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Hi All,
Going through my E-mail this morning I recieved an E-mail from Apple(!), I have never owned an Apple
device, I am not aware of an iTunes account. From the text it seems like a DVR with Siri attached.
Anybody else get this...
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You really need to get out of the pub now and then. Apple has offered this product (currently in it's 4th generation) since 2007. It's similar to Roku devices. 
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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It's a nice pub, with Real Ales & no kairoke (?) machine or annoying duke box!  , I was wondering how with no fruit based products they got my E-mail?
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I have an apple TV. It works, often with some quirks, but I cannot say if it is better or worse than another product since I haven't compared.
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Quote: It works, often with some quirks, but I cannot say if it is better or worse
Sounds like you could be a rapper
modified 30-Oct-15 9:47am.
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Think it's a scam. My missus got something similar recently.
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Thats what I was thinking...
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Yeah she never said what product it was - but she's never had iTunes account either so didn't click on it. A work colleague also got something similar recently.
If you google one of the phrases used it will probably tell you exactly what the scam is.
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From a quick Google (don't want to waste anymore time) it seems as though it might be real. Apple spamming people! 
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Even if it is genuinely from Apple, it is still a scam because you'll end up with an Apple product. 
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ROKU's probably the biggest available base of channels.
Although I can complain about some things (and I usually find a way for everything), it made cutting the a cable very experience. Even Mrs. wife prefers the current setup. We only subscribe to one pay service, Hulu+, and that option, at $8/month, is our entire cable TV bill.
My household owns nothing from apple and intend to keep it that way.
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Have you checked if it is really from Apple by looking at the mail headers?
If not it is just spam or in the last resort something harmful.
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Well the headers 'seem' to be genuie but I have noticed some thing, if I try to Google anything Google appears not to work!
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At least here in Germany Google works. Even when searching for "Apple TV"
But there were some delays this morning. Maybe the hiccup has moved to the UK.
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Seems to have cleared now...
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The type of mates that respond to mails @ mid night. This is sooo old school. It's "subtle" way to convey the bosses that they are so workaholic and running round the clock. They bloody slack the whole day and archive the mails for this mid-night cheap trick. I thought this particular species is long exitinct (I used to find these very often in my country long ago). But an young one in the team has freshly started it. I'm just giggling at all his mails timed at 2:00 am , 3:00 am in the night morning.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I get emails at midnight... Except I know those people are actually still fixing bugs! 
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Maybe he has setup a cron job to send mails at those times 
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Is the employee getting his work done?
Are the tasks assigned to the employee being completed by others during the day?
If the manager is worth his title, he will see that the employee is:
getting his work done (or not)
responding to emails at night
consider these items
act accordingly
So.... if you're not the boss and it is not affecting you directly, let him burn the candle at both ends.
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He does complete the tasks reasonably well. I was just joking when I said he was slacking. But I'm sure he can very well respond to the mails during the day. He's just proud of his late night responses. And I'm certainly not burning over this. I'm just smiling at this silly thing. He'll soon understand this a stone-age trick that every bosses once tried  , when he finds his own juniors do the same.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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This obviously bothers you so much that you have to post about it.
I send emails at 2am, if I can't sleep. I'm a senior software engineer at my shop. It's my f***ing job.
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The name suggests you'd definitely do.
And the case with the original target is, when he's given enough time to respond during the day but he does only in mid night. And he doesn't deal with clients who are in the opposite time zones. It's sheer show off. And I'm repeating this for the 3rd time - It doesn't bother me. I just find it silly
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: if you're not the boss and it is not affecting you directly, let him burn the candle at both ends.
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And when he comes in the office? Maybe he is so old school fixing his bugs at afternoon and not getting ready.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Yes, I do; me, unfortunately. It all started through ambition and being accountable. I figured if I put in 200%, I'd move up the ranks. It didn't happen until I left the department and my work was divided up between 2 employees and 2 new consultants.
I am trying to quit and have gotten a lot better at my current position. Though, I will say I was on holiday recently in Thailand and received and email at 2 AM local time and logged in for nearly an hour to give support. However, I did put in for OT.
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