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A moral dilemma for you...

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  • M Media2r

    Honesty usually feels better in the heart than in the bank account. //L

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    peterchen
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    I don't get touchy-feely with my bank account.

    Personally, I love the idea that Raymond spends his nights posting bad regexs to mailing lists under the pseudonym of Jane Smith. He'd be like a super hero, only more nerdy and less useful. [Trevel]
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    • P Pete OHanlon

      Would you? Clickety[^].

      "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

      As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

      My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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      Pete OHanlon
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      It's interesting. I asked my staff if they would, and they said no (I hope they were joking), so I thought I'd see how prevalent this attitude is. It seems you are all more honest (or talk a better game) than my team.:~

      "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

      As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

      My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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      • P Pete OHanlon

        Would you? Clickety[^].

        "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

        As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

        My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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        Vikram A Punathambekar
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        Absolutely yes, I would return the money.

        Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)

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        • M Media2r

          I'd be monitoring the account closely for a few months, hoping to get further payments. Meanwhile I wouldn't spend a penny over my normal salary. If a few months of pay like that arrived, then I'd be long gone. If not, or if discovered, plausible deniability. ;P Sadly, I think I would done the same as the man in the article. :^) //L

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          Corporal Agarn
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          Ditto

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          • P Pete OHanlon

            It's interesting. I asked my staff if they would, and they said no (I hope they were joking), so I thought I'd see how prevalent this attitude is. It seems you are all more honest (or talk a better game) than my team.:~

            "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

            As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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            Corporal Agarn
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            Sorry to here that

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            • P Pete OHanlon

              Would you? Clickety[^].

              "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

              As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

              My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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              jeron1
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              I saw a story where a caterer was paid $29,000+ dollars on a bill for $29, they considered the extra a 'tip' and promptly spent it. The institution which paid the erroneous amount sued said caterer and won, the caterer will be making payments to the institution for the next 28 years.

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              • J John M Drescher

                Only if interest rates were reasonable.

                John

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                Dan Neely
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                $27/day at 1% annual on $1m

                3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                • M Mladen Jankovic

                  Well it's not a dilemma for government - they probably kept their share :suss:

                  [Genetic Algorithm Library] [Wowd]

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                  Dan Neely
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                  Yup when you filed your returns ended up having to pay income tax on the initial 1.4m, and gift tax on amount you returned to your employer. Meanwhile your employer also got taxed both ways. :rolleyes:

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                    $27/day at 1% annual on $1m

                    3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                    John M Drescher
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                    That was much better than I thought. I am more used to 0.025% that I now get on the money market account I have with my stock account and my checking with interest is not much different.

                    John

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                      $27/day at 1% annual on $1m

                      3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                      Distind
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                      I've seen CDs with rates about that recently, be kinda hard to explain how I didn't know it was there, but I did invest it.

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                      • D Distind

                        I've seen CDs with rates about that recently, be kinda hard to explain how I didn't know it was there, but I did invest it.

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                        John M Drescher
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                        The problem there is they would definitely catch you (unless they were completely inept) before you earn the CD rate... You would most likely have a large penalty for early withdraw and may end up loosing money on the transaction..

                        John

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                        • J John M Drescher

                          That was much better than I thought. I am more used to 0.025% that I now get on the money market account I have with my stock account and my checking with interest is not much different.

                          John

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                          Dan Neely
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                          I'm currently getting 1.05%[^]. The only gotchas are that the application process is unusually long because you have to sign up for (but are under no obligation to actually use) a free brokerage account; and have to deposit checks via mail (IIRC prepaid envelopes). On the plus side all atm fees are refunded at months end. :cool:

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                          • P Pete OHanlon

                            It's interesting. I asked my staff if they would, and they said no (I hope they were joking), so I thought I'd see how prevalent this attitude is. It seems you are all more honest (or talk a better game) than my team.:~

                            "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                            As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                            My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                            Peter Mulholland
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                            The difference between putting it in writing out here on the net and a quick verbal response?

                            Pete

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                            • P Pete OHanlon

                              Would you? Clickety[^].

                              "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                              As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                              My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                              CaptainSeeSharp
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                              Yes. But before I returned it, I would spend all day marveling at my bank account online, and daydreaming what it would be like if I actually had that much money. Plus, I would have good karma for the rest of my life.

                              Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^]

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                              • P Pete OHanlon

                                Would you? Clickety[^].

                                "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                                My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                Jim SS
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                                Have you ever heard the term "he dropped off the face of the earth". :cool: But then how long can you really live on that much money? Especially if you are moving around a lot to keep from being found. The reality is I would probably do the same. I wonder if you spent 10,000 and didn't have it to give back? Would they take that out of your paycheck for the next 10 years? :doh:

                                SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill "Real programmers can write FORTRAN in any language". Unknown

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