My gmail account seems to attract this stuff and, obliging fellow that I am, I prefer to return the emails pointing out their mistake and even suggesting the correct address to try. But a US company director kept sending confidential stuff to a consultant which was actually my email address and included heaps of very confidential file attachments. I sent back multiple emails trying to get them to look at where they were sending this stuff, until finally I copied and pasted their own email disclaimer, highlighted the part for them that said "advise us if you receive this in error" and said FFS read your own words!
That finally got their attention, and the issue was passed to one of their VP's who was full of fear at first, but when he found I'm not a US citizen he relaxed a little and we focused on resolving the issue. He had '"fear-of-lawsuit" written all over his emails until he relaxed, but I think that whole process took about 3 years.
I'm just a barista, and I don't make a lot of money, but even I manage to buy a new Apple device almost every month.
Each month, I put all of my first three weeks of earnings toward buying a new iPhone or an iPad or an iBook or an iPod. I already have 14 different types of iPods, and 8 iPhones. Next month I think I will save up for a new Mac mini (it will be my 12th).
It's my duty as an American to buy as many Apple products as I can, even if it means that sometimes I don't have enough money for rent, and sometimes not even enough money for food.
That's just nonsense. I would suggest treatment for that. Your excuse that you're doing it for your country doesn't stack up as you're not doing them any favours with the pathetic amount you're spending vs the country's debt. You're doing it for yourself and are probably using that as an excuse. I would talk to someone about it if I were you.
-Sig: If you don't change your direction, you'll end up where you are heading.
Adding to the cacophony that is a city. Trucks in japan have a speaker system as well as indicators for when they are turning. They say, "migi kudasai" (left please) or something because it's done in a cutsey wootsey girls voice and is hard to understand. But everyone ignores them. You have to or run screaming home with your hands over your ears, there's just so much noise. You just filter it out.
Toyota, working in isolation - a good idea for the marketing department, totally useless in real life.
Ditto, I was in the Australian equivalent, until I found that having MACCS after your name on your resume didn't mean squat to any prospective employer.
except for the guy who was charged with spraying Sarin after Aum Shinrikyo's first practise run in southern Tokyo in 1995(?). He had his life ruined, then the cops just dropped him and went after the real perps. He sued them for an apology but got nothing.
I totally agree. In the past I've turned down work because (I felt) the management were dickheads.
People who are assholes in the workplace may prosper temporarily, but in the long term it's the guy - oops sorry, person, that can get along that will win out.
The company I'm with just got rid of a contractor that couldn't work with other people, acted like he knew it all and would never tell other people what he'd done to fix something. Single point of failure - punt! - bye bye!
Has to work for the common good else it's, ultimately, doomed to failure.
I'm just concerned about what will happen when the batteries need replacing.
All the low emission credentials go out the window and become highly toxic heavy metal pollution....And the Chinese record of caring for their population by not allowing pollution into their lives is not what you'd call exemplary.
It bugs me that people say, "the first in the world to do this, or the first ever to do that", when in reality they're merely among the first in Europe.
Other cultures (eg Indian & Chinese) didn't have the political blinkers forced on them, and explored these idea hundreds of years before Europeans.
http://www.crystalinks.com/indiastronomy.html
I don't think notifying providers of illegal activity that they then act on is considered vigilantism. If the spammers don't like it, they should sue.
Judge & jury -no trial? Just send 'em to Guantanamo, or chuck them in a plane and 'disappear' them?
May be your country's approach but it makes me uncomfortable.
Obesa Cantavit
Don't forget of course that even only half a dozen people using uTube in a big office can make a serious dent in available bandwidth for use by other users.
My company just stopped any video access recently because, especially on a Friday afternoon, it was impossible to get your email.
But, thank goodness for low bandwidth Slashdot.
Slashdot Mirror
or maybe it's just a crap joke!
My gmail account seems to attract this stuff and, obliging fellow that I am, I prefer to return the emails pointing out their mistake and even suggesting the correct address to try. But a US company director kept sending confidential stuff to a consultant which was actually my email address and included heaps of very confidential file attachments. I sent back multiple emails trying to get them to look at where they were sending this stuff, until finally I copied and pasted their own email disclaimer, highlighted the part for them that said "advise us if you receive this in error" and said FFS read your own words!
That finally got their attention, and the issue was passed to one of their VP's who was full of fear at first, but when he found I'm not a US citizen he relaxed a little and we focused on resolving the issue. He had '"fear-of-lawsuit" written all over his emails until he relaxed, but I think that whole process took about 3 years.
I'm just a barista, and I don't make a lot of money, but even I manage to buy a new Apple device almost every month.
Each month, I put all of my first three weeks of earnings toward buying a new iPhone or an iPad or an iBook or an iPod. I already have 14 different types of iPods, and 8 iPhones. Next month I think I will save up for a new Mac mini (it will be my 12th).
It's my duty as an American to buy as many Apple products as I can, even if it means that sometimes I don't have enough money for rent, and sometimes not even enough money for food.
That's just nonsense. I would suggest treatment for that.
Your excuse that you're doing it for your country doesn't stack up as you're not doing them any favours with the pathetic amount you're spending vs the country's debt. You're doing it for yourself and are probably using that as an excuse. I would talk to someone about it if I were you.
-Sig: If you don't change your direction, you'll end up where you are heading.
Adding to the cacophony that is a city. Trucks in japan have a speaker system as well as indicators for when they are turning. They say, "migi kudasai" (left please) or something because it's done in a cutsey wootsey girls voice and is hard to understand. But everyone ignores them. You have to or run screaming home with your hands over your ears, there's just so much noise. You just filter it out.
Toyota, working in isolation - a good idea for the marketing department, totally useless in real life.
Obesa cantavit!
Brilliant place!
Ditto, I was in the Australian equivalent, until I found that having MACCS after your name on your resume didn't mean squat to any prospective employer.
we only drink real beer like Coopers. Fosters is for Poms.
except for the guy who was charged with spraying Sarin after Aum Shinrikyo's first practise run in southern Tokyo in 1995(?). He had his life ruined, then the cops just dropped him and went after the real perps. He sued them for an apology but got nothing.
GIMP 2.0, and another vote for VLC
I also agree, a simple (read intuitive) and effective package.
I used it for some years while running a (small) PC repair business. Good stuff.
I totally agree. In the past I've turned down work because (I felt) the management were dickheads.
People who are assholes in the workplace may prosper temporarily, but in the long term it's the guy - oops sorry, person, that can get along that will win out.
The company I'm with just got rid of a contractor that couldn't work with other people, acted like he knew it all and would never tell other people what he'd done to fix something. Single point of failure - punt! - bye bye!
Has to work for the common good else it's, ultimately, doomed to failure.
Obesa Cantavit
I'm just concerned about what will happen when the batteries need replacing.
All the low emission credentials go out the window and become highly toxic heavy metal pollution. ...And the Chinese record of caring for their population by not allowing pollution into their lives is not what you'd call exemplary.
Swap car fumes for heavy metal poisoning anyone?
Obesa Cantavit
It bugs me that people say, "the first in the world to do this, or the first ever to do that", when in reality they're merely among the first in Europe. Other cultures (eg Indian & Chinese) didn't have the political blinkers forced on them, and explored these idea hundreds of years before Europeans. http://www.crystalinks.com/indiastronomy.html
I don't think notifying providers of illegal activity that they then act on is considered vigilantism. If the spammers don't like it, they should sue.
Judge & jury -no trial? Just send 'em to Guantanamo, or chuck them in a plane and 'disappear' them? May be your country's approach but it makes me uncomfortable. Obesa Cantavit
Don't forget of course that even only half a dozen people using uTube in a big office can make a serious dent in available bandwidth for use by other users. My company just stopped any video access recently because, especially on a Friday afternoon, it was impossible to get your email. But, thank goodness for low bandwidth Slashdot.