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%26lt;%26lt;The corrupt officials of a small Russian town, headed by the Mayor, react with terror to the news that an incognito inspector (the revizor) will soon be arriving in their town to investigate them. The flurry of activity to cover up their considerable misdeeds is interrupted by the report that a suspicious person has arrived two weeks previously from Saint Petersburg and is staying at the inn. That person, however, is not an inspector; it is Khlestakov, a foppish civil servant with a wild imagination.



Having learned that Khlestakov has been charging his considerable hotel bill to the Crown, the Mayor and his crooked cronies are immediately certain that this upper class twit is the dreaded inspector. For quite some time, however, Khlestakov does not even realize that he has been mistaken for someone else. Meanwhile, he enjoys the officials' terrified deference and moves in as a guest in the Police Chief's house. He also demands and receives massive "loans" from the Mayor and all of his associates. He also flirts outrageously with the Mayor's wife and daughter.



Sick and tired of the Mayor's outrageous demands for bribes, the village's Jewish and Old Believer merchants arrive, begging Khlestakov to have him dismissed from his post. Stunned at the Mayor's rapacious corruption, Khlestakov states that he deserves to be exiled in chains to Siberia. Then, however, he pockets still more "loans" from the merchants, promising to comply with their request.



Terrified that he is now undone, the Mayor pleads with Khlestakov not to have him arrested, only to learn that the latter has become engaged to his daughter. Khlestakov, however, announces that he is returing to St. Petersburg, having been persuaded by his valet that it is too dangerous to continue the charade any longer.



After Khlestakov and his valet depart on a coach driven by the village's fastest horses, the Mayor's friends all arrive to congratulate him. Certain that he now has the upper hand, he summons the merchants, boasting of his daughter's engagement and vowing to squeeze them for every kopeck they are worth. However, the Postmaster suddenly arrives carrying an intercepted letter which reveales Khlestakov's true identity and mocking opinion of them all.



The Mayor, after years of bamboozling Governors and shaking down criminals of every description, is enraged to have been thus humiliated. He screams at his cronies, stating that they, not himself, are to blame. While they continue arguing, a message arrives from the real Government Inspector, who is demanding to see the Mayor immediately.%26gt;%26gt;Does this remind you of any safety-critical computerization software projects you've been working on recently?
My dear Sherlock "Holmes"....



Elementary, my dear Watson....I think there are a whole bunch of corrupt, deceitful people in this world beyond compare....Incredible, but true, my dear Holmes....You're so right my baby!



Send you my best wishes and all my love....Annette***Does this remind you of any safety-critical computerization software projects you've been working on recently?
lol, damn



--Sam





“Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers.” --Henry Louis MenckenDoes this remind you of any safety-critical computerization software projects you've been working on recently?
unh don't say usa,

right?

always ( not me, shhhh)
(wikipedia)



Tortious interference, in the common law of tort, occurs when a person intentionally damages the plaintiff's contractual or other business relationships.



This tort is broadly divided into two categories, one specific to contractual relationships (irrespective of whether they involve business), and the other specific to business relationships or activities (irrespective of whether they involve a contract).



Tortious interference with contract rights can occur where the tortfeasor convinces a party to breach the contract against the plaintiff, or where the tortfeasor disrupts the ability of one party to perform his obligations under the contract, thereby preventing the plaintiff from receiving the performance promised.



The hardcore instance of this tort occurs when one party induces another party to breach a contract with a third party, in circumstances where the first party has no privilege to act as it does and acts with knowledge of the existence of the contract.



Such conduct is termed tortious inducement of breach of contract.



Tortious interference with business relationships occurs where the tortfeasor acts to prevent the plaintiff from successfully establishing or maintaining business relationships.



This tort may occur when a first party's conduct intentionally causes a second party not to enter into a business relationship with a third party that otherwise would probably have occurred.



Such conduct is termed tortious interference with prospective business relations, expectations, or advantage or with prospective economic advantage.



Typical examples

Tortious interference of business.- When false claims and accusations are made against a business or an individual's reputation in order to drive business away.



Tortious interference of contract.- When an individual uses "tort" (a wrongful act) to come in between two parties mutual contract.



Elements

Although the specific elements required to prove a claim of tortious interference vary from one jurisdiction to another, they typically include the following:



The existence of a contractual relationship or beneficial business relationship between two parties.

Knowledge of that relationship by a third party.

Intent of the third party to induce a party to the relationship to breach the relationship.

Lack of any privilege on the part of the third party to induce such a breach.

Damage to the party against whom the breach occurs.

The first element may, in employment at will jurisdictions, be held fulfilled in regards to a previously unterminated employer/employee relationship.