Posts Tagged ‘online life’
But, but, but … well, bravo!
I hate to be a nag about Facebook, but this is the sort of thing that makes my blood run cold. Good on these guys for exposing what can happen … What they did was set up a fake ‘Dating’ website called Lovely Faces .. and populated it with REAL names, locations and photos — […]
If you prick us, do we not bleed?
I had the opportunity for a long face-to-face discussion with Dean Letfus yesterday, as earlier forecast. For those of you who haven’t met him, let me say first off I find Dean an intelligent, personable chap, with good communication skills and a sense of humour. (I’ve never subscribed to the ‘Say no good thing about […]
Shock! Horror! Scandal! Microsoft COPIES!
O hardy-har-har-har. Here’s a turn up for the books (NOT!)… via Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results Here’s the slightly novel bit: Bing Admits Using Customer Search Data, Says Google Pulled ‘Spy-Novelesque Stunt’ The details of the sting, which Danny Sullivan lays out, are interesting. Google artificially […]
SPAM as an indicator of the economy?
Among all the SPAM touting for anatomy-enlargement and performance-enhancing pills and replica watches (for replica people?) and, oh boy, online casino gambling (!) …. I’ve noticed a recent apparent increase in SPAM messages targeting job seekers … Subject: Job offer match, respond to apply Subject: Job opportunity – hurry to apply! Subject: Employment you’ve been […]
Is this for real?
Does anyone know if this works? I got a spammy-looking ‘link exchange request’ with this as the last line: IF YOU’D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE DON’T CONTACT YOU AGAIN, PLEASE FILL IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: emailsnomore(dot)com ; PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR CONTACTING YOU. … which redirects to what looks like a different website […]
… including but not limited to internet blogs …
For what they’re worth: I make no claims whatsoever about the veracity of these clauses, which were sent to me as part of documentation supposedly prepared to settle the ‘refund movement‘ affecting Shaun Stenning‘s Twalk get-rich-quick-through-the-internet scheme in Indonesia. (Malaysia and Singapore are still in flux, I’ve been told.) The documents, while extraordinary as you’ll […]
Anonymous comment vs IMPERSONATION
Regular readers of thePaepae.com (and my occasional posts at the PropertyTalk forum) will, I hope, have absorbed my views regarding participation in internet discussions, viz: I believe in speaking in my own name. From my observation, in many cases it seems the anonymity of some commenters on the web seems to encourage them to make […]
CYBER CROOKS – unmasking the real criminals
There’s been considerable discussion recently here on thePaeape.com about so-called internet ‘scams’ and ‘bandits’ and ‘criminals’ … but let’s not lose perspective. The sort of stuff highlighted in today’s NZ Herald technology pages, this report from PandaLabs about selling stolen credit cards — well THAT’S clearly criminal stuff. WASHINGTON – Cyber criminals are selling stolen credit […]
Oh boy, another Facebook ‘enhancement’ …
OK, so first we’re offered this ‘upgrade’, then, what? we’re forced to do it? ‘You’ll be upgraded‘?? Errr, what if I don’t actually LIKE the new graphic-heavy profile? Ahem, Facebook: Isn’t the customer always right? A small issue, yes, I agree. Never mind. (Oh yeah, and maybe I’m NOT the customer…)
Not exactly a whodunnit
‘Dispersing lies’ — that’s what I’ve been accused of doing, by ‘expert in lying‘, spruiker Dean Letfus. His detail-free allegation (by broadcast email and on his blog) comes with bonus faulty logic and an extra smear topping: that I am allegedly doing this (‘dispersing lies’) as ‘a competitor’ — which is kind of an understated […]
What does your ‘opinion’ reveal about you?
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Everyone is entitled to my opinion. — attributed to pop singer Madonna Now, there’s a powerful pair of thoughts. Expressing one’s ‘opinion of the world’ through writing is, by its very nature, the result […]
Sometimes it seems pretty obvious
In my in-box … an obvious scam… … why would anyone respond? (But I guess it only takes a small percentage …) PT Barnum: “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
Keeping the ‘network’ in its place
Jason Kottke put me on to this wry and wise observation from Scott Simpson… … And I thoroughly agree. ‘Love the one you’re with’ seems like a good goal. ‘Split attention’ is rampant. Nothing says ‘you are not interesting enough’ than setting the phone on the table at coffee/lunch/dinner … and waiting for someone more […]
Internet ninja cowboys … spoofing revisited
UPDATED: Check out the comments on this post for ‘interesting developments…’. Some readers might remember an episode that occurred earlier this year: Internet ninja cowboys … or schoolboys? Hilarious! A few hours after I set up ThePaepae.com’s new Facebook page yesterday, overnight we had a sudden surge of email… with a lot of ‘Please confirm […]
