Most of these people that I get in the offshore tech support centers are locked to a script. Why I ask, "can I speak to someone with a functioning synapse?" their response is "we don't have anyone like that here."
Before I pick up the phone I do some basic troubleshooting. They put you on hold for "a moment" that lasts for more than 5 minutes, then apologize for it, then do the same thing again.
And of course, when you ask why they want you do "try something" their response is "sometimes it fixes the problem." No logic.
It is a shame that people think that getting something to fit into 64k of ram is a big deal. I remember spending over $100 to upgrade my Apple ][+ clone from 48k 60 64k.
Much of the code today is poorly written and wasteful of memory.
Charging $300 for the product, then another $100 for calling in to report the bug, then another $200 for the upgrade that enhances performance by releasing resources not needed. Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking of Sage Software's Act!
The Wayback Machine respects the Robots.txt exclusion standard, as most robots will. Additionally, if the site owner asks, they will remove the site from the Wayback machine.
I was referring to Attorney John DuWors. He represented Virtumundo in Gordon v. Virtumundo and is representing AXS Charge, Dev8 Entertainment, Liquid Minds, Techie Group, East Group, and Datline Ideas Limited. They run porn web sites, including asstraffic.com. He has lied through his teeth to the Court and playing games.
I have been suing spammers for a few years. Actually I sued the companies that were advertised the spammers, and paid the spammers. Some companies that have been sued have taken steps to terminate the 'affiliates' that were sending the spam.
Lately, it seems less effective. But, if more people started suing spammers, and the companies that hire them, that violate the law it dry up the marketplace for spammers.
One company, Deniro Marketing who runs amateurmatch.com, went as far as lying to the Court and then having the Wayback Machine delete any traces of the evidence when called on it.
Another company, I sued 3 times and obtained 3 default judgments, collected over $200k on the first two. Of course they claim that even though I seized money from the accounts, they didn't know anything about the lawsuits. Another person I know collected over $100k from them. Recently, in the last suit, the Defendants were able to vacate the judgment and be permitted to file an answer. I have seized several of their domain names to prevent them from selling them. Defendants counsel have been lying through their teeth and playing games -- but what can you expect from a spammer's lawyer.
I'll have to start putting up the details of this lawsuit. But I have details of the others on my web site.
Just ask the rent-a-cop. It is against the law. Just don't ask them what law, because they don't know. Then when pushed, it is "against the company's law."
I knew companies bought laws, but I didn't know they passed laws.
There is no specific law against photography on private property, but the property owner can revoke your "invitation" to be on that property, turning you into a trespasser which then makes your presences on that property illegal.
It is not a gaff like, Chevy Nova in South America, No va meaning No go, but that could be truth in advertising. Or, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken" being translated into, "It takes a hard man to make a chicken aroused."
Some others:
"It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." translating into "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."
Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese.
The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the Wax Tadpole"
If I ever got called into court on a 1-2 MPH over ticket, I would just pull out the radar gun specs that says +/-3 MPH. Most of the manuals for the radar guns state that they are accurate +-3mph.
I have a handheld Garmin GPS (with car mount) that specifications claim that it is within.75 knot accuracy on the speed display.
I used it to get out of a speeding ticket outside of El Paso. I said the GPS said I wwas doing 75, the cop said his radar gun said 76 and it is calibrated. I responded thatt my GPS uses government satellite signals. He let me go.
Yes, we are all shocked that dating web sites put up fake information. I'm not talking of the person who posts a fake profile, but dating sites that generate their own fake profiles. I mean the ones like amatuermatch.com and sexsearch.com that put up fake profiles.
In fact, an ex-employee of sexsearch said that he was surprised that anyone on the site could find a woman. Amateurmatch, will send you send you e-mails from fake women to get you to sign up.
There are some companies, that just plain lie. In one such instance, Deniro Marketing, they were provided a unique e-mail address, and now that e-mail address is getting spam for drugs, enhancement products, stock tips, etc.
I have had other companies (versuslaw.com) try to claim that "you must have been infected with a virus that distributed your address book." Of course, I run OS/2 and Post Road Mailer. Nobody writes virii for OS/2 and Post Road Mailer does not run scripts or anything else. Of course, I had another company blame it on their fulfillment people.
I thought of a virus along this line, but slightly different. What it would do is encrypt the data, decrypt on the fly until it is time to demand payment. All backups would have been encrypted too, if you have the correct hooks into the OS. I never tried it, since the dark side has a strong pull.
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It was Major Carter, exploding another star.
Once you blow up one star, they expect everything from you.
I care about the mindset or lack of one.
Most of these people that I get in the offshore tech support centers are locked to a script. Why I ask, "can I speak to someone with a functioning synapse?" their response is "we don't have anyone like that here."
Before I pick up the phone I do some basic troubleshooting. They put you on hold for "a moment" that lasts for more than 5 minutes, then apologize for it, then do the same thing again.
And of course, when you ask why they want you do "try something" their response is "sometimes it fixes the problem." No logic.
I run OS/2 as my primary desktop. I'm safe from viruii as there is none for it.
There is some security through obscurity.
It is a shame that people think that getting something to fit into 64k of ram is a big deal. I remember spending over $100 to upgrade my Apple ][+ clone from 48k 60 64k.
Much of the code today is poorly written and wasteful of memory.
Charging $300 for the product, then another $100 for calling in to report the bug, then another $200 for the upgrade that enhances performance by releasing resources not needed. Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking of Sage Software's Act!
Never mind.
The book is pretty good. I have a signed copy of the book. He also offers a course based on the book which is pretty good.
All of them voted for the I-CAN-SPAM Act, except Obama. Obama didn't vote for the I-CAN-SPAM Act because he was not there to vote for it.
The Wayback Machine respects the Robots.txt exclusion standard, as most robots will. Additionally, if the site owner asks, they will remove the site from the Wayback machine.
I was referring to Attorney John DuWors. He represented Virtumundo in Gordon v. Virtumundo and is representing AXS Charge, Dev8 Entertainment, Liquid Minds, Techie Group, East Group, and Datline Ideas Limited. They run porn web sites, including asstraffic.com. He has lied through his teeth to the Court and playing games.
DuWors bragged about taking Jim Gordon's house.
I have been suing spammers for a few years. Actually I sued the companies that were advertised the spammers, and paid the spammers. Some companies that have been sued have taken steps to terminate the 'affiliates' that were sending the spam.
Lately, it seems less effective. But, if more people started suing spammers, and the companies that hire them, that violate the law it dry up the marketplace for spammers.
One company, Deniro Marketing who runs amateurmatch.com, went as far as lying to the Court and then having the Wayback Machine delete any traces of the evidence when called on it.
Another company, I sued 3 times and obtained 3 default judgments, collected over $200k on the first two. Of course they claim that even though I seized money from the accounts, they didn't know anything about the lawsuits. Another person I know collected over $100k from them. Recently, in the last suit, the Defendants were able to vacate the judgment and be permitted to file an answer. I have seized several of their domain names to prevent them from selling them. Defendants counsel have been lying through their teeth and playing games -- but what can you expect from a spammer's lawyer.
I'll have to start putting up the details of this lawsuit. But I have details of the others on my web site.
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http://www.barbieslapp.com/spam
So many spammers to sue, so little time.
Just ask the rent-a-cop. It is against the law. Just don't ask them what law, because they don't know. Then when pushed, it is "against the company's law."
I knew companies bought laws, but I didn't know they passed laws.
No, call the police. When they take your camera, it is theft, or grand theft depending on the camera.
There is no specific law against photography on private property, but the property owner can revoke your "invitation" to be on that property, turning you into a trespasser which then makes your presences on that property illegal.
Or just heal and transfer the energy into a biologically similar vessel, and then create Dr. Donna.
It is not a gaff like, Chevy Nova in South America, No va meaning No go, but that could be truth in advertising. Or, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken" being translated into, "It takes a hard man to make a chicken aroused."
Some others:
"It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." translating into "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."
Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese.
The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the Wax Tadpole"
If I ever got called into court on a 1-2 MPH over ticket, I would just pull out the radar gun specs that says +/-3 MPH. Most of the manuals for the radar guns state that they are accurate +-3mph.
I have a handheld Garmin GPS (with car mount) that specifications claim that it is within .75 knot accuracy on the speed display.
I used it to get out of a speeding ticket outside of El Paso. I said the GPS said I wwas doing 75, the cop said his radar gun said 76 and it is calibrated. I responded thatt my GPS uses government satellite signals. He let me go.
These tech people from Comcast or SBC tell you to plug your machine directly. Maybe they work for the people who run botnets?
A spit on them. They seem to be as incompetent as the 'Geek Squad'
Since they won't let you cancel, then call your credit card company and cancel with the credit card company.
I think Chinese is an easier language. You don't have to deal with verb conjugation and tenses. Grammatically, it is a simpler language.
It is an easy language to learn. I went to China and saw little kids speaking it, therefore it must be easy.
Yes, we are all shocked that dating web sites put up fake information. I'm not talking of the person who posts a fake profile, but dating sites that generate their own fake profiles. I mean the ones like amatuermatch.com and sexsearch.com that put up fake profiles.
In fact, an ex-employee of sexsearch said that he was surprised that anyone on the site could find a woman. Amateurmatch, will send you send you e-mails from fake women to get you to sign up.
There are some companies, that just plain lie. In one such instance, Deniro Marketing, they were provided a unique e-mail address, and now that e-mail address is getting spam for drugs, enhancement products, stock tips, etc.
I have had other companies (versuslaw.com) try to claim that "you must have been infected with a virus that distributed your address book." Of course, I run OS/2 and Post Road Mailer. Nobody writes virii for OS/2 and Post Road Mailer does not run scripts or anything else. Of course, I had another company blame it on their fulfillment people.
I thought of a virus along this line, but slightly different. What it would do is encrypt the data, decrypt on the fly until it is time to demand payment. All backups would have been encrypted too, if you have the correct hooks into the OS. I never tried it, since the dark side has a strong pull.
Really? What about a little known thing called colocation?
At least with colocation, if the building gets blown up by terrorists, the servers are still running somewhere else.
Why not have have the robots bitten by a genetically engineered spider?