Amusing story
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
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I feel sorry for the poor innocent Canadian geese -- *Greg* On 2 July 2015 at 14:54, Grant Maw 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 > > >
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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 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 > > >
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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 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 > 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 >> >> >> >
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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 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 > 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 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 >>> >>> >>> >>
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Amazing what sample data generators come up with these days. - Stuart On 2 July 2015 at 14:54, Grant Maw 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 > > > -- - Stuart Kinnear Mobile: 040 704 5686. Office: 03 9589 6502 SK Pro-Active! Pty Ltd acn. 81 072 778 262 PO Box 6082 Cromer, Vic 3193. Australia Business software developers. SQL Server, Visual Basic, C# , Asp.Net, Microsoft Office. -
