (Liberate Iraq!)
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To: clamper1797
I actually thought he was very talented (unlike the current treacly, cloying bunch Dell uses in their commercials) but he may go the way of RULA LENSKA. Anyone remember her?
86 posted on 02/10/2003 8:26:14 AM PST by laconic
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To: MrLeRoy
ORe: Why are you basing your argument, that you want more addictions,
That is not my argument.

ahh . . So when you say, "let's ban alcohol" you didn't really mean you want this to happen? This isn't an assertion you're standing behind? Why not ?

87 posted on 02/10/2003 8:26:34 AM PST by ChadGore
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To: RicocheT
He should have got drunk, picked a fight, and puked on somebody's shoes, like a good American!
88 posted on 02/10/2003 8:26:57 AM PST by MrLeRoy ("That government is best which governs least.")
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To: Theo

89 posted on 02/10/2003 8:27:20 AM PST by ewing
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To: RicocheT
More proof smoking weed makes you stupid.

More correctly, you are stupid if you smoke weed.

90 posted on 02/10/2003 8:27:58 AM PST by Protagoras
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To: ThomasJefferson
We just arrest and imprison everyone who talks like that!

Now that WILL get all the stoners. After all didn't the Houston PD try that recently .... let God sort them out ????

91 posted on 02/10/2003 8:28:27 AM PST by clamper1797 (If we wanted the oil ... we'd just buy it.)
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To: ChadGore
So when you say, "let's ban alcohol" you didn't really mean you want this to happen? This isn't an assertion you're standing behind?

Correct, when I said, "THEN we should ban alcohol" I was pointing out a logical consequence of YOUR argument.

Why not ?

Two reasons:


92 posted on 02/10/2003 8:30:02 AM PST by MrLeRoy ("That government is best which governs least.")
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To: ewing
Good post, non committal, but clear. :^}
93 posted on 02/10/2003 8:30:23 AM PST by Protagoras
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To: Theo
She was on Benedryl for her allergies. She wasn't on drugs.

Um, I never said she was.

Personally, if I take Benadryl, I better be ready to take a long nap... IMMEDIATELY. :)

94 posted on 02/10/2003 8:30:43 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: ChadGore
By the way, do you support a ban on alcohol?
95 posted on 02/10/2003 8:31:15 AM PST by MrLeRoy ("That government is best which governs least.")
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To: rs79bm
Why do kids who dress like dopeheads, act like dopeheads, and talk like dopeheads become upset when they are accused of being dopeheads?
96 posted on 02/10/2003 8:32:39 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave)
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To: MrLeRoy
Curtis is currently being held in Central Booking ...

Which Wodie was it that said that people don't go to jail for simple possession. Sounds like jail to me

97 posted on 02/10/2003 8:34:44 AM PST by clamper1797 (If we wanted the oil ... we'd just buy it.)
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To: FoxGirl
Which Dell guy is he? The new one or the old one? I get confused. Whichever one he is, they are both losers as is Dell.
98 posted on 02/10/2003 8:34:58 AM PST by Paulus Invictus (Coke make)
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To: ThomasJefferson
If you insist. You take the first shot...
99 posted on 02/10/2003 8:35:40 AM PST by Marysecretary
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To: ThomasJefferson
I think I just crashed the Apple chicks fansite.
100 posted on 02/10/2003 8:35:41 AM PST by ewing
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