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I probably stole it from Judge Dredd...but I'm not sure.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Get your retaliation in first.
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Ummm, love the signature line....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I received an e-mail from my dad yesterday entitled "IMPORTANT DOCUMENT" and it basically said that he tried to send me a document that he would like me to read but it would not deliver through e-mail so he used "secure Google docs" to upload the document and to click the link in the e-mail to view it. The grammar and spelling was perfect, signed-off with his full name, and even hovering over the link seemed to show a valid url (something like apifocus.com). The thing is, anyone who knows my dad knows his grammar and spelling is atrocious. Called up dad and sure enough, he didn't send it. Them scammers will never learn. 
-NP
Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
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I have bin getting emails from supposed relatives of the missing Malaysian airplane, they have inherited a large fortune and for some reason they want to share with me. I just need to provide them with my banking details.
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Seems legit. If you can't trust the fictitious relatives of the victims of a tragic disaster, who can you trust?
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I am not sure anyone can inherit anything just yet from the victims of the missing Malaysian airplane. I don't think they are legally dead yet.
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codejet wrote: I am not sure anyone can inherit anything just yet
codejet wrote: I don't think they are legally dead yet
So I'll have to sue them for being illegally dead to get any money out of them? 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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NickPace wrote: The grammar and spelling was perfect
I guess that's proof that evolution is real. We're all in trouble now when spammers can actually spell and type propers grammer. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yeah, the irony was not lost on me. However a link in an e-mail should still be a red flag. I did Google the url and it appeared to be some company in Thailand. I thought that was a little weird too...
-NP
Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
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I'm getting genuine emails of your dad, everyday!
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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The smell of a freshly oiled firearm, and the reassuring "CLACK" of the slide pushing a new round into the chamber...
Well, maybe bacon is better, but not by very much, because it takes years to die from a healthy dose of bacon.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I love the sound of an colonial gun nut in the afternoon.
give me bacon or give me more bacon
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Bergholt Stuttley Johnson wrote: I love the sound of an colonial gun nut...
We stopped being "colonial" over two centuries ago - get over it. 
Bergholt Stuttley Johnson wrote: ...in the afternoon.
Its still morning here on the interesting side of the pond. 
Bergholt Stuttley Johnson wrote: give me bacon or give me more bacon
Something we can agree on! 
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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I think Sitting Bull et al might have something to say about you not being colonial
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He's dead - he ain't talkin' to nobody.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Indeed  but I did say et al
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et al are dead, too.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I dunno about that. The Sioux are still going today.
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Yeah, but the Souix alive today weren't there, and can't be considered "et al", so my statement is stiull valid.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The point isn't actually about who was at one particular battle.
"Sitting Bull et al" means Sitting Bull and other natives, which the Sioux still have an ancestral claim to be.
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If I were a "colonial", the British would still be here running the show. But they're not. Because, well, guns.
If I were a "gun-nut", I'd have quite a few more guns than I do, and I would buy them at every opportunity. The next gun I'll get is the Winchester lever-action my dad has left me in his will - it was purchase the day I was born (58 years ago), and it's never been fired.
I hope I never have to fire it in anger, but I am willing and more than able if it comes to that.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Before my Dad died, he gave me his Win '94 .30-30. It was missing the hood over the front sight, which was lost while deer hunting on Big Bear mountain and rolling down a hillside, but I recently found a replacement at Numrich and repaired it. Beautiful condition, and a delightful gun to fire. They just don't make things like they did in 1948.
Will Rogers never met me.
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