TIL during the early days of the internet, companies tried to prohibit linking to some of their sites. The linked site linked to all of them during half of 2002 - eviltoast

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

  • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 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.

    • Lexam@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      This not true. I have risen much farther than my level of incompetence!

      • Etienne_Dahu@jlai.luEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

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