You can read more about it here but the long and the short is that my little podcast at geeksradio.fm seemed to be received well enough.
December 2008 Archives
This Yahoo Odd News Article is pretty good. Seems at first the cashier didn't take the robber seriously. He did fork over his empty wallet when confronted with a box cutter.
Yuppers, I am going to be doing a podsafe show from 6PM until 8 PM EST Tonight. I hope you can all join me! You can also join me in chat by clicking the chat button at Geeks Radio.
Here are a five links to kill some time and to think a bout:
- It is not too shocking that Chuck E. Cheese is bad for you, I mean the food alone may kill you but it seems it is also a very likely place for a brawl
- On a totally different note, check out these libraries
- This one falls under the unreal category. A teacher confiscates a students free software? Because, if it is free, it must be illegal?
- A good friend of mine live in North Pole, Alaska. You think it is cold by you? Check out this video!
- Amy Gahran tweeted about this point of view on the future of newspapers. With that in mind is it such a good idea to build the libraries I mentioned above?
Thanks for reading. Have a great day.
Often common sense will curb a scammer. For example, if a person is contacting me because my "car warranty may soon expire", why do they need me to provide the year, make and model? Wouldn't they already have that information to determine that is was about to lapse?
Unfortunately, the hectic pace of life, trusting nature of people and other distractions all get in the way of good clear thinking when it comes to phone calls. It seems there is an insurance scam running rampant here at the moment.
I don't normally go off on this but, as an office manager for a commercial industrial painting company, I deal with dozens of telemarketers and scammers daily. Here are a few things I think about when the phone rings:
- First of all, if they are who they say they are, would they not already have this information they are requesting? If the answer is yes, go to the bullet point below.
- Tell them you are busy and request a number to call them back at. If they can't give you a number, it is not a crisis or a real big issue. I mean would your bank, insurance agent or any other legitimate business not have an incoming phone line?
- Ask them to wait a second and inform them you need to start recording the phone conversation. If they hang up, you just figured it out.
If you feel you need to learn more about this topic, you may wish to check out the FBI Page of Common Schemes.
