Article:		Point-and-Click Phishing
Subject:		Can not blame the guy
Date:		2004-10-14 10:55:29
From:		wrfink
In the past 3, or so, years, I have seen my salary drop as a direct result of outsourcing. While I am still employeed by a good company, I do not think I could go out on my own. If I was in an area of the country where software jobs were few and far, then I would result to developing code that would enable me to pay the rent. As much as I HATE spam and phishing, I can not blame the guy. ...looking forward, it seems comapnies are finding out that sending code over to India (or other off-shore locals) is not all it is cracked up to be :-) I am looking for a GREAT 2005 (unless Kerry wins the election).

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• Can not blame the guy
  2004-10-14 23:41:45  eqk [Reply | View]
  
  
  You can barely write a sentence, so I'm having difficulty accepting the idea that outsourcing is your primary concern.
  
  This kid who wrote the spamming application is 17 years old and he's worried about outsourcing? He should probably be more worried about college.
  
  I'm not knocking the fact that he wrote the app. If he had not then someone else would have. I just think it's funny that a 17 yr old is using outsourcing as an excuse for writing this app.

• Can not blame the guy
  2004-10-14 12:26:50  fuji8bit [Reply | View]
  
  
  Yeah, don't blame him ... he may be using an excuse you will need someday to justify your own unethical behavior.
  
  I've never heard anyone engaging in unethical/criminal/wrong behavior that didn't have a "great" excuse. It just proves they know it's wrong and they need to justify it.
  
  The only people that buy that crap are people using the same excuse -- The RIAA as an excuse to steal MP3s, High software prices to excuse piracy, Corruption of the government to excuse cheating on taxes.
  
  Just for once, I want to hear sombody say "I steal music" without the "because" that follows it.