What does M'Lud mean by that?
"her skills lie altogether elsewhere"
pray, do tell!
A "serial entrepreneur" Brit who compared himself to Nelson Mandela and whose solar power company is alleged to have defrauded Hewlett Packard Enterprise out of $17.5m in discounts has been jailed for 18 months by London's High Court following an application by HPE. During a court-ordered dawn raid on his home in Leicester, …
Maybe something similar to this case?
https://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/07/hpe-wins-high-court-fraud-fight-international-computer-purchasing-ltd/
Basically grey marketing HP kit against their wishes.
Might perhaps upset the narrative to show HPE as some kind of grasping, evil corporate monster though.
It hasn't! HP only 'alleges'...
Putting aside the tabloid style defamation, what is concerning about this is that al this is happening before HP allegations have been put before a court.
Yes, the guy might appear to be a bit shady, in ignoring various court orders obtained by HPE on the strength of allegations, but he may be totally innocent of whatever HPE is alleging! Remember HPE are alleging misuse of discounts, that HPE obviously honoured for it to have cost HPE money, not non-payment for equipment shipped...
Take a look at his list of 'achievements' on his site. I wonder how many of them are fabrications - petersage.com/about/
That all needs to be updated, with words like "Peter Sage is now a member of a select community of multi-million dollar international criminals" and "Achievements recognised and rewarded by the UK's High Court". And maybe he can add some photographs of himself in the slammer. And report that due to massive demand for his time, he only has the most limited availability for the next nine months, and probably a lot longer. Also, he needs to update the contact details as well for Wormwood Scrubs.
But I see that he invites people to connect on Facebook - anybody care to try it, and post details of his unfortunate lack of availability? Maybe connect on LinkedIn, where 500+ unwise mugs are now touting their connection and endorsements for a convict:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersage
Connect on Linkedin? Bah. That's so passé.
Indeed. But well worth looking to see whether anybody you personally know has been daft enough to "connect" with him. If you do know anybody like that, it'll be fun to ask why they're connected to a convicted criminal under further investigation for a multi-million pound fraud.
Despite the widely held opinion to the contrary Judges are sharp individuals and usually have a good way with words, having come up through the ranks of the barristers. If you get on the wrong side of one you'll find they're well able to express their opinion.
" If you get on the wrong side of one you'll find they're well able to express their opinion." -- Dr Syntax
During an epic divorce/residence battle that went all the way to the High Court, my ex-wife's solicitors were somewhat untruthful. Unfortunately for them I had evidence of that which I was permitted to present. The almost unimaginably eloquent ire that was then directed at that side of the court room was so intense I *almost* felt sorry for them.
"The almost unimaginably eloquent ire that was then directed at that side of the court room was so intense I *almost* felt sorry for them."
And the lying lawyers were promptly struck off, in recognition of their sins, right?
Thought not. Business as usual among the monied classes and/or those with shared interests.
Still, as long as it's all on the square...
Are HP at all capable of any kind of due diligence?
No! it would seem to be part of the culture, see this link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/08/14/hp_recovers_1_8m/ (source: linked in the comments of the ARSTechnica article Justicesays references in their comment here).
Reading between the lines of the 2003 article, it would seem that even having determined the order was fraudulent, HP still shipped kit, invoiced, received payment and then claimed they had been had!
"...Are HP at all capable of any kind of due diligence?"
No! it would seem to be part of the culture, see this link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/08/14/hp_recovers_1_8m/ (source: linked in the comments of the ARSTechnica article Justicesays references in their comment here).
Reading between the lines of the 2003 article, it would seem that even having determined the order was fraudulent, HP still shipped kit, invoiced, received payment and then claimed they had been had!
LOL...it was a rhetorical question!
http://www.mrandmrssage.com
Errr, what the flipping heck have you found there?
It's nearly beyond belief (do have a look, seems to be largely SFW).
Heavy duty sickbag recommended.
I particularly liked this bogpost:
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See also:
http://www.tedxkl.com/peter-sage/
Marvellous. You can see why HP(E) would be impressed, can't you. (Not saying *you or I* would be impressed, but HPE...).
There's motivational speakers and motivational speakers.
This one has publically discoverable connections to Tony Robbins so not only deserves the 3 basic points, plus another 5 for being on LinkedIn, add as many more as you want for being a Tony Robbins disciple.
On the other hand, once upon a time a couple of decades ago I unexpectedly had the great pleasure of listening to an Apollo astronaut (Aldrin? Armstrong? sorry guys, it was a long time ago) address a sales conference for a techy company.
*That* was inspirational.
>On the other hand, once upon a time a couple of decades ago I unexpectedly had the great pleasure of listening to an Apollo astronaut (Aldrin? Armstrong? sorry guys, it was a long time ago) address a sales conference for a techy company.
>*That* was inspirational.
Years ago I had the good fortune to meet Buzz Aldrin on board the USS Sequoia, as a guest of Textronix, who had engaged him as a speaker. It was a works jolly for test engineers attending ITC in Washington DC. Everyone was given a signed copy of his book "Men from Earth".
It's not something I am liable to forget. But I probably stopped after only a couple of glasses of champers...
Mr Sage, on the other hand, sounds eminently forgettable, with or without the aid of alcohol.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sequoia_(presidential_yacht)