Breaking into email for fun and profit; RotS may not suck afterall
I'm happily clicking away in my cubicle late yesterday afternoon, preparing to launch some training software of some sort via ZEN to some users across the street in our auxilliary office / training center. It's about 4:45PM, a half an hour from quitting time.
From the end of my aisle, I hear the voice of our CIO in low conversation with one of my coworkers, Mainframe Jenny. Mainframe Jenny escorts Herr CIO my direction and asks me if I can "proxy into someone's email." I shoot them both an intense o_O and ask why we need to get into someone's mailbox. As it turns out, the Commissioner of the agency (read: Big Boss) has accidentally sent an email containing sensitive information to an employee in our Lawrenceburg local office. Apparently her initials are identical to the person he was trying to send it to (a new executive team member brought in by the New World Order crew), who has been here much less time than she had. Rather than looking up his intended recipient in the Agency address book, he simply types in "firstinitiallastname@dwd.state.in.us" without looking to make sure it was the correct address. For a 31-year-old whiz kid that came to us from Eli Lilly and is all but forcing us to migrate from Groupwise to Exchange so he can have a Blackberry, this guy doesn't seem too puter-savvy.
So even though it meant breaking Indiana state security protocol, my CIO was looking straight at me with a definite "get it done" look in his eyes so I reset the woman's Groupwise password, logged into her account and deleted the offending message. I was promptly thanked by the CIO and congratulated on a masterful performance.
I hate my job.
In good news, the extended trailer for Revenge of the Sith ran on Fox during The OC last night. I didn't watch it because that show makes me break out, but some really great guys in a Lounge thread over at Ars hosted a cap and I was able to see it. I have to say that I'm getting awfully excited. I'm pleased that it appears that Anakin goes bad pretty much from the beginning of the flick (or pretty close to the beginning). I was afraid we'd see Good Anakin for two thirds of the movie, Bad Anakin for a bit and four seconds of Vader at the end. It doesn't look like we're going to get a ton of Vader onscreen, but it does look like Bad Anakin will be carrying the weight of the film.
The trailer isn't officially available from StarWars.com yet unless you're a "Hyperspace Member" (whatever the heck that is), but rumor has it that it will be on Monday. In any case, I'm sure if you're a resourceful netnerd you know where you can find a copy (wink wink, nudge nudge). The teaser trailer is, however available at StarWars.com.
Truth be told, I like the teaser better. Mainly it's because of the voiceover bit in the middle with Ian McDiarmid and James Earl Jones:
"Lord Vader?"
"Yes, master?"
"Riiiiise."
*Goosebumps*. Seriously. That voiceover concluding with the shot of The Suit™ rising up out of the steam and smoke is just too awesome.
I can hardly wait.
-Sam
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