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Is Facebook taking over the entire web? by bowser March 18, 2012 10:32 am

I thought Facebook was pulling friend suggestions out of my email contacts by RobVG 2012-03-18 12:26:29
- If you go to "find friends" on Facebook, it openly asks you if you want to mine your contact list ... by TB 2012-03-18 13:47:08
  - Damn Tom by FrankC 2012-03-19 12:24:02
I try to avoid Facebook. by Robert 2012-03-18 11:48:36
- I am not in Facebook or Myspace, and I do not Twitter, but I am constantly being bombarded with messages ... by ER 2012-03-18 13:51:18
  - One of those "LinkedIn" messages tried to slap a Blackhole Toolkit virus on me when I stupidly clicked the "log ... by TB 2012-03-21 09:07:44
  - The fundamental thing is, do I get to say "no thanks?" by TB 2012-03-18 14:07:05
    - I never got a chance to say "no thanks". I don't recall ever communicating with them. I think they just lie. ... by ER 2012-03-18 14:52:41
      - Over time, I've trained my e-mail to filter most of that stuff. by TB 2012-03-18 18:04:07
        
        You've got a point. Why would anyone want to buy a product from someone who was deliberately and obviously ... by ER 2012-03-19 08:28:53
        
        Everybody needs at least a virus protection system to stop some of the spam that comes with nasty payloads. by TB 2012-03-19 08:51:15
- The day this place links to FB is the day I leave forever. (n/t) by podrock 2012-03-18 13:21:13
- I know that some people on the Zone have proposed opening the gates to this Borg network. Something tells ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-18 12:58:18
  - I didn't say "link to Facebook." That would suck. by TB 2012-03-18 13:41:46
- It's not like "free" advertiser-supported services are anything new. by TB 2012-03-18 12:07:11
Step one is to go through Facebook's privacy functions (extensive) and start changing settings. by TB 2012-03-18 10:53:24

Laser sings "Still Alive." by TB March 20, 2012 9:31 am

Successful thread move by TB March 19, 2012 9:12 am

Congratulations by Robert 2012-03-19 10:45:45
- I can think of nothing I could say so damn fascinating that it would require multiple-board posting. by TB 2012-03-19 11:02:39

This has to be simple. by bowser March 14, 2012 8:58 am

Take the average latitude of all the participants, and the average longitude, and then find a location near that lat/long with ... by ER 2012-03-14 19:52:26
- I think this is the one which allows for weighting the locations with more people. I'll try it. by bowser 2012-03-16 10:12:16
Why not just take a ruler to a map? I know it probably sounds stupid, but it's the first ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-14 14:34:32
Are we talking driving, or flying? by TB 2012-03-14 09:20:32
- Good question. Realistically it would be a mix, but let's say driving. I'd take either though. by bowser 2012-03-14 10:57:37
  - Airplane flights are not a trivial problem. by TB 2012-03-14 11:29:34
    - That's a pretty good idea. What I'm trying to do is plan a way for cousins to visit. ... by bowser 2012-03-14 11:59:20
      - Other factors include which of them might prefer to fly versus drive. A distant group that likes flying can ... by TB 2012-03-14 12:13:35
        
        My thought on that would be to tell them that whatever point was the absolute center and however you want ... by bowser 2012-03-14 13:14:20

Hey, wanna buy a portable hacking engine? by TB March 3, 2012 4:32 pm

Yep...any IT person worth their salt will HAVE to keep up with attempts such as this. The instruction booklet is ... by Jody 2012-03-04 09:23:37

I just tried to register with a different name and password on here... by Jody February 12, 2012 1:37 pm

A small red sign says *User registration currently not allowed* when I try to register as a new member. by Jody 2012-02-12 18:26:22
- I just saw that "User registration currently not..." message. Still a problem? n/t by alcaray 2012-02-28 16:23:48
- Yep, I'd say that there's yer problem rot there, ma'am. by Robert 2012-02-13 12:35:32
Same email address? by Robert 2012-02-12 16:22:03
- It never asked...just user name and password. I figured *visitor* was being used as a name ( because you guys ... by Jody 2012-02-12 18:18:50
It's not uncommon for forum software (all over the Net) to have safeguards in place to prevent one user from ... by TB 2012-02-12 16:11:59

CCCleaner by RobVG February 1, 2012 10:23 am

I have used it for years without any problem. I don't use it that frequently and obviously backup registry before cleaning by FrankC 2012-02-02 12:13:30
- Thanks Frank. It's good to know you like it n/t by RobVG 2012-02-04 13:51:49
Be real careful. You can get the heebie jeebies thinking of things a free third party program could do ... by TB 2012-02-01 14:33:09
- True. But mostly cccleaner just wants to sell you their premium version. If they do something annoying to ... by alcaray 2012-02-03 13:48:57

test by Jody February 1, 2012 8:03 pm

2 by RobVG 2012-02-01 20:30:30
- You nut! When I do by Jody 2012-02-01 20:41:18
  - The check mark thing- Since I don't have a keypad on my laptop I hold down the "fn" key (the ... by RobVG 2012-02-01 21:39:18

Robert, your pending reply post by FrankC January 27, 2012 9:04 pm

Man, that was a moldy oldy. Trashed it. Thanks Frank. by Robert 2012-01-27 22:08:00

For an intellectual exercise... by Jody January 27, 2012 9:57 am

I hate exercise :) by FrankC 2012-01-27 21:09:51

Wikipedia protest blackout by TB January 17, 2012 10:44 am

The battle's half won. SOPA's out of the picture now. Now we have to wait on PIPA to get ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-17 12:53:24
- How many sites are doing this? by TB 2012-01-17 12:59:33
  - Over 115,000, apparently. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-22 00:03:00

"Anonymous" seems to be able to take down anyone. by bowser January 19, 2012 8:22 pm

One thing I can never tell about Anonymous is if they actually did all the things they take credit for. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-21 00:35:19

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