Are you sure he sent you the wrong data? Did your heart rate go up as intended? Did you check every link?
On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 at 14:00 Tom Rutter <therut...@gmail.com> wrote: > Reminds me of a time I worked for a big phone company and someone (note i > don't say accidentally or by mistake here) sent the client evidence of them > being ripped off > > On Thursday, 2 July 2015, David Richards <ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> > wrote: > >> Spam aside (innuendo not intended), that's a pretty big mistake to be >> sending the wrong data. People get fired for that sort of thing. I'd also >> be a bit worried about privacy and security with them. >> >> This is why I check what I'm sending several times... and who I'm sending >> to. >> >> David >> >> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes >> will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" >> -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama >> >> On 2 July 2015 at 14:54, Grant Maw <grant....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Guys >>> >>> Not really a .net specific post, but I thought I'd share anyway. >>> >>> I'm working on a database at the moment that is used to record heart >>> rates and other biometric data in high intensity exercise scenarios. >>> >>> We're working with an offshore company, creating what is essentially a >>> copy of part of their existing database, with modifications to suit our >>> particular requirements. The guy at the other end said he would give me a >>> database diagram together with a dump of the relevant data into Excel so >>> that I could see how it all hangs together. >>> >>> First off, he tried to shoehorn the data from about 20 different SQL >>> tables into a single spreadsheet. Not a workbook with multiple sheets, a >>> single sheet. >>> >>> I could probably live with that, except he grabbed the wrong data before >>> he sent it to me. Instead of heart rate and respiratory data, I got a set >>> of tables that provided links to porn sites and sex videos, handbag sales, >>> pharmaceuticals, products made from Canadian geese, hair loss tonics, >>> gambling sites, horse racing, Viagra and Cialis, and a variety of other >>> things. >>> >>> It was clearly a data set that is used as the basis for a spam sending >>> application. Talk about busted! >>> >>> I should be pissed off with them for wasting my time, but I'm laughing >>> too hard. Needless to say I'll not be taking anything they say seriously >>> from now on! >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Grant >>> >>> >>> >>
