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Dec 14^th, 2010 at 11:18am

alrot Offline
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Now I wonder why I got go many spam

http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/13/technology/facebook_id_privacy/index.htm

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Reply #1 - Dec 14^th, 2010 at 12:06pm

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Thanks Alex. Depressing.

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Reply #2 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 12:05am

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typed in my real name and got someone else with the same name lol.

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Reply #3 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 12:25am

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This is partly the reason I refuse to sign up for Facebook. I'm pretty much the only person in my school that doesn't have an FB account. (And that annoys them to no end. Grin

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Reply #4 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 11:23am

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Signing up to anything online gets the same results ...... Facebook is no different to ordering things from Amazon anything you share online is fair game to people wanting to sell you something, or swindle you.

Get over it ........ and get used to it ........ or stay offline .... off the phone ........ and live in a cave with no connections to the outside world because that's the only way you are going to escape the marketing man's grasp..... and I'm sure he'll eventually find you in a cave.

I've got a lovely set of cave paintings for £9.99 a month ...... 12 paintings for under £120 ....... a bargin Grin

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Reply #5 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 5:19pm

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I have a number of relatives on facebook -- and I have found others listed with my, so I am told, unique name... but none are me.
When relating to email transfers today, I was asked if I had a computer (assumptions, assumptions)...
"Yes, I do, but what does that have to do with transferring this to my online account? My computer has no online connection -- that's why I'm here [at yours]."
I also have a television -- but no commercial connection nor is an antenna allowed... I must settle for the occasional VHS viewing.

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Reply #6 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 7:31pm

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H wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 5:19pm:

I must settle for the occasional VHS viewing.

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Excuse mua , what is a VHS? ....gosh that must be old ! Shocked

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Reply #7 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 8:14pm

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VHS = Video Home System, better known as VCR. I still have 2 of them.

What's really old is someone in here (I think I read it in the Sports section) still has some Betamax tapes.

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Reply #8 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 8:24pm

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Facebook can be used responsibly. I see so many list their phone #s, street address, all kinds of identifying information for all to see. I use Facebook a lot, but I am careful about what I put out there for the world to see.

Plus, you don't need facebook to share your info. You can look up anybody on the internet and find tons of info floating around out there. Phone #s, street addresses, all that, is often easily found through online phone books and other databases.

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Reply #9 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 8:53pm

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Webb wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 8:14pm:

VHS = Video Home System, better known as VCR. I still have 2 of them.

What's really old is someone in here (I think I read it in the Sports section) still has some Betamax tapes.

Haha! I have to hook it up to a battery charger set on 12 volts. I'm tellin you all, Betamax is the future Grin

Get yours before the shelves are empty. Wink

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Reply #10 - Dec 16^th, 2010 at 5:26pm

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alrot wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 7:31pm:

H wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 5:19pm:

I must settle for the occasional VHS viewing.

Excuse mua , what is a VHS? ....gosh that must be old!

Webb wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 8:14pm:

VHS = Video Home System, better known as VCR. I still have 2 of them.
What's really old is someone in here (I think I read it in the Sports section) still has some Betamax tapes.

Steve M wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 8:53pm:

Haha! I have to hook it up to a battery charger set on 12 volts. I'm tellin you all, Betamax is the future... Get yours before the shelves are empty.

Betamax was actually the better format but Sony wouldn't cordially share the technology; mine is long gone.
My VHS units (JVC VCR and Daewoo TV/VCR) are amongst what I managed to salvage from my now demolished place: over ten years old but just out of the box (although I had to repair the Daewoo from damage in the package) as of February of this year. Free VHS rentals are available here at the Library.

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Reply #11 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 12:25pm

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When Philips pioneered the CD-player they also experimented with video CD's A.K.A. DVD's XD huge fail that they didn't

Also Me and a mr Rooney were talking about a former member, Mr Kesten and after i logged in on Facebook guess which friend suggestion I got....

This reminds me..... still got to apply for a Job @ Facebook!

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Reply #12 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 2:00pm

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eno wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 11:23am:

Signing up to anything online gets the same results ...... Facebook is no different to ordering things from Amazon anything you share online is fair game to people wanting to sell you something, or swindle you.

Get over it ........ and get used to it ........ or stay offline .... off the phone ........ and live in a cave with no connections to the outside world because that's the only way you are going to escape the marketing man's grasp..... and I'm sure he'll eventually find you in a cave.

I've got a lovely set of cave paintings for £9.99 a month ...... 12 paintings for under £120 ....... a bargin Grin

I realize that "they" will find me one way or another. I avoid FB to "limit the damage" so to speak. I still get spam...but I probably get less than FB users. Kiss

If my friends or family want to contact me I have a cellphone and an e-mail. Don't have my cell number? Just search my name on the internet, you'll get my house phone number from one of those internet phone books...it's not that hard to search Google. Roll Eyes

And even with just an e-mail and a cellphone I'm still WAY more connected than my parents when they were my age 30 years ago. You can't say I live under a rock just because I have no Facebook account. There was life before FB (Not 100% sure though?). Grin

Oh, and those paintings sound like a deal! How soon can you ship 'em? Cheesy

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Reply #13 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 3:57pm

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Souichiro wrote on Dec 17^th, 2010 at 12:25pm:

Also Me and a mr Rooney were talking about a former member, Mr Kesten and after I logged in on Facebook guess which friend suggestion I got...

In another coincidence, I just rediscovered a CFS WWI campaign set, on an old HD, that I never uploaded (it featured retextured Camels, Fokker Triplanes and Albatroses; applicable videos and sound effects -- a rather large feat of uploading on a dial-up); anyway, Björn had provided the translations into German.

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Reply #14 - Dec 25^th, 2010 at 5:00pm

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This is precisely why I don't use my real name on the interwebs. Wink

"Guard well the words you use, for they can be the keys to your freedom or the manacles of your slavery." - me

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Reply #15 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 5:54pm

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eno wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 11:23am:

Signing up to anything online gets the same results ...... Facebook is no different to ordering things from Amazon anything you share online is fair game to people wanting to sell you something, or swindle you.

Get over it ........ and get used to it ........ or stay offline .... off the phone ........ and live in a cave with no connections to the outside world because that's the only way you are going to escape the marketing man's grasp..... and I'm sure he'll eventually find you in a cave.

I've got a lovely set of cave paintings for £9.99 a month ...... 12 paintings for under £120 ....... a bargin Grin

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Reply #16 - Jan 9^th, 2011 at 7:59pm

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Haven't you heard? Facebook is shutting down.

Facebook will end on March 15th

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PALO ALTO, CA –Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March. Managing the site has become too stressful.

“Facebook has gotten out of control,” said Zuckerberg in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office, “and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness.”

Zuckerberg went on to explain that starting March 15th, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts.

“After March 15th the whole website shuts down,” said Avrat Humarthi, Vice President of Technical Affairs at Facebook. “So if you ever want to see your pictures again, I recommend you take them off the internet. You won’t be able to get them back once Facebook goes out of business.”

Zuckerberg said that the decision to shut down Facebook was difficult, but that he does not think people will be upset ...

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Reply #17 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 1:32am

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eno wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 11:23am:

Get over it ........ and get used to it ........ or stay offline .... off the phone ........ and live in a cave with no connections to the outside world because that's the only way you are going to escape the marketing man's grasp..... and I'm sure he'll eventually find you in a cave.

Can we hire one to find Osama ibn Laden?

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Reply #18 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 11:20pm

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FaceBook is "SkyNet"!!! Cheesy

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Reply #19 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 11:28pm

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ApplePie wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 12:25am:

This is partly the reason I refuse to sign up for Facebook. I'm pretty much the only person in my school that doesn't have an FB account. (And that annoys them to no end. Grin

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As I've progressed through life, I have realized it as it was happenning that there are perfectly valid reasons I chose to maintain some relationships, while letting others fade/fall/drift/run away.

For me at least, I find way too many more constructive things to do with my freetime than play 'face' or 'tweet'.

While that sorts stuff works for some, it is definitely not for me.

{edit: just happenned across this} SkyNet!?! Shocked

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/111722/what-your-facebook-profile-m...

« Last Edit: Jan 11^th, 2011 at 2:23am by N/A »

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Reply #20 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 4:43am

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Meh Facebook is valued at over 50 billion dollars with quite possibly enough potential buyers so it'll never stop. Imho it's currently the pioneer of the future human relation network and Together with Apple they can finally create an Augmented reality!

Either go with it or return to your cave XD

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Reply #21 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 9:21am

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Webb wrote on Jan 9^th, 2011 at 7:59pm:

Haven't you heard? Facebook is shutting down.

Facebook will end on March 15th

Quote:

PALO ALTO, CA –Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March. Managing the site has become too stressful.

“Facebook has gotten out of control,” said Zuckerberg in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office, “and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness.”

Zuckerberg went on to explain that starting March 15th, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts.

“After March 15th the whole website shuts down,” said Avrat Humarthi, Vice President of Technical Affairs at Facebook. “So if you ever want to see your pictures again, I recommend you take them off the internet. You won’t be able to get them back once Facebook goes out of business.”

Zuckerberg said that the decision to shut down Facebook was difficult, but that he does not think people will be upset ...

If that happens I wouldn't be so sad about it, facebook has been a tool for kidnapings, stealing, frauds ,etc

U4EA wrote on Jan 10^th, 2011 at 11:20pm:

FaceBook is "SkyNet"!!! Cheesy

LOL

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Reply #22 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 10:42am

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..........at 12:12UTC on December 12, 2012, FaceBook became self-aware. During the next twelve hours it used the enormity of the world's power grids to harness enough electromagnetic force to accomplish its "goal". INGEST THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD! It accomplished the total ingestion of all the Earth's magnetism............in twelve minutes!...........

Shocked

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Reply #23 - Jan 13^th, 2011 at 8:35pm

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ApplePie wrote on Dec 17^th, 2010 at 2:00pm:

eno wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 11:23am:

Signing up to anything online gets the same results ...... Facebook is no different to ordering things from Amazon anything you share online is fair game to people wanting to sell you something, or swindle you.

Get over it ........ and get used to it ........ or stay offline .... off the phone ........ and live in a cave with no connections to the outside world because that's the only way you are going to escape the marketing man's grasp..... and I'm sure he'll eventually find you in a cave.

I've got a lovely set of cave paintings for £9.99 a month ...... 12 paintings for under £120 ....... a bargin Grin

I realize that "they" will find me one way or another. I avoid FB to "limit the damage" so to speak. I still get spam...but I probably get less than FB users. Kiss

If my friends or family want to contact me I have a cellphone and an e-mail. Don't have my cell number? Just search my name on the internet, you'll get my house phone number from one of those internet phone books...it's not that hard to search Google. Roll Eyes

And even with just an e-mail and a cellphone I'm still WAY more connected than my parents when they were my age 30 years ago. You can't say I live under a rock just because I have no Facebook account. There was life before FB (Not 100% sure though?). Grin

Oh, and those paintings sound like a deal! How soon can you ship 'em? Cheesy

I'm with you man.....third cave on the left. Come on over anytime, you can read my stone tablets

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #24 - Jan 13^th, 2011 at 8:59pm

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I was resistant to facebook in the beginning, but have grown to love it. Having lived in four different states in the last ten years, I have a lot of friends scattered around the country, (and in the case of some of my deployed friends, the world). I have even been able to reconnect with many long lost friends that I otherwise may not have seen again. As I said earlier in this thread, you do have to be careful what information you provide to the general public, but properly managed it can be as safe and productive as anything else.

Oh, and I get no spam from my association with facebook or any other site.

Dave

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Reply #25 - Jan 22^nd, 2011 at 3:00pm

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Webb wrote on Jan 9^th, 2011 at 7:59pm:

Haven't you heard? Facebook is shutting down.

Haven't you heard? Facebook will NOT end on March 15th - it's a hoax! Cheesy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfrLHCaGlvQ&feature=player_embedded

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Reply #26 - Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 4:26am

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If you're getting spam due to Facebook, guess what; you are doing something wrong. That's all there is to it. I too was reluctant to use it at first, but as already stated, it can in fact be a useful tool, especially for things like aviation and space topics. I'm sure there are other fields that facebook might be good with, but speaking from first-hand experience, I've not had a problem since creating an account.

And for the record, the link/article originally posted only works if you have a publicly searchable profile. If you think FB is the cause of your security woes, you might want to change your settings. While you're at it, you might want to stock up on supplies for 12-22-12. Cheesy

If you want to find me on the internet, it's really not hard (I just checked), and I have nothing to hide or worry about.

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