Re: No Thanks for the Spam --- Att: BD, story mainly about my life
Re: No Thanks for the Spam --- Att: BD, story mainly about my life
BD, this is indeed a good group. However, you do have to be careful about
noticing people's sarcasim sometimes since in here you can only go by
people's words and do not have tone and body language clues to help you with
the process. I have messed up big time with that since I am not good at
reading body language anyway and I sometimes hear tone the wrong way. I read
tone and body language the way it exist's in Dan's DreamLand (Delivers 3-D's
- smile> which I know is prideful on my part but that is the long and the
short of it.
It helps also to see computers and machines as part of a big game since I am
originally an old-school gamer. However, it also helps to take the
discussion seriously but not seriously enough that it impacts your health
<guilty on this front> and your overall sense of well being. I am in my 30's
now and I say that because I still see myself as 10 on some days and 70-80 on
other days since I already feel quite well accomplished and learned in Dan's
life in a childlike and sometimes immature way. A perfect example is
pretending to be Art Wilder back in the late 90's-early 00's since I was
fearful of people and identity theft. It hit me twice by the way in 2000
from dumpster diving in Tucson, Arizona and now in 2007 after a computer hack
in at APS <Albuquerque Public Schools in the summer-fall of 2007> and at
least I can look back and handle it now by laughing about the situations
despite how painful they may still be deep within me. LOL!!
By the way, what games did you like back in the day. I have mentioned how I
played the original King's Quest 1 by Sierra on Line on my IBM PCjr which my
mom as a public school teacher in New York City bought for a bargain of $900
back in the day and the amazing thing is that it still works but is mainly
kept in storage. I also liked text games like the Zork series and
Wishbringer by Infocom and that is why I think I feel so comfortable in a
text environment as well as growing up with BASIC and DOS. <grins>
"~BD~" wrote:
> "...provided that those looking for assistance can recognise the conflict
> ......"
>
> Indeed! However, I well remember that when I first ventured onto the
> Microsoft Communities pages I had thought that I was going to be given
> advice and help by employees of the mighty Microsoft itself.
>
> I never for one moment had any idea that 'the system' could be abused in the
> ways which I have subsequently discovered. <groan!>
>
> Thanks again for helping others, Jeff. Have a great day! 
>
> Dave
>
> --
> "Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message
> news:uS8KBI4AJHA.2712@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > The significant point in favour of the newsgroups is that when bad
> > information is handed out there are usually plenty of people watching who
> > will recognise it and provide a warning. So the possibility of the bad
> > guys preying is enormously reduced, provided that those looking for
> > assistance can recognise the conflict and treat the advice they have
> > received accordingly.
> > --
> > Jeff Richards
> > MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> > "~BD~" <~BD~@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:etqCub1AJHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> Thank you for taking the time and trouble to add this comment, Jeff.
> >>
> >> Regretably, this only confirms my fears that 'the bad guys' could, and
> >> maybe do, prey on the innocent folk who come here in desperation when
> >> things go wrong with their computers. It is simple to impersonate someone
> >> else and/or masquerade as an MS MVP - how would a newbie know?
> >>
> >> I fear that these newsgroups are a very dangerous place. Just my view!
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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