or maybe it's just a crap joke!

My gmail account seems to attract this stuff and, obliging fellow that I am, I prefer to return the emails pointing out their mistake and even suggesting the correct address to try. But a US company director kept sending confidential stuff to a consultant which was actually my email address and included heaps of very confidential file attachments. I sent back multiple emails trying to get them to look at where they were sending this stuff, until finally I copied and pasted their own email disclaimer, highlighted the part for them that said "advise us if you receive this in error" and said FFS read your own words!

That finally got their attention, and the issue was passed to one of their VP's who was full of fear at first, but when he found I'm not a US citizen he relaxed a little and we focused on resolving the issue. He had '"fear-of-lawsuit" written all over his emails until he relaxed, but I think that whole process took about 3 years.

That's just nonsense. I would suggest treatment for that.
Your excuse that you're doing it for your country doesn't stack up as you're not doing them any favours with the pathetic amount you're spending vs the country's debt. You're doing it for yourself and are probably using that as an excuse. I would talk to someone about it if I were you.

-Sig: If you don't change your direction, you'll end up where you are heading.

Adding to the cacophony that is a city. Trucks in japan have a speaker system as well as indicators for when they are turning. They say, "migi kudasai" (left please) or something because it's done in a cutsey wootsey girls voice and is hard to understand. But everyone ignores them. You have to or run screaming home with your hands over your ears, there's just so much noise. You just filter it out.

Toyota, working in isolation - a good idea for the marketing department, totally useless in real life.

Obesa cantavit!

Brilliant place!

Ditto, I was in the Australian equivalent, until I found that having MACCS after your name on your resume didn't mean squat to any prospective employer.

we only drink real beer like Coopers. Fosters is for Poms.

except for the guy who was charged with spraying Sarin after Aum Shinrikyo's first practise run in southern Tokyo in 1995(?). He had his life ruined, then the cops just dropped him and went after the real perps. He sued them for an apology but got nothing.

GIMP 2.0, and another vote for VLC

I also agree, a simple (read intuitive) and effective package.

I used it for some years while running a (small) PC repair business. Good stuff.

Sounds a bit incestuous to me. Like marrying ones sister.

I totally agree. In the past I've turned down work because (I felt) the management were dickheads.

People who are assholes in the workplace may prosper temporarily, but in the long term it's the guy - oops sorry, person, that can get along that will win out.

The company I'm with just got rid of a contractor that couldn't work with other people, acted like he knew it all and would never tell other people what he'd done to fix something. Single point of failure - punt! - bye bye!

Has to work for the common good else it's, ultimately, doomed to failure.

Obesa Cantavit

I'm just concerned about what will happen when the batteries need replacing.

All the low emission credentials go out the window and become highly toxic heavy metal pollution. ...And the Chinese record of caring for their population by not allowing pollution into their lives is not what you'd call exemplary.

Swap car fumes for heavy metal poisoning anyone?

Obesa Cantavit