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Now here I am doing the morning download of emails and get the gem below.
I was pretty sure the net had evolved past the scams of yester-year but I got this:
Quote: Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Christopher Wilmot and it is my wish to solicit your assistance in investment collaboration/partnership in your country. Meanwhile I have emailed you earlier but to no response from you.
In my first email I mention about an abandoned sum of ($26,700,000.00) that belong to a deceased customer here in my bank.
I am ready to invest this fund with you in any sector such as manufacturing, agriculture, real estate, hotel business that can bring in good turnover at expected time
This will be of great benefit to both of us and I cannot achieve this without
your support, therefore I need your cooperation to receive this fund after which you will be eligible for 50% of the total amount, while 50% will be mine.
kindly respond direct to my private email (chritopherwilmot202@outlook.com)for more information and please delete if you are not interested.
Sincerely,
From Christopher Wilmot
Now I am wondering if that cousin who died intestate has carked it again and that Nigerian Prince wants to give me money for using my bank account! (Learn to spell western names for the Email address) 
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Send 'im to 419 Eater[^] 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: I was pretty sure the net had evolved past the scams of yester-year
Really? I get at least 3 of these a week! Plus dozens of gorgeous Russian girls whose soulmate I am, competitions I've won, messages I've missed and bank accounts that I must protect from fraudsters. There is a little less scam spam around than in the golden years but it hasn't changed much. Why fix it if it ain't broken?
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Well, what are you waiting for!?
Sounds like a sweet deal and you're sitting around in the PUB anyway! 
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hhuhhuh uhhuhhhuh hhuhh you said "Wilmot" uhhuhhuh huhhhuhh
... having only that moment finished a vigorous game of Wiff-Waff and eaten a tartiflet. - Henry Minute
I'm still looking (eagerly) for wisdom in terms of best practices in OO design; and I doubt I'll ever quit looking. - BillWoodruff
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. - gavindon
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: Quote: Dear Friend,
Tell me "friend", when did wisdom turn to madness 
... having only that moment finished a vigorous game of Wiff-Waff and eaten a tartiflet. - Henry Minute
I'm still looking (eagerly) for wisdom in terms of best practices in OO design; and I doubt I'll ever quit looking. - BillWoodruff
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. - gavindon
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When I got a sniper rifle!
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I am a servant of the well-known fire, wielder of the flame of Anus. The bright damp shall not avail you, Flame of Ipspool!
... having only that moment finished a vigorous game of Wiff-Waff and eaten a tartiflet. - Henry Minute
I'm still looking (eagerly) for wisdom in terms of best practices in OO design; and I doubt I'll ever quit looking. - BillWoodruff
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. - gavindon
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I'd vote him* if he renamed New York(or Washington) Trumptown.
*Pretty sure I get a vote given the coverage here
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Trumpolis, Otisburg... OTISBURG?
That would almost work as movie quote. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 15-Dec-15 7:15am.
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Off Topic but ever notice Metal Mickey had an R2 vibe, blue panels on a silver dome!
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Can't say I noticed, that was more my children's era.
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I suppose he was of the late 70's early 80's when Star Wars was big
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Remember nerds, the force awakens soon![^]
it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Very good! but overly political soap box time!
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Why?
Welcome to the Lounge
For lazing about and discussing anything in a software developer's life that takes your fancy except programming questions.
Technical discussions are encouraged, but click here to ask your programming question.
The Lounge is rated PG. If you're about to post something you wouldn't want your kid sister to read then don't post it. No flame wars, no abusive conduct, no programming questions and please don't post ads.
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PompeyThree wrote: Why?
It's rule #4 in the sticky post at the top of the Lounge. No politics.
Personally I don't see this thread as politics even though politics is the reason Trump is in the news most of the time. But discussing something silly like this is not politics, IMO, but I'll bet that is what he is referring to.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: I don't see this thread as politics
Exactly.
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Saw this on ThinkGeek - thought it worth sharing ...
Quote: There is a band called
1023MB. They
haven't had any gigs yet
Merry Xmas
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Love it  would make a great email sig
I once, many many years ago got into trouble for changing my email sig (work mind you) to 'there are 10 kinds of people who understand binary ...' - a lady called my boss and wanted me sacked because 'she didnt get it ergo I must be making fun of stupid people' .. after my boss explained to her in perfect management way that it was a particular form of humour, and 'Garth would be spoken to' he came over to me to which my response was 'I rest my case' - and he laughed till he cried - like most management back then with tech people on one side and business on the other, he had to walk a fine line, but he did a good job in general
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Garth J Lancaster wrote: he had to walk a fine line, but he did a good job in general
Sounds like my boss. A very good sort, and one of the best I've ever had.
Software Zen: delete this;
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people often remember the 'good old days of x, y, z....' - to me, the good old days of 'IT' were when 'IT' and 'The business' were equal partners - I see all too often these days an 'adversarial' relationship between IT & the business, that really doesn't do either side any good
...I guess I'll crawl back onto (or under) my rock now and dream of utopia
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