Prepaid debit cards, like Serve and Chime will often give you a routing number and account number to deposit your refund on. While they are supposed to have the same DHS identity verification as a real bank account, I'm not sure if it's just as secure. The funds are available via the credit card number, which could be used anywhere - even if the physical card never made it overseas.
For one, they could be reloading prepaid debit cards purchased to pay off scammers who encrypted someone's computer, rather than an account they themselves created.
And those don't even count the recent replies to me. Since he brought it up, and it was on-topic (claim that all ads are served from a different domain to the main site), I had to mention that a HOSTS file can't even block his OWN abuse ads on Slashdot.
Course I went into an amusing look into his history with CA, where his legal "threats" resulted in him "winning" because he filled out their 21 question form to be removed as a false positive for malware. You know, what you would do if you don't hire a lawyer.
He'll probably reply to this and still link to my previous comment and claim again that he "won" and that I must accept that he's right.
For centrally managed services, that doesn't require an inbound password. That can be done by the device making outbound connections to the central server.
For example, I emailed someone at an apparently custom domain several weeks ago. Turns out, their email is served by gmail, even though it is not a "gmail" address. I did not know that at the time. Thus, Google has now obtained copies of my private email without my consent. THAT is what needs to stop.
That's your own fault for not checking the MX record.
Really, though, this is like ordering something from Amazon and complaining when they use UPS to ship the package because you didn't want to deal with UPS. You didn't, Amazon did.
And I knew very few early adopters, though I was doing part time computer tech work at the time. I helped an older customer upgrade to SP2. It took over 2 hours. And I think they already had 1GB.
I tried out their webmail recently (within the last 2 years). It's a better experience than Yahoo. Really, not bad for webmail in 2016. And then the perk of a three-letter domain name to make the address shorter. If it weren't for the psychological trauma of having an AOL email, more people would probably use it.
With only 1GB of RAM, Vista's updates quickly started dropping the system's performance below acceptable levels. Add in Service Packs 1 & 2, and you were sunk.
There was a time, pre-SP1 where XP was fairly usable with 128MB. That's without visiting current web sites and only the web site code of the era. That's why you can't really recreate the experience very easily.
2GB? I think you're forgetting history. I think when Vista first came out you were lucky to get 2GB in a budget machine - most were hovering around 1GB. DDR2 was expensive at the time.
Wait...I just now saw this. Now you think my account belongs to the Computer Associates guy? I could understand you thinking an AC or two, but to think that he would pick some random persona just to persecute you...
You know, I didn't realize that bipolar people could have persecutory/paranoid delusions. I thought that was just schizophrenia. I just read up on it: http://psycheducation.org/diag...
It might be worth seeing a psychiatrist about your bipolar disorder. It might make a huge positive difference for you.
Listing ONLY “Peter Kowalski” not my full name, easily apparent in the program itself, as Alexander Peter Kowalski. Thus, I’d never find it online) & this would be part of the grunds I am suing on if need be for libelling me online since 2004. This is not an idle threat, it is a certainty. I am rather insulted & furious regarding this incident that has long been hidden from myself via what I feel are nefarious means. This is libel, no questions asked.
You didn't follow through and sue. You didn't even settle out of court. You just followed the standard false positive removal procedure. Because false positives are a valid part of the malware detection process and there's already a reasonable way to handle it.
Are you aware that the downmod was flagged as troll? Are you aware of what a troll is?
In Internet slang, a troll (/trol/,/trl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion,[3] often for their own amusement.
Which part of that definition are you saying was bogus on your downmod. Do you want me to break down the definition point by point with examples?
APK, the fact still stands that you did so by following the normal false positive removal plan. The one that anyone can do without lawyers. You know, the 21 question test they just happened to have ready for you. Not a coincidence.
Call me or every anon coward posting in apk's defense him but we're telling the truth that you messed up and you'd have to prove we're him.
I don't have to prove you're you. Your alter ego just posts slightly more coherently. Maybe you should have that alter ego do all your posting. At least there's no bold or all caps.
But it sure was funny when you accused an AC of being me. "You'd have to prove" it's me. "You can't." But that's because it really wasn't me. I really haven't posted AC except when I've moderated. I don't have any reason to.
No tune change. You haven't said anything new. What do you think they do with other false positives? Not have them fill out a 21 question questionnaire? Or did they write that just for you? I think Occam's Razor says they already had a 21 question test in place for ALL false positives - even the ones who don't bring in a lawyer.
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Prepaid debit cards, like Serve and Chime will often give you a routing number and account number to deposit your refund on. While they are supposed to have the same DHS identity verification as a real bank account, I'm not sure if it's just as secure. The funds are available via the credit card number, which could be used anywhere - even if the physical card never made it overseas.
For one, they could be reloading prepaid debit cards purchased to pay off scammers who encrypted someone's computer, rather than an account they themselves created.
Oh, I had mentally put my own quotes around "hardware failure" when I saw this last week.
And those don't even count the recent replies to me. Since he brought it up, and it was on-topic (claim that all ads are served from a different domain to the main site), I had to mention that a HOSTS file can't even block his OWN abuse ads on Slashdot.
Course I went into an amusing look into his history with CA, where his legal "threats" resulted in him "winning" because he filled out their 21 question form to be removed as a false positive for malware. You know, what you would do if you don't hire a lawyer.
He'll probably reply to this and still link to my previous comment and claim again that he "won" and that I must accept that he's right.
For centrally managed services, that doesn't require an inbound password. That can be done by the device making outbound connections to the central server.
(not sure if that's the case if they tell the cops of your kiddie porn stash however)
Definitely not the case. It's mandatory reporting, after all. At least in most states.
What about tech.slashdot.org? What if people want to read the article and on-topic comments but not your ads?
It didn't block your ad.
For example, I emailed someone at an apparently custom domain several weeks ago. Turns out, their email is served by gmail, even though it is not a "gmail" address. I did not know that at the time. Thus, Google has now obtained copies of my private email without my consent. THAT is what needs to stop.
That's your own fault for not checking the MX record.
Really, though, this is like ordering something from Amazon and complaining when they use UPS to ship the package because you didn't want to deal with UPS. You didn't, Amazon did.
And I knew very few early adopters, though I was doing part time computer tech work at the time. I helped an older customer upgrade to SP2. It took over 2 hours. And I think they already had 1GB.
And I present...WOOSH!
On the enterprise version, end-users aren't in charge of their systems.
And the webmail is free now, btw. No subscription required.
I tried out their webmail recently (within the last 2 years). It's a better experience than Yahoo. Really, not bad for webmail in 2016. And then the perk of a three-letter domain name to make the address shorter. If it weren't for the psychological trauma of having an AOL email, more people would probably use it.
With only 1GB of RAM, Vista's updates quickly started dropping the system's performance below acceptable levels. Add in Service Packs 1 & 2, and you were sunk.
FTFY
There was a time, pre-SP1 where XP was fairly usable with 128MB. That's without visiting current web sites and only the web site code of the era. That's why you can't really recreate the experience very easily.
2GB? I think you're forgetting history. I think when Vista first came out you were lucky to get 2GB in a budget machine - most were hovering around 1GB. DDR2 was expensive at the time.
Audacity (the audio editor) even has a built in tone generator that will do DTMF.
CA & Thor SCHMUCK (you I suspect omnichad)
Wait...I just now saw this. Now you think my account belongs to the Computer Associates guy? I could understand you thinking an AC or two, but to think that he would pick some random persona just to persecute you...
You know, I didn't realize that bipolar people could have persecutory/paranoid delusions. I thought that was just schizophrenia. I just read up on it: http://psycheducation.org/diag...
It might be worth seeing a psychiatrist about your bipolar disorder. It might make a huge positive difference for you.
Why not just log in instead of cheating your way around Slashdot's abuse system? Because you're an abuser!
Listing ONLY “Peter Kowalski” not my full name, easily apparent in the program itself, as Alexander Peter Kowalski. Thus, I’d never find it online) & this would be part of the grunds I am suing on if need be for libelling me online since 2004. This is not an idle threat, it is a certainty. I am rather insulted & furious regarding this incident that has long been hidden from myself via what I feel are nefarious means.
This is libel, no questions asked.
False claims of libel are completely on-topic.
You brought up to flop on your face
Sounds messy. Still don't know what it is.
You fail on Computer Associates + Thor
You didn't follow through and sue. You didn't even settle out of court. You just followed the standard false positive removal procedure. Because false positives are a valid part of the malware detection process and there's already a reasonable way to handle it.
BOGUS DOWNMODS
Are you aware that the downmod was flagged as troll? Are you aware of what a troll is?
In Internet slang, a troll (/trol/, /trl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion,[3] often for their own amusement.
Which part of that definition are you saying was bogus on your downmod. Do you want me to break down the definition point by point with examples?
APK, the fact still stands that you did so by following the normal false positive removal plan. The one that anyone can do without lawyers. You know, the 21 question test they just happened to have ready for you. Not a coincidence.
Call me or every anon coward posting in apk's defense him but we're telling the truth that you messed up and you'd have to prove we're him.
I don't have to prove you're you. Your alter ego just posts slightly more coherently. Maybe you should have that alter ego do all your posting. At least there's no bold or all caps.
But it sure was funny when you accused an AC of being me. "You'd have to prove" it's me. "You can't." But that's because it really wasn't me. I really haven't posted AC except when I've moderated. I don't have any reason to.
Why not spend time doing a program LIKE MINE
Why don't you spend more time doing that and less time trolling? There are better marketing plans, I assure you.
No tune change. You haven't said anything new. What do you think they do with other false positives? Not have them fill out a 21 question questionnaire? Or did they write that just for you? I think Occam's Razor says they already had a 21 question test in place for ALL false positives - even the ones who don't bring in a lawyer.