Passwords and computers

I have just had to fix yet another computer that the kids had put a password on, then they had forgotten the password, grrrr
Why the parents allow that sort of access is beyond me :?

I am so lucky

hehehe Just got yet another version of the 419 scam from Ghana no less *email address below*

Dear Partner,

I guess this letter may come to you as surprise since I had no previous correspondence with you.

I am the Chairman of the Electoral Commission Ghana (EC). I got your contact in my search for a reliable person to handle a very confidential transaction involving the transfer of the sum of $14.500.000 Dollars (Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) the above fund is not connected with arms, drugs or money laundering. It is the product of an over invoiced contract awarded in 2008 by (EC) to a foreign company for the supply of electoral materials that were used for conducting the 2008 elections.

The contract has long been executed and payment of the actual contract amount has been made to the foreign contractor leaving the balance of $14.5 million which my colleagues and I now want to transfer out of Ghana into a reliable foreign account for our personal use.

As civil servants we are not allowed to run foreign accounts.
Hence we have chosen to front and support you as the beneficiary to this funds. If you are interested in the proposal kindly get back to me by sending me your letter of acceptance along with your direct telephone and fax numbers, we have decided to share the money in the following percentage, 60% for us 30% for you the account owner and 10% for all local and international expenses that may arise in the course of this transaction. Further details about this transaction will be discussed in subsequent correspondence.

Note also that the particular nature of your business is irrelevant to this transaction and this transaction is expected to be concluded within 5 working days since all local contacts and arrangements are in place for a smooth and successful conclusion of this transaction.

Contact me via email with your contact telephone and fax numbers, so that I can call you for a discussion.

Thank you as I await your response.

yours faithfully,
Dr.Kwadwo Afari

*kwadwoafari3@sify.com

ID cards, CRB checks, no balance

What a bunch of lily-livered two faced idiots we have as a government. They are now going to make their "nanny state" the reason for the very illiberal ID card to be rolled out, all in the name of "child protection".
Well I'm sure it will turn out as useful as a chocolate teapot, after all they can't secure the data that they already have and when another layer of access is added, that inevitably means yet more abuse of the system by the clueless and the wicked!