Your opinions, please!

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:29:29 -0800 "Dashi" wrote:


"R. Hubbell" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 04:16:47 GMT "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

While you're at it, see if you can figure out why I wind up at the top
of
the
list if I use the back button to return from viewing a photo. It also
completely
reloads the page when I do this, so it takes a long time to looks
around.

Weird. I can't duplicate this behavior. Can anyone else?

You probably have your browser cache set to a size that's smaller than the
total
bytes that the page contains.

I can't believe I'm troubleshooting someone's browser problems in
rec.aviation.* We really need to get back to talking aviation. :\

R. Hubbell

Why not, look at your/my reply, more wasteful than Jay's reply and he is
trying to help someone.


Whatchew talkin' 'bout Willis?



R. Hubbell


Dashi


--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...

WAKE UP!!! wrote:

I'm not kidding about the E-Trade account. Check your credit report
in a month, it will be there. I used your real ssn and birthday.

Your SSN and your wife's SSN added together is 792288289

Scary ****...

Good lesson.

--
Peter










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Jay Honeck wrote:

You know, I hear this ALL THE TIME -- yet, I've never met a single person
who has actually suffered from "identity theft".
snip

About five years ago a perp opened up a cell phone account in my name
but in another time zone. Rang up $3,500 worth of charges before the
account was closed for non-payment.

I caught it by checking my credit report, which showed this as a
collection agency item. However, after I disputed the problem with the
credit reporting bureau, the collection agency got my current address
and went after me directly via harassing phone calls and certified
letters.

When I invoked the "Fair Credit Act" legalize on them, they simply sold
the debt to another sleaze bag outfit who started the process all over
again.

It took me four years and legal action on my part to put this item to
rest.

.... and I consider my experience very fortunate when I read those of
other identity theft victims.

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Peter










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"R. Hubbell" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:29:29 -0800 "Dashi" wrote:


"R. Hubbell" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 04:16:47 GMT "Jay Honeck"

wrote:

While you're at it, see if you can figure out why I wind up at the
top
of
the
list if I use the back button to return from viewing a photo. It
also
completely
reloads the page when I do this, so it takes a long time to looks
around.

Weird. I can't duplicate this behavior. Can anyone else?

You probably have your browser cache set to a size that's smaller than
the
total
bytes that the page contains.

I can't believe I'm troubleshooting someone's browser problems in
rec.aviation.* We really need to get back to talking aviation. :\

R. Hubbell

Why not, look at your/my reply, more wasteful than Jay's reply and he is
trying to help someone.


Whatchew talkin' 'bout Willis?

I agree with you 100% dude! ;-

Dashi

Dashi wrote:

Do you know anyone that has been murdered?

Jay Honeck replied:

Nope. And if I did, how would this be relevant?

I think that Dashi is trying to make a point by analogy. Your not knowing any
murder victims doesn't counter that fact that murders do occur. By parallel,
your not knowing (at the time; see Ben Sego's post) any identity theft victims
doesn't counter the fact that identity theft does occur. It's a weak argument
to an implied statement on your part (I don't know any identity theft victims,
therefore I doubt that identity theft occurs).

Russell Kent

"RobertR237" wrote in message
...
In article t9uCb.328993$Dw6.1107274@attbi_s02, "Jay Honeck"
writes:

No, I also use my real name, address and email address but that
doesn't give
anyone any information that is not available in a host of other
places, all of
which are easily obtained on almost anyone.


For several years I too used my real name and e-mail address, however
last year the amount of spam that I receive as a result of that
policy started to increase to unacceptable proportions. After a three
week period, having cleared my mail box on my ISP's server I found
over 1200 spam emails addressed to my; that's in only 3 weeks. This
promped me to change my working address and use every method that I
could think of to prevent that from attracting spam. The only spam
that I get now is through several NG's, uk.rec.aviation is the worst
amoung the ng's I read.

Last week I checked my old address mail box, there were so many
messages that mailwasher was unable to handle the quantity, I shall
have to ask my ISP to clean out my mail box as I don't want to bother
spending the time myself.

--
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Cheers,
Jonathan Lowe.
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don't bother me with insignificiant nonsence such as spelling,
I don't care if it spelt properly
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Sometimes I fly and sometimes I just dream about it.
:-)



I *really* enjoy the new Visa commercials, with the guy's
voice-over on the
little old lady -- they're hilarious and really get the point
across about
the risks of identity theft. However, they *are* trying to sell
a product,
and (as a result) the cynic in me rises to the fore. I just have
to wonder
if this whole "identity theft" thing isn't a product of Madison
Avenue, once
again trying to fan the flames of our own paranoia, in an effort
to sell us
something?

Does anyone know a real person who has suffered this fate?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

What you must be more concerned with is giving out that information
which is
NOT readily available and which can be used to obtain phoney
documents. This
includes your social security number, place of birth, drivers
license numbers,
credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal information.
Even that may
not be enough to protect you from identity theft but in that case,
nothing may
be.

My best advice is to never give out personal information unless you
are
absolutely sure of who you are giving it tol. An example, never
give you
credit card number to someone who calls YOU or to any other
solicitation that
you receive such as an email reply. If you buy something over the
phone or
over the internet, make sure you searched out the item and not the
other way
around. Even then, double check the vendor.

Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)