ShadowDance

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Joe A. recently had some troubles at work. Joe works for a company that runs scrolling marquee signs using a markup language similar to HTML. It's a small company, run by two guys we'll call Tom and Bill.

Tom is the technical lead and main owner. The business was his idea to begin with. Bill, on the other hand, came from an accounting background and doesn't have much technical knowledge. Joe, as a technical guy, always reported to Tom.

Things were going great. Tom made Joe feel at ease, and due to Tom's technical background, he was never surprised by the cost of servers and software licenses. The company was growing, though, and Tom became harder and harder to get a hold of. He'd come in to work, close his office door, work secluded for eight or more hours, and leave. If someone wanted to talk to him, they'd have to go through his secretary. One day, Joe got an email from Tom, saying that Joe would have to report to Bill now.

Because Bill had little to no technical knowledge, it wasn't working great. Bill didn't understand why hardware and software cost so much, and would always recommend cost cutting measures that didn't make sense for the business.

One morning, Joe came in to work, unlocked his office, and logged in as usual. Within five minutes, Bill stormed into Joe's office and demanded to know why their server wasn't running.

Bill: The phone's been ringing off the hook today! I've gotten like 20 calls from angry customers and it's not even 9:00 yet! What happened?
Joe: I'm not sure... I mean, I didn't change anything. Just give me a second to look into this.

Their main server was housed locally, so Joe started diagnosing the issue right away. The problem was immediately apparent once he logged in — there was no internet connection. He reseated the cables and still didn't have any luck. He returned to his desk and confirmed that his workstation had no internet access either. Joe went back to Bill to report his findings.

Joe: I figured it out; the internet connection is dead. I'll call the ISP and see if they have an ETA for a fix.
Bill: "ISP?"
Joe: Internet Service Provider.
Bill: Oh... uh, I think I know why the internet is down, but that shouldn't matter.
Joe: (sigh) Yeah...?
Bill: I stopped paying the bill three months ago. I mean, we only use email, anyway — I don't see why we need the whole expensive internet!

Though Bill is still blissfully unaware of the reason it's necessary, Joe managed to get him to start paying those irritating bills again.

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Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat- Members of Khobar's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were the victims of an attack by two Saudi females, Asharq Al-Awsat can reveal.
According to the head of the commission in Khobar, two girls pepper sprayed members of the commission after they had tried to offer them advice.

Head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Eastern province Dr. Mohamed bin Marshood al-Marshood, told Asharq Al Awsat that two of the Commission's employees were verbally insulted and attacked by two inappropriately-dressed females, in the old market in Prince Bandar street, an area usually crowded with shoppers during the month of Ramadan.

According to Dr. Al-Marshood, the two commission members approached the girls in order to "politely" advise and guide them regarding their inappropriate clothing.


Consequently, the two girls started verbally abusing the commission members, which then lead to one of the girls pepper-spraying them in the face as the other girl filmed the incident on her mobile phone, while continuing to hurl insults at them.

The Eastern Province's head of the commission also revealed that with the help of the police his two employees were able to control the situation.

The two females were then escorted to the police station where they apologized for the attack, were cautioned and then released.