Not all battles are fought with a sword
New Kid just posted a really wonderful analysis of a recent variant on the all-too-common Nigerian Oil Scam spam. What a hoot! Shows what can be accomplished if a keen mind is brought to bear on a problem of importance. Or, well, maybe not so much importance, but still quite fun and definitely recommended.
And to think – I just delete most of mine :-).
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Nick Hopper (UMM ’99, now a tenure-line CSci faculty at the Twin Cities campus) invited us out to the Twin Cities’ Computer Science and Engineering biennial technology forum/open house, which was very cool. At various times it looked like as many as 10 or more UMMers might make the trip, but in the end mid-terms and on-campus events trimmed things down to Emily, Elena, and myself.
The scramble to get ready was pretty crazy, but all worth it as it was an excellent event and I got to meet some interesting new people and hook up with folks I hadn’t seen in a while. A major highlight was the informal UMM CSci reunion dinner last night after the open house was all over. We had 20 UMM folks in all, plus two wee’uns, for a fun and tasty evening.
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