Archive for November 18th, 2005

Ok, which is it?

Friday, November 18th, 2005

I got a spam from Verisign. I thought they were a legitmate business, so I have no idea why they’re spamming. Anyway, here’s the bit that annoyed me:

At VeriSign, we respect your privacy and we are continuously updating our mailing lists to make sure that only the people that want to receive VeriSign information are on our list. This will be the last mailing to you unless you respond to this email at this time.

and then later on in the same message

To remove yourself from receiving future VeriSign promotional
mailings, please visit us at http://www.verisign.com/compref
and update your communication preferences and user profile.

Notice the contradiction there?

Put down du jour

Friday, November 18th, 2005

You know how you think of the best put down for somebody hours after you actually needed it? Well, I just had the exact opposite happen - I though of a put down that I don’t actually need right now. So I guess I should file it away. The put down in question:

Reality called. It says it misses you.