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 <ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> 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 <grant....@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','grant....@gmail.com');>> 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 >> >> >> >
