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Announcements => Announcements => Topic started by: Sandwich on June 26, 2008, 03:32:54 pm
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The rumors of Stealth's demise have been greatly exaggerated. I have received concrete proof that Stealth is indeed alive and well. (Stealth sent me a video of himself, telling me that he was not, in fact, dead; and greeting me with the then-current date.) Stealth then sent me his version of the events prior and subsequent to the posting of the "RIP Stealth" thread.
This is simplifying the story somewhat, but the basics are that while Stealth was away for a week in an area without free access to the Net, an ex-co-worker of his managed to exploit a weakness in certain systems that were temporarily up for an upgrade, and got ahold of many of Stealth's passwords. With this information, he posted on HLP the "news" of Stealth's death, using pictures he found on Stealth's computer to enhance the validity of the story.
Yes, Stealth had pictures of a wrecked car on his computer (which he had gotten from the cadillacfaq image gallery); and the pictures of him, supposedly taken scant hours before his "death", were actually pictures Stealth took while on his trip, which he then remotely uploaded to his account.
This was merely a nasty practical joke in extremely poor taste. We can just be thankful that Stealth is alive and well. As for why he hasn't posted on the forums yet, he's been waiting for us to make this announcement, which was delayed due to the arrival of my baby girl.
There's no need to bombard him with "Thank God you're alive" messages, really - he read the threads about his "demise", and saw what you all posted. No need to go overboard.
Thanks,
The HLP Administration
P.S. I've removed the "RIP Stealth" and "Stealth Memorial Thread" threads to prevent any further confusion.
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Thank God for that!
Welcome back Stealth! It's good to see you around again, and be sure to administer multiple slappings to whoever was responsible for that level of 'humour', because there was nothing funny whatsoever about it.
The best news is that you are well, and that is what is important.
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thanks man, i appreciate it, but no need for anyone to welcome me back. i've been here, just out of it for a couple of weeks, and then when i got back i didn't post 'cause of all this stuff that i wanted to resolve with the admins first.
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Wow, I'm speechless... well, welcome back :lol:
BTW, when are you going to fix your sig?
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This makes for one hell of a story, if nothing else. Good to see you're still in one piece. :)
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Hooray. :)
Who's this co-worker, then?
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Yay! He's not dead!
That was a pretty nasty practical joke though >.>
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I thought there was something odd going on.
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I thought there was something odd going on.
Aye. At one point I did start to wonder why a co-worker would be arsed to track down the web communities Stealth was a member of.
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Don't get me wrong, I bought it at first, but once the first suspicions were raised, it all sort of became clearer to me.
Good job not actually kicking it Stealth
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We thought you were dead!
I've always wanted to say that... ;)
But continue buildind those jet powered rocket cars and it may not be all laughs and giggles. :(
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I thought there was something odd going on.
Aye. At one point I did start to wonder why a co-worker would be arsed to track down the web communities Stealth was a member of.
It really stumped me when he said "as some of you may know" but I so took the bait on that one.
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OK now that we know he's alive who's going through that Knossos to retrieve him?
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Dammit - that was really rude. Buuut it beats him being dead - that's for sure.
it was a pretty well done practical joke though, and i'm kind of impressed actually. it had a lot of people fooled. (including me) i will not be expecting shadowlurker to show up here again :)
Oh and FUBAR - make admiral wolf do it, he's got a frakking destroyer :p
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i will not be expecting shadowlurker to show up here again :)
I smell a ban. At least his account is nowhere to be seen.
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:wtf:
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http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=8000
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Good News: Stealth is alive. Bad News: I got fooled.
Yep...
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I had to restrain myself from posting more in the RIP Stealth thread--I too felt very weird about the entire thing--stuff was just not right. Anyways--glad that Stealth is back. If he can prove he was only using HLPBB during his breaks, he could have a valid reason to have that ass-hat of an employee taken down a few notches.
Glad to know you are in fact still here, Stealth.
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No shame in being fooled, it's nothing anyone in their right mind would try to make a joke about.
Everyone note it was an ex co-worker, which sounds like a case of sour grapes to my mind.
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This changes nothing about my opinions as to how the RIP thread turned into a cluster****.
They should all still be ****ing ashamed of themselves.
The big question now, is: Did you **** the guy's sister or something?
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:wtf:
Ach. Stupid weirdly-behaving alphabetical sorting system. Sorry. Tired. Gonna sleep now. kthxbye.
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You're supposed to be Dead?!
Am I not?
An extremly poor taste joke by that guy...
Oh well as the saying goes - fool us once shame on him, fool us twice shame on us...
so shame on him
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lol, wut?
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This changes nothing about my opinions as to how the RIP thread turned into a cluster****.
They should all still be ****ing ashamed of themselves.
The big question now, is: Did you **** the guy's sister or something?
I agree with you sir.
He's an ex-coworker, who i let go, but was apparently out to get me.
typical.
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I called the Houston Chronicle and the Houston PD and got nowhere looking for you :(
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This changes nothing about my opinions as to how the RIP thread turned into a cluster****.
They should all still be ****ing ashamed of themselves.
The big question now, is: Did you **** the guy's sister or something?
I agree with you sir.
He's an ex-coworker, who i let go, but was apparently out to get me.
typical.
Glad to have you back, Stealth! Too bad your title is different... Get Stealthy!
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Stealth isn't dead. Good, that means I can kill his ex-coworker.
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I know...
*heads of to find Carl
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Awesome indeed. ;)
Both in the fact that you are not dead, and the fact that I'm not crazy. :D
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I know...
*heads of to find Carl
Here bring this with you.
*hands steel tube containint 20 Vasudan pin-up posters*
Stick those all over his room.
I like Stealth's new title. :lol: He's now our resident zombie.
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Awesome! He's alive! :D
So how's the car going? ;7
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This changes nothing about my opinions as to how the RIP thread turned into a cluster****.
They should all still be ****ing ashamed of themselves.
What happened anyway? Last I saw someone edited my post with strikeouts through the whole thing then I never bothered to go back. I assume some **** went down thereafter.
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Awesome! He's alive! :D
So how's the car going? ;7
lol to be honest i haven't started. i have a garage full of parts, but the car's still stock.
had it professionally polished and waxed the other day. took almost 8 hours, but it is FLAWLESS again. makes me almost want to just keep it stock :)
on the other hand, the warranty expires in less than a month... so i have to make up my mind real quick whether to a) extend the warranty another 2 years, or b) build a complete monster ;)
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also just FYI - i didn't read all the posts on my "RIP" thread... some of the first couple were so heart-felt, that i just skipped over most of them until the very end. i'm sure a few of you posted some really heartless comments about me in the thread, but hey, to each his own. i love the community, and hold no grudges against any of you :)
also i have to thank Goober for leading the investigation
so that's it. please no one else say "glad you're alive" or whatever. it's pretty embarassing.
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Well, I in turn have to thank Inquisitor for first planting the seed of skepticism. :)
This whole episode should illustrate the fact that the Internet (and, unfortunately, people in general) shouldn't be relied upon to be universally trustworthy. Con artists popped up even after 9/11, so this minor incident is child's play.
Also, I feel I should remind the board that one or two members were calling for the deletion of all posts that even mentioned the possibility of a hoax. Suppressing an opposing viewpoint is hardly the fairest or smartest way to have a discussion, regardless of your opinion on the subject. And in this case, that opposing viewpoint turned out to actually be correct.
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Yeah, was still rude to doubt someone's death. Just goes to show the power of hoaxes.
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Yeah, was still rude to doubt someone's death. Just goes to show the power of hoaxes.
Maybe a little rude, but sometimes it is better to express doubt over something that seams awkward. It saves some of the energy of driving yourself crazy by thinking it over. ;)
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Yeah, was still rude to doubt someone's death. Just goes to show the power of hoaxes.
Maybe a little rude, but sometimes it is better to express doubt over something that seams awkward. It saves some of the energy of driving yourself crazy by thinking it over. ;)
Besides man, didn't you watch the matrix? The most predictable human emotion is denial! ("What? Most predictable is denial? That's bull****!")
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also just FYI - i didn't read all the posts on my "RIP" thread... some of the first couple were so heart-felt, that i just skipped over most of them until the very end. i'm sure a few of you posted some really heartless comments about me in the thread, but hey, to each his own. i love the community, and hold no grudges against any of you
Well, I was half expecting this development by now, but it's nice to you see back around here. However, I thought it was obvious that many of those comments were anything but heartfelt. :p Most people were just trying to appear polite given the situation.
I have to admit though, the whole thing was very clever on that coworker's part, even if in poor taste. He posted exactly the right kinds of images that would convince people, and he only really got cornered when people started pressing him for an official record.
Also, I feel I should remind the board that one or two members were calling for the deletion of all posts that even mentioned the possibility of a hoax. Suppressing an opposing viewpoint is hardly the fairest or smartest way to have a discussion, regardless of your opinion on the subject. And in this case, that opposing viewpoint turned out to actually be correct.
It was more than one or two, but I agree. I had a mind to say just this on several occasions in that thread, even though at that stage I would have still bet on the whole thing being genuine, but didn't want to get into an argument with someone.
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The Internet:
Bringing Asshats Together
good to see stealth in one piece. i once again have hope that il be the first to die :D
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His co-worker sure has a twisted concept of "joke" or "respect"...
Hope he burns in hell for that!
naahh better yet, let carl have him!!
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The reason I was willing to accept it as real was because I didn't think Stealth would do something like that.
I was right too :)
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I know i shouldn´t write that, because i´m a new Member...BUT...i have the right to have my own Opinion.
1. This Story sounds even more unbelievable then the first "Stealth is dead Story" .
2. A Co-Ex-Worker got all his Passwords and startet a "macabre Joke" ?
3. He first has to "deal out" something with the Admins, before he´s starting to post again ?
I mean. If I read a Thread on a Forum that says i´m dead. I would want to proof at once, that i´m not^^
Sorry to be honest, but I feel like this whole Thing is just some attentive-thingy.
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If Stealth had come straight back, there would, no doubt, have been people attacking him without even bothering to see his side of the situation. That will happen anyway, but better for the Admins if they can keep their eyes on things and be aware of the situation, rather than suddenly have the forum erupt into a massive flame-war.
I think that's why Stealth chose to wait.
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Holy ****.
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Didn´t want to be rude to Stealth in anyway...that all just sounds so confusing... :wtf:
rather than suddenly have the forum erupt into a massive flame-war.
Well ok, that´s a good enough Reason.
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Okay, now who gets to kill the guy that started this? :mad2:
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Okay, now who gets to kill the guy that started this? :mad2:
Stealth does I think.
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Personally, I think the best bet is to put this behind us and move on, the one thing Stealth's ex-colleague wanted to do was influence people's opinion of Stealth, the best way we can get revenge on him for this sick joke is to move beyond it and not allow him/her to succeed.
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Goob you ****wit, it was a matter of respect. If Stealth HAD been dead, it'd have been incredibly rude.
The entire thing should've been done quietly. That's the argument. :P
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Goob you ****wit, it was a matter of respect. If Stealth HAD been dead, it'd have been incredibly rude.
The entire thing should've been done quietly. That's the argument. :P
Fair enough; I do agree that many of us (including me in certain posts) weren't entirely tactful. And I did apologize for it in the last post on the thread. :)
I know i shouldn´t write that, because i´m a new Member...BUT...i have the right to have my own Opinion.
1. This Story sounds even more unbelievable then the first "Stealth is dead Story" .
2. A Co-Ex-Worker got all his Passwords and startet a "macabre Joke" ?
3. He first has to "deal out" something with the Admins, before he´s starting to post again ?
I mean. If I read a Thread on a Forum that says i´m dead. I would want to proof at once, that i´m not^^
Sorry to be honest, but I feel like this whole Thing is just some attentive-thingy.
Hmm. You raise an excellent point. How do we know that this "coworker" actually exists? Maybe Stealth was the one behind the prank all along, and he just concocted this story to save face. :drevil:
I demand the name, picture, and job title of this so-called coworker. :D
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who is stealth? and who is now dead instead of him?
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I know i shouldn´t write that, because i´m a new Member...BUT...i have the right to have my own Opinion.
1. This Story sounds even more unbelievable then the first "Stealth is dead Story" .
2. A Co-Ex-Worker got all his Passwords and startet a "macabre Joke" ?
3. He first has to "deal out" something with the Admins, before he´s starting to post again ?
I mean. If I read a Thread on a Forum that says i´m dead. I would want to proof at once, that i´m not^^
Sorry to be honest, but I feel like this whole Thing is just some attentive-thingy.
being a new member doesn't mean you don't have the rights of everyone else man :)
how everything went down is kind of confusing... it was a long story :(
and yeah, i read the thread, and contacted the admins first. i wasn't about to just post, without clarifying what happened (i had to run an internal investigation first, and they needed me to prove that it was me)
Also, i'm not giving out names and pictures. that would put me at the same level........
Job title? That i can do. FORMER network administrator :)
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who is stealth? and who is now dead instead of him?
*waves*
no one is dead instead of me LOL
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Those sorts of "administrators" should find it very difficult to get future employment.
Hopefully appropriate action was taken.
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Termination, and no good references :)
This incident occured after termination though.
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Let's just say I suspect that he can forget getting a reference at the very least, personally, considering I had to bury my Grandmother this week, and so people will excuse me if I completely fail to see the humour in this guys behaviour, I'd be contacting the Police.
Edit: Though, in all fairness, I don't know how much physical evidence there is that it was this person, knowing someone did something doesn't always mean you have the means to prove it.
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Isn't cooperate espionage kind of...illegal?
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I'm thinking the three threads devoted to this "Stealth: Dead or Alive?" business should be stuck in the classic threads forum... You don't see something like this every day.
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Isn't cooperate espionage kind of...illegal?
it's been dealt with internally.
and no, i don't want the threads to remain alive.
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Though, in all fairness, I don't know how much physical evidence there is that it was this person, knowing someone did something doesn't always mean you have the means to prove it.
That's what the authorities are for. If you want a names of some good federal cops who can help, PM me. Depending on the type of business, he may have broken some laws by exploiting his access.
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we decided to handle it internally. i've known him for ages, and really don't want to press charges. it's been taken care of, and i want to get it behind me.
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Sent you a PM, no need to aggravate the rabble or perpetuate the n00b schtick vyper has seen to foist on people who were skeptical.
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Ehrm... Why would we delete the RIP stealth threads? If Stealth ever gets suicidal, we could have used those to cure him...
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:lol:
are you sure? some of the gang were pretty harsh in their "speeches"
though i do agree that the RIP Stealth threads should be put in the Classics section - Locked of course so we dont get some n00b adding to them...This thread as well when it gets locked...making the "Stealth Trilogy"
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bitterly disagree :)
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I think since the threads are related to Stealth, we should respect his wishes in this regard and just lock them and stick them in a dark corner with the Vasudan pin-up model.
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I do have to ask one thing. What about the mission. Should I just remove Stealth from it and upload it to the mission forum to hopefully never be needed for any member? I could have made it a lot better but I thought time was a factor.
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You should edit the mission and add a dramatic return :p
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You should edit the mission and add a dramatic return :p
So true. :lol:
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You should edit the mission and add a dramatic return :p
So true. :lol:
Yeah, I can imagine Stealth's pod going through the Knossos, then suddenly returning and going "wtf is this **** guys, srsly".
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Nonono, it should go through, and then after a while, come back in a Sathanas!
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Nonono, it should go through, and then after a while, come back in a Sathanas!
*SJ Stealth: Hey guys, look what I found!*
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:lol:
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LOL
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Stealth approves. ^^ FUBAR, you know what to do!
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Man, I think that "I told you so" is a bit harsh, but I'll say it anyway.
I told you so!!!
:p
Erm... Congrats on not being dead!
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So who's responsible for this prank? (Sorry if this was answered...I was too lazy to read all the comments)
Thanks in advance.
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A former co-worker.
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So who's responsible for this prank? (Sorry if this was answered...I was too lazy to read all the comments)
Thanks in advance.
Some ex-co worker.
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Bloody sweet that it was a hoax afterall, even after all the comments etc. Good to see you alive.
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Wewt... :o
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OUCH.
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Well welcome back Stealth
Even if you never really went anywhere I guess :nervous:
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Well welcome back Stealth
Even if you never really went anywhere I guess :nervous:
He did go through the Knossos you know :rolleyes:
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He did go through the Knossos you know :rolleyes:
In what sense? I thought he was stuck in Capella.
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FUBAR made a memorial mission.
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You know, it's funny, I read the thread. I even downloaded the mission, which was pretty good. But something always struck me as being...off. Now that I think about it, it was the pictures of the car. Maybe I watch too much CSIs and Forensic Files and North Mission Road, but the damage to the car in the pictures was not severe enough for the accident described. Anywho, welcome back Stealth. Glad you're here and not in the great beyond. And your former Network Admin needs an official Tae Kwon Leap "boot to tha head" (woosh-thud).
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Tell me, what was it like being dead?
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Being the huge geek I am, that post gave me a flashback to Star Trek IV. :lol:
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You know, it's funny, I read the thread. I even downloaded the mission, which was pretty good. But something always struck me as being...off. Now that I think about it, it was the pictures of the car. Maybe I watch too much CSIs and Forensic Files and North Mission Road, but the damage to the car in the pictures was not severe enough for the accident described. Anywho, welcome back Stealth. Glad you're here and not in the great beyond. And your former Network Admin needs an official Tae Kwon Leap "boot to tha head" (woosh-thud).
yeah i know the guy whose car that belongs to (and you can see his car on cadillac faq.com), and he walked away from the wreck. :)
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Tell me, what was it like being dead?
HAHAHAHA! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Does this mean I get to see you're reaction to my soon-to-be-new car then ? ;)
You'll love it, no doubt.
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Well, next time you die those of us who posted don't need to re-post. ;)
As for the hoax, it's unfortunate this sick person put some thought into it that fooled most of us. I hope the old cosmic "what goes around comes around" kicks in someday.
It would be particularly just if his antics were not covered up under the rug as this is just the sort of activity future employers should be made aware of.
1.) Fraud
2.) Security Risk
3.) General Jackassery
But that decision is up to you, I'm just thinking about protecting society at large.
(you know the whole Paladin thing...)
I only hope this incident has not affected your relatives/other co-workers...
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Does this mean I get to see you're reaction to my soon-to-be-new car then ? ;)
You'll love it, no doubt.
depends what it is :)
Getter Robo: they aren't just swept under the rug. don't worry
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You know, it's funny, I read the thread. I even downloaded the mission, which was pretty good. But something always struck me as being...off. Now that I think about it, it was the pictures of the car. Maybe I watch too much CSIs and Forensic Files and North Mission Road, but the damage to the car in the pictures was not severe enough for the accident described. Anywho, welcome back Stealth. Glad you're here and not in the great beyond. And your former Network Admin needs an official Tae Kwon Leap "boot to tha head" (woosh-thud).
yeah i know the guy whose car that belongs to (and you can see his car on cadillac faq.com), and he walked away from the wreck. :)
Ahh, thought so... I was wondering if somehow something weird happened, as Caddys are quite safe, no? And, IDK how the heck what's his name would have known that you decided to dive off the side of a ledge instead of taking oncoming traffic... as it might have been just a knee jerk reaction.
Also, did you change your PayPal password and securtiy questions? He has (had?) access. Ofc I'm sure you know this, just wanted to point it out in case it got overlooked somehow.
EDIT: and this would have been much easier to track down if you didn't have so many darned variants of Caddy car pics posted on HLP that were / are / want to be yours!! :lol:
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Well, next time you die those of us who posted don't need to re-post. ;)
As for the hoax, it's unfortunate this sick person put some thought into it that fooled most of us. I hope the old cosmic "what goes around comes around" kicks in someday.
It would be particularly just if his antics were not covered up under the rug as this is just the sort of activity future employers should be made aware of.
1.) Fraud
2.) Security Risk
3.) General Jackassery
But that decision is up to you, I'm just thinking about protecting society at large.
(you know the whole Paladin thing...)
I only hope this incident has not affected your relatives/other co-workers...
Jack....assery?
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Well, next time you die those of us who posted don't need to re-post. ;)
As for the hoax, it's unfortunate this sick person put some thought into it that fooled most of us. I hope the old cosmic "what goes around comes around" kicks in someday.
It would be particularly just if his antics were not covered up under the rug as this is just the sort of activity future employers should be made aware of.
1.) Fraud
2.) Security Risk
3.) General Jackassery
But that decision is up to you, I'm just thinking about protecting society at large.
(you know the whole Paladin thing...)
I only hope this incident has not affected your relatives/other co-workers...
Jack....assery?
Jackassery.
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Ahh, thought so... I was wondering if somehow something weird happened, as Caddys are quite safe, no? And, IDK how the heck what's his name would have known that you decided to dive off the side of a ledge instead of taking oncoming traffic... as it might have been just a knee jerk reaction.
Also, did you change your PayPal password and securtiy questions? He has (had?) access. Ofc I'm sure you know this, just wanted to point it out in case it got overlooked somehow.
EDIT: and this would have been much easier to track down if you didn't have so many darned variants of Caddy car pics posted on HLP that were / are / want to be yours!! :lol:
the new cadillac cts is safer than the volvo s60. so yeah. :)
yeah that's all been changed
and sorry... what can i say. lol.
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"Mmmm, braiiins!"
Reminds me those Total Annihilation: Kingdoms zombies! :lol: ;)
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"Mmmm, braiiins!"
Reminds me those Total Annihilation: Kingdoms zombies! :lol: ;)
Yea. But they were weak. Our stealhbie is a strong, powerful zombie, more like a Lich than a zombie.
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Well, next time you die those of us who posted don't need to re-post. ;)
As for the hoax, it's unfortunate this sick person put some thought into it that fooled most of us. I hope the old cosmic "what goes around comes around" kicks in someday.
It would be particularly just if his antics were not covered up under the rug as this is just the sort of activity future employers should be made aware of.
1.) Fraud
2.) Security Risk
3.) General Jackassery
But that decision is up to you, I'm just thinking about protecting society at large.
(you know the whole Paladin thing...)
I only hope this incident has not affected your relatives/other co-workers...
Jack....assery?
Jackassery.
The act of being a jackass?
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Yes.
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woot.
Seems like every time I'm away for the weekend, something crazy like this happens. Maybe that should tell me something.
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Jack....assery?
Jackassery.
The act of being a jackass?
The act of being a jackass.
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Jack....assery?
Jackassery.
The act of being a jackass?
The act of being a jackass.
I see.... :eek:
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That sounds like something off QI
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A fine program. A bit too much Jimmy Carr sometimes. Kudos Stealth welcome back. Get that a-hole sacked for breach of your firms "people policies". If not cut his brake cable and see how he likes it.
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Good to see you back, Stealth :cool:
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Dammit, if O'neill can make up words so can I! :lol:
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I'm dead. Mourn me now.
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Die in style and we might!
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Die in style in glorious battle defending Earth from the Shivans and we might!
Fixed. :p
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Dammit, if O'neill can make up words so can I! :lol:
What does that have to do with the thread?
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I would imagine very little.
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Hey, Stealth, one thing: where did you go when you were. . . Um, well, "kaput" ? I mean, did you go to the place up there, or the other one?
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Canada or Mexico?
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...I mean, did you go to the place up there, or the other one?
This line made me go :wtf:
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...I mean, did you go to the place up there, or the other one?
This line made me go :wtf:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :shaking: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Hey, Stealth, one thing: where did you go when you were. . . Um, well, "kaput" ? I mean, did you go to the place up there, or the other one?
"Bushkill", Pennsylvania.
up in the Pocono mountains. northeast United States.
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(http://www.pitt.edu/~aca4/images/calvin-hobbes-pittsburgh.gif)
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Was bored so felt like doing this.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3392/billofmortalitydj6.png)
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Doing what?
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Fricken imageshack.
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Ie seee whate youe dide theree.
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Exorcism -1
:wtf: So exoarisdm breinfs yuo to lief?
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/me waves at the mods to lock this post.
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/me lols and tries to inform Exeunt that he probably meant "thread" instead of "post", while at the same time also wishing for a lockage.
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Most of the announcement threads get locked, so maybe replies should be stopped altogether.
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Glad to see someone is rather alive than dead. One thing that pokes around in my head after the fake death story is the heroic death part of it. Perhaps his coworker went around everywhere on stealth's computer that he went and had decided that stealth is the guy who absolutely can not go down heroicly if he were to die. I mean ****, it made us all more understand his death (fake) death, and feel appreciative of the friend we once hung out with. Even though it wasn't true.
It was just one of those things to throw in there to enthrall us a lot more with the lie of stealth being dead as the facts being presented by a liar. And when you think about it, would it have been just as impacting if the dude said stealth died in a fire saving cats and dogs from a burning pet store? Probably, but less believable as well. His coworkers a good liar, but the whole time while stealth was gone the heroic story presented by him seemed odd. Even with the pictures.
How much do we really want to have our ears open to tasty stuff when we it is at times easy to make a right decision about something, or a difficult decision. No one around here is going to have their ears open to stealth dying by getting his weewee stuck in a pool pump. Now the story presented by stealths coworker was interesting even with the photos. The thing that seemed a little odd about it is that it seems so perfectly heroic and planned when in reality car wrecks are a mess. Plus the no word on why stealth died or his condition after he had gotten out of the car. After the crash, he had gotten out, but didn't make it alive to the ambulance rushing to get there in time. LOL.
I'm not saying that stealths fake death didn't work on me. It did like the rest of us, but just read the story shadow_whatever who made up the whole story and posted it again. It really is sort of funny. And after now that we know stealths alive. You can totally see the design the story has, and it's funny the way it's written to get us all attatched. Then many will be able to see familiar designs else where (help look for liars and exxageraters).
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well i DID have a wreck right before that. and that part was true - i ran off the road to avoid a drunk driver. so that part of the story was true, but i didn't die :)
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This thread took a weird turn the last few pages. :blah:
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What would running off a freeway at sixty do? That would be depending on the terrain involved of course... but how catastrophic would it be?
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Well it'd be better than going head-on with another car doing 60, no? :shaking:
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yeah. and, as stated, there was traffic in the other lane, and it was dark, so i didn't know exactly what it WOULD do, but i did it anyway for the 'greater good' :-/
as it turns out, it put a ton of scratches on the left side of the car, but i managed to avoid major obstacles. insurance covered everything... damage was a couple thousand $. no major suspension damage. one rim and tire and a couple of body shop visits later, and it looks perfect again :)
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This thread took a weird turn the last few pages. :blah:
You said it!!! HAHA
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yeah. and, as stated, there was traffic in the other lane, and it was dark, so i didn't know exactly what it WOULD do, but i did it anyway for the 'greater good' :-/
:wtf: That sounds pretty similar to the original story in the original "fake" announcement.
Also I'm kind of surprised that you aren't more pissed off at the guy who did this and that neither you nor the workplace are pursuing legal action. After all, he DID hack into a computer system. Companies spend thousands of dollars to patch their systems after a virus outbreak even when the virus does no damage at all.
Are you sure this coworker actually exists? After all, the original story was a ruse; why can't this be? :drevil: You know, there's an old saying in Texas: "Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." Or something like that.
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:wtf:
It's "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
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:wtf:
It's "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
Tell that to George...
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yeah. and, as stated, there was traffic in the other lane, and it was dark, so i didn't know exactly what it WOULD do, but i did it anyway for the 'greater good' :-/
:wtf: That sounds pretty similar to the original story in the original "fake" announcement.
Also I'm kind of surprised that you aren't more pissed off at the guy who did this and that neither you nor the workplace are pursuing legal action. After all, he DID hack into a computer system. Companies spend thousands of dollars to patch their systems after a virus outbreak even when the virus does no damage at all.
Are you sure this coworker actually exists? After all, the original story was a ruse; why can't this be? :drevil: You know, there's an old saying in Texas: "Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." Or something like that.
it's been dealt with internally. life goes on.
EDIT: and i should add, he didn't "hack" into a computer system. if it was anyone's fault this happened, it was mine, because in traveling here and there, i completely overlooked system accounts that were wide open... accounts that we'd used for testing, but that should've been locked down. plus i know what was done and what wasn't done. live and learn. it won't happen again
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Personally, I've always preferred, "Fool me seven times, shame on you. Fool me eight or more times, shame on me."
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W00t Stealth's a zombie.
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I think I'm going to lock the thread. This has gone on long enough, and continuing to drag it out is not especially helpful. There's more important stuff we need to be working on. :)