always at the wrong time.
1 British pound = 1.5852 U.S. dollars
Well, some idiot said we are in a repression and the pound became cheap again. Normally I wouldn’t care, but, today, I am going to buy a flickr.com pro account, which is, unfortunately, an american company so they charge in dollars.
It’s $24.95 for 1 year. Last week, this meant ~£12. now, it means ~£15. For two years, $47.99, which meant ~£24, which is still cheap. Now, it is ~£30. THAT IS £6 MORE.
Some idiot who has made me have to pay £6 extra. so, the moral of this story is, if you are a politician, NEVER TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MONEYS.
Hotmail
Got an email from hotmale (lol, not really - it was from hotmail) today.
1) Be wary of e-mails asking for your personal information. Any e-mail asking for your name, birth date, e-mail username, e-mail password, or any other type of personal information, no matter who the e-mail appears to be from, is almost certainly a scam. If you have any reason to believe it may be legitimate, do not reply to the e-mail or click any hyperlinks; instead copy and paste the web URL or go to that company’s website for contact information. Don’t hesitate to contact the company’s support channel to confirm legitimacy.
2) Carefully read e-mails that appear suspicious. E-mails that are poorly worded, have typos, or have phrases such as “this is not a joke” or “forward this message to your friends” are generally scam e-mails. Sometimes company names or brands are misspelled or inaccurate; such as saying Windows Hotmail (instead of Windows Live™ Hotmail). 3) Protect your Hotmail password. Create a strong password for your Hotmail account by using more than 7 characters and having a combination of upper and lower case characters, numbers, and special characters, like the @ or # symbols. It’s also a good idea to change your password on a regular basis. Learn More. If you receive a notification from Microsoft Customer Support confirming your request to change your password, as I did this past week, and you haven’t recently changed your password, that’s a signal that someone else may be trying to gain access to your Hotmail account, and you should immediately change your password. To do so, either go tohttp://account.live.com, or within Hotmail, click Options, then View and Edit your Personal Information. You will be prompted to log in again. Once you do, look for “Password reset information” under your name at the top. Change both your password and your Secret Question/Secret Answer as both may have been compromised.
4) Take action! If you think someone has accessed your Hotmail account, that the Windows Live ID sign-in page looks fraudulent, or you receive a suspicious e-mail that tries to confirm a password change you didn’t authorise, change your password immediately via the instructions above, or go to:http://account.live.com. 5) Help us identify new scams. If you’re using the Full version of Hotmail, you can select the dropdown next to “Junk”, then select “Report phishing scam”. Whatever you do, do not reply back to the sender. You can read more about this topic here. We encourage you to keep this e-mail for future reference on what to do if you do receive a scam e-mail so that you can help keep your inbox more safe and secure. Sincerely,
Windows Live Hotmail Team
K thx, but is this really necessary? I mean, are there actually people stupid enough to fall for these scams? I don’t know how you could, I mean, I don’t even have a Barclays Account!!!!! So, the main point is, if your stupid enough to fall for it, it’s your own fault. It’s not Microsofts job to protect you from it, but they are trying to do so anyway.
Of course, if I get scammed, it’s not my fault.