When you say you want to opt-out permanently, they mail you a form, which you sign & return, then they think about it for a few weeks, then make it permanent (i.e. they stop whoring your credit data to the highest snail mail & telephone spammer bidder).
Since signing those I haven't gotten any junk mail credit card offers or phone solicitations.
erpbridge suckered you! Did you notice the (-5, Redundant) was in a bold font, and wasn't connected to the "Score:"? Yep, you betcha. It's part of the Subject!
Banks and credit card companies won't admit this, but they have no handy way to verify what you say is your mother's maiden name really is.
When someone brainless clerk/company/bank/etc. asks for it, give something totally bogus like Honorknees or something...as long as you remember it. And if you can vary this password between different companies, the possibility of it being used against you greatly lessens.
US Bank never asked for it when I set up an account, nor did some other credit card companies, but for the few that did, I made up custom passwords, and no one's the wiser.
Now if we could find enough hackers whose 1)trucks have 2)trailer hitches and 3)BumperDumpers we could drive to Redmond and leave simultaneous "personalized memos to Bill" in M$'s parking lot.
'Butt' now that I think about it, that idea stinks...
Oh. I originally read that as deceased whore, and wondered why: (a) you couldn't do anything you wanted whenever you wanted, and (b) why she was only sometimes deceased--a zombie, perhaps?.
friend: WTF is your dog doing?!?! Ewww! Get it offa me!
Aibo: (clamps extend from paws) humpahumpahumpa(tiny smoke cloud releases from lower flanks)
you: Hey, guy, looks like you're enJOYing it too!
Aibo: humpahumpahumpahumpa WOOOOOF! recognition of your voice's emphasis on "enJOY" causes Aibo's hidden ear emitter to spurt heated liquid onto friend's crotch for their heightened embarassment)
friend: I am NOT enjoy...What the...?! That...that..your dog just..your cyberdog just came on...HEY, that WASN'T me!!
You: Ah-ha-ha-ha!
You: Wanna see what else it can do?
friend: No, I gotta go, uhh, wash up.
Aibo: "All your legs are belong to Aibo, gentlemen."
Yep, I have used Mailwasher for about two months now. Easiest anti-spam front end to use yet. I especially like the automatic blacklist lookup feature: "Effective filtering to automatically spot spam, plus it uses a customisable list of blacklisted e-mail senders and/or regular expressions to filter out potential spammer addresses and messages."
I tried, but then had to disable the Bounce feature; most spammers' return addresses were bogus so my bounces bounced back to my ISP's postmaster, causing him extra work.
Granted, running a spam filter is an extra step, but it's much better than dealing with or even deleting separate e-mails in the mail client. On occasion, I've forwarded the spam to abuse@{hotmail|aol|msn}.com (or wherever) plus uce@ftc.gov, even if the From: was obviously forged. If the user account existed, that would get it deleted pronto. One less spammer account.
I wish I could send an electric shock back to spammers. Kind of an electric-eel mail...
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moderators: this a called sarchasm.
No, sarchasm is when you're vacationing at the Grand Canyon, and taking someone's picture. You tell them "Step baaaak, baaaaak a bit farther...farther..."
They say "You aren't trying to get rid of me, are you?"
You say "Right, like I WANT to collect on that new $1,000,000 life insurance policy I set up before we left!"
...they'll squish your head between their hands (pop! goes your noggin!) or smash through a wall, grab your hand and one by one, break your fingers so you can't type the commands to update them, letting them die in peace.
Having a system like this implies (a) there will be some centralized application-version database somewhere, and (b) your system must check in periodically for updates. Could this database be for all non-OS applications on many popular distributions? Perhaps.
One of my favorite catalogs/retailers, Cyberguys has them. Go there and put magnetic fan in the Search box; it'll pull up the fans in question, which retail for about US$10-$13.
Since the site is framed I can't give the direct URL to the product, so here's some ad copy:
"Our state-of-the-art multi-purpose cooling fans actually use magnetic levitation to "float" the spinning fan blade in a magnetic field to dramatically reduce friction, wear, & heat... making these fans run cooler, quieter and last longer than conventional fans! Ideal for use in any mission application, in applications where minimal fan noise is desired, or where access to fan installation or replacement is difficult."
I'd like to use them as heatsink fans, but I think they only come in the larger 40mm case sizes at the moment (40x40x10mm or 40x40x20mm, 50x50x10mm, & 60x60x25mm).
Semi-OT: I've oft wondered if one could use a Nimda infected machine as a relay for browsing or I-Phone to cover one's tracks. You
could accumulate a list of these machines just by watching your logs, then when you felt the need you bounce off two or three, perhaps
using SSL to hide the contents of the traffic until you got to the last machine....
Isn't this what mostly-defunct SafeWeb's Triangle Boy project was about?
I have wondered for over 20 years where the form factor of the Hollerith card came from. Thanks!!
I knew the 5.25" floppy came from a cocktail napkin (8" floppies were too big they said, while talking at a bar), and likely the 3.5" disks came from those thingies that Kirk and Spock kept sticking into their consoles (alien pr0n?)
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And it's actually a rather well-written manual, unlike some cough-cough other larger company's UN-help files.
Nope--maybe he's The Smoking Man (aka Cancer Man) from the X-Files!
Or is it in reference to an record player that can only play the same record over & over?
(heh heh)FLASH Poof! Poof! Poof!...Poof!
D'OH!!!
Moon unit Alpha Beta!
Since signing those I haven't gotten any junk mail credit card offers or phone solicitations.
Good one, erpbridge!
Banks and credit card companies won't admit this, but they have no handy way to verify what you say is your mother's maiden name really is.
When someone brainless clerk/company/bank/etc. asks for it, give something totally bogus like Honorknees or something...as long as you remember it. And if you can vary this password between different companies, the possibility of it being used against you greatly lessens.
US Bank never asked for it when I set up an account, nor did some other credit card companies, but for the few that did, I made up custom passwords, and no one's the wiser.
Very cool. Gets one in, plus fills the NYT database with crap!
go back or forward pages
open link in new window
open a duplicate window (handy for forking searches)
switch browser windows (if you have a wheelmouse)
minimize a window
close a window?
Sure saves me time going to the Back icon or minimize or other buttons. See the Help..mouse menu for instructions. Yay Opera!
'Butt' now that I think about it, that idea stinks...
Oh. I originally read that as deceased whore, and wondered why: (a) you couldn't do anything you wanted whenever you wanted, and (b) why she was only sometimes deceased--a zombie, perhaps?.
Only diseased--That's a relief.
Or try:
login: assword
password: password
friend: (something obnoxious)
You: Oh, go screw yourself!
Aibo (with AutoHump mod): click! Whirrrrr... pad-pad-pad-pad-pad humpahumpahumpahumpahumpa
friend: WTF is your dog doing?!?! Ewww! Get it offa me!
Aibo: (clamps extend from paws) humpahumpahumpa(tiny smoke cloud releases from lower flanks)
you: Hey, guy, looks like you're enJOYing it too!
Aibo: humpahumpahumpahumpa WOOOOOF!
recognition of your voice's emphasis on "enJOY" causes Aibo's hidden ear emitter to spurt heated liquid onto friend's crotch for their heightened embarassment)
friend: I am NOT enjoy...What the...?! That...that..your dog just..your cyberdog just came on...HEY, that WASN'T me!!
You: Ah-ha-ha-ha!
You: Wanna see what else it can do?
friend: No, I gotta go, uhh, wash up.
Aibo: "All your legs are belong to Aibo, gentlemen."
In other words, wet brick/stone is more likely to reflect light than dry.
I tried, but then had to disable the Bounce feature; most spammers' return addresses were bogus so my bounces bounced back to my ISP's postmaster, causing him extra work.
Granted, running a spam filter is an extra step, but it's much better than dealing with or even deleting separate e-mails in the mail client. On occasion, I've forwarded the spam to abuse@{hotmail|aol|msn}.com (or wherever) plus uce@ftc.gov, even if the From: was obviously forged. If the user account existed, that would get it deleted pronto. One less spammer account.
I wish I could send an electric shock back to spammers. Kind of an electric-eel mail...
S/he did. The Penny Arcade link currently goes to the cartoon page.
Sounds like he got the wrong opening...
No, sarchasm is when you're vacationing at the Grand Canyon, and taking someone's picture.
You tell them "Step baaaak, baaaaak a bit farther...farther..."
They say "You aren't trying to get rid of me, are you?"
You say "Right, like I WANT to collect on that new $1,000,000 life insurance policy I set up before we left!"And then they fall over the cliff.
...they'll squish your head between their hands (pop! goes your noggin!) or smash through a wall, grab your hand and one by one, break your fingers so you can't type the commands to update them, letting them die in peace.
Having a system like this implies (a) there will be some centralized application-version database somewhere, and (b) your system must check in periodically for updates. Could this database be for all non-OS applications on many popular distributions? Perhaps.
...used to track e-mail to/from NORML members.
You can buy fans with mag-lev bearings.
One of my favorite catalogs/retailers, Cyberguys has them. Go there and put magnetic fan in the Search box; it'll pull up the fans in question, which retail for about US$10-$13.Since the site is framed I can't give the direct URL to the product, so here's some ad copy:
I'd like to use them as heatsink fans, but I think they only come in the larger 40mm case sizes at the moment (40x40x10mm or 40x40x20mm, 50x50x10mm, & 60x60x25mm).Semi-OT: I've oft wondered if one could use a Nimda infected machine as a relay for browsing or I-Phone to cover one's tracks. You could accumulate a list of these machines just by watching your logs, then when you felt the need you bounce off two or three, perhaps using SSL to hide the contents of the traffic until you got to the last machine....
Isn't this what mostly-defunct SafeWeb's Triangle Boy project was about?I knew the 5.25" floppy came from a cocktail napkin (8" floppies were too big they said, while talking at a bar), and likely the 3.5" disks came from those thingies that Kirk and Spock kept sticking into their consoles (alien pr0n?)