But say your stereo is in the living room and you're streaming the music to it from your PC in your bedroom... Do you want to leave your party in the living room to go change songs in the bedroom? Maybe you will if you have to, but wouldn't a remote be cool?
Salvatore Wise, Jr., or someone going by that alias for several years at least
(verified since 1997), has taken tens of thousands, and perhaps hundreds of
thousands, of dollars from eBay shoppers. Whether or not he does other types
of online trading is not yet known to me.
"How could that be possible?", you must be asking. Surely there are safeguards
against that kind of thing, right? Yes, there are. But Sal has been ingenious
in finding workarounds for those safeguards. See, for example, how
Justin Spence, a shrewd
businessman himself who was initially suspect of Sal's integrity, was conned
into finishing the deal. Sal doesn't accept credit cards nor Paypal in any
form; he wants his money in checks, cashiers checks or money orders. And
he often makes believe he hasn't received your payment when in fact he's
already cashed it.
Sal's accounts have all been terminated, of course, but he always seems to
have one more on the back burner he can use in a pinch. Lately, his wife
Michelle Heinlein appears to be actively involved, since in at least one
case a check made out to her name was cashed, in one of the scams.
Notice the same trading pattern as Sal's former username needforspeed97, starting off good then, once he gets a good
reputation, cashing it in for a few thousand dollars before eBay kicks him off. I'm pretty sure
this guy Robin, needforspeed, is the same
dude too, but Sal of course denies it.
I'll post more info as I can. Watch out for anybody on eBay from PA who sells
high-dollar items. Sorry Pennsylvanians, but you've got a scoundrel in your
midst. He lives at 1941 W. Passyunk Ave. in Philadelphia, but he sometimes
sets his eBay "area" identity as Pittsburgh.
So if I know where he lives, why don't I just go break his legs? Believe me,
I've thought about it, but I don't want to do something illegal that'll
get me thrown in jail. Besides, he's threatened to shoot me if I come
there. So if the threat turns out to be real, I'd either have to kill him or
get killed myself, either of which has consequences I don't want to consider.
And on top of all that, I'm a coward.
Well anyway, not to be outdone by Justin, I'm digging up my emails now too...
here's the most recent thread
which shows the same typing style (being very loose with that word here) as
his recent threats to Justin. More to follow!
Wow, that was fast! Here
he is again... it's after 2AM on the east coast, so
he must be sweating bullets! Aren't you, Sal old buddy?
This is getting to be another blog in itself, so let's just follow the story
in my existing blog, shall we?
Well, actually, my (obviously fake) numbers were referring to people who actually use Windows Update... not Windows itself... Did you even read the posts? Because that's what the OP was referring to in the first place - not the OS itself.
Technically, it is "on"... but it needs to be configured once installed. That is, you'll see the little globe/flag thing in the system tray, but it's not doing anything. When you click on it, it asks what you want to do: check then notify to download/install, check/download and notify to install, or check/download/install automatically.
Well I'm pretty sure they're just referring to the back end of Google searching that powers Gmail.
And speaking of my own use, it's one damn quick and easy search engine for email. I have like 500 emails in just one of my "labels" and I can search and fly through them with no problems. It's my "ebay" label, so I look for specific items or that "one thing" that I bought a while ago and forgot to leave feedback or something like that... but it's quick, efficient, and well... it's Google.
Maybe it's just me... but "search companion" sounds a lot like "spyware." Let's hope this is not the case with this software... although, this part kind of worries me:
Blinkx's planned business model involves getting advertising revenue from contextual adverts, product channels and white labelling, but she emphasises that the search is independent: it is mathematically based and just looks at words and their context. She adds: "It is clean, but users don't know that so we show our advertisements in a different colour".
I think I'll just stick to Google/Gmail and let them read just my email. I don't need someone also reading all of the data on my PC to serve ads.
Hirshjagd (Deer Hunt)
Hase und Wolf (Hare and Wolf)
Abfahrtslauf (Departure Course)
Schmetterlinge (Butterflies)
Scheissbude (literal translation "crap booth"!)
Autorennen (Racing Car)
I wonder what you have to do to win at Crap Booth... Get to the toilet paper on the other side of the river? Flush the toilet to avoid the evil crap monster? Or is it like whack-a-mole, but with turds? What's the objective?
I did that and the icons still seem odd. Like the back/forward buttons are too large and the refresh is just right. But the stop/home icons seem small (even though they take up a lot of space). Maybe I'm just looking at it funny...
There was one some time this morning that was for the official release - but it was pulled just a minute or two after it went live. I had a comment in it too and even though you couldn't access the story, my comment showed up in my profile for most of the day (though I just noticed it's been removed now).
Thanks to the EFF for stopping this horrible miscarriage of the legal system.
I had to look this one up:
miscarriage - (mskrj, ms-kr-) n.
1. The premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus. Also called spontaneous abortion. 2. 1. Bad administration; mismanagement. 2. A failure of administration or management: a miscarriage of justice.
That just sounded like really strange wording to me, but I guess I just don't have that broad of a vocabulary.
satellite television giant DirecTV has agreed to modify its nationwide campaign against signal piracy in order to reduce threats and lawsuits against innocent users of smart card technology
Ya, I know it's not really basic, but compared to some of the phones out there, it's still pretty simple. It's a nice phone though, I like it.
As for locking up - it just did once this past weekend after the battery died and I charged it up. It was in a "sort of turned on" state and I had to take the battery out to get it up.
"Hey what's this bluetooth thing? I guess I'll just activate it to find out... Oh, shit, it looks like I got a virus."
Um, I'm thinking some people probably WILL get hit with this.
I'd just like to say that this is why it's still nice to have a phone with relatively limited features - well, that and it's a Motorola (T720). I don't have to worry about the Bluetooth stuff, and I don't even have web access activated on it.
Also, according to the SARC article linked - this worm will attack any bluetooth device that it finds in it's range - not just phones - SARC uses a printer as an example, but what about those nice bluetooth mice/keyboards and PDAs, etc?
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Actually the computers not turning back on is one of the new security features...
... right?
Well, if they can't get into it and on the internet to infect themselves with something... it's "secure"
There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry: Lonestar!
Technically sure...
But say your stereo is in the living room and you're streaming the music to it from your PC in your bedroom... Do you want to leave your party in the living room to go change songs in the bedroom? Maybe you will if you have to, but wouldn't a remote be cool?
Salvatore Wise, Jr., or someone going by that alias for several years at least (verified since 1997), has taken tens of thousands, and perhaps hundreds of thousands, of dollars from eBay shoppers. Whether or not he does other types of online trading is not yet known to me.
"How could that be possible?", you must be asking. Surely there are safeguards against that kind of thing, right? Yes, there are. But Sal has been ingenious in finding workarounds for those safeguards. See, for example, how Justin Spence, a shrewd businessman himself who was initially suspect of Sal's integrity, was conned into finishing the deal. Sal doesn't accept credit cards nor Paypal in any form; he wants his money in checks, cashiers checks or money orders. And he often makes believe he hasn't received your payment when in fact he's already cashed it.
Sal's accounts have all been terminated, of course, but he always seems to have one more on the back burner he can use in a pinch. Lately, his wife Michelle Heinlein appears to be actively involved, since in at least one case a check made out to her name was cashed, in one of the scams. Notice the same trading pattern as Sal's former username needforspeed97, starting off good then, once he gets a good reputation, cashing it in for a few thousand dollars before eBay kicks him off. I'm pretty sure this guy Robin, needforspeed, is the same dude too, but Sal of course denies it.
I'll post more info as I can. Watch out for anybody on eBay from PA who sells high-dollar items. Sorry Pennsylvanians, but you've got a scoundrel in your midst. He lives at 1941 W. Passyunk Ave. in Philadelphia, but he sometimes sets his eBay "area" identity as Pittsburgh.
So if I know where he lives, why don't I just go break his legs? Believe me, I've thought about it, but I don't want to do something illegal that'll get me thrown in jail. Besides, he's threatened to shoot me if I come there. So if the threat turns out to be real, I'd either have to kill him or get killed myself, either of which has consequences I don't want to consider. And on top of all that, I'm a coward.
Well anyway, not to be outdone by Justin, I'm digging up my emails now too... here's the most recent thread which shows the same typing style (being very loose with that word here) as his recent threats to Justin. More to follow!
Wow, that was fast! Here he is again... it's after 2AM on the east coast, so he must be sweating bullets! Aren't you, Sal old buddy?
This is getting to be another blog in itself, so let's just follow the story in my existing blog, shall we?
Well, actually, my (obviously fake) numbers were referring to people who actually use Windows Update... not Windows itself... Did you even read the posts? Because that's what the OP was referring to in the first place - not the OS itself.
Technically, it is "on" ... but it needs to be configured once installed. That is, you'll see the little globe/flag thing in the system tray, but it's not doing anything. When you click on it, it asks what you want to do: check then notify to download/install, check/download and notify to install, or check/download/install automatically.
After you set that up, it'll be working.
And by "lots of people" you mean the 10-15% (estimate) of us who probably actually know what it is and use it?
Well I'm pretty sure they're just referring to the back end of Google searching that powers Gmail. And speaking of my own use, it's one damn quick and easy search engine for email. I have like 500 emails in just one of my "labels" and I can search and fly through them with no problems. It's my "ebay" label, so I look for specific items or that "one thing" that I bought a while ago and forgot to leave feedback or something like that... but it's quick, efficient, and well... it's Google.
You know... Gator (and any other spyware app out there) says they're not spyware either...
Just FYI.
Let's hope so. But the question is... who made the misspelling ... and was it really an accident?
What's ridiculous is your spelling, my good sir...
Hmm... I'm getting 0.8 too. If I go to Help -> About - it says it's version 0.9, but the useragent listed there is 0.8 also.
I did I straight install/upgrade over 0.8 - maybe that's why? I'm going to try uninstalling and installing again to see if that helps.
At least I'm not the only one that sees it then I guess... Thanks for the link.
I definitely agree... there is much more snap in this version. The menus seem to jump up a lot faster - as well as opening tabs.
I did that and the icons still seem odd. Like the back/forward buttons are too large and the refresh is just right. But the stop/home icons seem small (even though they take up a lot of space). Maybe I'm just looking at it funny...
There was one some time this morning that was for the official release - but it was pulled just a minute or two after it went live. I had a comment in it too and even though you couldn't access the story, my comment showed up in my profile for most of the day (though I just noticed it's been removed now).
So the story this morning (that was pulled) and the one yesterday weren't enough? What's going on??
Actually, I think it's:
"tis better to be silent and thought a fool, then to open your mouth and prove it."
I had to look this one up:
That just sounded like really strange wording to me, but I guess I just don't have that broad of a vocabulary.
Also - DirecTV isn't STOPPING it's hunt... they're merely modifying it:
Ya, I know it's not really basic, but compared to some of the phones out there, it's still pretty simple. It's a nice phone though, I like it.
As for locking up - it just did once this past weekend after the battery died and I charged it up. It was in a "sort of turned on" state and I had to take the battery out to get it up.
"Hey what's this bluetooth thing? I guess I'll just activate it to find out... Oh, shit, it looks like I got a virus." Um, I'm thinking some people probably WILL get hit with this.
I'd just like to say that this is why it's still nice to have a phone with relatively limited features - well, that and it's a Motorola (T720). I don't have to worry about the Bluetooth stuff, and I don't even have web access activated on it.
Also, according to the SARC article linked - this worm will attack any bluetooth device that it finds in it's range - not just phones - SARC uses a printer as an example, but what about those nice bluetooth mice/keyboards and PDAs, etc?
They have an image of the phone with the message displayed on it too.
Where'd the firefox story go? :(