Even better John 3:16 Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 20, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Joel Esler <[email protected]> wrote: > John++ > > -- > Sent from my iPhone > Forgive my misspellings and briefness > > On Feb 20, 2011, at 4:48 PM, John Strand <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Joel, Adrian... >> >> I am disappointed in all of you. >> >> The answer is obvious: >> >> http://www.ligattsecurity.com/solutions/hacker-in-15-minutes >> >> HTH, >> >> John >> >> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Joel Esler <[email protected]> wrote: >> I mark them as spam. >> >> Or, respond and say "No." >> >> >> On Feb 20, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Adrian Crenshaw wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Many on this list run a blog/podcast/etc and I imagine like me you get a >>> lot of "Teach me how to hack" or "do this for me" emails. How do you handle >>> them? >>> >>> The categories I get can generally be broken down into: >>> >>> 1. Teach me how to hack (which is too broad to ever do). >>> 2. I think my boyfriend/girlfriend is cheating on me, how can I spy on them >>> (why would I want to get involved?). >>> 3. Help me break into my neighbors/schools WiFi/Computer (Why would I help >>> you do something illegal, and leave a subpoenable record in email?). >>> 4. Do a bunch of free work for me as a favor and under dubious >>> expectations. I had a guy recently say he wanted be to teach him how to >>> track down spammers so he could sue them since he put a declaimer on his >>> Craig's List posts that said people owed him money ($50,000, and without >>> going to court) if they sent him spam, and various other outrageous >>> demands. That one first got the response that I though he had unreasonable >>> expectations, and when he email again I told him I was not interested and >>> if I got another email from him he owed me $100,000,000. Needless to say he >>> was not happy. I mailed the conversation to the list, but it got rejected, >>> perhaps for being off topic or having too much personal info in it. >>> 5. Questions about things I know nothing about, or that if I do know >>> something about I've already put all I know in an article/video. These >>> questions I normally just point to the best resource I know. >>> >>> My responses are usually: >>> >>> 1. You question is to vague and sorry, I can't teach individuals over email. >>> 2. Ignore them, especially it they used text speak in the email (ur = your, >>> etc). >>> 3. Point them at some other materials and say I don't know much on the >>> subject. >>> 4. Sometimes, if it is especially whacked, I may have a snarky response. >>> >>> I like to help people learn, but some people just want too much time, or >>> for you to do all the work for them. What are your normal responses? How do >>> you deal with these things? I don't want to seem like an ass for not >>> helping people, but I'd rather speed my personal time doing other things. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Adrian >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pauldotcom mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >>> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> >> -- >> Joel Esler >> http://www.joelesler.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> >> >> >> -- >> John Strand >> Office: (605) 550-0742 >> Cell: (303) 710-1171 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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