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Comment on Nigerian scam for the Craigslist world by micah guidry

micah guidry — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:14:19 +0000

This is the repond email I always send when one ofe these nigerians wants to “buy” my item and asks for all my shipping info to send check:

Sure! sounds good!

Send it to my office.

Agent: Ross Guidry
Federal Building of Investigations
NIgerian Fraud Department
4500 McColl Rd.
McAllen, Texas 78501
956-789-3222
Hidalgo county, United States

Ill MAKE SURE and get the item to you right away sir. Many thanks and “regards”

Needless to say they never get back to me except for yesterday. I actuall had some dumb-ass respond and say check was on its way and to notify him when it arrived!!! These people are morons!

Comment on Netflix sucks by Lucky

Lucky — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:14:32 +0000

Netflix intentionally delay in accepting the movie requests at the website level. On top of that, they have non-functioning distribution centers where workers are paid next to nothing, and therefore, do not care about orders. The workers must be stealing the ordered CDs quite often. This really explains the reactions of customer reps. They look at the system and insist that they mailed the movies. What they don’t have is a system to track what is really going on at the distribution centers. The workers can simply put through the barcodes on the envelops but not send out the envelops to the post office. Netflix knows this but they simply refuse to spend money to improve the system. Do you think that FedEx workers can get away with stealing the packages? I would say that most of lost CDs are due to Netflix’s mishandling but not the fault of postal service. How do you explain that I only have Netflix mail problems but never with other mails? I wouldn’t be surprised if the supervisors at the distribution centers are in it for the scheme too. I have never received a new CD or even fairly new CD. 99% of CDs I received has been badly scratched where I have to fast-forward to skip the damaged parts. I suspect that the fresher copies of CDs get stolen quickly. It’s a great side business to run when you think about it.

Comment on Nigerian scam for the Craigslist world by kathy

kathy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:04:33 +0000

Attn.Kathy Black,

How are you doing?..I just read your message and i fell very comfortable in renting my house out to you. I am just looking for the right person and a honest God fearing person that is trustworthy and obedient.I want to tell you that i will not come back till 3 yrs so i don’t want to live it like that, that’s why i need someone that will take good care of the house and i am not after your money all i need is good person that will tidy the home .so i am very happy that you mailed me back, so i really know you will take good care of the house. i will send you the Entrance keys and Documents Via UPS to the address you gave to me and you will receive it Next day because UPS deliver 24 hours. Below you will find the payment information’s in which you are to send me the $1,000 deposit fee(REFUNDABLE) Via western union and here are the Documents you will be receiving Below:

Here are the contents of the document.
1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2) Paper/Permanent house form(Containing your reference details)
3) The house documentary file.
4) Payment Receipt.
5) Full address and description of the house.

I want you to know that you will be paying the deposit fee to my personal driver who drives me here because am not chance to cash money here, so the below is information which you would be making the payment. And i want you to know that the payment should send through Western Union, And also i have attach the lease agreement form with the mail so i would like you to get back to me fast…

Receivers Name: OBASENI OLUYOMI

Address: 118 Isolo road

State: Mushin

City: Lagos

Zip Code: 23401

Country: Nigeria

Text Question:Love

Text Answer:God

Amount Sending:$1,000

So as soon as you make payment at the western union local store you would be given some information’s,You would have to get back to me with the information’s below.

Full Senders Name:

Mtcn #:

Amount Sent:

Text Question:

Text Answer:

so once the payment have been confirmed i would be sending you the Entrance keys and the documents

Regards

Thanks and God bless you.
Rev Caarly Lesley

Comment on Daily deal sites like Woot by Aleksey

Aleksey — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:17:41 +0000

Boffer - recently opened British Woot analog. They even got copied their design from Woot.

Comment on Company horoscopes by ms tarot

ms tarot — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:54:53 +0000

that is one thing i never thought of when it comes to a company policy…. thou shall not do things unless astrology says so

Comment on High score on Wii Tennis by Ace

Ace — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:52:31 +0000

I am currently at 2389, doing the singles games, key is to do the fast serve they can’t return to get addon points. While it’s addictive, it isn’t that hard to get to this level. The game could use some improvement in racket control and other features. Also helps to have at least 5 brewskies before you play.

The Ace of Ace!

Comment on New Staples rebates by Brooke Aydon

Brooke Aydon — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:48:50 +0000

I bought a computer at staples. the printer that i bought along with it had a rebate, aswell did the bit defender securtity system. the problem is each of the seperate rebates want the original pc cut out. I sent the original cut out with my first rebate which I recieved with much hassel. Now I am confused as to how can I get my bit defender rebate which must have also been purchased with a pc to be eligable for the rebate.

Comment on Netflix sucks by jucaza

jucaza — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:25:03 +0000

netflix suck, bunch of thives,there always a scuse when you call i didn get movies for 2 weeks cause they put my acc. on hold. you better off going to the local rental place…. all they do for you is a free movie that will still take 4 days to come……. f them……..

Comment on Netflix sucks by Joe F

Joe F — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:47:47 +0000

I had netflix a few years ago and quit after a few months of the same BS after all of my movies were delayed 3-4 day from a distribuition center 30 miles from my home. At the start they movies came promptly but once they realized I was a quick returner I got blacklisted abd I would receive a shipment ince a week….I now use Redbox..greatest thing ever invented!! $1.00 per night.

Comment on Scour luring power searchers with top results and gift cards by Alex

Alex — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:20:17 +0000

Hey Everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that we’ve made our first payout to a Scour user. Hit the link below to read the full story!

http://blog.scour.com/2008/08/05/and-the-first-scour-payout-goes-to/

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Comment on Validating a stack sequence by A PROGRAMMING JOB INTERVIEW CHALLENGE #14 - 2D GEOMETRY | Dev102.com

A PROGRAMMING JOB INTERVIEW CHALLENGE #14 - 2D GEOMETRY | Dev102.com — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:02:35 +0000

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Comment on 12 PHP optimization tips by ArkInfotec.com » Blog Archive » PHPBench.com: Live PHP benchmarks, demystifying “best practices”

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:29:25 +0000

[...] it comes to optimizing PHP for performance, there’s no end of resources available, and no end of conflicting opinions either. Everyone seems to have their own [...]

Comment on Scour luring power searchers with top results and gift cards by sandeep shrestha

sandeep shrestha — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:17:00 +0000

hey how to get money from scour, and the scour point gives only 500 point per day

Comment on 12 PHP optimization tips by Dominik Deobald

Dominik Deobald — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:26:10 +0000

Actually I believe that most of these hints are real minor when trying to tune a website. It’s good to try to keep things fast as you write them, but if you have an existing system it’s probably much cheaper to buy a second server to take the load instead of trying to replace all preg_replaces with str_replaces all over the code and win, let’s be generous, 1% over all performance…

These ‘rules’ might make a difference if you heavily rely on a single command, for example run preg_replace over 10.000 strings every time a user calls a special page. But if you have a single preg_replace on a page, who cares?

Same applies to almost all of these rules, with exception to 3, 4 (file system related) and 12 (plain stupid ). And also 7, but that’s because you’ll never want publically visible error messages on your production system.

Comment on Top scalability mistakes by Interesting Finds: 2008.07.30~2008.08.01 - gOODiDEA.NET

Interesting Finds: 2008.07.30~2008.08.01 - gOODiDEA.NET — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:57:11 +0000

[...] Top scalability mistakes [...]

Comment on .NET RS232 Serial Port communication with RS232.dll by Swapnil

Swapnil — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:37:32 +0000

Hello Jonathan

I am using serial port communication since long time.
But never face such problems
Actually we have one unit connected to the serial port and we pass on the values to it The Unit gets values configurs it and replies back.
This is done with lot of times with different units.
But the problem comes this time
When we are sending some data to unit of some 100 characters in length.
then the unit doesn’t respond in well some characters are missing out in between.
I am really not knowing wht happens since when we are using it with the hyperterminal then every thing works fine. All data gets configured well
I have tried with the monk and was able to see the data coming on serial port is right But what happens when it goes to the unit.
please guide me I am now trying the one you gave here
lets see
please reply back on my mail

thanks

Comment on 12 PHP optimization tips by Tim Fountain

Tim Fountain — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:54:47 +0000

This is the first time I’ve ever seen Smarty suggested as a way to speed a site up. Template engines may have their place, but they rarely bring any speed benefits. Even with all of the compile checks off, Smarty is pretty slow (unless it has been dramatically changed in the last year or so).

If you’re wanting to cache content, use a proper caching lib.

Comment on Top scalability mistakes by sufehmi

sufehmi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:48:00 +0000

Use Ram Disks for any data that’s disposable

Can’t believe anyone is STILL advocating this.

Edge servers are automatically behaving like Ram disk - only much, MUCH better; it uses the memory dynamically and in a way that’s much manageable by the OS. Unlike Ram disk who’s taking away the memory from the OS.

And edge servers WILL fallback to disk cache gracefully - therefore still giving excellent performance boost (because the request still doesn’t hit the system). Unlike a Ram disk.

Comment on Top scalability mistakes by sufehmi

sufehmi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:44:39 +0000

The top mistake should be : neglecting to use edge servers.

Edge server - also known as reverse-proxy server, provides the MOST significant scalability & performance boost, by avoiding most requests to even hit the system.

Most of the requests won’t even hit the webserver. Many will be served straight from memory. Some more from the disk cache (read: static files, further cached by the operating system)

In a case, a system was serving 2 requests per second at maximum, with 100% processor load. After deploying an edge server, it handles 500 requests per second, with 30% processor load.

The performance gain alone is simply mind-boggling. And it is scalable to the max - you can deploy multiple edge server, spreading the load between them.

This is the top mistake, most definitely. Even so-called “experts” misses this : You START from the edge. From then you continue to the center of the architecture.

Comment on 12 PHP optimization tips by Leafnode

Leafnode — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:34:24 +0000

$row[id] is a syntax error - too bad PHP isn’t treating it as one, but tries to think for the programmer.

Comment on Why national speed limit will save tons of gas by Suter

Suter — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:50:23 +0000

I’m not sure, but are Americans so stupid to understand by their own that higher speed equals lower mileage? Does it require federal government or congress to point out this simple truth?

If there is a speed limit of 70 mph set by local government, that means it should be safe do drive 70 mph in this area. And it should be up to me if I’d like to save few $ driving 55 mpg or not.

Comment on 12 PHP optimization tips by Piccolo Principe

Piccolo Principe — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:33:56 +0000

Is it strange that all of these rules mine a good design?
Remember the saying ‘premature optimization is the root of all evil’…
I can use ten str_replace() instead of a regex, but is that code maintanable?
I can make function static, but if I do how can I test them?
I can avoid autoload() or spl_autoload stack, but it will mean add thousand of lines of require()..