Certainly, what the scammer did was morally and legally wrong and what this woman did was not.
Actually most Nigerian scams involve inducing the victim to participate in some form of illegal activity (eg. smuggling money out of Nigeria). I don't think it is as clear-cut as you suggest. I'd be willing to bet her greed trumped her morality.
Maybe they'd assume it was a typo of Ving Rhames, in which case you'd get a nice suit, some wire-framed dark sunglasses, and an air of awesomeness onscreen.
Or an appropriately small, pixelated version of a certain scene from Pulp Fiction. Possibly resized and resampled by (wait for it)....
Every project that goes commercial (MySQL, I'm looking at you) has a heritage of open source. By killing off the community that created it, they are going to kill off their commercial prospects.
of course they can just make him broke and have to live out his final days in a state-funded nursing home... that's much WORSE than prison!
You don't think he's already had his snout in the taxpayer trough for too long? Make him broke and homeless, then he's not a burden for the rest of us.
This isn't like being fired because you beat your boss at golf, this is like being fired because you lost your temper, took out an ad in the local newspaper saying your company kills puppies, and then took a shit on your boss' desk.
Heck, that's what my parents (and most "normal" people I've run across) have learned about their phones. They do neat things, and each one comes with a horrendously expensive charge. Phone calls are one thing, but text messages are $0.10 each unless you pay monthly. Web browsing is useful, except you pay $0.25 per KB unless you pay monthly. Games are fun, but they cost at least $5 to buy and most must be bought on a subscription basis (every 30 days or 3 months it's another $5).
You missed out perhaps the biggest mobile phone scam in the US: paying to receive calls and texts. And usually at the same rate as it costs to make them, no less! Now spam texts and robodialers not only waste your time, they actually cost you money too!
Would you "bend over and take it" in the same way if it was your landline?
Personally I'm hoping they force all occupants to wear airtight space-suits. With any luck this will then become a trend adopted by wider society, and the flatulence that so often plagues the elevator at my work will become a thing of the past...
Either that or he made up the device and it does not exist, he's laughing at them ripping the place apart trying to find it:D
That's actually a really good idea for a prank.
Reminds me of the urban legend where students released two cows upstairs inside a library, the first one had the number '1' painted on the side and the second one had the number '3'...
Unfortunately, automation/stock triggers ("sell when X", etc) are the only way for the common-man trader who isn't an on-the-ground insider member of one of the stock exchanges to make a timely trade.
If you set your trigger up as "X = one single piece of evidence consisting entirely of a story on the internet, with no verification or supporting evidence from independent sources" then you are either an adrenaline-junkie risk-taker, or a gullible moron. Either way you deserve what's coming to you.
"I know it's true because I read it on the internet."
Seriously, if you base your trading decisions solely on a single internet-based source, and don't do any further research, you deserve the inevitable smackdown coming your way. This is not Google's problem - the traders are the ones who need a reality check.
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Apparenthy there's a few in congress too...
Certainly, what the scammer did was morally and legally wrong and what this woman did was not.
Actually most Nigerian scams involve inducing the victim to participate in some form of illegal activity (eg. smuggling money out of Nigeria). I don't think it is as clear-cut as you suggest. I'd be willing to bet her greed trumped her morality.
If there are too many false positives, perhaps it could be labelled the "Great Australian Byte"...
I could, but no guarantees it wouldn't crash.
Maybe they'd assume it was a typo of Ving Rhames, in which case you'd get a nice suit, some wire-framed dark sunglasses, and an air of awesomeness onscreen.
Or an appropriately small, pixelated version of a certain scene from Pulp Fiction. Possibly resized and resampled by (wait for it)....
Bringing out the GIMP!
I be thinkin' it be The Pirate Bay, finally settin' sail and takin' to the high seas, yarrr...
Every project that goes commercial (MySQL, I'm looking at you) has a heritage of open source. By killing off the community that created it, they are going to kill off their commercial prospects.
Yeah - nobody uses MySQL anymore. You tell 'em!
of course they can just make him broke and have to live out his final days in a state-funded nursing home... that's much WORSE than prison!
You don't think he's already had his snout in the taxpayer trough for too long? Make him broke and homeless, then he's not a burden for the rest of us.
My personal favorite is the gibberish computer-generated journal article that actually got accepted and published...
You have plenty of time, that '39' is in hexadecimal!
Phew! That's lucky I thought it might've been in binary. Guess I'm one of the 39 types of people who can't read binary then...
Exactly. Over-complicated solution to a simple problem. Buy a Caravan/RV/Winnebago instead. The clue is in the phrase "mobile home".
Wouldn't be the first time this happened...
Actually, recent events would suggest he was working on an underground airplane. Apparently the first prototype was not a success.
take your trumped up "disgust" and stick it in your self righteous burro.
There, fixed it for you, muchacho...
This isn't like being fired because you beat your boss at golf, this is like being fired because you lost your temper, took out an ad in the local newspaper saying your company kills puppies, and then took a shit on your boss' desk.
Best. Analogy. Ever.
Heck, that's what my parents (and most "normal" people I've run across) have learned about their phones. They do neat things, and each one comes with a horrendously expensive charge. Phone calls are one thing, but text messages are $0.10 each unless you pay monthly. Web browsing is useful, except you pay $0.25 per KB unless you pay monthly. Games are fun, but they cost at least $5 to buy and most must be bought on a subscription basis (every 30 days or 3 months it's another $5).
You missed out perhaps the biggest mobile phone scam in the US: paying to receive calls and texts. And usually at the same rate as it costs to make them, no less! Now spam texts and robodialers not only waste your time, they actually cost you money too!
Would you "bend over and take it" in the same way if it was your landline?
Whoever modded that 'Insightful', hang your head in shame...
Personally I'm hoping they force all occupants to wear airtight space-suits. With any luck this will then become a trend adopted by wider society, and the flatulence that so often plagues the elevator at my work will become a thing of the past...
In an Aye Arrgh Eh.
Canadian pirates?
No no no... his buccaneers are on the side of his buccen 'ead...
im in yr disagreemail eatin yr integrity. SRSLY.
The answer would likely be close to zero.
That depends on the source of the ribs, of course...
Either that or he made up the device and it does not exist, he's laughing at them ripping the place apart trying to find it :D
That's actually a really good idea for a prank.
Reminds me of the urban legend where students released two cows upstairs inside a library, the first one had the number '1' painted on the side and the second one had the number '3'...
Unfortunately, automation/stock triggers ("sell when X", etc) are the only way for the common-man trader who isn't an on-the-ground insider member of one of the stock exchanges to make a timely trade.
If you set your trigger up as "X = one single piece of evidence consisting entirely of a story on the internet, with no verification or supporting evidence from independent sources" then you are either an adrenaline-junkie risk-taker, or a gullible moron. Either way you deserve what's coming to you.
"I know it's true because I read it on the internet."
Seriously, if you base your trading decisions solely on a single internet-based source, and don't do any further research, you deserve the inevitable smackdown coming your way. This is not Google's problem - the traders are the ones who need a reality check.
He tried to create a phallic looking creature.
Just in case anyone doesn't get it...