Anyway, anyone who reads this thing on a regular basis (I know that half the time I don't read what I'm writing, but someone out there must be reading this thing, unless my counter's been run up 6,000+ hits somehow) will know that the den from which the Sledgehammer originates is about as organized as your average demolition site after the impact, except that the roof is still here. At this point, there are 6 different computers in here, but most are either operational or older than dirt (well, it WAS a PDP-11, but it got upgraded at some point to a VAX... But it still runs VMS, so that counts as beiong old as dirt.) Anyway, this is getting pretty crowded in here, with more computers seeming to find their way in here over time. There is talk of wiring up the house for Ethernet and moving computers out of here. Of course, this might have disastrous consequences for us all, as the whole house could end up looking like the den does now. Still, this is in the early stages of planning (last time I checked, it wasn't a very good idea to go tearing up the walls of the house without planning some sort of reason to do so) but this may be happening before too long. As they say on television, stay tuned...
And now, as they say on Monty Python, for something completely different. Several weeks ago, I wrote my parody of one of those pathetic (and illegal) "Make Money Fast" chain letters you see all too often on the Internet called Make Misery Fa$t!!!!111. I also mentioned that in the coming weeks, I would mess with the mind of one of these clue-impaired induhviduals (apologies to Scott Adams.) Well, this process has started, as I have located a particularly pathetic one of these. For now, you can read the original MMF here. As you can see, this is one pathetic piece of writing. Not only does the author misspell every other word, but ALSO TYPES IN ALL CAPS thinking that it will get soem point across. In fact, at one point in the message he instructs the victim to PLEASE USE BIG CARACTERS(sic) in the address. Apparently this instruction was ignored by the person at #5 (who is to be the unsuspecting victim here. I will update everyone on how this turns out as it goes along. As bait, I have sent out this e-mail from an anonymous account to the luser:
Hi, my name is Christopher Erickson. I saw the "cashflow" letter on your
website.
It sounds like a great way to make some money. I congratulate you on your
success
in making over $1000 in a week. I think that I would like to participate
in this,
but have a few questions before I do:
first of all, how much have you made since you said that you made $1000 in
a week?
It sounds like the guy who wrote it made over $10000 by doing this.
Second, I notice that you are the only one on this list who is from the USA...
When
I send my money to all of the other people, should I send them five of whatever
their
currency is, or should I just send them dollars. If they're having as much
luck
as you are with this, then they are also getting a lot of money, and exchanging
it
is probably a hassle.
Third, do you mind if I write a check? And if I do, where do I write it
to?
Thank you for your cooperation, and good luck with this and your ROM site.
I will
be telling some of my friends about this.
-Christopher