31 May
1999
31 May
'99
3:48 p.m.
On Mon, 31 May 1999, John Lawson wrote:
So I would rather propose the following scenaria:
You find a "perfect-10" Magnesium GridCase at a local thriftshop
for $5.. you talk them down to $3 and it's yours. Upon firing it
up, you find:
A) the entire 'black book' of a notorious drug lord... databases,
names, addresses, spreadsheets, etc. Among the names are various
prominent politicians, celebrities, and others. It is clear they
have been.... misbehaving.
Blackmail the drug lord and force him to give you 50% of his profits for
the next 20 years (or until he's gunned down). Move to Maui and live high
on the hog for quite some time.
B) The complete record of a well known high-profile
psychiatrist,
including some very 'private' info on, again, various Famous Folk.
A few of these Folk are in "positions of trust", and the info would
tend to utterly disqualify them from those positions.
Two words come to mind here: "National Enquirer".
C) The business and research records of a successful
competitor of
yours... all of the data required to smash them like a slimy bug
and take over sole dominance in your market.
I'm rich!
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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