Occasionally I reply using the "names" of various previous 419ers, informing them of a "leopard-repulsion" experiment that went tragically wrong - the Screw-in Screw-on Stainless-Steel Condom (R) The Pentagon(TM), didn't work as a Leopard Repellent as predicted - are we theorizing wrongly, that the leopard would be repelled out of a sense of public duty? - do we need to start on Stage Two of the plan, beeding a leopard that can be reliably predicted to be repelled by the sight of ... - and now we are short of volunteers, and would you, Mr Nice 419er, and your wife, like to volunteer?
I only got one reply, and that was from someone claiming to be from the contested Western Sahara - regretfully the Leopard Trainer never contacted him, regretfully I never carried it on. I assume he felt Leopards were few and far between in the Western Sahara. Someone took a 419er in with a Lovecraft-based story, and scared the living daylights out of him, or so I've heard. And then there was Wallace Jersey-Heifer ... ;) Wesley Parish On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 05:33, shogunx wrote: > Last week I got one from a woman claiming to be Saddam Husseins wife! > Those silly Nigerian 419'ers. > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Eric Clapsaddle wrote: > > I got one from the attorney of a distant relative in Nigeria that passed > > away. Even though I never met him, he wanted to give me a large > > inheritance. > > What a guy! > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > shogunx > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ak.ath.cx> > > To Sent by: Linux on LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > > 390 Port > > cc <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IST.EDU> > > Subject Re: Debian touts dropping full dev for certain archit ectures > > (incl. 03/16/2005 09:04 S/390) > > AM > > > > > > Please respond to > > Linux on 390 Port > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IST.EDU> > > > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Richard Pinion wrote: > > > I'm sure there are many banks in Nigeria that would love to open an > > > account for you. We're always getting emails from them trying to give > > > away money of some rich person who died and has no family. All you > > > need to do is give them your current bank account number! > > > > > :) > > > > I get plenty of those too. Most of the packet headers actually originate > > in germany, if I remember correctly. I actually had someone try to scam > > me out of a digital alphaserver 2100 in a similar fashion. > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/16/05 09:43AM >>> > > > > > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Phil Howard wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 07:23:24AM -0500, shogunx wrote: > > > > | On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Phil Howard wrote: > > > > | > | That part I have. What I do not have is 3-phase power to run > > > > | > | it. > > > > | > > > > > | > What voltage and amperage does it need? > > > > | > > > > | 3-phase 440V most likely about 20-30 amps. > > > > > > > > You'll need at least 25 kVA. That's as much power as a small house. > > > > Then > > > > > > add air conditioning. Not sure whether upgrading electric service or > > > > buying > > > > > > a generator would cost more. Maybe renting one long enough to see if > > > > it > > > > > > will power up could be done. What are your goals for it? > > > > > > > > Is it literally 440 volts, or is that just a figure of speech for > > > > what > > > > is > > > > > > officially 480 volts (if you are in the US)? > > > > > > Well, according to ohms law, it should work at 440, though with a > > > higher current draw. You are correct. 3-phase each phase 120 degrees > > > out of phase from the others at 120V per phase yields 3 discrete 240V > > > circuits (actually about 208V after phase shift, but for all practical > > > purposes > > > > its > > > > > the same thing, and depends on whether you use a wye or delta > > > configuration in your transformer). So figure of speech it is. In an > > > electic company FUD kind of way. > > > > > > <tangent> > > > Also, is there anyone on > > > this list that operates a s/390 / z-series machine (preferably running > > > linux) in a bank? If so, please contact me off list with information > > > on how to open an account. I am having a problem with my current bank, > > > Netbank, and after a bit of research, have found the reason. They > > > > operate > > > > > m$ servers. 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