Finally told him I had to go pick up my daughter and that I'd been screwing with him. He called me a "miserable son of a bitch" and hung up.
You know, the amazing thing is they feel they have a right to be angry.
Dude, you called me with the express intent of scamming me
I don't think so.
THEM: Hi this is Microsoft and...
US: hang up
And, if you're lucky enough to have a telephone which lets you block callers, you can do that.
Setting our home phone to drop calls from "Unknown" and "Private" callers killed a lot of this, and being able to block specific callers also helps. If you're calling me from a Private number, I'm not interested.
Of course, they just keep adding new fake numbers, so it's a losing battle.
I would say 95% of all of our incoming calls are crap
I wish they'd prevent the ability to spoof caller id, because I get more scams calling with a fake caller ID, and I don't really care if a 'legitimate' business needs to do it
Look up the "clean hands doctrine". There's a reason that you don't see street gangs suing a drug supplier over a missing shipment....
Because they have guns and don't bother with the courts?
Crap, the Preview button is separated from the Submit, but I'm still an idiot.
Myself, I would fear bad legal consequences if I did it, because hacking into their computers isn't going to be legal just because they are scammers.
So, you have to remember... these are people operating in a foreign country which is currently ignoring your laws, and are actively lying to you in order to scam you. What legal recourse do you think they're doing to take against you? Take you to court? Good luck with that.
Sorry, but these clowns are using spoofed caller ID, calling from India (by the sounds of their accents), and are hell bent on ripping you off.
You think law enforcement is going to show up at your door?
Now, if you used this one anybody else, you could be in deep trouble.
But these "This is the Microsoft Service Provider" or whatever they say
... burn 'em to the ground, wreck their computers .. I've got no sympathy for them, and they probably have no idea of who they're talking to anyway. Because it's just an auto dialer which connects you to the next available idiot when you answer. So, anybody who has the ability to do this probably should. Because I can only imagine the conversation of them trying to lodge a complaint
.... yes, I am the guy from the foreign call center doing the Microsoft support scam, this guy hacked my computer.
As I said, whatever
Like I said, I just assume all politicians and corporations are corrupt, it saves time.
This is different from lobbyists giving "campaign contributions" how?
The same thing happens everywhere, it's just a matter of the form it takes.
At this point, I assume all politicians and all corporations are corrupt.
So, I've never heard of a phonon. But I'm not in physics.
What I am laughing at is that they "captured" the sound
So, basically the same advice they give when travelling to any other banana republic?
Pathetic when they give the same warnings about American cops as they used to about Mexico or other places with corrupt cops.
Any badly written law will get abused like this. Because now these guys can seize money and stuff without any legal process other than "because I said so".
And, to many many people, jeep is a generic term.
Originally it meant "General Purpose" vehicle. The Jeep has been made by many different companies over the years , Willys and AMC for example, but also made under license by a bunch of others.
And, the reason Chrysler owns it now, is because when they had whatever similar vehicle and ran an ad campaign that said "it was the best keep-like vehicle", they lost a trademark suit. They subsequently decided to buy it.
So, to many people, a jeep is a short wheel-base four wheel drive vehicle which includes the "cute ute's" as well.
And, yes, almost nobody except someone who has owned one really cares about the distinction. And once you no longer own one, you stop caring too.
Me, I decided a gutless tent on wheels wasn't really what I wanted out of a vehicle.
It causes intentional interference, which is illegal for a Part 15 device.
It is an interesting question though
It's not jamming the signal, it's sending a well-crafted packed which says "piss off".
I have no idea what the regulations are, so it's a real question
You just want to bust out your steampunk gear, don't you?
Well, the daylight side.
They haven't yet confirmed the extent of it (as of the posting at least), and they're estimating 2-3 days
Care to cite where I accused you of any such thing?
I didn't accuse you of accusing me of anything. I'm saying in the abstract, that flagging those answers as untrustworthy is asinine and an utter fail in logic.
Oh? And you've been on the receiving end of such Q's and know their mental processes? I haven't... so I can't say either way.
As a matter of fact, I have. To the best of my knowledge, they didn't inject their own stuff into my answers. They must not have, because I passed the screening.
I'm taking exception with the massive amount of idiocy and failure of logic inherent in:
Example: An old college of mine is now a feeder to a couple of government agencies which give out a few scholarships each year... which in turn require a background check. One of the questions that screws up most kids is "Have you ever illegally downloaded any music or movies from the internet?" (or something to that effect).
Most kids put "no"... not wanting to admit wrong doing... but by doing so end up raising a flag that they may not be the most trustworthy as it's rather unlikely given their age and background (those applying for these scholarships).
Because if that's what these people are actually doing, I weep for the complete stupidity we've become subject to.
Because, really, if there are entities who take an honest answer and assume it's implausible, and therefore the respondent is untrustworthy, they're probably useless at their job.
Wishing without work is like fishing without bait. -- Frank Tyger
