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I knew it. I knew it long ago and I couldn’t think of a thing to do to stop it. The irony that I got fired just shy of Labor Day does not escape me, either. Oh well. Have a nice weekend!

CDs Suck

I guess I wasn’t just seeing things then: CD-eating fungii are real. And if the fungus don’t getcha, just wait around awhile…

On the image you can see the exact same CD-R. On the left you see the outcome of our tests done in 2001. On the right you see the same CD-R in 2003. The colours indicate the severeness of the errors in the following order; white, green, yellow and red whereas white indicates that the disc can be read well and red indicates that it cannot be read.

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People who love their laptops even less than I do (I jest, of course. I’m nearly in love with this damn thing.)

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Just two days shy of full, too! Unfortunately, this is the best I could do with what I’ve got:

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I was beginning to feel neglected by the once-legendary, now-passé Nigerian scammers, but tonight they’ve more than made up for their tardiness:

aminumusa2341: hi
aminumusa2341: I just sent you an email
ariel: aye?
aminumusa2341: arielski@yahoo.com
aminumusa2341: read it and get back to me

… the letter reads:

Hello Ariel,

My name is Bala Adamu, Nephew to the Late Nigerian Head of States, General Sani Abacha, who died on the 8th of June 1998.

The family currently have the sum of Seven Million, Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$7,900,000:00) cash in a vault abroad and they also have their possession, the Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) Code for the claims.

The present civilian Government, under the leadership of my late Uncle’s enemy and political prisoner, has insisted on probing the Family’s financial resources and has recently seized all the known family’s funds abroad with the assistance of Credite Suisse. They cannot however trace this fund because it was lodged with a Triple A type organization, using no name but codes only; however, to be safer, I am compelled to diversify this inheritance into investments of value as an anonymous investor. If you are interested in assisting, please send me a mail so we can conclude on the modalities. I am prepared to part with a 15% percent interest for your assistance.

Please mark your response: - Attn.: MAK; Stating all your
relevant confidential contact particulars for prompt attention.

Please treat as confidential.

Thank you.

BALA .

…

ariel: who are you?
aminumusa2341: my name is Bala Adamu
ariel: pleasure to meet you. my name is ariel
aminumusa2341: I am 47years old
aminumusa2341: my pleasure too
aminumusa2341: I have been conteplating on how best to approach you
aminumusa2341: pls read the mail and then we can talk
ariel: this is probably not the best way… the CIA has this line tapped
aminumusa2341: is that?
ariel: you’ll probably be hearing from them soon enough. sorry!
ariel: hello?

Wow. A Nigerian scammer contacted me! Via Instant Messenger! Will they stop at nothing? (heh heh)