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  "id": "clhl5rzfr006bp90fqql70vin-8bdc8f6d1f22555bab3be3ecec5f1d71",
  "text": "index.html\n\n(A hacker friend of mine recently heard a talk by an executive at a giant corporation, and his reaction was so funny that I had to preserve it. The company's name has of course been changed.)\n\nHey Paul,\n\nI just heard a presentation by a woman who is the \"Chief Engineer\" at Megacorp about how Megacorp does business, and I couldn't believe it! You often write about practices inside big corporations, but this is my first even indirect experience with that. Here are some of the quotations or near-quotations I wrote down:\n\n\"value levers\"\n\n\"structured phase gate approach\"\n\n\"Lean Six Sigma\"\n\n\"mistake-proofing\"\n\n\"it's a stage-gate execution process with a focus on the value chain\"\n\n\"medium impact to in-process and results metrics and Business Case. Decision Team discretion for phase exit\"\n\n\"TTM, LSS and DfLSS work together . . .\"\n\n\"All problems are business problems - engineers need to think like business people.\"\n\nThe best part, though, was the summary at the end, when she claimed that all of the appalling processes she had talked about for an hour and a half (using 52 PowerPoint slides) showed \"respect for the intelligence of the individual.\"\n\nIs this for real? How could anyone possibly endure this at Megacorp?"
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  "id": "clhl5rzfr006bp90fqql70vin-527f119ba03c5df788be02be77d9bb9e",
  "text": "info, and .biz domain names. I hope this page adds to the search results about them.\n\nThis group also appears to operate under the name Internet Support Network, or iSupportNet.\n\n(If this page helped you, you can help ensure it comes up near the top of Google search results by making a link to it on your own site.)"
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  "text": "index.html\n\nI was recently cold-called (on my cell phone) by a company called the Domain Support Group, which the woman on the phone said was a \"transfer notification agent.\" I have been dealing with domain names for many years and I had never heard of \"a transfer notification agent.\" I was suspicious, and it turns out I was right to be.\n\nIf you look at the front page of the Domain Support Group, it looks as if they are some kind of semi official organization. The page has just the kind of ugly look it would have if it were administered by ICANN, and it is sprinkled with quotes about ICANN's mission. Strangely, however, the page also had ads on it. I poked around further in the site, and got still more suspicious.\n\nMeanwhile the woman on the phone transferred me to her supervisor. When I told him I had had domain names for many years and never had to deal with a \"transfer notification agent,\" he just hung up. Apparently I am not the kind of prospect the Domain Support Group is looking for.\n\nSo then I went to Google and searched for \"domain support group scam\" and what do you know, I got search results:\n\nhttp://www.niner.net/docs/dsg.shtml [http://www.niner.net/docs/dsg.shtml]\n\nhttp://www.bankersonline.com/technology/techalert_040902.html [http://www.bankersonline.com/technology/techalert_040902.html]\n\nApparently the business of the Domain Support Group is to trick people into registering .us, .info, and .biz domain names. I hope this page adds to the search results about them.\n\nThis group also appears to operate under the name Internet Support Network, or iSupportNet.\n\n(If this page helped you, you"
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