OT: FaceFUCK SUCKS!! :-(

[John Kuthe]

I DEACTIVATED my FaceFUCK acct!

It's REAL this time too! I have had ENOUGH of FaceFUCK's constant WHINGING AT ME about using the very FaceFUCK "features" it GIVES ME TO USE! Like "Share"! I do it too much, too fast?

FUCK YOU FACEFUCK!!!

Good FUCKINGBUY!

John Kuthe, Climate Activist...

[Cindy Hamilton]

It took you this long to figure it out? Jesus, you're stupid.

Cindy Hamilton

[Jeßus]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 05:44:42 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
<johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I DEACTIVATED my FaceFUCK acct!
>
>It's REAL this time too! I have had ENOUGH of FaceFUCK's constant WHINGING AT ME about using the very FaceFUCK "features" it GIVES ME TO USE! Like "Share"! I do it too much, too fast?
>
>FUCK YOU FACEFUCK!!!
>
>Good FUCKINGBUY!

You'll be back on FB again, John.

>John Kuthe, Climate Activist...

LOL.

[Bruce]

Lol. If it still works the way it did a couple of years ago, you have
to delete your account and then not go there for 2 weeks. If you go
there before the 2 weeks are over, you reactivate your account. So
don't go back after a week to see if it's already gone. This requires
a minimum amount of self control...

[Terry Coombs]

  I bailed years ago , they still have my account somewhere in
electronic limbo .

--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !

[lucreti...@fl.it]

On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 04:50:24 +0700, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:

You may think you have deactivated your account on Fools Book but all
you have done is draw a curtain over it, that's a major FB flaw.

[dsi1]

You must submit. You Must Submit. YOU MUST SUBMIT NOW!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAyRCJy1AY8

[John Kuthe]

I'm CUTTING THE CORD!!

John Kuthe...

[dsi1]

You're not cutting the cord. Mostly, you're cutting off an arm of an evil octopus. You now have to cut off the Google and Microsoft arms and then you will have started your journey.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41f1lCzBuHL.jpg

[John Kuthe]

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 7:30:56 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
...
> You're not cutting the cord. Mostly, you're cutting off an arm of an evil octopus. You now have to cut off the Google and Microsoft arms and then you will have started your journey.
>
> https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41f1lCzBuHL.jpg

ROFL!! I'm using MicroSUCKS against ITSELF!!

I'm having my local computer shop install a NEW WinXP Pro compatible Motherboard WITH AN ETHERNET PORT that WORKS! FUCK Wifi!! Try hacking a signal IN A WIRE!! It's called Wire Tapping and as everyone here is oh so willing to remind me here WIRE TAPPING IS ILLEGAL!!

I USE MicroSUCKS and GoogleCrap against themselves! ROFL!! Believe me, I am NOT the kind of guy you want electronically MAD AT YOU!! ;-)

You will never see it coming!!

John Kuthe, Climate Activist!

[Bruce]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 17:30:52 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <dsi...@hawaiiantel.net>

Google's just as nasty.

[Bruce]

There's nobody that I'd fear less.

[Ophelia]

"Bruce" wrote in message news:b5538e1lciqga2pu7...@4ax.com...

==

What is he talking about? What kind of account?

[Ophelia]

"Bruce" wrote in message news:hcu38elm4be0n2rv7...@4ax.com...

==

What's it done?

[lucreti...@fl.it]

On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:11:55 +1100, Bruce <br...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>Google's just as nasty.

Speaking of google - does the cut they are doing in early April mean
google groups will be gone? I got an email from them I didn't really
read but afterwards remembered I had once used google groups, can't
really remember why as I have used Agent almost since its inception.
Think it might have been when my provider dropped usenet.

[John Kuthe]

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 11:12:50 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
...

>
> There's nobody that I'd fear less.

A classic battle mistake! ;-)

Underestimating the enemy! Did NOT work out well for Gen. Custer! Battle at the Big Horn?

;-)

John Kuthe, Climate Activist!

[GM]

Some changes in settings, that's all...here is the email:

We’re changing your Google Groups settings experience starting May 6, 2019
Inbox
x

Google Groups <groups-...@google.com>
Fri, Feb 8, 1:21 PM
to me


"Dear Google group owner or manager,

We’re writing to let you know about changes we’re making to the settings experience of Google Groups.

In response to your feedback, we’re updating the Groups’ settings experience starting May 6, 2019. The goal is to make it easier for you to manage and configure your groups.

About these changes:

We’re removing some rarely-used settings and features, and we’re combining similar settings. Learn more about the settings changes.

We’ll start rolling out these changes on May 6, 2019, though you might not see changes until May 21, 2019.

When the changes take effect, we’ll automatically update the settings for existing groups to map to the new experience.

Important notes:

Some group members may lose access to group management features. Depending on your current settings, some group members who currently can access specific group management features may lose that access. To make sure group members have the right access, you may want to audit your groups and adjust the settings before May 6, 2019.

Settings for groups you currently own or manage will be updated to match the new settings. Note: You can change your group settings at any point.
Groups you create after May 6th will have the new settings by default.
We recommend you audit your groups settings after the changes to confirm your groups are set up the way you want.

If you need help, visit our Help Center.
Sincerely,
The Google Groups Team.."

[lucreti...@fl.it]

Thanks. I see what it is now and likely I will be dropped, years ago
we had two nauseauous people arrive in our local group, so I set up a
private group until we felt they had lost interest and moved on. So
it has now been inactive for several years :)

[Bruce]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 05:21:06 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
<johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 11:12:50 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>...
>>
>> There's nobody that I'd fear less.
>
>A classic battle mistake! ;-)
>
>Underestimating the enemy! Did NOT work out well for Gen. Custer! Battle at the Big Horn?
>
>;-)

I have no idea what that is. Just like you don't know what the "Hoekse
en Kabeljauwse twisten" are.

[Bruce]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 11:38:10 -0000, "Ophelia" <OphEl...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Facebook.

[Bruce]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 11:41:04 -0000, "Ophelia" <OphEl...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Google's just as nasty as Facebook when it comes to collecting
information about us.

[Ophelia]

"Bruce" wrote in message news:3vi58e1rj4k0khgrv...@4ax.com...

=

Ok I didn't realise. I use Google a lot to look things up. Not sure why
they would be interested in me though:)))

[Ophelia]

"Bruce" wrote in message news:6ui58et4ld9ek0emb...@4ax.com...

==

Oh? My granddaughter put me on and I enjoy reading her group and those of
my friends.

What is he doing wrong?

[Bruce]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 20:48:39 -0000, "Ophelia" <OphEl...@gmail.com>

I believe it's all about what information they collect about you, what
they do with that information and who they share it with. User data
are worth money.

[Ophelia]

"Bruce" wrote in message news:rhl58eth1fetcrsls...@4ax.com...

===

Oh well, I can't see they would make anything much from me:)

[Bruce]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 21:21:49 -0000, "Ophelia" <OphEl...@gmail.com>

They'll show you targeted ads about items you've ever Googled or
looked up on eBay. So if someone ever thinks they're discretely
googling incontinence diapers, they may then be chased by diaper ads
everywhere they go on the Internet.

[John Kuthe]

On Friday, March 8, 2019 at 4:05:10 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>
> They'll show you targeted ads about items you've ever Googled or
> looked up on eBay. So if someone ever thinks they're discretely
> googling incontinence diapers, they may then be chased by diaper ads
> everywhere they go on the Internet.

ROFL!! Only if you are TOO STUPID to run FBPurity .com, a browser extension FaceFUCK hates so much it makes me put in an errant SPACE in the true URL as it BLOCKS ALL FaceFUCK ADS!!

John Kuthe, Computer Genius!

[Bruce]

I use FBPurity, but that only helps with Facebook. I was talking about
Google and eBay.

I would have thought
>John Kuthe, Computer Genius!
would understand that difference.

[lucreti...@fl.it]

The rubber band is about to snap methinks!

[A Moose in Love]

he's pretty funny.

[col...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 8:44:46 AM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
> I DEACTIVATED my FaceFUCK acct!
>
> It's REAL this time too! I have had ENOUGH of FaceFUCK's constant WHINGING AT ME about using the very FaceFUCK "features" it GIVES ME TO USE! Like "Share"! I do it too much, too fast?
>
> FUCK YOU FACEFUCK!!!
>
> Good FUCKINGBUY!
>

> John Kuthe, Climate Activist...




I can't even use facebook now.

[Alex]

Scary stuff. Get help - now.

[Jeßus]

On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:04:49 +1100, Bruce <br...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 04:50:24 +0700, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:
>

>>On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 05:44:42 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
>><johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I DEACTIVATED my FaceFUCK acct!
>>>
>>>It's REAL this time too! I have had ENOUGH of FaceFUCK's constant WHINGING AT ME about using the very FaceFUCK "features" it GIVES ME TO USE! Like "Share"! I do it too much, too fast?
>>>
>>>FUCK YOU FACEFUCK!!!
>>>
>>>Good FUCKINGBUY!
>>

>>You'll be back on FB again, John.
>
>Lol. If it still works the way it did a couple of years ago, you have
>to delete your account and then not go there for 2 weeks. If you go
>there before the 2 weeks are over, you reactivate your account. So
>don't go back after a week to see if it's already gone. This requires
>a minimum amount of self control...

It does require self control, but what a typically stupid/evil concept
from Faecebook.

[Jeßus]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 17:50:13 -0600, Terry Coombs <snag...@msn.com>
wrote:

>On 3/7/2019 4:04 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 08 Mar 2019 04:50:24 +0700, Jeßus <j...@j.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 05:44:42 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
>>> <johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I DEACTIVATED my FaceFUCK acct!
>>>>
>>>> It's REAL this time too! I have had ENOUGH of FaceFUCK's constant WHINGING AT ME about using the very FaceFUCK "features" it GIVES ME TO USE! Like "Share"! I do it too much, too fast?
>>>>
>>>> FUCK YOU FACEFUCK!!!
>>>>
>>>> Good FUCKINGBUY!
>>> You'll be back on FB again, John.
>> Lol. If it still works the way it did a couple of years ago, you have
>> to delete your account and then not go there for 2 weeks. If you go
>> there before the 2 weeks are over, you reactivate your account. So
>> don't go back after a week to see if it's already gone. This requires
>> a minimum amount of self control...
>

>   I bailed years ago , they still have my account somewhere in
>electronic limbo .

It's a great venue to sell on, due to the huge audience. Apart from
that, its of no use to me.

[Ophelia]

"Bruce" wrote in message news:quo58e9fh89k799vh...@4ax.com...

==

Oh dear ... it's just as well I have never searched for them then ... eh? ;p

I do understand what you are saying though, so thanks. I am not aware of
any problems so far, so fingers crossed I won't!

[Bruce]

Maybe they want to avoid people deleting their accounts during a
temper tantrum and then regretting it and contacting their support
department? :)

[Jeßus]

On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:29:27 +1100, Bruce <br...@invalid.invalid>

That was my first thought too, but why not at least require a proper
login? It's very easy to inadvertently click on a facebook link, for
example with a google search result.

[Bruce]

Yes, they could do that. A warning of sorts. Now you just have to be
careful for 2 weeks.

[Gary]

I signed up for Facebook about 2 years ago but I never completed
my signup. Once they emailed me my conformation, I never went
back and confirmed it, so no password. Regardless, I constantly
get email notifications. Several per week even after all this
time.

I'll try the unsubscribe thing and see if it works.

[Bruce]

I have a Facebook account, but I only get the emails from them that
I've asked for.

I'm not defending them, but unsubscribing is little effort to solve a
problem.

[Average Person]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 20:48:39 -0000, "Ophelia" <OphEl...@gmail.com>

Are you too lazy to just send private email to your friends and
relatives?

[Average Person]

On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 07:11:29 +1100, Bruce <br...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>>Google's just as nasty.
>>
>>==
>>
>>What's it done?
>
>Google's just as nasty as Facebook when it comes to collecting
>information about us.

And if you have an Android phone, Google owns android and tracks
everything you do. I do not use android phones, google, gmail, or
facebook. I have facebook blocked on my browser because even if you dont
use FB, they stick their ugly nose in your browsing. Facebook is EVIL!

Besides that, NEVER use your real name or other personal info online,
and clear your browser cache and cookies at least once a day. I clear
mine every 2 hours when I am online. Makes the browser faster too.

[Ophelia]

"Average Person" wrote in message
news:5amr8edrcej8sqs8e...@4ax.com...

==

Not at all. I do just that. The FB thing, I read groups like family posts,
cooking, places I have lived, and old times.

Why on earth would I use it to write private mail.

[Ophelia]

"Average Person" wrote in message

news:hamr8etqa2l3nb8e9...@4ax.com...

==

I clean out my cookies every time i close down. I didn't know FB had access
to it, I just do it to keep my computer clean.

[Mike_Duffy]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:21:25 -0500, Average Person wrote:

> And if you have an Android phone, Google owns android and tracks
> everything you do.

This is NOT true. I have an Android phone, and they do not track me at all
because before my last 'factory reset', I changed my gmail password. I have
never given my gmail address to my phone. I don't use my gmail for any
business or service-related activity on the web. Plus, I de-activated data
on my cell-phone.

I only use gmail for email with family & friends. I do this explicietely so
that I more easily remember the account & password. If I ever become lost,
I know how to activate data and use google maps.

I have left 'location service' active on the phone only because of the
off-chance that I ever have an accident where the air-bags are deployed and
I am physically unable to press the 'phone' button to prevent the car radio
computer from making a 911 call with my proper location.

--
http://mduffy.x10host.com/index.htm

[John Kuthe]

On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 12:21:28 AM UTC-5, Average Person wrote:
...

> Are you too lazy to just send private email to your friends and
> relatives?

Most people, it seems. People don't seem to WANT to truly interact with other humans, they'd rather just post their shit ON A PUBLIC BILLBOARD and hope people read it as they wander by! ;-)

And it is in THIS WAY Social Media is destroying IRL human interaction! People don't seem to know how, or want to know how to interact IRL with other humans, just safely behind their screens of Social Media sites! :-(

Good JOB Humans! You're FORGETTING HOW TO BE HUMAN!

John Kuthe, Doing A Better Job Than YOU!

[Ophelia]

"John Kuthe" wrote in message
news:1134efde-b648-4c68...@googlegroups.com...

=

Please don't include me in this! I email privately using a non g.mail
account and I never use FB for this.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Usenet is a public billboard and a social medium. Pot. Kettle. Black.

Cindy Hamilton

[penm...@aol.com]

And Kootchie posts more of his personal info than anyone.

[A Moose in Love]

On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 10:03:44 AM UTC-4, John Kuthe wrote:

you've got a point there. it's about texting n' shit as well. yesterday, while out for a walk, a guy stops in the middle of the sidewalk all of a sudden, and parks his backpack there and i figure he's lighting up a smoke. so i walk around him, look, and the weisenheimer is texting. ok. so i continue to walk, and he overtakes me, stops again, and texts. this time under my breath i mutter 'fucking asshole'. he moved. um yeah whatever.

[A Moose in Love]

sheldon walks into a french restaurant. sits down, looks at the menu and orders escargots. he gets his dish. he looks at it a little, hums and haws, and finally calls the waiter over. he sez: 'Waiter! There are snails in my food!

[Dave Smith]

The strange thing is that when people jump on him over the private stuff
that he posts here he reacts by posting even more. It is appears to be a
case of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different
outcome. Isn't that an indicator of mental illness?

[Cindy Hamilton]

We went to Costco yesterday. First this numbnuts stops his SUV in the
middle of everything. The guy behind him decides he's not going to move
and starts pulling around. Of course that's when N.N. starts up again.
Then we get inside to the area where you flash your membership card,
and he's standing smack in the middle of everything, mesmerized by
his phone. I was sorely tempted to accidentally bump him with my
cart.

Cindy Hamilton

[Dave Smith]

On 2019-03-17 12:22 p.m., A Moose in Love wrote:

> sheldon walks into a french restaurant. sits down, looks at the menu
> and orders escargots. he gets his dish. he looks at it a little,
> hums and haws, and finally calls the waiter over. he sez: 'Waiter!
> There are snails in my food!

;-)
A couple months ago my wife and I went out for breakfast and I ordered
eggs Florentine. When the waitress brought our meals to is I looked at
mine and said "Spinach? What's that doing on there?" . She thought for a
moment that I was serious.

[A Moose in Love]

the worst thing ever back in about 2000. i'm at the filling station at shepard and don mills road.(toronto) i tanked up. the guy in front of me kept talking on his phone while trying to pay. it took a while, and finally he paid for his gas. this goof has a mercedes. anyway, i took a car wash and ended up in line behind this oaf. ok. so i'm going along in the car wash and the idiot had somehow ended up off of the rail and was sitting there. i had to honk the horn until they finally stopped the car wash. i didn't run into him, but i wanted a word when we got out. he was already gone.

[Dave Smith]

On 2019-03-17 12:32 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> We went to Costco yesterday. First this numbnuts stops his SUV in the
> middle of everything. The guy behind him decides he's not going to move
> and starts pulling around. Of course that's when N.N. starts up again.
> Then we get inside to the area where you flash your membership card,
> and he's standing smack in the middle of everything, mesmerized by
> his phone. I was sorely tempted to accidentally bump him with my
> cart.

You really should be able to slap some people upside the head for being
so clueless.

Best I ever saw was a woman so chubby she had to lean on her shopping
cart. She was coming one way and I was going the other. There was a skid
of stock parked in the aisle. I could have made it through, but I made
the mistake of stopping to let her through. I didn't really expect any
thanks but I sure didn't expect her to stop there. They she had to look
around and check every item within reach. I waited, not particularly
patiently, and she stayed there picking up cans and jars and checking
them out. Meanwhile there are other people stuck behind us. I guess
the woman behind her had had enough and she rammed her cart into the
woman, causing her to whine and carry on. I looked at the woman who
rammed her, smiled and gave her a thumbs up.

[Ed Pawlowski]

I don't know if people are just stupid or are just unaware of their
surroundings. Walking alone, I tend not to notice as much and just go
around the idiots, but if I'm pushing my wife in a wheelchair I not is
much more. I'm talking about the people that leave their cart in the
middle of the aisle, crooked, then take some steps way to look at
something blocking the aisle completely. I never say anything, but a
couple did not realize their car disappeared around the corner.

The mother pushing one of the oversized kid carts, one inside, the other
about 8, walking along side. For no known reason they stop right in the
doorway. Move three feet and stop again. Move three feet and stop again.

The couple going one way and meet another couple going the other way.
Just stop and chat, don't move to one side to let others go by.

[Dave Smith]

On 2019-03-17 1:00 p.m., A Moose in Love wrote:

> the worst thing ever back in about 2000. i'm at the filling station
> at shepard and don mills road.(toronto) i tanked up. the guy in
> front of me kept talking on his phone while trying to pay. it took a
> while, and finally he paid for his gas. this goof has a mercedes.
> anyway, i took a car wash and ended up in line behind this oaf. ok.
> so i'm going along in the car wash and the idiot had somehow ended up
> off of the rail and was sitting there. i had to honk the horn until
> they finally stopped the car wash. i didn't run into him, but i
> wanted a word when we got out. he was already gone.

A few months ago I had a guy following me who was texting. He had a
couple stop lights along the way. I got to my turn and he was going the
same way I was. The light turned red, so his face was down while we sat
there. The light turned green. I stayed there. I checked the mirror and
he was still texting, and there was no one else to be inconvenienced, so
I stayed there. The light turned yellow. I waited a moment and then made
my turn. When I looked back his head was still down as he worked on his
text. Best part was that he was no longer following me.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Like the time I ordered Soup Do Jour. It was not the same as the
previous day.

[Sqwertz]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 05:44:42 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe wrote:


> I DEACTIVATED my FaceFUCK acct!
>
> It's REAL this time too! I have had ENOUGH of FaceFUCK's constant
> WHINGING AT ME about using the very FaceFUCK "features" it GIVES
> ME TO USE! Like "Share"! I do it too much, too fast?

Yes, its annoying. And seeing as how you have very few friend on
there, all of whom never "like" your shares and never respond, yes -
you're doing it annoyingly. Exactly like what you do here.

They're called "share happy people". They share a bunch of mindless
shit without any comments and bombard your feed. I just dump them as
facebook friends.

If they were real friends in real life, they'd tell you to shut the
fuck up. So that's where we come in.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:21:25 -0500, Average Person wrote:

> On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 07:11:29 +1100, Bruce <br...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>>>Google's just as nasty.
>>>
>>>==
>>>
>>>What's it done?
>>
>>Google's just as nasty as Facebook when it comes to collecting
>>information about us.
>
> And if you have an Android phone, Google owns android and tracks
> everything you do. I do not use android phones, google, gmail, or
> facebook.

Specifically, Google Play Services is the largest, most "ambitious",
most invasive piece of spyware ever installed in any electronic
device (and not by the Government).

> I have facebook blocked on my browser because even if you dont
> use FB, they stick their ugly nose in your browsing. Facebook is EVIL!

I just use Privacy Badger. The ad blockers (uBlock Origin for me)
are also doing a bunch of that, too. Blocking Facebook is less than
1% of the tracking.

> and clear your browser cache and cookies at least once a day. I clear
> mine every 2 hours when I am online. Makes the browser faster too.

Or you could just use something like Cookie Autodelete. Clearing
your cache doesn't do anything for tracking/spying. It actually
speeds your browser up.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:47:43 +0000, Mike_Duffy wrote:

> I have left 'location service' active on the phone only because of the
> off-chance that I ever have an accident where the air-bags are deployed and
> I am physically unable to press the 'phone' button to prevent the car radio
> computer from making a 911 call with my proper location.

How is your phone communicating your location if data is turned off?
It can't do through NFC or Bluetooth. The most anything can do is
use tower triangulation to ping your phone for a rough estimate.
Your service provider is already tracking you that way regardless of
Location Services. I don't even need to turn that on for Lyft and
Uber.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 07:03:39 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:

> And it is in THIS WAY Social Media is destroying IRL human
> interaction! People don't seem to know how, or want to know how
> to interact IRL with other humans, just safely behind their
> screens of Social Media sites! :-(
>
> Good JOB Humans! You're FORGETTING HOW TO BE HUMAN!

You wouldn't have anybody to talk to unless you bought that house to
be able to insert yourself into your roommates lives. Everybody
else in the neighborhood hates you. And Bryan.

-sw

[Sqwertz]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 09:20:20 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love wrote:

> you've got a point there. it's about texting n' shit as well.
> yesterday, while out for a walk, a guy stops in the middle of the
> sidewalk all of a sudden, and parks his backpack there and i
> figure he's lighting up a smoke. so i walk around him, look, and
> the weisenheimer is texting. ok. so i continue to walk, and he
> overtakes me, stops again, and texts. this time under my breath
> i mutter 'fucking asshole'. he moved. um yeah whatever.

A sidewalk is four feet wide. How wide and slow are you? Do you
need all four feet to waddle and sway?

-sw

[Nancy2]

"...groups you own or manage...." I don't think I manage any groups, and certainly don't own any.
Is that what it means (sounds like) in the message from GGroups?

In any event, I never got such a notice.

N.

[dsi1]

On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 6:30:34 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
> The strange thing is that when people jump on him over the private stuff
> that he posts here he reacts by posting even more. It is appears to be a
> case of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different
> outcome. Isn't that an indicator of mental illness?

My wife has to get 30 CEU credits to renew her nursing licence. She's taken a course in bullying - 1 credit hour, and bi-polar disorder - 2 credit hours. There are people with some mental illness on this group. My wife works at the psychiatric hospital in our little town. She's used to working with people with mental illness. What she'd be horrified is the bullying and abuse that you goofballs dish out to people with mental illness. This group will have historical significance because it's a permanent documentation of the evil that men do when they believe that they have free rein from social norms/ideals.

[Dave Smith]

Sometimes it is hard to tell where the mental illness stops and simply
being an asshole begins. You worry about him being bullied but in his
mind he is unaffected by the criticism because his manic self is quite
convinced that he is the genius in the room. Then there are the denizens
of the group with narcissistic personality disorders who want to be the
centre of attention. They tell ridiculous stories and lies because
they want people to reply and to talk to them or about them. They really
don't care if the replies are negative. They would rather be insulted
than ignored.

[John Kuthe]

Tell me ABOUT IT!! City Hospital in St louis City USED to be, well:


https://dmh.mo.gov/slprc/history.html

John Kuthe, Climate Activist!

[Bruce]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:41:48 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Sometimes it is hard to tell where the mental illness stops and simply
>being an asshole begins. You worry about him being bullied but in his
>mind he is unaffected by the criticism because his manic self is quite
>convinced that he is the genius in the room. Then there are the denizens
>of the group with narcissistic personality disorders who want to be the
>centre of attention. They tell ridiculous stories and lies because
>they want people to reply and to talk to them or about them. They really
>don't care if the replies are negative. They would rather be insulted
>than ignored.

And what about the people who criticize anybody and anything and in
the meantime bore us to death with endless stories about their past
and their vast collection of "friends"?

[dsi1]

I don't know how things are in your country but in the US, people will be prosecuted for abusing those who they feel they have an advantage over. My guess is "they was asking for it" is frequently an unsuccessful defense position.

[Dave Smith]

Around here we interpret comments like that as saying that you don't
know WTF you are talking about.

[Mike_Duffy]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 14:54:25 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:47:43 +0000, Mike_Duffy wrote:

> How is your phone communicating your location if data is turned off?

I do not believe it is. I presumed that location services need to be on in
order for the GPS to be active. Hopefully, the emergency software engineers
took this into account when designing the 911 auto-dial feature.

--
http://mduffy.x10host.com/index.htm

[dsi1]

On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 7:21:36 PM UTC-10, Average Person wrote:
>
> And if you have an Android phone, Google owns android and tracks
> everything you do. I do not use android phones, google, gmail, or

> facebook. I have facebook blocked on my browser because even if you dont

> use FB, they stick their ugly nose in your browsing. Facebook is EVIL!
>

> Besides that, NEVER use your real name or other personal info online,

> and clear your browser cache and cookies at least once a day. I clear
> mine every 2 hours when I am online. Makes the browser faster too.

In the near future, these devices will be recording/monitoring/transmitting bio-metric, geo-location, socialization, activity levels, and other data. The boomers will be terrorized of the technology. The younger generation will think it's cool.

[Bruce]

Until they want to take out an insurance and they're rejected. And
they don't know why. Or they apply for a job and they're rejected. And
they don't know why. Etc, etc.

[Janet]

In article <17ea1033-cd78-4dcd...@googlegroups.com>,
dsi...@hawaiiantel.net says...

> In the near future, these devices will be recording/monitoring/transmitting bio-metric, geo-location, socialization, activity levels,
>and other data. The boomers will be terrorized of the technology. The
>younger generation will think it's cool.

You have that back to front. The vast majority of boomers are
sufficiently robust and resilient to cope with technology and social
media; and everyday life in the real world.

It's the younger generation whose sense of self-worth and independence
has been so distorted and eroded by social technology that increasing
numbers are struggling (in education, relationships, employability).

Janet UK

[Sqwertz]

As far as I know, there is no tie-in between location services and a
911 call. Only triangulation. I don't want to look it up now, but
I will tomorrow.

And as son as you ever connect to data, any and all of your location
data gets transmitted to google with your phone number, if not your
gmail account. As well as a bunch of others stuff it's been queueing
for transmission, without your gmail account.

My phone doesn't know my gmail account either. Better yet, I
sideload all the apps on my phone outside of Google Play.

OK, I looked it up. Google Android does share location services
with 9111 calls. But only for the last 5 months and ONLY if you
have the latest Google Play Services installed and active (which as
I said earlier, is the biggest single piece of spyware ever
developed).

This is just more proof that they will do everything in their power
to trick you into making sure you Google Play Services installed and
updated, which is why I disable it and never update.

What does Google Play Services have to do with 911 calls, or any
other calls, anyway? Nothing. But they try and make sure you have
it running to be able to use your phone's most important features
(which are used to track everything you do). I would jump on a
smart phone with a truly private OS, but they don't exist. And the
Government will thwart it. I'm using 4.4.2 Android on my mos-used t
phone as there's less spyware to disable.

If you have Google Play Services running, you're just fucked.

-sw

[Leonard Blaisdell]

In article <1wxob59p...@sqwertz.com>, Sqwertz

<sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote:

> What does Google Play Services have to do with 911 calls, or any
> other calls, anyway? Nothing. But they try and make sure you have
> it running to be able to use your phone's most important features
> (which are used to track everything you do). I would jump on a
> smart phone with a truly private OS, but they don't exist. And the
> Government will thwart it. I'm using 4.4.2 Android on my mos-used t
> phone as there's less spyware to disable.

The best you can do is a Google free iPhone. Only trust apps from the
App Store. Take it to the bank.
Apple sells hardware with excellent software to support it and nothing
else. Microsoft is a software vendor who has a near monopoly on running
their software on cheap hardware, including their own. Microsoft has
been malware ridden since it's inception.
Google, Android, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., only have
information about you to sell. If a Android OS is on your phone,
they're selling you. But you knew that.
2 cents

leo

[Sqwertz]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:39:51 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> In article <1wxob59p...@sqwertz.com>, Sqwertz
> <sqwe...@gmail.invalid> wrote:
>
>> What does Google Play Services have to do with 911 calls, or any
>> other calls, anyway? Nothing. But they try and make sure you have
>> it running to be able to use your phone's most important features
>> (which are used to track everything you do). I would jump on a
>> smart phone with a truly private OS, but they don't exist. And the
>> Government will thwart it. I'm using 4.4.2 Android on my mos-used t
>> phone as there's less spyware to disable.
>
> The best you can do is a Google free iPhone. Only trust apps from the
> App Store. Take it to the bank.

Apple is their iPhone is doing the same thing as Google. For 20-40X
the cost (I pay $20 or less for all my smart phones, I have 4 of
them not including the ones I've retired)

-sw

[Average Person]

On Sun, 17 Mar 2019 07:17:46 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
<angelica...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Good JOB Humans! You're FORGETTING HOW TO BE HUMAN!
>>

>> John Kuthe, Doing A Better Job Than YOU!
>

>Usenet is a public billboard and a social medium. Pot. Kettle. Black.
>
>Cindy Hamilton


Yea, but on usenet, you are not being targetted by advertisers, you dont
have to give away your identity to register, and you dont even need to
use your real name.

When the internet was first started, the users were just based on user
names which you created. Back then, the internet was supposed to be
entirely free (except for paying a ISP provider to get you online). Back
then advertising was banned and people who did it were all considered
spammers and were tossed offline. I know this because I was there. I was
one of the first people to use the internet in my city. Prior to that, I
was using a BBS (local bulletin board), to contact others, and we had in
person parties and get togethers, so we got to know most of the people
we spoke to online.

Usenet was the FIRST socal media, but it was done right.... Back then,
it was mostly used by universities to share information about the topic
that was related to that newsgroup. Back then, people were helpful, and
respectful most of the time. I should mention that this was BEFORE the
web even existed. The internet was mostly usenet and email back then.
Little or no graphics. People did ascii are to make their messages look
nice. It was a whole different world.

Even the early web was totally different than today. The early web was
very useful and informative. It added pictures to the mostly text based
usenet, and allowed for persons to create their own websites. Geocities
was the best. It was a community of people who each had their own
"space" in an organized manner, on the internet. It had no, set
appearance, or rules to follow (unlike Facebook). You could be yourself
and express in your own manner. Some of those sites were true works of
art, while most were just text with a few pictures. No one was banned
from posting anything, unless someone was downright abusive or vulgar.
If you wanted to post "how to make bombs", you did. If others did not
like it, they did not go to that site.

Today's internet is not even close to the early days. If I rated it now,
it would get a very low score for usefulness and satisfaction. Back in
the 90's I would have given it a very high score. Back then, just going
online was fun. Now it's a battle, because everytime you go to a site,
you are fighting off a zillion advertisers, spammers, and identity
thefts. Since google decided that they own the internet, it's gone
downhill very fast.

I only see it getting worse. I suspect it will end up like the CB radio
craze of the 70s. It will soon be dead as far as personal sharing. It
will nothing more than a place to buy and sell. And even that is
questionable, since sites such as ebay are now charging sales tax and
other issues which have sent me back to local brick and mortar stores.

The future of the internet is NOT bright. If you dont want to get caught
up in the worst parts of it, avoid the three worst sites. Facebook,
Google, and Amazon.