Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Oct 15 12:19:41 CDT 2004
Hi Ron Nice! But how did you expect to ever see that screen again? /gustav > Heh. Here's a story for a Friday... not entirely off topic... > I once put a function into a backend .mdb that checked the logon name of the > user, and if it wasn't me it put up a bright red screen with yellow letters > that said something like, "Unauthorized Intrusion Detected. You have attempted > to open a database for which you are not authorized. We know who you are and > where you are sitting. Please remain calm and in your seat, security will be > coming for you shortly." > It was a slow day and I was bored (kind of like right now, actually!) and > didn't expect anything to ever come of it, or anyone to ever see it besides me. > Weeks passed and I forgot about it. Then one day one of the office busybody > idiots who thought he knew something about databases came rushing over to me > all upset because "they" were coming for him and he didn't know what he should > do... my, that was fun, and I had some fun with him for awhile, too, before > I "covered his tracks for him". <lol> and for weeks after I would periodically > remind him that he owed me a favor too. As far as I know, he never poked his > nose into any of my databases again :) > Ron >> I basically just use it as a scare tactic to keep honest >> people honest.