By: Caleb Carr

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else’s misfortune.

PythonTreemap

My PyQt treemap example.  It is based on the original work from the University of Maryland/HCIL:

http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap-history/

I implemented the squarified, ordered and slice layouts.  Works for my needs…

I just received this from one of my friends in Toronto. A total Nigerian scam email:

“Sorry I didn’t inform you about my traveling to England UK for a program, I’m presently in England and am having some difficulties here because I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my other valuable things were kept. presently my passport and my things are been held down by the hotel management pending when I make payment. I will like you to assist me with a loan of $2345 dollas to sort-out my Hotel bills and to get myself back home.. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to assist me with,I’ll Refund the money back to you as soon as I return,let me know if you can be of any help? ASAP. “

I searched online to find that this thing has been making the rounds since early 2008. It turns out that people unwittingly give up their email account authentication details to a phisher – usually as a reply to some sort of false account verification request. Then the ‘hacker’ hijacks the user’s account and sends the above message to all of the contacts in the user’s address book. Beware.

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