News You Can Bruise for 2002 May 28

Tue May 28 2002 17:55: Behold the Yoda spam! (Thanks, Danny)

Tue May 28 2002 18:11: Spam scam contest update: my mother, who also received the Angolan spam, said, "This one sorta tickles my fancy, as it is mining and prospecting." Two new entries, the second entries from Sumana and Camille:

Sumana's entry:

• Country/Organization: Nigeria/State-owned oil company
• Amount: $21,500,000
• Sumana's cut: 30% ($6,450,000)
• Proposed crime: Fraud, profiting from government corruption

Camille's entry:

• Country/Organization: Nigeria/Zenith International Bank
• Amount: $30,500,000
• Camille's cut: 20% ($6,100,000)
• Proposed crime: Bank fraud
• Extra perk #1: You will help the war on terrorism because if you don't steal the money it will go toward purchasing ammunitions for African warmongers.
• Extra perk #2: You will be promoting investment in the US, as the criminals plan to "invest in your country."

Tue May 28 2002 18:20: Adam, who makes this sort of observation by sending out email rather than keeping a weblog, says "I prefer my beer in a bottle."

Tue May 28 2002 21:24: Are there any tools for doing unit testing with Inform? This discussion is the only thing I could find, and it rapidly becomes theoretical and useless to me. I'll probably find an interpreter capable of playing back scripts and use that.