In one of the even more absurd cases: According to an AP report (cited in Slashdot), Intentia International has filed criminal charges against Reuters PLC, alleging that the news service illegally obtained an earnings report that the company had not yet released, by guessing the URL at which it had been posted on Intentia’s public web site. Intentia claims that the report was “not available through normal channels,” according to AP. (Also see Financial Times and CNET News.com reports.) DES

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    141 year ago

    Peter principle. Everyone rises up to the exact level of their incompetence. The vast majority of people have no fucking clue of what they’re doing, and at best they’re taking educated guesses.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        So you’re being competent at being incompetent, thus you will be promoted until you are incompetent at being incompetent.