RE: What a terrible, terrible, blunder!

  • From: "Edward" <personal.edward@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:11:04 -0400

I think there was a book written on email blunders this year.
Edward
 

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:31 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: What a terrible, terrible, blunder!

Well, I don't know for sure, but if it's the AT company I think, I would
have given you an attaboy too.

JW

On 6/24/2009 4:07 PM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> 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!
>>>> --
>>>> Chris Hallsworth
>>>> e-mail: christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Skype: chrishallsworth7266
>>>> Join TAFN by visiting www.tafn.org.uk.
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