effort to stay calm ...
Today was hard to decide whether to laugh or cry ...
... or be very angry.
Right off, I had two items to post to a group I check in with every day. When the group page loaded, my screen was filled with the DHS logo. In standard size print was a notice the site had been seized in a joint FBI-CIA operation. I attempted to post anyway, but was disallowed by a warning that I had to be the group owner to post. That it was April 1 did occur to me - yet I could not be sure and thought to call Danielle, the owner, to see who might answer her phone ... ("How sweet" she said later - "Hope you are not mad at me ...")
I was on the verge of being fighting mad, truthfully, so I suppose I must make a stronger effort to stay calm. One of the items I intended to post concerned a UK move to shut down GSM Networks. Since that article was done in form of an interview, I accepted content which would have raised a flag had it been a straight report, such as:
" ... once the system is complete it will be able to identify the
offender from a facial recognition program, and then it will
automatically convict and sentence that person without having
to go through the effort of using the courts. Offenders will
simply have the fines deducted from their bank accounts, or
if it's a second offence then the police will be sent round to
their homes to pick them up. They're hoping for about 90%
accuracy in the facial recognition program."
I had fallen for it - that "article" itself was a prank played by mobilegazette.com
Late in the day, I received a serious e-mail from Capitalex, subject:
PayPal acquires e-gold
OMG was my reaction, and I started reading, taking it all seriously until "PayPal plans to sell off e-gold's gold reserves as early as next Wednesday" ...
No one at PayPal could be stupid enough to know that e-Gold would be worthless without its reserves ... could they ? e-Gold reserve is more than that of some small countries. Selling it off would affect the price of gold and upset some major balances ...
... but the clincher:
"In their own best interest and to improve security for everyone,
our users will be invited to upload their thumbprints and to mail
in their DNA in the form of tears, sweat, blood, or other bodily
fluids."
Thank goodness there are still fools among us sufficient to add humor to our lives when we most need it.
... or be very angry.
Right off, I had two items to post to a group I check in with every day. When the group page loaded, my screen was filled with the DHS logo. In standard size print was a notice the site had been seized in a joint FBI-CIA operation. I attempted to post anyway, but was disallowed by a warning that I had to be the group owner to post. That it was April 1 did occur to me - yet I could not be sure and thought to call Danielle, the owner, to see who might answer her phone ... ("How sweet" she said later - "Hope you are not mad at me ...")
I was on the verge of being fighting mad, truthfully, so I suppose I must make a stronger effort to stay calm. One of the items I intended to post concerned a UK move to shut down GSM Networks. Since that article was done in form of an interview, I accepted content which would have raised a flag had it been a straight report, such as:
" ... once the system is complete it will be able to identify the
offender from a facial recognition program, and then it will
automatically convict and sentence that person without having
to go through the effort of using the courts. Offenders will
simply have the fines deducted from their bank accounts, or
if it's a second offence then the police will be sent round to
their homes to pick them up. They're hoping for about 90%
accuracy in the facial recognition program."
I had fallen for it - that "article" itself was a prank played by mobilegazette.com
Late in the day, I received a serious e-mail from Capitalex, subject:
PayPal acquires e-gold
OMG was my reaction, and I started reading, taking it all seriously until "PayPal plans to sell off e-gold's gold reserves as early as next Wednesday" ...
No one at PayPal could be stupid enough to know that e-Gold would be worthless without its reserves ... could they ? e-Gold reserve is more than that of some small countries. Selling it off would affect the price of gold and upset some major balances ...
... but the clincher:
"In their own best interest and to improve security for everyone,
our users will be invited to upload their thumbprints and to mail
in their DNA in the form of tears, sweat, blood, or other bodily
fluids."
Thank goodness there are still fools among us sufficient to add humor to our lives when we most need it.
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