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Maybe this is what the US needs to stop internal strife.

Who would you consider a one trick pony as far as blogging goes on here? I have seen a few of them.

Because I bought from you... doesn't mean I want to receive 6 emails a week about special offers.
There is a fine line between a mailing list for 'important things' and every possible reason to alert me about some BS.

Tiger Direct, Best Buy, Brands Mart, Ikea, Macy's, Jiffy Lube, Tire Kingdom, Home Depot come to mind.

My bank offers me credit cards nearly every week.
The mortgage company I signed with sold the account to a bank and now I'm getting refinance offers at a rate of 3 per month from each of them.

If I give an alternate address (with my luck) something really important could be missed... like a breach of security in one of my accounts.

So I get a phone call from a scammer I suppose telling me I can have Medicare parts C and D for no extra cost. He asks me my age and I tell him I'm 70. He asks my zip code and I tell him. He then transfers me to another representative. He says "I understand you want to look into Medicare parts C and D. I then asked him "Do you know my name?" The next thing I hear is a recording saying "You've been kicked from this conversation".

Beware of scams.

Can I post a blog that asks a question and solicits responses from my readers?
Can I break CS rules and write a gossip blog/personal attack about another member, mentioning their profile name?
Can I do a few anti-Biden/liberal/democrat blogs a week?
Can I complain about anyone who posts blogs against Trump?
Can I go from blog to blog of the members I dislike and post disruptive/useless/heckler comments over and over?
Can I post lots of 'off the wall' anti-vax blogs each week?
Can I repeatedly blog about Bill Gates eating babies and reducing the worlds population?

Actually, it's not in me to do those things... I'm not into anyone's click and seeing the most popular (and controversial) blogs are that way, maybe it's time I change my blogging style to up my level in the pecking order here!


I came from a defunct dating site that had blogs, forums, chat room and private chat system. When I arrived on CS there were lots of complaints about the new wave of refugees. Different crowd, same theme.
Since bloggers aren't daters, I always wonder when administration will lock forums and blogs and make them fade into an archive. I won't be shocked.


When I come here via cellphone, I'm pounded with advertisements I don't see on my desktop. It must be revenue when people click those links that keeps this place alive.

Food for a different blog...

IGNORANCE

INTRIGUE

PUT THEM TOGETHER???

Equals....

Danger. . Are we stupid? Or what?

Thanks to our greed driven media. Did you notice? Seems like the only anchors on TV shows now are Ms. WORLD, look alike CONTESTANTS, with hardly any clothes on... (don't get me wrong, I love and enjoy them),
Yet the male counterparts are so dressed up to the nines, with suit....

What does this tell us? It's all in the ratings. Am I wrong?

Thanks all for your reads and comments.

What is Life?
Does it have meaning, purpose, or is it meaningless?
We live, we die. That's our life.
I'm 22 years old, a son, a brother, a uncle, a single father, a loving friend, a devout Christian, a correctional officer, but most importantly I'm me.
I made mistakes I can not change.
I made choices I can not undo or fix.
As each day goes by, my life grows with purpose, and my faith in Christ grows stronger.
I can not fix crumbled relationships, but I can change and become a new creation in Christ my Lord.
My hope in life is that my son grows up knowing that he is loved by me and that I'm always there for him if he needs me. My son is my future and my life now.

While this is possible, it is unlikely. Unless if you have a static IP address, you are too elusive on the Web. Every time you log on with your ISP, you are assigned with a new IP address that was randomly selected from a large pool of addresses. The probability of getting the same IP address next time is rather small and a possible hacker who was busy trying to get into your PC, has lost you. He will have a hard time to find you again.

Condensed to a small scale, you get two kinds of hackers on the net. One is the ankle biter who has nothing better to do. He is the villain who will delete your data files just for the hell of it. If he is smart enough, he’ll install a script on your hard drive to delete your system files next time you start your machine. He found you by accident, he’ll do his thing and scoot off without even wondering who you are. A pain in the a**, but nothing that cannot be overcome by keeping a proper backup.

The other one is more dangerous. I call him the cyber spy. He wants information and normally he wants large volumes of it. Unless if you have very important data on your machine or something specific that he (or his client) may be interested in, he will not find your machine attractive.

What is the danger then? Because this is the scoundrel who will hack the Gmail, Yahoo, or Facebook servers. Those servers have large volumes of personal information (about you too) that can be sold to mailing companies. Or scammers will use the information to scam you and your contacts with the information they gained by reading your emails. They will not advertise their presence on the server, as they want to come back for more info later. A tip here is never to leave any information on the mail server. Use a mail client like Outlook Express or Thunderbird to download your emails to your PC and keep all your contacts on your PC. Leave nothing personal on the mail servers.

And CS? Will they be hacked? I suppose it is possible that some have tried, we won’t know and they won’t tell us. However, CS keeps preciously little useful personal information about us and data collectors won’t find it lucrative to spend the time hacking it. If your personal profile was hacked, you will probably find the security breach closer to home. Keep your passwords safe and secret.

Most hackers gain access to your PC via a user account that does not have a password. Make sure that every user account on your PC is password protected. You cannot prevent hackers from gaining access to your PC. It is like protecting your house against burglars. If they want to get in, they will. You can only make it difficult for them. A hacker needs time to hack a PC. Don’t give him that time. Don’t stay online while you go to the supermarket.

As a consolation, your PC is a low priority target. It will only attract the ankle biters. There is nothing to gain by hacking it. It is the fat web servers, hosting large databases that are at risk. Thieves won’t break into houses where they don’t expect to steal something valuable. Even Robin Hood robbed the rich. There was nothing noble about that; the poor had nothing worth stealing.


Have a great weekend.