Google has too much info on you? How stupid are you?
There was an article in the Washington Post Here about how too much personal information is being revealed on everyone, except me. You see I'm an old time computer user who is paranoid about posting any type of profile on the internet. The only information you will find about me is what I "want" you to know and no more.
As soon as you post a profile anywhere on the internet that information becomes Public Information. Once that is done it can not be undone. This is sheer stupidity. From the day we are born to the day we die we leave a paper trail chronicling our life's history. Only if we jealously safeguard that information and our own privacy can we be secure in the knowledge that others can't tap into it.
This is especially true for the computer. My best advice is never give out personal information in the form of a profile. I you must, then it is advisable to create a factitious identity and use that instead. Use these identities on anonymous mail servers to receive and send mail. Be careful giving out your personal email account, and be careful about revealing too much personal information on it.
One big Caveat. If you use a computer at work, treat it as if you were on a Party Line where anyone can drop in on your conversations. Don't think that they don't. They do believe me. There is no such thing as privacy at work. If you don't believe me, check your policy manual or your personnel manager.
As for me, the only information anyone will know about me is what I want them to know.
Ain't that the truth?
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Saturday, September 17, 2005
A Couple of thoughts
I spent one of the last mornings looking at the devastation in New Orleans and our relief efforts there. I also have had to cope with a two and a half day power outage here in Milwaukee. I confess that I rely on electricity for my daily needs. Gee the powers out, no refrigerator, on lights, no computer and no way to recharge my cell phone. Even the gasoline stations could no longer pump gas in my area and I'm on a quarter tank of gas. Fortunately as I drove west out of the city there were stations open and I was able to fill up. The difference was that we didn't get flooded out too. I'm still thinking about buying a small generator, just in case.
The problem is that all this is making me mad as hell. The government knew for years that the levies in and around New Orleans could break causing catastrophic damage. Insteas they ignored it and diverted money and manpower elsewhere. Then what do you know? The inevitable happens. Along came Katrina and destroyed much of the city stranding thousands of poor and needy people in the process. And where is Shrub during all this? Strumming a guitar, that where. Then I ask you, why in the world would anyone in his right mind appoint a bottom feeding lawyer to head Fema? While all this is going on, he's pondering the legal consequences. Is this ridiculous or what?
After reading the Washington Post and New York Times and other newspapers I start to wonder about how prepared we would have been if this were a terrorist attack? Perhaps they are right. We are no safer today than we were four years ago. How true. MoveOn Org. you got that one right. Hit the nail right on the head. All I can say is that this nation needs a drastic change.
Second thought
Shame on you FBI and US Mail for fumbling the ball on the Anthrax thing. Let me make a suggestion. Perhaps we should put a microchip or some sort of identification marker in or on the stamps or envelopes that are mailed so that we can use it to determine the location that those stamps or envelopes came from. It just might make it easier to pin down the origination of the letters that are sent out. There should be a requirement that each post office put a unique identifier on each envelope mailed when it is picked up for delivery and before it gets to the main post office. It will mean that each letter will run through a machine which will print that identifier on it at the pick-up point and before they are sorted for distribution. At least then they will have a specific area to look into making their search easier.
I spent one of the last mornings looking at the devastation in New Orleans and our relief efforts there. I also have had to cope with a two and a half day power outage here in Milwaukee. I confess that I rely on electricity for my daily needs. Gee the powers out, no refrigerator, on lights, no computer and no way to recharge my cell phone. Even the gasoline stations could no longer pump gas in my area and I'm on a quarter tank of gas. Fortunately as I drove west out of the city there were stations open and I was able to fill up. The difference was that we didn't get flooded out too. I'm still thinking about buying a small generator, just in case.
The problem is that all this is making me mad as hell. The government knew for years that the levies in and around New Orleans could break causing catastrophic damage. Insteas they ignored it and diverted money and manpower elsewhere. Then what do you know? The inevitable happens. Along came Katrina and destroyed much of the city stranding thousands of poor and needy people in the process. And where is Shrub during all this? Strumming a guitar, that where. Then I ask you, why in the world would anyone in his right mind appoint a bottom feeding lawyer to head Fema? While all this is going on, he's pondering the legal consequences. Is this ridiculous or what?
After reading the Washington Post and New York Times and other newspapers I start to wonder about how prepared we would have been if this were a terrorist attack? Perhaps they are right. We are no safer today than we were four years ago. How true. MoveOn Org. you got that one right. Hit the nail right on the head. All I can say is that this nation needs a drastic change.
Second thought
Shame on you FBI and US Mail for fumbling the ball on the Anthrax thing. Let me make a suggestion. Perhaps we should put a microchip or some sort of identification marker in or on the stamps or envelopes that are mailed so that we can use it to determine the location that those stamps or envelopes came from. It just might make it easier to pin down the origination of the letters that are sent out. There should be a requirement that each post office put a unique identifier on each envelope mailed when it is picked up for delivery and before it gets to the main post office. It will mean that each letter will run through a machine which will print that identifier on it at the pick-up point and before they are sorted for distribution. At least then they will have a specific area to look into making their search easier.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
As White House Anxiety Grows, Bush Tries to Quell Political Crisis - New York Times
The White House is upset?
As they should be, our government slashed funding to upgrade the levies around New Orleans amid fears that a category 5 hurricane would destroy them flooding the city. Sure as shit it has. Now they are worried about the impact it will have on Shrub's future in the White House. In the article it said that they were "thinking about" the people impacted by this horrible event. Thinking is good and so is praying but Action is better.
My advice to the White House is to forget about the impact this has had or will have on Shrub's agenda and get into action to save this valuable asset and save face with the rest of America. As far as I'm concerned Shrubs future is headed down the toilet. Democrats and Republicans should put away their axes and work together to solve this grievous problem now. Accusations and finger pointing needs to be stopped, like the Raging Cajun said "put down your weapons" we have food to deliver and people to help.
Secondly any able bodied American who has the time should volunteer to help in any way that is needed. The Rest of us should open our pocketbooks and donate whatever we can to the disaster effort and your favorite charity.
The White House is upset?
As they should be, our government slashed funding to upgrade the levies around New Orleans amid fears that a category 5 hurricane would destroy them flooding the city. Sure as shit it has. Now they are worried about the impact it will have on Shrub's future in the White House. In the article it said that they were "thinking about" the people impacted by this horrible event. Thinking is good and so is praying but Action is better.
My advice to the White House is to forget about the impact this has had or will have on Shrub's agenda and get into action to save this valuable asset and save face with the rest of America. As far as I'm concerned Shrubs future is headed down the toilet. Democrats and Republicans should put away their axes and work together to solve this grievous problem now. Accusations and finger pointing needs to be stopped, like the Raging Cajun said "put down your weapons" we have food to deliver and people to help.
Secondly any able bodied American who has the time should volunteer to help in any way that is needed. The Rest of us should open our pocketbooks and donate whatever we can to the disaster effort and your favorite charity.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Chase auto finance and lousy service
I don' know how these guys can operate but I for one once my loan is paid off will not under any circumstances do business with them again. I just got a telephone call from one of their representatives who was the most obnoxious person I ever met. She wouldn't shut up even though I asked her to several times. I finally had to hang up on her and call back to talk to a Bryan in New York who was very helpful. This took several tries since they have one of those automated telephone systems, which I also hate.
What bothers me is that when companies get bigger and bigger the service seems to deteriorate logarithmically in proportion to their size. Don't these idiots realize it is the consumer who they need in order to survive? Like the old saying goes "You are not doing us a favor by giving us your business. We are doing you a fovor by giving you our business. We don't need you, you need us." We can walk away in droves if you continue to give lousy service. We will hit you in the pocketbook where it hurts. Maybe just maybe when your business starts to go down the drain you will wake up and see what you did wrong. If not, then you deserve to go out of business.
Ain't that the truth?
A word of warning Bank One aka Chase may be hazardous to your pocketbook. Deal with them at your own risk.
I don' know how these guys can operate but I for one once my loan is paid off will not under any circumstances do business with them again. I just got a telephone call from one of their representatives who was the most obnoxious person I ever met. She wouldn't shut up even though I asked her to several times. I finally had to hang up on her and call back to talk to a Bryan in New York who was very helpful. This took several tries since they have one of those automated telephone systems, which I also hate.
What bothers me is that when companies get bigger and bigger the service seems to deteriorate logarithmically in proportion to their size. Don't these idiots realize it is the consumer who they need in order to survive? Like the old saying goes "You are not doing us a favor by giving us your business. We are doing you a fovor by giving you our business. We don't need you, you need us." We can walk away in droves if you continue to give lousy service. We will hit you in the pocketbook where it hurts. Maybe just maybe when your business starts to go down the drain you will wake up and see what you did wrong. If not, then you deserve to go out of business.
Ain't that the truth?
A word of warning Bank One aka Chase may be hazardous to your pocketbook. Deal with them at your own risk.
ANOTHER CONSPIRACY THEORY
Oil prices and gasoline. Discounting the hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, have you ever noticed that the price of gasoline seems to go up every weekend and then gradually drops toward the middle of the week? I have and I have been keeping track of it for months. Did you ever notice that when the gas price goes down that it never quite goes down to what it was before? Instead it has slowly creeped upward.
Now I don't know about you but this phenomenon seemed to occur more noticeably just after 9/11 and even more so after Shrub declared war on Iraq. Hey these guys aren't dumb. They may not be powerful when it comes to war but they are shure when it comes to Oil. They hold all the cards, well at least most of them and don't think they aren't shuffling them in their favor. They purposely have the deck stacked against us. Bank on it. So why not hit us where it hurts? Keep raising the gas prices. So far the dumb fuckers in Washington haven't figured it out yet. We shut down their money stockpiles but they suck it right back through the Oil pipelines. So when are our guys in Washington going to wake up a smell the coffee 'er Oil!
I know Shrub isn't the brightest bulb in the pack, but we better do something soon or there will be hell to pay.
Am I the only one who sees what is going on? Come on guys get with the program.
Oil prices and gasoline. Discounting the hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, have you ever noticed that the price of gasoline seems to go up every weekend and then gradually drops toward the middle of the week? I have and I have been keeping track of it for months. Did you ever notice that when the gas price goes down that it never quite goes down to what it was before? Instead it has slowly creeped upward.
Now I don't know about you but this phenomenon seemed to occur more noticeably just after 9/11 and even more so after Shrub declared war on Iraq. Hey these guys aren't dumb. They may not be powerful when it comes to war but they are shure when it comes to Oil. They hold all the cards, well at least most of them and don't think they aren't shuffling them in their favor. They purposely have the deck stacked against us. Bank on it. So why not hit us where it hurts? Keep raising the gas prices. So far the dumb fuckers in Washington haven't figured it out yet. We shut down their money stockpiles but they suck it right back through the Oil pipelines. So when are our guys in Washington going to wake up a smell the coffee 'er Oil!
I know Shrub isn't the brightest bulb in the pack, but we better do something soon or there will be hell to pay.
Am I the only one who sees what is going on? Come on guys get with the program.
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