Re: The RISC OS Blog

From	Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: The RISC OS Blog
Date	2011-07-30 11:34 +0100
Organization	timil.com
Message-ID	<51fadc4241tim@invalid.org.uk> (permalink)
References	(6 earlier) <51f6560407dave@davenoise.co.uk> <51f6601251UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> <51f6604c9dUCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> <51f776162dtim@invalid.org.uk> <4e2b576c$0$30795$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>

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In article <4e2b576c$0$30795$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>, Rick Murray
<heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> So is it paranoid to want to hide one's location? 

Yes. Six billion people actually don't care. The existence of a few
random nutters in society shouldn't make you hide or live in an enclave.
We even have some completely mad people near here who live behind locked
gates with their fellow paranoiacs. I would imagine the local tea-leafs
target such gated communities as the people there must have lots of
lovely things worth stealing.

If a nut-case with a weapon decides on a random attack on members of the
public in a public place your privacy is completely irrelevant. That you
could be targeted by a loony at home may depend on your radical political
views, illegal activity, feuds, your involvement in vivisection or
membership of the republican tea party. I would imagine none of these
apply.  ;-)    

> Or is it common sense?

To look at in another way: we get flyers through the door for home
businesses, whether gardening, window-cleaning, carpet-cleaning, building
etc., etc. If they have no address and only a mobile number they go
straight in the recycling bin.

If you run a business from home, you can hide behind a POBox No., and a
mobile number but it won't always help attract business as it makes you
look amateur, not big. You need a 'public' street address and
geographical phone number to convince potential customers you are 'real'.

If you don't run a business from home you can try and hide if you like
but it wouldn't have stopped yesterday's door-to-door chugger who was
trying to guilt SWMBO into sponsoring a child.

My address has been published online for 15 years and not yet have I had
one extra unwelcome caller at the door as a result, AFAIK.

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Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 09:54 +0200
  Re: The RISC OS Blog theriscosblog@gmx.com - 2011-07-21 04:45 -0700
    Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 14:22 +0200
      Re: The RISC OS Blog "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 13:32 +0100
        Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 14:42 +0200
          Re: The RISC OS Blog "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 16:43 +0100
            Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 19:33 +0200
              Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 19:36 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-07-23 21:10 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-24 01:21 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-07-30 11:34 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-30 12:46 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-30 18:50 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 09:17 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-31 18:11 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-08-07 09:48 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-08-07 10:10 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Richard Travers <richtnews@uwclub.net> - 2011-08-08 11:05 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-08-08 21:13 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-08-15 06:02 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog workstuff@mail.com - 2011-08-14 12:50 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-07-24 09:11 +0100
      Re: The RISC OS Blog charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 14:52 +0100
        Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 16:10 +0200
          Re: The RISC OS Blog charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 15:21 +0100
        Re: The RISC OS Blog druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-07-21 21:43 +0100
          Re: The RISC OS Blog Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-07-22 02:35 +0100
            Re: The RISC OS Blog druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-07-22 23:49 +0100
              Re: The RISC OS Blog SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2011-07-23 00:54 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-07-23 15:42 +0100
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2011-07-23 19:09 +0100
      Re: The RISC OS Blog Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 20:14 +0200
        Re: The RISC OS Blog druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-07-21 21:29 +0100
          Re: The RISC OS Blog Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-22 13:34 +0200
    Re: The RISC OS Blog Jim Lesurf <noise@audiomisc.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 13:54 +0100
      Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 17:07 +0200
        Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 17:30 +0200
          Re: The RISC OS Blog Vince M Hudd <vinceh@softrock.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 20:49 +0100
            Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 22:12 +0200
              Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 22:15 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 22:23 +0200
                Re: The RISC OS Blog Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 21:34 +0100
              Re: The RISC OS Blog Vince M Hudd <vinceh@softrock.co.uk> - 2011-07-22 00:54 +0100
        Re: The RISC OS Blog theriscosblog@gmx.com - 2011-07-21 10:39 -0700
          Re: The RISC OS Blog Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 19:28 +0100
    Re: The RISC OS Blog Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 20:08 +0200
      Re: The RISC OS Blog "Alexander Ausserstorfer" <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2011-07-23 13:36 +0200
    Re: The RISC OS Blog glavallin <glavallin@gjlavallin.plus.com> - 2011-07-22 11:33 +0100
    Re: The RISC OS Blog "Alexander Ausserstorfer" <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2011-07-23 13:24 +0200
      Re: The RISC OS Blog Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-07-29 16:57 +0200
  Re: The RISC OS Blog Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-07-21 12:17 +0100

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