Re: What a terrible, terrible, blunder!

In December of 2007, I sent an email describing one of a large AT company's business practices as, "heinous fuckery." I didn't look at where it was going and thought it was among friends. Well... it went to the head of Mozilla, the head of the Daisy Consortium and a bunch of others.
A couple of people yelled at me but you would be surprised by the number of people, who will remain nameless here, who replied with cheers and laughter.
The accidental sending of emails to lists is a long and beloved tradition in the world of hackerdom. I could probably get an entire book that does nothing but relate these mistakes.
I've only heard of one or two people getting in any actual trouble, most ended up drunk with their boss that night and the following morning, with a pounding headache, had difficulty remembering what had gone wrong. 

Happy Hacking,
cdh
On Jun 24, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Jared Wright wrote:
I'm sure he was thinking about how you guys killed the guy who advertised the JAWS crack. 

Just sayin'.

JW

On 6/24/2009 12:59 PM, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
o jesus. someone asked for a crack, you openly admitted that you run a list for cracked software. Making a huge deal out of it isn't going to help much. Just pretend it didn't happen and move on with life.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:49 AM
Subject: What a terrible, terrible, blunder!



Hello all!
I wish to publicly and sincerely apologize for replying to a thread. My stupid head didn't allow me to read where the heck this reply was going to. So what I'm going to do is leave for a while and come back very soon. Please understand, I did not! intentionally! reply to the thread on this list; I just made an absolute and possibly fatal mistake. The thread was regarding cracked software. So, for the safety and security of you all, I'm going to leave this list, think about what I said, then come back very soon. My dear fellows, I'm really? really? sorry! And bye for now! P.S. If you wish to keep in touch, please contact me at the appropriate channels. P.S.S. I am a person who believes in good quality software. In fact, I'm a programmer by hobby, and now this mistake has led me to my quick decision to leave. Once again I'm very? sorry, but I'll be back soon. Bye for now! 
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Chris Hallsworth
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