> So... We're not hiring. On a side note, our website does list a few
> openings in our Bangalore office with instructions on how to apply
> (e-mail, etc). I get a call a few days ago that "I saw you have an
> opening on your website, I'd like to talk to the hiring manager about
> a few candidates we have." I'm like "Uhhh yeah. Did you read the
> instructions on how to apply? It's in our India office." "Oh. You
> don't have any positions in your US office?" "You DIDN'T look at our
> website, did you?"
>
> So today we get an unsolicited FIVE PAGE fax.
> Let's just say this guy is basically uhhhh... what's a polite way to
> say this guy has an ego the size of a small continent?
>
> Some excerpts
> (Cover page) "It is with great interest that I forward my resume for
> your consideration." (Translation: I REALLY need a job!"
> Job History:
> "Results-drive [polished] sales professional with over ten years of
> award-winning achievement ..." ...

>
>
> Oh, it's great..
>
> Right to my circular file.

> "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries" databasix.com> wrote in news:g6fd70$94v$1
> @blackhelicopter.databasix.com:

>>

>>>>> ...whatever shall auk do for a Friendly Neighborhood Vote Wrangler?

>>>
>>> Oh, is it August already?

>>
>> Almost.
>>
>> In the meantime, I haven't seen the June results. Perhaps I missed a
>> thread?

>
> You didn't miss anything. There are only like seven or eight people who
> still give a shit about the whole award thing, and even many of them are
> starting to lose interest.

>On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:36:31 -0700, Evan Platt
>theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote:
>

>>e-mail Netgear support, telling them I'm seeing a loss of WAN
>>connectivity failry frequently. I show the ping results (including the
>>IP I'm pinging), and tell them that machines behind the router lose
>>WAN connectivity, but machines not behind the router do not.
>>First suggestion: Change MTU on the router from 1500 down to 1400, see
>>if that fixes it, if not slowly change MTU to go as low as 900.

>
>Holy shit...
>
>This is great..
>
>I've attached the whole thread. This is awesome.

>Some Spammer left his spam in my guestbook (from chollian.net), but
>when I telnet into their system, this is what I get.......
>
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> 6. [???] '?? ???? ???' ??? ????
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> 8. [???] ??????, ?? ??? ?? ???!!
> 9. [???] ?????/ MYMY/ 16?/ ???/ ???? ????? !
> 10. [???] L'Arc-en-ciel ???/??? ???
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> 13. [???] ????/???/??15/??15/????? ???
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> 15. [? ?] '98 ???????????? ?? ...