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silicon valley company Ubiquiti falls prey to the nigerian email scam for $47 million -- (link) - jangles Aug 8, 11:24 10
- We've been targeted for this type of scam. There's probably more large companies that get hit by them than admit it. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 8, 11:34 6
  - so companies will need a new mail room, where security scans each attachment before going to the recipient... - zeitgeist Aug 8, 12:25
  - Is it as simple as "hey, pay is that invoice you owe us, you know, that one" or is it more sophisticated? -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 11:39 2
    - More sophisticated. They try to figure out who in the organization would order international wires and make a request that looks like it's from them. - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 8, 11:43 1
      - **wistfully remembering the days when I would get 'invoices' for office supplies or business directory ads, how brazzen taht was -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 12:30
  - (we didn't fall for it, I should point that out) -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 8, 11:37 1
    - It sounded totally legit, bro -- nm - Ubiquiti Aug 8, 11:39
- On an unrelated note, I like the top banner about the "Red State Annual Gathering of Conservatives" - Reagen Aug 8, 11:27 1
  - With special guest Tila Tequila -- nm - Rollo Aug 8, 11:57
- CEO Robert Pera also owns the Memphis Grizzlies -- nm - jangles Aug 8, 11:25
Trump's statement is a thing of beauty. -- (link) - mara Aug 8, 11:07 5
- The only way that could be better is if the font change was to Comic Sans. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 11:20
- Has he always been this whiny? Blaming everybody else for his problems? - amoxy Aug 8, 11:18 1
  - Pretty sure he's always thought he was infallible & thus any failures were someone else's fault -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 11:55
- what's bigger than a mic drop? -- nm - jangles Aug 8, 11:08 1
  - He just dropped the bass -- (link) - TWuG Aug 8, 11:45 [youtube]
Sunny Seat Window-Mounted Cat Bed -- (link) - budice Aug 8, 10:46 1
- that might hold a kitten - jangles Aug 8, 10:52
David, what level do I need to get to before I can join you guys? -- nm - J Aug 8, 10:39
is remlik eating a weiner yet? -- nm - jangles Aug 8, 10:27 2
- he and Truman are in a comic book store - Pippy Aug 8, 10:42 1
  - so, yes -- nm - jangles Aug 8, 10:43
Taco Bell's Ghost Pepper griller is legit hot despite that it's a "creamy ghost pepper sauce." -- nm - Tim Aug 8, 10:19
Fantastic Four did 11.3 mil on friday projected for 28 mil -- (link) - eag Aug 8, 09:58 8
- So does Fox finally give up on the property now? -- nm - Dano Aug 8, 10:43 4
  - Captain America Torch? (pic) -- (link) - budice Aug 8, 10:58 [Image] 1
    - badass here (pic) -- (link) - budice Aug 8, 10:58 [Image]
  - They should - eag Aug 8, 10:55
  - like we would ever get that lucky -- nm - jangles Aug 8, 10:47
- I apparently bought the call and put both on IPO day and then forgot to drop one before halt. -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 10:00 2
  - that was pretty dumb -- nm - jangles Aug 8, 10:15 1
    - At least I'm consistent! -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 10:18
holy shut. some guy was killed behind the strip mall literally right next door to my townhouse complex -- nm - zork Aug 8, 09:42 1
- is a city of over 700k people and less than one murder a month, so it happens apt a twenty second walk from my door? -- nm - zork Aug 8, 09:46
Guys, GUYS. My 10 key is throwing up errors every time I try to add something. - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 8, 09:38 1
- 80085 -- nm* - amoxy Aug 8, 09:49
Now pkaying...Mission Impossible: Fat Shark -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 09:15
Cannot unsee. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 8, 09:07 1
- That's a little freaky. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Aug 8, 10:20
Seen on Twitter: "still can't believe ben carson bragged about separating conjoined twins. america needs a uniter not a divider" @andylevy -- nm - mara Aug 8, 08:55 6
- He singlehandedly doubled the cost of medicare and social security for that person! -- nm - Max Aug 8, 08:58 5
  - Actually, I think you'll find that lifetime costs would be greatly reduced ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 09:04 4
    - (Maybe I should make an Actually_ST bot) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 09:04 3
      - A bot named pedan(S)T -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 09:55
      - A randomizer -- click it, and it grabs a reply at random and puts "Actually" at the beginning. - mara Aug 8, 09:06 1
        
        Actually, I like this a lot, dumbass. -- nm - Max Aug 8, 09:13
I love the Fresh Air promos for Mic Check. It's like the whitest possible read for the podcast promo. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 8, 08:52
Stay classy Washington. Washington and Houston practicing on separate fields now due to multiple fights. -- nm - MDH Aug 8, 08:35
Rudy Rudy Rudy rudy -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 08:29
This is a new one. Minor league baseball game cancelled due to distracting circus tent. -- (link) - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 8, 08:13 1
- So the republican nominees are in town ? -- nm - eag Aug 8, 08:17
The theater's schedule is making it a little complicated to get the MI5/The Gift double-feature in today, but I'm gonna make it work, dammit - prayformojo Aug 8, 08:12 1
- a little over one minute per salsa! -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 08:25
Is it just me, or does the great white shark in this video look kind of fat? -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 8, 07:52 3
- "I'm pregnant, you monster!" *storms away* -- nm - Shark Aug 8, 07:57
- Are you saying I'm fat? You best stay out of the ocean for a while pal. I'll show YOU who's fat. -- nm - Great White Shark Aug 8, 07:57
- They have been eating well lately. -- nm - Spawn on a bus Aug 8, 07:56
She's squarely in adult contemporary space, but I'd like to recommend Kristin Diable to the good people of ST. Bit of a 60s/Dusty vibe. -- (link*) - Rollo Aug 8, 07:46 [youtube] 5
- In a more mellow/melancholy vein, this is who I was talking about yesterday -- (link) - Reagen Aug 8, 07:58 [youtube] 4
  - That was what inspired me to post KD. if Reagen can wuss out with adult contemporary music I might as well come out too! -- nm - Rollo Aug 8, 08:03 3
    - I have multiple facets! -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 08:04 2
      - Yes yes it's all a rich tapestry. (I liked "your fool" the best ... the most like Rilo Kiley IMO) -- nm - Rollo Aug 8, 08:10 1
        
        I like I'll Make Time For You from your girl (I'm such a sucker for Hammond organs) -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 08:20
Happy Birthday President Carter...Turns 90 today -- nm - amoxy Aug 8, 07:35
MARS HAS WOMEN -- (link) - ML Aug 8, 07:24 2
- And crabs -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 08:54
- So they don't need moms? -- nm - iSpam Aug 8, 07:49
Hogan: may be looking at jail time for lying under oath... - Remlik Aug 8, 07:19 2
- Gawker is trying so desperately to win the PR war through media connections. -- nm - David Aug 8, 07:22 1
  - yup. -- nm - Remlik Aug 8, 07:24
Donald Trump goes to the Ron Burgundy well -- (link) - Reagen Aug 8, 07:08 25
- Wow. A candidate actually being held responsible for his comments, who'da'thunk? -- nm - znufrii Aug 8, 07:52 1
  - "We want to defund Planned Parenthood and outlaw abortion entirely but we would NEVER stoop to that level of misogyny!" -- nm - Shocked Face GOP Aug 8, 10:01
- If, and I am not saying likely, trump gets the nomination... The electoral landslide for the democrats would be massive. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 07:38 7
  - From what I see, there aren't too many non-Neanderthals left -- nm - amoxy Aug 8, 07:41 6
    - He still is only polling at 25% -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 07:48 5
      - Florida had a poll on Friday, with Trump at 27 and Bush at 26, but of course the margin of error is like 4. But interesting they're that close in FL -- (link) - mara Aug 8, 07:56 2
        
        So, really, Trump 27, not-trump 73? -- nm - znufrii Aug 8, 07:59 1
        
        Much like Romney in August 2011 -- Romeny 21, non-Romney 79. -- nm - mara Aug 8, 08:59
      - And I've read the polling on "will vote against Trump in the general election" is significant. -- nm - Rollo Aug 8, 07:51 1
        
        Yeah, if he's the nominee...Bernie could win. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 08:03
- The comments section saddens me. -- nm - kelly Aug 8, 07:33 1
  - I don't want to live on this planet anymore -- nm - amoxy Aug 8, 07:40
- It's kind of surprising that Erick Erickson had a problem with the remark. -- nm - mara Aug 8, 07:16
- I've decided that Trump's constituency is primarily the men's rights movement doofs so this might actually boost him a bit. -- nm - ML Aug 8, 07:11 9
  - For someone who bases his persona around confidence he is surprisingly (or perhaps not) thin-skinned. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 07:16 8
    - "Trump is like an Internet comments section decided to run for President." - ML Aug 8, 07:22 7
      - the only difference between him and the others is he doesn't use the code language -- nm - jangles Aug 8, 09:04
      - Genius -- nm - Pippy Aug 8, 08:14
      - That's fantastic -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 07:53
      - That is stealably good -- nm - Rollo Aug 8, 07:53
      - Hadn't heard that one; very apt. Also have heard "Trump is like the Nixon tapes, but in public." -- nm* - mara Aug 8, 07:52 2
        
        Is that a typo? Actually either way is clever -- nm - amoxy Aug 8, 08:02 1
        
        LOL. Typo, and it's getting corrected. -- nm - mara Aug 8, 08:10
- When's the next debate? -- nm - Volnelk Aug 8, 07:10 1
  - September -- nm - ML Aug 8, 07:11
"The Bournemouth Machine" - prayformojo Aug 8, 06:51 7
- Robert Ludlum's ghost-writers have really ran out of ideas -- nm - Roger More Aug 8, 06:56 1
  - hee -- nm - ML Aug 8, 07:25
- I have Ritchie and Francis in my fantasy squad. Ritchie could go off against Villa -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 06:55 4
  - Heh, This stadium looks like a matchbox compared to some of the others -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 06:58 3
    - great for the fans. so much fun -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 07:08 1
      - I went to Loftus Road where QPR play. holds about 18k. You feel like you're right on the pitch. Everton won 2-0 -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 07:09
    - I think it's such a cool concept that smaller clubs can work their way up. But yes, an 11,000 seat stadium looks odd. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 8, 07:02
CQ, good luck against the new side. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 8, 06:50 1
- i can't even name our starting 11, heh. I have no clue how this season will pan out. Sherwood will at least make it fun to watch -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 06:53
Sort of a ho hum match so far. Spurs are tired from their travels and United look meh -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 06:19 1
- I'm optimistic about it from Spurs. Needed to tighten up defense and it looks like they have. - Volnelk Aug 8, 06:29
wake up -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 05:26
Yay! Hotel pool all to myself! (If you don't count the water spider I fished out.). Ok some Chicago Pizza thoughts inside: - JenBro Aug 8, 05:18 3
- It really looked like Lou Malnati's from the picture that Remlik posted and the chocolate chip pizza is their signature dessert. - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 8, 07:54 1
  - Except most people at our table did not want meat in their pizza. - Covington Aug 8, 09:13
- Thanks for the report and I hope you find some good pizza somewhere in that city. ;-) - Krusty Aug 8, 06:08
Goal! -- nm - budice Aug 8, 05:10
Opening weekend! Opening weekend! Opening weekend! Opening weekend! -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 03:52 1
- For your one man show about a pool boy and his skimmer? -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 05:45
Tiki Bars are the Devil! -- nm - JenBro Aug 8, 03:47 3
- uh-oh... -- nm - diva Aug 8, 05:05 2
  - And there should be one on every corner! :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 8, 05:25 1
    - i agree twas yummy! -- nm - Diva Aug 8, 06:30
#ManUtd -- nm - budice Aug 8, 03:17 1
- suck ass -- nm - CQ Aug 8, 03:51
Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's god-given right. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 8, 01:34
I quite enjoyed Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Granted, I've read graphic novels with more depth. But it was a fun romp. - Mop Aug 8, 01:28
TIL: Duff McKagan, bassist for Guns and Roses, was the inspiration for DUFF MAN on the Simpsons -- nm - amoxy Aug 8, 00:41 1
- Huh. -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 01:02
I wonder how much bail money we need for the Chicago group -- nm - amoxy Aug 7, 23:59 1
- I didn't think we'd need to test out the self-bailing theory so soon. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 8, 00:05
Pickle juice, when you have a jar empty of pickles, marinate some chicken fillets, that's the chick-fil-a secret recipe -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 22:56 2
- That sounds even worse than Chicago pizza! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 8, 08:05
- I'm glad I've never eaten there. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 05:46
Speaking of drinking, the morning radio show I listen to has been doing a drinking segment called Drinking With The Maggots where they try a drink - IrishStephen Aug 7, 22:49 3
- mixing whisky is wrong, but if you're going to do it, you could probably choose worse things -- (edited) - mafic Aug 8, 03:33 1
  - Huh, that's cool. The boys love AC/DC (thanks to Iron Man), so they were headbanging fools when we played that video for them. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 8, 08:54
- Not me, but the Irish bar here had shots of jamison with pickle juice back, but switchel is a Victorian Era thing making a comeback -- nm* - zeitgeist Aug 7, 22:51
Today I got my first shift where I would be in charge of other people - con_carne Aug 7, 22:30
Kareem Kandi playing at a good restaurant, I grab a seat in the bar, look at drink menu, full of "infused" this with 3 or four thats - zeitgeist Aug 7, 22:06 4
- Hand crafted cocktails with a million ingredients are definitely in. Me, I'm a simple man. -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 22:12 3
  - One started with a fig infused bourbon -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 22:49
  - RUM!! with a pinch of gunpowder. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 7, 22:27 1
    - "...a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels." -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 22:49
There are many crimes Smackdown commits. One is having a slide using Daniel Bryan's music making me think he was on the show for some reason. -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 22:01
What apostasy did I read on B2? Chili with ... with ... beans?!?!? - ReluctantCynic Aug 7, 21:47 8
- It's tough to make vegetarian chili without them. -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 7, 22:52
- The concoction of chile peppers, meat and beans has been around since the Aztec, cattle range cooks made con Carne because meat was either too fresh -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 7, 22:16
- Chili without beans is just taco meat. -- nm - jaxSean Aug 7, 21:58 5
  - Sloppy Joes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 22:15 4
    - People have made sloppy joes sometime since the nineties? -- nm - con_carne Aug 7, 23:31 2
      - At least since the 1930s -- nm - mara Aug 8, 08:51
      - Sloppy Joes have been around at least since I was growing up, so since at least the 80's. - IrishStephen Aug 8, 08:26
    - This. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 7, 22:46
[an error occurred while processing this worst collection of clowns in Chicago since The Bozo Show directive] -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 21:41 4
- You heard about the waiters at the pizza place? -- nm - tobor.2 Aug 7, 23:09 1
  - I don't think about pizza places all that much these days. -- nm - Qale Aug 7, 23:18
- are you refering to last night in Cleveland? -- nm - mud Aug 7, 21:49
- *clinks beer bottles with Qale* - ReluctantCynic Aug 7, 21:48
the Tropicana casino is being sold -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 7, 21:39 1
- They could revive the folies with moulin Rouge mash up, -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 21:58

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