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Yes, but ... weather forecasts use heavy computer models etc
it seems to me that a lot of real science is in there actually 
so this metaphor could be a bit stretched ...
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They are calling me (phone) and sending me e-mails every day.
Opening their first mail using Notepad++ and removing all \0 chars, I've seen they are trying to make me participate in a free training course to learn how to sell their products better.
A guy calling from Washington USA told me I have been so good selling their products I deserve to participate in their PARTNER SALES ACCELERATION SERVICES!
I declined his invitation during that first call, but they keep calling and sending mails.
I HAVE 2 OFFICE LICENCES!!!
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Are you sure that it is Microsoft, and not some scammer trying to get your money? The latter being much more likely.
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Why can't it be both? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Mail servers seem legit and they don't ask me to pay anything, they want to teach me how to sell better their products...
The number they are calling me from looks legit too: 12064299176.
In any case, it looks like phone numbers can be spoofed too, them all.
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Not sure about the phone number. Looks like a scam to me. The "toll free" extension in US is 800, not 206.
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Joan M wrote: The number they are calling me from looks legit too: 12064299176.
According to this, it's a scam center using a Seattle number.
Jeremy Falcon
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What you’re not saying is if you did indeed take part in their sales program. The question here is how did they come into possession of your email address and phone number.
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Nope I did not.
They have my name, my mail address, and my phone number.
And I am not aware of having that information anywhere available.
Just proceeded in blocking their phone number and marking their mails as spam. Yesterday I got 3 calls while I was speaking with a customer.
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It's not Microsoft. It's a third party that has likely purchased your information from the dark web. I guarantee everybody's email, name, address, phone, mother's maiden name, pet's first name, etc., is available for sale on the dark web.
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Just noting that the Microsoft does have a Sales partner program. They have had it for probably 20 years at least. Basic idea is that the partner has some sort of service/product that depends on Microsoft and so the partner can do a sell through and the partner does (or at least did) get a discount on products/services which they can then sell to the partner's customer.
Sell with Microsoft[^]
And I am rather certain they promote it.
So quite likely that someone could be trying to make a quota by getting people to sign up for it.
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yes, maybe... then that someone has got blocked.
Everything looks legit (I know I can't trust that), if it's not legit I am amazed they have all the details of the company + phone + my name... that's impressive. If it's legit... I am amazed because of how they act.
The most surprising part is that MS will have sold gazillions of licenses... how come they can call me 1237894623 times a day to help me sell better their products... Now that I've written it... maybe I am the guy with less MS licenses in the planet...
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Email's easy to block, fortunately. But phone number?
Next time they call, tell them you have a new phone number.
Then give them the number for some other internal department within MS. Or your worst enemy's.
If they call back at your previous number after that, stop answering. Presumably they call from the same number?
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Oh, that's easy, in the phone just set that number as spam and block it.
Of course magic stops if they change their phone number, but after a few attempts they are vanished.
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Right...I'm assuming the worst; the spammers tend to change phone numbers all the time so it's impossible to block 'em all.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a phone capable of putting itself into F*** Off Mode(tm), where only numbers matching your contacts are allowed to ring...
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You can do that in Android, you can set the "Don't disturb" mode and then add an exception that only phone calls on your contact list can enter.
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Right.
The problem is that there's always this one person who's not in your contacts list, and should be allowed to call you...
Maybe blocking all area codes (or states or entire countries) with exceptions would work best...not a 100% failproof solution, but it would cut down on the junk calls I'm getting on my phoneline...
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Of us holding this ? happen (5)
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I see what you did there! Nice. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OCCUR - happen
O..UR - of us, holding (surrounding) ...
.CC.. - "this"
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Go Pete YAUT
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: .CC.. - "this"
... CC as in this Crossword Clue?
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 this competition
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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hard one knew where it was but could not recall the name - they change in that area
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My 250 watt 2080TI struggled to play Fallout 4 at the settings I wanted.
It would so, but at 100% utilization and at 75 degrees celsius.
My current 320 watt 4080 plays the game easily at settings I hadn't dared hope for before. All the way up. Also at a cool 50 degrees celsius.
That is an amazing difference. The 2080TI was two generations old by the time I replaced it, but it ranked in with the generation 3xxx cards in performance. That the 4080 could blow it out of the water without even maxing out the GPU or getting above 50 degrees? AND churning out better frame rates and graphic detail?
I don't know what they did in the Ada Lovelace architecture to make it perform like this, but more please.
It's much better than the previous generation. Much better.
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