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It's really hard to think that anyone would get taken in by this: Your debit card could catch fire; send it to India.[^]
Oh dear, oh lor ... 
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I fell for it. I wanted my debit card to feel much softer and he said he'd precushion it for me. I'm still waiting for it to be mailed back.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
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sadly some might will, little old ladies and suchlike.
me moms in an old peoples village, some community group organized an event
(free tea & scone so they turned up, 50 or so people),
the question was asked "how many of you were scammed in the last year"
my mom expected maybe 1, at most 2 ...about 1/3 of the group put up their hands.
some of the scams described were pretty damn obvious, there's many gullible lonely widows
(mom not, heck even I couldn't wiggle 10 cents of her for a 'life saving ice cream' or similar, the number of times I starved to death: uncountable ... ah but I digress)
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Who'd fall for the Nigerian prince?
Who'd fall for the last remaining relative?
Who'd fall for the lottery winner?
Who'd fall for the virus on your computer?
Who'd fall for the naughty pictures they somehow have of you?
Sadly, plenty of people, or they'd stop doing it 
In fact, an IT manager at a very high profile customer fell for it a few years back, got his computer locked 
If IT managers fall for it (and I don't think the good ones will), the less IT inclined will certainly fall for it.
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It's perfectly safe; it says at the bottom of the letter "Your private details will not be compromised at any time". So that's OK then. Does bring a new meaning to 'hot card' though...
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Due to budget cuts, Dr Who has been replaced with a helpline.
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I recognize the voice. It is Bob... in Bangalore.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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so completely safe to give them remote access?
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Sure, I also gave them my CC#
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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The Bells of Saint John are ringing.
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If a book falls on my head can I only blame my shelf?
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To make matters worse, the shelf wants you to pick it up, it wants its paperback.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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well it could also be:
the book of buddha: karma
the Holy Bible: divine interv retribution
the book of the dead: a poltergeist
any book by Freud: are you sure it wasn't you that hit the book?
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Lopatir wrote: the book of buddha: karma
It is well established that the Karma Suture is a way to express a very low key way to sue someone.
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Casting blame may place you in a bind, but that event speaks volumes about your furnishings.
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It's Tome to end the violence!
Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine to accept the things I cannot!
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Ha. Griff is so old school he has a page-er
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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Sure, but my wife didn't like my choice of sandwichWHEN WE BOUGHT PEARLS, so ciabaTTA DIAMOND.
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Motion Device? wrote: ...the music industry's plan of rock and metal extinction
Dumbest quote ever? As long as there is money to be made, the music industry will never kill any music.
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They are independent. My guess is that quote is born of frustration with record companies who wanted to mould them.
Kevin
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dunno if it's a plan, but rock music generally requires [at least semi-] skilled artists, for example people that can actually play real instruments, and that means they expect to get paid; whereas the current rapping crap is simple even young and completely unskilled kids can do it.
- and as soon as there is any risk they look likely to develop some following the studio drops them gets another wannabe off the street.
so I'd say it's plain economics rather than any plan. (heck, developing a plan needs thought which takes too much energy, easier to just ditch any "artist" (yes that term very loosely used) that comes in asking for [more] money.)
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It has a nice groove and the band is tight. 
This band absolutely rocks. I've been going backward through their discography and keep finding gems. Another noteworthy album is 'The Raven That Refused to Sing'.