DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009!

[Grefter]

Djinn, I am agreeing to a lesser degree with what is being said here, I don't necessarily think it is a scam and I do think when you are traveling you should have some kind of back up plan other than asking for help from someone you used to know at university (what).  This is what her bank is for or her family of if it is really bad, her embassy.

Travel insurance is good and will make sure you can at least get back home pretty much, it is good thing to have.  A credit card  with a limit that you can afford to pay off in time if the worst happens is also good.  That is honestly enough.  I certainly have never researched what to do if I lost my wallet and all my cash in the states >_>  I split my cash a bit so it isn't all in my wallet, but I otherwise deal with each individual disaster that happens as you come up because they will always spring up where you least expect it when you are preparing (and always spring up in the place you are paranoid about while travelling "Where the fuck is my luggage" being the one that has got me multiple times.  I wish I was more surprised that Zenny got caught by the "Oh my god what if they don't let me in the country" trap, but yeah Heathrow Airport).

Ultimately, how well do you know this chick and she needs to learn this lesson for herself should determine whether or not you help her.  If you feel no obligation to help her then you have none and should forget it and sleep well.

Aaaand Ciato, yeah it damages the reputation of the journals that publish it.  That is for the journals to worry about and not the people submitting work.  The day you are on the journal's pay roll is the day he should care about that.  Now should it cue off some kind of internal audit to go how the FUCK did that get through?  Absolutely.

[Luther Lansfeld]

Aaaand Ciato, yeah it damages the reputation of the journals that publish it.  That is for the journals to worry about and not the people submitting work.  The day you are on the journal's pay roll is the day he should care about that.  Now should it cue off some kind of internal audit to go how the FUCK did that get through?  Absolutely.

That was pretty much my point. A journal's peer reviewing panel has a responsibility to their journal, but not really a responsibility as a scientist to catch it. Their job is to ensure that their journal isn't embarrassed.

[Cotigo]

<aside>Funnily, when I sailed from the Hook of Holland to Ipswich, I had ~3000 dollars less to my name and no longer had the record of my parents' ability to provide financial assistance, and had no problems getting into the country.

Heathrow Airport can suck my hairy asshole. </aside>

[DjinnAndTonic]

Oh yeah, I should have made this more clear.

I never had even the slightest inclination to lend this girl money, especially not $2000.

I would sooner lend this amount of money to -Zenny- than her, which either tells you how much I care about Zenny, or gives you an accurate assessment of where this girl ranks on the obligation scale.

So don't worry, you don't need to convince me not to send money, but I just felt pretty bad in general that someone would end up in that situation and no one would/could help her. It's scary to be on your own in a foreign country, I know, and if she was asking -me- for help, she is seriously in need of better friends.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Unless you fine her for another 2,000 for the writing, though, she won't have learned her lesson. =}

[Anthony Edward Stark]

You should at least have gone with "send me a picture of your naked tits so I can be sure it's you."

[Taishyr]

It's a scam.

Checked the writing online, it's a scam wherein someone's hotmail (I'm gonna guess that was the email account that got it sent to you?) is hacked and the letter is spammed to each person in the account's contact list.

Someone's sent it to me as well; recognized it really fast as a result.

Mine had variations, but it's effectively the same theme. So. Yeah.

[Dunefar]

Tai's right. It's a social engineering scam, it's run on Facebook and other social sites in other incarnations.

[Taishyr]

On a side note:

Economics professor? Sent out an answer sheet to the study guide!

...thus far every single question requiring calculation, -he has gotten wrong-. I'm not saying this trying to be snotty. But when you say PV=10600/1.05 = 9523.81, you did your math so very, very wrong, and he's telling this to the entire class right before the test on the single hardest topic of the class thus far.

I am about ready to just abandon economics forever. This is really just getting to the damn point of the trifecta of ego masturbation.

[Clear Tranquil]

Wut~

I lost 5lbs peeps >_> <_< >_> So yeah just wanted to say thanks again to people for the advice, etc they gave. Yay! 

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Make sure those don't keep coming back. OK's advice on that is good stuff. Also, don't forgo checking with your doctor if possible.

[Clear Tranquil]

Thanks. Yeah I'll have a word with the nurse next week since I already have an appointment for other stuff.

I also have uhh ... water! In a bottle, in a fridge. Now I just have to remember to drink it <_<

[DjinnAndTonic]

Thanks. Yeah I'll have a word with the nurse next week since I already have an appointment for other stuff.

I also have uhh ... water! In a bottle, in a fridge. Now I just have to remember to drink it <_<

Pro-tip: Make a habit of keeping it with you at all times instead of in the fridge. If drinking anything less than ice-cold water isn't your thing, invest in a thermos or other temperature-retaining device. Preferably one that's easy-to-carry around.

[Grefter]

That was pretty much my point. A journal's peer reviewing panel has a responsibility to their journal, but not really a responsibility as a scientist to catch it. Their job is to ensure that their journal isn't embarrassed.

Yeah but my roundabout argument is that failure to catch the mistakes isn't a failure of ethics, but just people not doing their jobs well, which I don't consider particularly moral question.

[Lady Door]

Thanks. Yeah I'll have a word with the nurse next week since I already have an appointment for other stuff.

I also have uhh ... water! In a bottle, in a fridge. Now I just have to remember to drink it <_<

Pro-tip: Make a habit of keeping it with you at all times instead of in the fridge. If drinking anything less than ice-cold water isn't your thing, invest in a thermos or other temperature-retaining device. Preferably one that's easy-to-carry around.

My one-litre capacity CamelBak is what works for me. It's not particularly insulated, but it's not hard to drink 1L of water before it's lukewarm if it's with you all the time. Plus it's easy for me to drink 1L before lunch, then refill and drink the other litre the rest of the day. So easy, in fact, I've gone over to drinking 2-3+ litres a day...

(YMMV. I was a weird kid who always preferred water to milk, my family's beverage of choice.)

ETA: I forgot to say, congrats on the 5 pounds! I am so used to suppressing that thought because I know so many eating disordered individuals. >_>;;;

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

(YMMV. I was a weird kid who always preferred water to milk, my family's beverage of choice.)

I'd call this more akin to achieving a higher level of enlightenment than being weird. >_> <_<

[NotMiki]

(YMMV. I was a weird kid who always preferred water to milk, my family's beverage of choice.)

I'd call this more akin to achieving a higher level of enlightenment than being weird. >_> <_<

You're dea...

shit.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

-Again-?

[Cotigo]

Snow has absolutely no taste in consuming things.  First Guacamole, now Milk?

Dude.  Seriously.  I don't think we can be friends anymore.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

We were friends? </badumpisssh> *Shot.*

And I don't really have anything against milk, it's just very clearly inferior to water. But most things are very clearly inferior to water.

[Cotigo]

Beer.  Milk.  Beer.  Fruit juices.  Beer.  Vodka.  Beer.  Gin.  Beer.  Those protein-infused diet shakes plus some cheap popcorn to fill the stomach.  Beer.  Um.  Drinking the aus jous that comes with a French dips.  Beer.

All things that are superior to water.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I'd say something, but I can't hear you over the sound of the vast majority of beer being a terrible drink whose sole purpose is being cheap enough to drink in fairly large doses at group meetings. There are plenty of perfectly good alcoholic beverages, but beer tends to not be it.

[Cotigo]

You just keep digging that hole of no taste whatsoever.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I'm not the one who got Stockholm Syndrome'd into liking beer. >_>

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Goddamn philistine. According to the rules of brewing set down back in the 16th century, the vast majority of "beer" isn't even beer. It's malt liquor. There's too many ingredients for it to be beer. If you had any taste you would know that most beers that are actually beer are delicious.