Why aren't there red flags at the Social Security administration when an illegal immigrant uses a fake SS number?
Am I missing something here? Why can't they cross reference a death database against a database of SS numbers shown to be still paying taxes? Why can't they flag SS numbers of people who hold multiple jobs on opposite sides of the country? There's probably a dozen more scenarios that they could easily check for to find fraud that I'm not aware of.
Does the SS administration purposely avoid investigating illegal workers to remain solvent?
It's a shame that they were not ready for the extra traffic because they could have cashed in by selling a lot of advertising. All the major TV networks are cashing in later tonight with their own special presentations.
Now if only they had the ability to make this much money off of living people....
I got this from an email message and I'm still trying to calm down. Somebody is solititing donations while pretending to represent the American Red Cross. Note the fake website address
I'd love to see this guy's face on an FBI's most wanted list. I wonder if some hacker could help get this guy caught?
Original message below:
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Subject: Individual donation-Hurricane Katrina From: "AMERICAN RED CROSS" Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book Date: 03 Sep 2005 17:35:52
WASHINGTON, Friday, September 02, 2005 * The American Red Cross has launched an immense emergency relief effort to meet unprecedented humanitarian needs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The American Red Cross, with support of the worldwide Red Cross, EarthLink, Comcast, Yahoo, SBC Group, Google, Microsoft, NBC, CNBC and Red Crescent Movement is launching a Web site and hotline to help raise money by encouraging viewers to donate to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
Sure we're all discusted by what's going on down there, but this irritates me even worse!
Today I received an email solititing donations from somebody pretending to be the American Red Cross!! I can't tell you how discusted I was to see that! I would do anything to see this guy punished!! I'm so god damn pissed by this guy I'd get myself in trouble if I knew it was.
The original message is pasted below.
Note the fake http://www.redcross.org.cgiin.net/Proccessing.htmlwebsite address
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Subject: Individual donation-Hurricane Katrina From: "AMERICAN RED CROSS" Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book Date: 03 Sep 2005 17:35:52
WASHINGTON, Friday, September 02, 2005 * The American Red Cross has launched an immense emergency relief effort to meet unprecedented humanitarian needs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The American Red Cross, with support of the worldwide Red Cross, EarthLink, Comcast, Yahoo, SBC Group, Google, Microsoft, NBC, CNBC and Red Crescent Movement is launching a Web site and hotline to help raise money by encouraging viewers to donate to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
>Plus, I don't really care if linux hits the mainstream or not. I use what works for me, I'll let others use what works for them. To me, open standards are a lot more important than whatever OS people are running to get their work done.
I'd like to see Linux hit the mainstream merely to improve the availability of commercial software and hardware. Companies won't invest the resources until there's more potential to earn a better return on their investments.
> That's because most transmissions in production cars have their highest geared tuned so that the engine's in its RPM sweet-spot around 60-70mph; after that, the amount of gas per RPM starts to increase considerably more.
You're on the right track, but you also need to remember that when velocity is doubled, aerodynamic drag is quadrupled. At steady highway speeds, other sources of drag are almost negligible.
To make matters more complex, there's a growing number of enthusiasts modifying their hybrids to plug into their home wall outlets to top off the batteries overnight. If I recall correctly, I believe some folks have achieved over 100 MPG with this method. Supposedly the automakers don't like this because they're trying to avoid the perception that these are the kind of vehicles that need to be plugged in.
Aerodynamic drag is the main reason why hybrids often have better fuel economy numbers in stop & go traffic than during a steady speed highway cruise. (Aerodynamic drag quadruples when velocity is doubled)
If I had it to do over again, I'd go into pharmacy. There's a great article in the latest issue of Business 2.0 about where all the hot jobs are located. They featured a 30 something pharmacist in Florida earning $80,000 with only a 32 hour workweek. That would rule to have lots of freetime & a great income.
In college I remember a computer lab running Windows NT 4.0 In the summer time that place was SOOOOOO hot. I suggested that the Air Conditioning may have had a better chance of keeping up if the unused computer had power management. My point is that all the heat created by those unused computers & monitors is costing you extra on your air conditioning bills.
If I had to guess, I think the extra electricity cost of the air conditioning would be more significant than the cost of the electric heaters we call computers.
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On the other hand, if you're successful, they will let you drill anywhere you want.
Why aren't there red flags at the Social Security administration when an illegal immigrant uses a fake SS number?
Am I missing something here?
Why can't they cross reference a death database against a database of SS numbers shown to be still paying taxes? Why can't they flag SS numbers of people who hold multiple jobs on opposite sides of the country? There's probably a dozen more scenarios that they could easily check for to find fraud that I'm not aware of.
Does the SS administration purposely avoid investigating illegal workers to remain solvent?
China no longer pegs their currency to the dollar.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/21/AR2005072100351.html
My offspring and their offspring probably have the eco-footprint of a coal-fired electric plant.
What to do...
Well......
They say that it's a dog eat dog world.
On the bright side,
at least with a joystick control you won't need to worry about carpet getting underneath your gas pedal.
Maybe they should have perfected the joystick sooner?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/29/business/main5351341.shtml
Here is a legitimate picture:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8285380.stm
I'd love to have an electric car that used the solar roof concept as a giant electrical contact like they use for bumper cars.
Some women are sterile.
Damned if they do, and damned if they don't.
It's a shame that they were not ready for the extra traffic because they could have cashed in by selling a lot of advertising.
All the major TV networks are cashing in later tonight with their own special presentations.
Now if only they had the ability to make this much money off of living people....
If the technology was patented, then you would be able to find it with a simple patent search.
Bummer.
My favorite keyboards are always the loudest ones.
I got this from an email message and I'm still trying to calm down. Somebody is solititing donations while pretending to represent the American Red Cross. Note the fake website address
/Proccessing.html
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http://www.redcross.org. cgiin.net
I'd love to see this guy's face on an FBI's most wanted list. I wonder if some hacker could help get this guy caught?
Original message below:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Subject: Individual donation-Hurricane Katrina
From: "AMERICAN RED CROSS" Add to Address
BookAdd to Address Book
Date: 03 Sep 2005 17:35:52
WASHINGTON, Friday, September 02, 2005 * The American Red Cross has
launched an immense emergency relief effort to meet unprecedented
humanitarian needs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The American Red Cross, with support of the worldwide Red Cross,
EarthLink, Comcast, Yahoo, SBC Group, Google, Microsoft, NBC, CNBC and
Red
Crescent Movement is launching a Web site and hotline to help raise
money by encouraging viewers to donate to the American Red Cross
Disaster
Relief Fund.
Follow the link bellow and You can and will help the victims of
Hurricane Katrina:
http://www.redcross.org.cgiin.net/Proccessing.htm
Financial contributions to the American Red Cross are tax-deductible.
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
Sincerely,
Red Cross Team.
Sure we're all discusted by what's going on down there, but this irritates me even worse!
/Proccessing.htmlwebsite address
l
Today I received an email solititing donations from somebody pretending to be the American Red Cross!!
I can't tell you how discusted I was to see that!
I would do anything to see this guy punished!! I'm so god damn pissed by this guy I'd get myself in trouble if I knew it was.
The original message is pasted below.
Note the fake http://www.redcross.org. cgiin.net
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Subject: Individual donation-Hurricane Katrina
From: "AMERICAN RED CROSS" Add to Address
BookAdd to Address Book
Date: 03 Sep 2005 17:35:52
WASHINGTON, Friday, September 02, 2005 * The American Red Cross has
launched an immense emergency relief effort to meet unprecedented
humanitarian needs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The American Red Cross, with support of the worldwide Red Cross,
EarthLink, Comcast, Yahoo, SBC Group, Google, Microsoft, NBC, CNBC and
Red
Crescent Movement is launching a Web site and hotline to help raise
money by encouraging viewers to donate to the American Red Cross
Disaster
Relief Fund.
Follow the link bellow and You can and will help the victims of
Hurricane Katrina:
http://www.redcross.org.cgiin.net/Proccessing.htm
Financial contributions to the American Red Cross are tax-deductible.
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
Sincerely,
Red Cross Team.
>Plus, I don't really care if linux hits the mainstream or not. I use what works for me, I'll let others use what works for them. To me, open standards are a lot more important than whatever OS people are running to get their work done.
I'd like to see Linux hit the mainstream merely to improve the availability of commercial software and hardware. Companies won't invest the resources until there's more potential to earn a better return on their investments.
is there a way to may Linux work with a touch screen monitor? I'm not so sure I want to do everything with a keyboard.
> That's because most transmissions in production cars have their highest geared tuned so that the engine's in its RPM sweet-spot around 60-70mph; after that, the amount of gas per RPM starts to increase considerably more.
You're on the right track, but you also need to remember that when velocity is doubled, aerodynamic drag is quadrupled. At steady highway speeds, other sources of drag are almost negligible.
To make matters more complex, there's a growing number of enthusiasts modifying their hybrids to plug into their home wall outlets to top off the batteries overnight. If I recall correctly, I believe some folks have achieved over 100 MPG with this method. Supposedly the automakers don't like this because they're trying to avoid the perception that these are the kind of vehicles that need to be plugged in.
Aerodynamic drag is the main reason why hybrids often have better fuel economy numbers in stop & go traffic than during a steady speed highway cruise. (Aerodynamic drag quadruples when velocity is doubled)
Probably the best example of this phenomenon is the Ford Escape hybrid that Achieved 38 MPG during a 37 Hour non-stop driving test on a single tank of gas in Manhattan
Mod parent up!!
If I had it to do over again, I'd go into pharmacy. There's a great article in the latest issue of Business 2.0 about where all the hot jobs are located. They featured a 30 something pharmacist in Florida earning $80,000 with only a 32 hour workweek. That would rule to have lots of freetime & a great income.
Sounds more like an anxiety disorder to me, but I'm not a doctor.
In college I remember a computer lab running Windows NT 4.0 In the summer time that place was SOOOOOO hot. I suggested that the Air Conditioning may have had a better chance of keeping up if the unused computer had power management. My point is that all the heat created by those unused computers & monitors is costing you extra on your air conditioning bills.
If I had to guess, I think the extra electricity cost of the air conditioning would be more significant than the cost of the electric heaters we call computers.
You could probably find a case for free or close to it.
Case? we don't need no stinkin' case!!!
hit it with a sledge hammer and rename it apple clobber.