Ahh, yes, now that I listen to Lenny I see that it would be effective.

I was expecting something that was just straight annoying.

Wealth is relative, they know you are richer than they are and they have no empathy for those rich dumb people. The american version of poor is "I can't pay the cable bill." the version of poor the scammers are used to is "I have no food to eat and I will starve to death.".

You'll just end up playing whack a mole.

A VOIP number is incredibly cheap, you shut down one and they'll have a new number to call you from in under 10 minutes.

Harass them back and you'll likely have them shut down their own number quicker than your telecom provider could.

That is horrible advice and you should feel bad for giving it.

Agreed.

What I meant by it being worth their time was in regards to the person questioning if it was or was not a scam based on the effort the scammers are taking to scam. So yes it is worthwhile for them to attempt to scam people in general, but you can make it not worth their time to scam you in particular.

Yes, annoying them is good, but the main thing is you need to keep them on the phone as long as possible while annoying them.

The more time of theirs you waste, the more reason they have to quit calling you.

This is actually a very common scam. When my co-worker was having this problem I would google the number and there would be many websites with people complaining about it.

These people tend to live in nearly-third world conditions and work incredibly cheap so it is actually very worth their time.

These people often use Magic Jack or other VOIP based calling options so they do not appear to be international.

I had a co-worker who was getting harassed on her work line from a fake money collection organization. So I started calling them, and calling them, and then they discontinued their number.

They then started calling her again a few months later and it took even less time for them to shut down that number.

As far as I know she hasn't had another call since.

Oh, and if at all possible try to figure out where they are calling from and try to use the differences in culture to insult them. Like calling them shoe lickers or something. Just calling them regular english put downs aren't as effective.

Also you may want to try the "why not do something better with your life" talk, after all a lot of times these people are better educated than many of their peers and could make a significant difference in their community if they weren't intent on trying to scam those rich dumb people from that rich dumb country.

Yes, the National Inquirer may do more investigative reporting, but if no one believes it because 90% of what they report is false then who gives a fuck?

Bootcamp is free, Windows is not, but it is still possible the person was actually thinking about Parallels.

He gave a non-ActiveX related anecdote to help explain that it is not a technical reason that ActiveX is still being used, but instead that it is a problem with the bureaucracy in that country.

ActiveX has been around for 17 years and there have been news stories about how insecure it is for 16 of those years so they have had plenty of time to figure out it was a stupid idea and to do something about it.

I would also be surprised, but not for the reasons you just gave, after all look at the problems that plagued the SR-71. Also the SR-71 is 50 years old, we should have the expertise to improve on the design.

The reason I would be surprised is because we have other projects that fulfill the role that are more cost effective, such as the flying twinkie. Another reason is that although it is possible to design a stealth aircraft that can go beyond Mach 3, the massive plume of hot exhaust gasses will give it away.

The faster you go the more fuel you need which makes going supersonic very expensive, and add to that the maintenance needed for the engines and the air-frame.

Even if the cost of operating a new concord is less than the last one it is still something that would only be available to the truly wealthy.

Don't worry though, I'm sure that rendering is the closest that plane will ever come to being built.

Spy satellites have known paths so you know that between oh 1:00 pm to 1:15 pm you need to hide your secret stuff. But I think they have already gotten past this limitation with the flying twinkie since it can deploy a satellite as needed and pick it back up.

I believe that the only R&D going into the SR-72 project is the amount of capital it took to make that rendering and a short blurb.

I do not see this as even a proposed aircraft, it is at the most misinformation campaign.