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I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu.

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  I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 00:39 -0700
    Start Killer (StartKiller.COM) removes Win10's Start Button. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 08:26 -0700
    Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 17:07 +0000
      Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 12:22 -0500
        Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 14:31 -0500
          You don't have to use old code, you can/should rewrite it. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 12:39 -0700
            Re: You don't have to use old code, you can/should rewrite it. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 14:53 -0500
              Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 14:46 -0700
                Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 17:08 -0500
                  Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 22:13 +0000
                    Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 18:42 -0500
                Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 15:11 -0700
                  Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 17:15 -0700
                Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-08-05 07:56 -0400
                  "The Bachelor" (on the TV show) is a prissy bottom. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-05 10:45 -0700
                Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 14:06 +0000
                  Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 10:13 -0400
                    Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 14:31 +0000
                      Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 11:06 -0400
                        Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-05 17:26 +0200
                          Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 11:29 -0400
                            Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 15:42 +0000
                              Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 12:00 -0400
                                Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 16:11 +0000
                                  Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 12:37 -0400
                                    Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-05 18:51 +0200
                                      Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 12:59 -0400
                                        Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-05 19:04 +0200
                                          Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 17:48 +0000
                                            Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-05 20:07 +0200
                                              Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 18:09 +0000
                                                Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 14:26 -0400
                                                  Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 19:30 +0000
                                                    Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-05 12:44 -0700
                                                    Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 15:50 -0400
                                                    Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-08-05 15:47 -0700
                                                    Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-07 14:14 -0500
                                                Re: Trite Hedonism.  Quite Trite. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 14:21 -0500
                                            Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 13:28 -0500
                                              Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 19:33 +0000
                                                Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 14:40 -0500
                                                  Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 15:55 -0400
                                                    Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 20:28 +0000
                                                      Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 15:37 -0500
                                                        Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 07:01 -0400
                                                  Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 20:33 +0000
                          What's better: a pen or a pencil ?  Salvador Dali used both. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-05 11:17 -0700
                            Re: What's better: a pen or a pencil ?  Salvador Dali used both. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 14:31 -0400
                              Re: What's better: a pen or a pencil ?  Salvador Dali used both. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 19:45 +0000
                            Re: What's better: a pen or a pencil ?  Salvador Dali used both. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 19:35 +0000
                  Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 09:21 -0500
                    Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-05 17:02 +0200
                      Re: Trite Hedonism. Quite Trite. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-08-05 11:26 -0400
            Re: You don't have to use old code, you can/should rewrite it. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 21:20 +0000
            Re: You don't have to use old code, you can/should rewrite it. Rock Brentwood <federation2005@netzero.com> - 2015-08-04 15:46 -0700
              Show us your source code. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 17:26 -0700
              Show us your source code. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 17:29 -0700
          Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. Rock Brentwood <federation2005@netzero.com> - 2015-08-04 15:40 -0700
            Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-08-04 22:59 +0000
            Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 23:00 +0000
              Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 18:45 -0500
        Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 01:38 -0400
      Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 13:46 -0400
      Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 11:31 -0700
        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-08-04 13:54 -0700
          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 21:16 +0000
            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 16:26 -0500
              Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-08-04 21:35 +0000
                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 16:50 -0500
                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 07:57 -0400
              Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-04 21:38 +0000
                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 23:36 -0700
              Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 21:48 +0000
                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 16:53 -0500
                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 22:08 +0000
                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 17:28 -0500
                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 22:47 +0000
                        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 18:06 -0500
                          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 18:52 -0500
                          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-08-05 00:22 +0000
                        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-07 07:50 -0500
                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-07 11:45 -0500
            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 17:10 -0500
              Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 15:21 -0700
                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-04 22:37 +0000
                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 18:56 -0500
                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-08-05 08:11 -0400
                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 08:09 -0500
                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 09:24 -0400
                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 09:09 -0500
                        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 11:03 -0400
                          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 10:10 -0500
                            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 11:22 -0400
                            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 11:30 -0400
                              Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 10:34 -0500
                          Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-05 11:03 -0700
                          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 04:18 -0500
                            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-06 17:48 +0000
                              Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 07:59 -0500
                                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 08:42 -0500
                                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-07 17:35 +0000
                                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 13:57 -0500
                                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-07 19:44 +0000
                                        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 15:03 -0500
                                          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-07 20:23 +0000
                                            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 15:45 -0500
                                              Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-07 21:05 +0000
                                                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 16:38 -0500
                                                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-08-07 16:04 -0700
                                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 13:59 -0500
                                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 14:00 -0500
                                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 18:19 -0500
                                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-08-07 16:46 -0700
                                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 18:17 -0500
                                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-08 01:01 +0000
                                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-08-07 19:03 -0700
                                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 03:38 -0500
                        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-08-05 21:05 +0000
                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 13:51 +0000
                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 09:56 -0500
                        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 11:32 -0400
                        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 18:07 +0000
                          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Apollyon <adravirgo@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 11:11 -0700
                          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 14:05 -0500
                            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 13:16 -0700
                            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 20:45 +0000
                              Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 16:52 -0500
                                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 22:26 +0000
                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 01:24 -0400
                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 05:43 -0400
                        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 07:43 -0500
                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-08-05 10:10 -0700
              Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 16:30 -0700
                Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 08:05 -0400
                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 09:50 -0700
                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 18:00 +0000
                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 14:00 -0500
                    Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "Buck Futter" <invalid@example.com> - 2015-08-05 22:35 -0700
                      Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 01:50 -0700
                  Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "K Wills (Shill #3)" <compuelf@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 04:18 -0500
          I'm watching you right now. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 14:19 -0700
            Re: I'm watching you right now. gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-04 16:36 -0500
            Re: I'm watching you right now. Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-08-04 17:16 -0700
              Ubuntu Spyware: What to do? Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 17:41 -0700
                Re: Ubuntu Spyware: What to do? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-08-06 12:29 -0700
              Re: I'm watching you right now. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-05 03:47 +0000
                Re: I'm watching you right now. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 09:11 -0500
                  Re: I'm watching you right now. R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-08-05 21:22 +0000
                    Re: I'm watching you right now. Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-06 00:53 +0000
          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 08:55 -0500
            Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2015-08-05 21:30 +0000
        Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. "Mahipal" <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 17:44 -0700
          Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu. Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 18:01 -0700
      Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-04 14:34 -0500
        Indirectly, you (chrisv) see my posts. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-08-04 12:46 -0700
      Re: I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu. HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-05 06:54 -0400

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#511235 — I'm watching you right now.

You (Double-A) asked:
> I heard something about that Microsoft was going 
> to start spying on us with the comera as of Win10!  
> Or was it the mike?  Both?  Or was it Google?
> Do you know about that?

I'm watching you right now.
In fact, I can smell you ! (Just kidding)

"Cortana", Win10’s built-in personal digital assistant,
scans your emails, appointments, and Web searches.

I'd turn it off.

Go to "Settings" (Control Panel?),
then click on the "Privacy" button.

There, it says:

  Don’t want personalized ads inside apps? 
  Turn it off by sliding the button to Off.

Turn off: "Typing and writing" (autoComplete).

And so on, lots of Cortana crap, turn it off.

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#511240 — Re: I'm watching you right now.

On 8/4/2015 4:19 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
> You (Double-A) asked:
>> I heard something about that Microsoft was going
>> to start spying on us with the comera as of Win10!
>> Or was it the mike?  Both?  Or was it Google?
>> Do you know about that?
>
> I'm watching you right now.
> In fact, I can smell you ! (Just kidding)
>
> "Cortana", Win10’s built-in personal digital assistant,
> scans your emails, appointments, and Web searches.
>
> I'd turn it off.
>
> Go to "Settings" (Control Panel?),
> then click on the "Privacy" button.
>
> There, it says:
>
>    Don’t want personalized ads inside apps?
>    Turn it off by sliding the button to Off.
>
> Turn off: "Typing and writing" (autoComplete).
>
> And so on, lots of Cortana crap, turn it off.
>

article on WSJ today on how Apple and Google are scanning your CELLPHONE 
data and use, supposedly to get ads to you, but can identify you, your 
habits, location etc, and project what they think you should be doing.

apple on iPhone, and Google on android phones,

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#511290 — Re: I'm watching you right now.

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 2:19:44 PM UTC-7, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
> You (Double-A) asked:
> > I heard something about that Microsoft was going 
> > to start spying on us with the comera as of Win10!  
> > Or was it the mike?  Both?  Or was it Google?
> > Do you know about that?
> 
> I'm watching you right now.
> In fact, I can smell you ! (Just kidding)
> 
> "Cortana", Win10's built-in personal digital assistant,
> scans your emails, appointments, and Web searches.
> 
> I'd turn it off.
> 
> Go to "Settings" (Control Panel?),
> then click on the "Privacy" button.
> 
> There, it says:
> 
>   Don't want personalized ads inside apps? 
>   Turn it off by sliding the button to Off.
> 
> Turn off: "Typing and writing" (autoComplete).
> 
> And so on, lots of Cortana crap, turn it off.


Do you have any experience with Ubuntu?

Double-A

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#511296 — Ubuntu Spyware: What to do?

You (Double-A) asked me:
> Do you have any experience with Ubuntu?

No, but Richard Stallman (the top GNU guy) says: ＜＜

  When the user searches her own local files 
  for a string using the Ubuntu desktop, 
  Ubuntu sends that string to one of Canonical's servers.
  ( Canonical is the company that develops Ubuntu. ) ＞＞

"Ubuntu Spyware: What to do?":
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do

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#511632 — Re: Ubuntu Spyware: What to do?

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 5:41:46 PM UTC-7, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
> You (Double-A) asked me:
> > Do you have any experience with Ubuntu?
> 
> No, but Richard Stallman (the top GNU guy) says: ＜＜
> 
>   When the user searches her own local files 
>   for a string using the Ubuntu desktop, 
>   Ubuntu sends that string to one of Canonical's servers.
>   ( Canonical is the company that develops Ubuntu. ) ＞＞
> 
> "Ubuntu Spyware: What to do?":
> https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do


Thanks, Jeff.  It just goes to show you can't trust anyone anymore!

Double-A

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#511308 — Re: I'm watching you right now.

On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 17:16:33 -0700, Double-A wrote:

> 
> Do you have any experience with Ubuntu?
> 

Ubuntu, like many other distributions geared to the masses,
is not pure Linux.  It is Linux overlain with custom software
utilities that potentially can do anything.

The only way to get pure Linux is to roll your own distro 
( http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ) or use something that
is highly configurable like Gentoo ( https://www.gentoo.org ).

It's much easier than you would perhaps think, and there are
many folks on the forums willing to help.

I use a customized Gentoo Linux and I have complete, total,
and unequivocal control of my system.  I know exactly what
is happening at all times.  I can never be compromised,
monitored, or tracked by anything ever.

For me, that's the way it will always be.

My MS Windows boxen are almost the same as I modify them
heavily (disable services, alter registry entries, etc.).
But there is still a lot that I don't understand about MS
Windows and because it is a closed source OS I will never
fully trust it.

On any OS, however, there is one thing to always be concerned
about and that is the Internet browser.  Virtually all browsers
are bloated monstrosities that attempt to do everything for
the user and such open-ended versatility is always potential
trouble.  There is little choice available but there is some
hope:

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/


I can't understand why a browser can't be just a simple, unadorned
wrapper for the rendering engine.

When in doubt, which is often, I will use Links in graphical mode:

http://links.twibright.com

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#511358 — Re: I'm watching you right now.

On 8/4/15 10:47 PM, Fabian Russell wrote:
> I use a customized Gentoo Linux and I have complete, total,
> and unequivocal control of my system.  I know exactly what
> is happening at all times.  I can never be compromised,
> monitored, or tracked by anything ever.

   With that attitude you are an excellent target to be compromised.



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#511473 — Re: I'm watching you right now.

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/4/15 10:47 PM, Fabian Russell wrote:
>> I use a customized Gentoo Linux and I have complete, total,
>> and unequivocal control of my system.  I know exactly what
>> is happening at all times.  I can never be compromised,
>> monitored, or tracked by anything ever.
>   With that attitude you are an excellent target to be compromised.

Just because "Fabian" just willingly gave away ID info to the world
don't call him a sucker. :)

Here's another hypothetical. Someone on W coast Cantada
was willingto share with the world the fact he was seeing certain ads on a 
certain webpage.

Hypothetically someone determined these were targeted ads
that were based on said sucker's cookie history with company X.

So we all knew what kind of work the guy did or his computer was used
for.

It was also possible to get a history from the nice company X
saying who (roughly) had viewd this unusual ad within a given
timeframeand and get some nice lat/long co-ordinates within 100m.
This was hypothetically checked against other ID info such
as OS version number, daily posting patterns, and unusual spellings
used by said sucker who helpfully had a very long history of shooting
from the lip in public. Some hypothetical triangulated pinging
on known IP's was also helpful.

Of course there is a hypothetical ap for all of this and the
information is hypothetically returned with the push of a couple
of hypothetical buttons so I^h^no-one wears any fingers out.

It was also hypothetically satisfying to find said sucker
declaring it was impossible for anyone to ID him from the
information he willingly broadcast to the world.

All very hypothetically satisfying.

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- A bear won't come into your tent at night, esp if you leave the
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#511493 — Re: I'm watching you right now.

On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:22:15 +0000, R Kym Horsell wrote:

> 
> It was also possible to get a history from the nice company X
> saying who (roughly) had viewd this unusual ad within a given
> timeframeand and get some nice lat/long co-ordinates within 100m.
> This was hypothetically checked against other ID info such
> as OS version number, daily posting patterns, and unusual spellings
> used by said sucker who helpfully had a very long history of shooting
> from the lip in public. Some hypothetical triangulated pinging
> on known IP's was also helpful.
> 

And after that tremendous investment of time, expense, and trouble
this is what they finally got:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TqRbjBlmhQ


Whose the sucker now?

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#511355 — Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu.

On 8/4/15 3:54 PM, Double-A wrote:
>
> I heard something about that Microsoft was going to start spying on us with the comera as of Win10!  Or was it the mike?  Both?  Or was it Google?  Do you know about that?
>
> Double-A
>


   I know of several paranoid people with tape over the camera's on
   their computers. These same people never bothered to find out where
   the microphone(s) is(are).

   On of those people started deleting fundamental pieces of their
   computer's operating system, saying, "I never use that".  It was
   pretty crippled when I got to it and installed a new operating
   system.



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#511475 — Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu.

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/4/15 3:54 PM, Double-A wrote:
>> I heard something about that Microsoft was going to start spying on us with the comera as of Win10!  Or was it the mike?  Both?  Or was it Google?  Do you know about that?
>> Double-A
>   I know of several paranoid people with tape over the camera's on
>   their computers. These same people never bothered to find out where
>   the microphone(s) is(are).
>   On of those people started deleting fundamental pieces of their
>   computer's operating system, saying, "I never use that".  It was
>   pretty crippled when I got to it and installed a new operating
>   system.

Hope they also use tinfoil tape to block the IR and stray
background radiation. Think long exposure time to go with the nice audio.

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#511297 — Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu.

"Jeff-Relf.Me"  wrote in message 
news:Jeff-Relf.Me@Aug.4{11.31A.Seattle.2015}...

Fabian_Russell,  The Start Menu was born out of research
into how to teach monkey's  <---

Apostrophe's and they're use's, you fucking idiot.

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#511298 — Re: Replacing Win10's Start Menu.

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 8:44:41 PM UTC-4, Mahipal wrote:
> "Jeff-Relf.Me"  wrote in message 
> news:Jeff-Relf.Me@Aug.4{11.31A.Seattle.2015}...
> 
> Fabian_Russell,  The Start Menu was born out of research
> into how to teach monkey's  <---
> 
> Apostrophe's and they're use's, you fucking idiot.

I, Mahipal, wrote none of the above. Some stalker enjoys being me.
Below is proof, sort of, that above post is not from me.
Look at the NNTP-Posting-Host. SW and ISPs suck.

-- Mahipal

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"Jeff-Relf.Me"  wrote in message 
news:Jeff-Relf.Me@Aug.4{11.31A.Seattle.2015}...

Fabian_Russell,  The Start Menu was born out of research
into how to teach monkey's  <---

Apostrophe's and they're use's, you fucking idiot.

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#511209

Fabian Russell wrote:

>On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:39:58 -0700, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:

*plonk*

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#511214 — Indirectly, you (chrisv) see my posts.

Indirectly, you (chrisv) see my posts.

I know because you publicly plonk those who quote me,
over and over again.

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#511334

On 8/4/2015 1:07 PM, Fabian Russell wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:39:58 -0700, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
>
>> I prefer Win8 because, unlike Win10, it has no Start Menu.
>>
>
> The Start Menu was specifically created by Microsoft, at great expense,
> to accommodate mental retards.
>
> This is an undeniable historic fact.  Microsoft commissioned psychological
> experts ($$$) to observe the behavior of test subjects representing the common
> user, i.e. retards.  After intensive study the conclusion was that a
> "Start" button or menu was essential in allowing access for the common
> user, i.e. retards.
>
> So what's Jeffie, the retard, gonna do without his Start Menu?  He will,
> like all retards, just sit there and stare at the empty screen with his
> mouth hanging open while drooling all over his shirt.
>

I kinda like this Fabian dude. He has a way with words.



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