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George Michael: Pop superstar dies at 53 - BBC News[^]
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Taking "Last Christmas I gave you my heart" literal 
And so another one dies in 2016...
RIP George Michael.
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Dang, Another One Bites The Dust, not really a fan though...
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His manager is reporting heart failure now. Years of drug abuse have finally taken their toll, in one way or another, I'm sure.
Didn't care for most of his music, but he was a legend and an icon, and I respect that.
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I've got a .com domain that I keep in my back pocket, one day perhaps...
anyway, today (27 Dec) got an email From: "Domain Service <info@nrg4.net>":
(of course smart enough to know it's not from my registrar)
.... important notice (all caps)
.... expiration notice (all caps)
.... domain: xyz.com (not the actual name)
.... notification purchase proposal
.... expiration proposal date 12/27/2016 (all caps)
.. [in table form] xyz.com registration SEO period (01/10/2017 .. 01/10/2018) $66.00 1 year
The formatting/layout is actually pretty good, message is sort of quite well done, But they still shoot themselves in the foot
1. is it an expiration notice? what's actually expiring?
2. why is it a purchase proposal? who's proposing to buy what?
3. SEO renewal/offer? (currently not paying for SEO coz sites empty anyway)
FFS, still trying too hard, confusing message, just like any business if you want to rip somebody off KISS ASS: keep it simple, short and sweet, stupid.
Anyway, beware, possibly scammers are targeting companies hoping key staff on holidays and skeleton crews dumb enough to be fooled by repeated use of "important," lots of underlining of "expiration", and the big bold red but friendly looking "secure online payment" link.
Sin tack ear lol
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I got a very legal looking email from supposedly income tax department. But there was no mention of section under which mail was sent in the subject so it was a dead give away.
The good thing is that few days earlier I did receive a intimation from tax dept. under section that tells there is either a demand or refund. I opened the report and looks like I had paid INR 4 less than what I should have. To my surprise, they waived it off! Just think of it, tax dept. says, "it's OK you just made a small mistake in your calculations". Still can't believe it. Every now and then I will login to check if they have raised a demand notice for 4 bucks. They still haven't. 
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Got one like that too, from the Singapore Tax Authority (IRAS): I owed them a whopping $34.17.
Surely at such a small amount wasn't a scam? Sounded pretty about right?
But no actual assessment attached, just payment instructions, very professional and almost correct looking.
Where else did they go wrong (apart from lack of assessment)?
1. Why would any tax authority request payment via Western Union?
2. Why would the Singapore Tax Authority send notices from a .ru domain?
Actually it does help me understand why putting the internet domain authority into the public domain is not such a good idea - even with the best of intentions it'll inevitably make things even easier for the scammers.
Sin tack ear lol
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Lopatir wrote: 1. Why would any tax authority request payment via Western Union?
Because we don't have a South East Asian union.
Lopatir wrote: 2. Why would the Singapore Tax Authority send notices from a .ru domain?
Because it is funny domain name. Think of this: WeAreAwesomeBut.ru
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Lopatir wrote: Why would the Singapore Tax Authority send notices from a .ru domain?
Because Putin has "done a Crimea" on Singapore and nobody has noticed yet? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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So, all in all I think 2016 was a fantastic year for me. Here are few highlights I can think of:
- Started new job: still happy with my workplace and kind of work I am doing.
- Moved in to a new rented apartment: Brilliant place!
- Bought a new scooter: Mrs. Wife's ride. (Now she drives me around the city unless we take Uber whenever we go out, so win win)
- Bought a new motorcycle: Motorcycle++ for me.
- Did a 3500 KM road trip by car with wife and friends: lots of fun.
- I had a set a fitness goal to have a flat tummy by June 2017. I have already come down to 77 Kg from 90 Kg. I do not think I will be able to make it by June but still, not quitting at all.
- Acquired tennis elbow during the year but healing process is going on well and it should be fine in next few weeks.
- Bought a new laptop, brought back another old one to life (except WiFi connectivity). Old one seems to be working fine otherwise. It had Vista on it but now it runs Ubuntu.
Number 5 makes me the happiest.
How was your year?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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lw@zi wrote: Did a 3500 KM road trip by car with wife and friends: lots of fun.
3.5km road trip with wife and kids
... fun? Not so much.
Keep it up on #6, the older one gets the harder it gets to maintain, let alone achieve a figure.
Seems to be some sort of inverse square rule - but you will really like it when you get there.
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We don't have kids yet but one the friend's young one was 2 year old. She was the most energetic one throughout.
Loosing fat is getting harder and harder. I am running about 8 KM a day and then doing exercise for about and hour a day. I think I will need to increase that to 10 KM a day to try and achieve my goal by June. The idea is to cut down as much fat as I can by March and then switch to a high protein diet. Being a vegetarian, diet will be a challenge.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Me?
0. Spent 200+ nights in hotels
2016 sucked
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sounds like my life for previous 4 years.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I was driving home today after visiting my dad.
Lots of traffic. Also a road full of speed traps. So I kept an eye on the speedometer.
Got one of those guys behind me. You know the kind, premium car, nonfunctional indicator, no more than ten feet behind me.
There's to much traffic in the opposite direction, so he can't overtake. So he start blinking with his headlights.
A while later there's a gap and he can finally overtake. Two hundred meters down the road is yet another speed camera.
Is it bad of me to feel smug on Christmas?
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Sometimes, you have to be kind to be cruel...  
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Nothing feels better than schadenfreude! 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I'm trying hard to not compulsively check the site, and vaguely succeeding (but obviously failing).
I hope everyone has a safe holiday. See your friends, get in touch with those you've been putting off getting in touch with, and drive safe. No eggnog fatalities, please!
Merry Christmas!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Merry Christmas!
And same to you, Chris!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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How's Christmas in Bombay? Must be your first Christmas there in maybe 3 decades?
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Nish Nishant wrote: first Christmas there in maybe 3 decades
That sounds about right.
We celebrated with my dad and his nurses cutting a Xmas cake in the morning. I had lunch at my cousin's, and was once again reminded of how late people eat in Bombay. Meals tend to be preceded by several hours of drinking. Ended the day by discussing the pros and cons of Xamarin with my neighbor.
/ravi
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Sounds like an eventful day
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/ravi
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