Google: The total idiot solution.
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
doesn't affect me... I only have a cell phone :)
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Reverse telephone look-up and mapping on the internet has been around for quite a while and was not originated by Google. Even if you ask Google to block it, it will be available on the myriad of other avenues.
And 2 wrongs make it right? Mob rule, such as it is, is not correct just because it wieghs in with quantity.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
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Tested and verified. Do you always assume it is incorrct because it's an email?
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Jerry Hammond wrote:
Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already.
just pick up the phone, dial 0, pay your $0.75 and request the address for a phone number, or the phone number for an address, doesn't matter which. Reverse lookup is also available through whitepages.com and others for free. For a fee, approximately $40 you can trace the last 4 residences of the person, jobs, and other information. For $75 you can trace their family tree and harass their grandmother. For larger sums you could even hire a private investigator to provide their every movement during the day. If you want privacy, you are in the wrong age. It left ages ago, you were just sleeping at the time. This message is commonly known as a human-in-the-loop computer spam. It can even be considered a virus in a way. You spread it to 10 people, at least 2 send it on, they do the same, same growth, etc., etc., etc. and onward. Pretty soon the network is jammed with human sent computer garbage, smaller networks are overloaded, larger networks have to grow to provide room for the fluff. All of which makes our lives more expensive because you react emotionally to a message that says "pass it on" without bothering to actually think about it first. there are days I think they should have a computer license.... :rolleyes:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Jerry Hammond wrote:
Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already.
Good rant. You remind me of me. ;P But I voted you a 1 for falling victim to an email that borders on spam, for not knowing this feature has been available before personal computers existed (just ask your phone company for a reverse lookup phone book) and for misplacing blame. But, good rant! Marc
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Is the tin foil hat supposed to go on shiny side in or shiny side out?
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Holy crap! My phone company's website is doing the same thing! It's a conspiracy! :rolleyes: As others have mentioned, this is hardly new. And there are scores of websites offering a whole lot more than just your address. And guess what? I like it. It's handy. I have a little box on the screen, right above me, that i can type a landline phone # into, and get back a name and address almost instantly. When caller ID on my phone doesn't work, i'll use it - and refuse to return calls to #s that i can't find results for. Works a fair bit better than the crappy "do not call" list.
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...the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more...
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
You know what else I noticed just this morning? Addresses are posted on the outside of EVERY HOUSE in plain view for everyone to see! Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!?
Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency! -Emily Dickinson
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already.
just pick up the phone, dial 0, pay your $0.75 and request the address for a phone number, or the phone number for an address, doesn't matter which. Reverse lookup is also available through whitepages.com and others for free. For a fee, approximately $40 you can trace the last 4 residences of the person, jobs, and other information. For $75 you can trace their family tree and harass their grandmother. For larger sums you could even hire a private investigator to provide their every movement during the day. If you want privacy, you are in the wrong age. It left ages ago, you were just sleeping at the time. This message is commonly known as a human-in-the-loop computer spam. It can even be considered a virus in a way. You spread it to 10 people, at least 2 send it on, they do the same, same growth, etc., etc., etc. and onward. Pretty soon the network is jammed with human sent computer garbage, smaller networks are overloaded, larger networks have to grow to provide room for the fluff. All of which makes our lives more expensive because you react emotionally to a message that says "pass it on" without bothering to actually think about it first. there are days I think they should have a computer license.... :rolleyes:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Jerry Hammond wrote:
Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already.
Wow, "think of the children". Surely if someone wants to know where children live it would be easier and less traceable to just walk / drive down a street and take note of which houses have bicycles / swings etc in the garden. I'm glad I wasn't brought up in this age of paranoia, you can't play outside because it's "dangerous" out there, but you can spend your time inside being babysat by the good and trustworthy members of MySpace.
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your POSTCODE/ZIPCODE from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a postcode\zipcode into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the location on a map!. If a child gives out his/her postcode\zipcode, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Wont someone please think of the children! News flash, this just in. Personally identifying information can be used to personally identify you. The solution is to teach your children about how information can be used and missused. If you didn't know that information can be used in such a way maybe you should be concerned about educating yourself as well. Don't go blaming data providers for your short-commings and ignorance.
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Not sure what the folks at Google were thinking...maybe they left their brain at home the day they implemented this solution/feature. What am I blathering about? Read the email I got from a friend today: Dear family and friends, I am forwarding this email to all my friends and family. You might want to remove your name and address from this GOOGLE service. If this is a duplicate message, please ignore it. Google has implemented a new feature which enables you to type a telephone number into the search bar, then hit enter and you will be given the person's name and address. If you then hit MapQuest, you will get a map to the person's house. Everyone should be aware of this! It's a nationwide reverse telephone book. If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming. Note that you can have your phone number removed or blocked. I tried my number and it came up along with the mapquest and directions straight to my house. I did fill out the removal form for myself, and encourage you to do the same. Kinda scary, especially for children or single women. Please look up your own number. In order to test whether your phone number is mapped, go to: Google ( http://www.google.com/ ). Type your phone number in the search bar (i.e. 555-555-1212) and hit enter. If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on your telephone number and then click on the Removal Form. Removal takes 48-hours. Although this may not apply to you, if you have an unlisted number or a cell phone as a primary contact, you may know someone who needs to know this information. I recommend sharing this information with all your friends and family. Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already. :mad:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Jerry Hammond wrote:
If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming.
:confused: And, what is the problem ?? I mean, just go in the street and wait there for 5 minutes. Chances are high that you will see some children going home (or leaving home) so you know where they live. In what sense is that a danger for them ? And if the child gives his phone number to somebody, he could as well have given his address. So, I really don't seee where is the problem here...
Cédric Moonen Software developer
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And 2 wrongs make it right? Mob rule, such as it is, is not correct just because it wieghs in with quantity.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already.
just pick up the phone, dial 0, pay your $0.75 and request the address for a phone number, or the phone number for an address, doesn't matter which. Reverse lookup is also available through whitepages.com and others for free. For a fee, approximately $40 you can trace the last 4 residences of the person, jobs, and other information. For $75 you can trace their family tree and harass their grandmother. For larger sums you could even hire a private investigator to provide their every movement during the day. If you want privacy, you are in the wrong age. It left ages ago, you were just sleeping at the time. This message is commonly known as a human-in-the-loop computer spam. It can even be considered a virus in a way. You spread it to 10 people, at least 2 send it on, they do the same, same growth, etc., etc., etc. and onward. Pretty soon the network is jammed with human sent computer garbage, smaller networks are overloaded, larger networks have to grow to provide room for the fluff. All of which makes our lives more expensive because you react emotionally to a message that says "pass it on" without bothering to actually think about it first. there are days I think they should have a computer license.... :rolleyes:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
there are days I think they should have a computer license
But almost every day I am rmeinded there should be a birth license ... :suss:
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You know what else I noticed just this morning? Addresses are posted on the outside of EVERY HOUSE in plain view for everyone to see! Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!?
Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency! -Emily Dickinson
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
Just another idiot coporation doing their best to make the Web less family friendly and child safe than it is already.
just pick up the phone, dial 0, pay your $0.75 and request the address for a phone number, or the phone number for an address, doesn't matter which. Reverse lookup is also available through whitepages.com and others for free. For a fee, approximately $40 you can trace the last 4 residences of the person, jobs, and other information. For $75 you can trace their family tree and harass their grandmother. For larger sums you could even hire a private investigator to provide their every movement during the day. If you want privacy, you are in the wrong age. It left ages ago, you were just sleeping at the time. This message is commonly known as a human-in-the-loop computer spam. It can even be considered a virus in a way. You spread it to 10 people, at least 2 send it on, they do the same, same growth, etc., etc., etc. and onward. Pretty soon the network is jammed with human sent computer garbage, smaller networks are overloaded, larger networks have to grow to provide room for the fluff. All of which makes our lives more expensive because you react emotionally to a message that says "pass it on" without bothering to actually think about it first. there are days I think they should have a computer license.... :rolleyes:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I just forwarded your message to my co-workers.
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Holy crap! My phone company's website is doing the same thing! It's a conspiracy! :rolleyes: As others have mentioned, this is hardly new. And there are scores of websites offering a whole lot more than just your address. And guess what? I like it. It's handy. I have a little box on the screen, right above me, that i can type a landline phone # into, and get back a name and address almost instantly. When caller ID on my phone doesn't work, i'll use it - and refuse to return calls to #s that i can't find results for. Works a fair bit better than the crappy "do not call" list.
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...the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more...
Shog9 wrote:
that i can type a landline phone # into, and get back a name and address almost instantly
sometimes you can even just remember the last name, no phone number, search through the entries (obviously doesn't work for some last names depending on region) and find the same information. You forgot the number, forgot the first name, but remember the last name, and there you go, found. Or in the case that happened last week, someone takes your child's book and you need to contact the parents of that child to find out when to get it back, and where to get it from. Last names are powerful.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I just forwarded your message to my co-workers.
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Miszou wrote:
I just forwarded your message to my co-workers.
and then they pass it on to their friends, and their friends and their friends' friends and their friends' friends' frends.... :omg: WHAT HAVE I DONE????? why didn't someone stop me!!!!?????!!!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Is the tin foil hat supposed to go on shiny side in or shiny side out?
James L. Thomson wrote:
Is the tin foil hat supposed to go on shiny side in or shiny side out?
Dude! You don't know this? Damn, they're already walking up your driveway! If you had followed the instructions[^] correctly, you would know. Now, get that thing covered solider!
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Jerry Hammond wrote:
If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming.
:confused: And, what is the problem ?? I mean, just go in the street and wait there for 5 minutes. Chances are high that you will see some children going home (or leaving home) so you know where they live. In what sense is that a danger for them ? And if the child gives his phone number to somebody, he could as well have given his address. So, I really don't seee where is the problem here...
Cédric Moonen Software developer
Charting control [v1.2]Cedric Moonen wrote:
I mean, just go in the street and wait there for 5 minutes. Chances are high that you will see some children going home (or leaving home)
You don't live in America do you? People enter and exit their houses through the garage with the remote controlled door. There is no need to actually go "outside" at all.
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