I'm scared, frustrated, don't know who to go to anymore - Page 21

ApK · 02-24-2012, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Yes, I saw it. And it's Watkins, not Watson.

And I will go on record as saying that it appears to be legit. The email pictured indicates that Amazon has allowed him to retain access to the Kindle platform only. I will go even further and state that the full-size image passes a visual test - consistent with gmail formatting and does not appeared to have been edited when viewed at high magnification.

Yes, jrw, I downloaded and inspected the image. Because I trust no one. But I will delete it now.

I'm glad you got your books back.

Now, if we're done with the forensics, I'm gonna go read.

I didn't want to be the first one to say it, for fear of being called gullable, but they looked legit to me too. I say this knowing how trivially easy it is to fake an email OR a screen shot, so I realize it proves nothing, but if they were fakes, they were good fakes, and I can't imagine what he would have to gain for the effort, so my curiosity is indeed piqued a bit.

I hope this thread DOESN'T die yet. I want to see how it ends....

ApK

CWatkinsNash · 02-24-2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

I didn't want to be the first one to say it, for fear of being called gullable, but they looked legit to me too. I say this knowing how trivially easy it is to fake an email OR a screen shot, so I realize it proves nothing, but if they were fakes, they were good fakes, and I can't imagine what he would have to gain for the effort, so my curiosity is indeed piqued a bit.

ApK

Yeah, I was hesitant too, but they look real enough for me to put myself out there. Plus the complete lack of redaction is sort of its own indicator.

orlok · 02-24-2012, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by grizedale

Can we not just let this thread die a natural death please?

Just unsubscribe and stop reading it

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Gazerwolf · 02-24-2012, 04:52 PM

Call me a skeptic..but I don't think the 22nd was 4 days ago like in one of the pictures.

CWatkinsNash · 02-24-2012, 05:08 PM

I didn't see an email dated the 22nd. There was one from the 19th and one from the 21st. Out of curiosity, I checked my own gmail, and I've two emails from the 21st. One says "3 days ago" and other says "4 days ago". It looks as though it's related to the time sent, but gmail does not display the time on the email itself so that info isn't available in the screenshot. You can only see it by hovering over the date. Never noticed that till today.

I also have an email account on a server that consistently delivers emails dated two days into the future.

DiapDealer · 02-24-2012, 05:28 PM

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I also have an email account on a server that consistently delivers emails dated two days into the future.

Have you ruled the possibility that you're actually receiving email from two days into the future? Sort of like an eLake House effect?

CWatkinsNash · 02-24-2012, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Have you ruled the possibility that you're actually receiving email from two days into the future? Sort of like an eLake House effect?

Well, I called someone who sent me one of those emails, and they were aware of the email, so at first I ruled it out. But then I realized... what if I was calling them two days into the future???

Then I decided I didn't want to think that much, so I made a sammich and forgot about it. Until NOW.

DiapDealer · 02-24-2012, 05:38 PM

That's probably for the best. Time math always hurts... sammiches rarely do.

Bilbo1967 · 02-24-2012, 05:40 PM

I never got food poisoning from time travel.

CWatkinsNash · 02-24-2012, 05:42 PM

No one's ever gotten it from one of my sammiches either.

Bilbo1967 · 02-24-2012, 05:44 PM

No slight on your ability to make sandwiches from fresh ingredients intended.

CWatkinsNash · 02-24-2012, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

No slight on your ability to make sandwiches from fresh ingredients intended.

My ingredients are so fresh you'd almost think they were from the future.

That's not a euphemism, but it would make a really good one. Gonna start using that.

Bilbo1967 · 02-24-2012, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

My ingredients are so fresh you'd almost think they were from the future.

That's not a euphemism, but it would make a really good one. Gonna start using that.

I can so see that as the strap line for a chain of sandwich shops.

'Our ingredients are so fresh you'd think they came from the future".

Perhaps a sci-fi theme in the shop? Servers dressed as Princess Leia or Spock?

ApK · 02-24-2012, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Gazerwolf

Call me a skeptic..but I don't think the 22nd was 4 days ago like in one of the pictures.

None of the pics showed an email date of the 22nd. One was the 19th, and two were the 21st. The 21st can be reported as four days ago by Gmail depending on timezone and time sent.

(btw, checking the dates against his message postings was the first thing I did, after a general visual assessment.

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Gazerwolf · 02-24-2012, 06:02 PM

I was working from memory as he had already pulled them by the time I posted. I must have remembered wrong.

My apologies for adding to the drama.

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02-24-2012, 04:52 PM	#304
Gazerwolf Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 1010 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: 2 K2 Int, K4 SO, K4 Keyboard, Kindle DXG,Voyage(broke screen)PW4	Call me a skeptic..but I don't think the 22nd was 4 days ago like in one of the pictures.

02-24-2012, 05:08 PM	#305
CWatkinsNash IOC Chief Archivist Posts: 3,950 Karma: 53868218 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL, USA Device: Meebook M7, Paperwhite, Lenovo Tab P12 & Tab One, TCL 50XL Nxtpaper 5G	I didn't see an email dated the 22nd. There was one from the 19th and one from the 21st. Out of curiosity, I checked my own gmail, and I've two emails from the 21st. One says "3 days ago" and other says "4 days ago". It looks as though it's related to the time sent, but gmail does not display the time on the email itself so that info isn't available in the screenshot. You can only see it by hovering over the date. Never noticed that till today. I also have an email account on a server that consistently delivers emails dated two days into the future.

02-24-2012, 05:38 PM	#308
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,909 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	That's probably for the best. Time math always hurts... sammiches rarely do.

02-24-2012, 05:40 PM	#309
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	I never got food poisoning from time travel.

02-24-2012, 05:42 PM	#310
CWatkinsNash IOC Chief Archivist Posts: 3,950 Karma: 53868218 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL, USA Device: Meebook M7, Paperwhite, Lenovo Tab P12 & Tab One, TCL 50XL Nxtpaper 5G	No one's ever gotten it from one of my sammiches either.

02-24-2012, 05:44 PM	#311
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	No slight on your ability to make sandwiches from fresh ingredients intended.

02-24-2012, 06:02 PM	#315
Gazerwolf Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 1010 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: 2 K2 Int, K4 SO, K4 Keyboard, Kindle DXG,Voyage(broke screen)PW4	I was working from memory as he had already pulled them by the time I posted. I must have remembered wrong. My apologies for adding to the drama.