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Post by **Minimalist** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:19 am

More tests?????

Post by **MichelleH** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:44 am

I'm checking because I had a funky blip this morning

Trying to be safe, not sorry.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:47 am

Half ot the message boards I visit are down this morning. All are Invisionfree based. Something is going on.

Post by **MichelleH** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:58 am

A friend of mine runs a group of corporate database servers with military level encryption; they have been under denial of service attacks for a week. Every time they put a fix into place, the attackers metamorph their approach.

And all for shits and giggles....

Hangin's to good for 'um.

Forum Monk · Post by **Forum Monk** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:03 pm

Who knows what motivates them? Boredom perhaps. A chance for a small profit, perhaps? For example, my email I use at this board gets spammed regularly because it is exposed. My normal email practically never gets spammed. Spamming bots plow through servers looking for anthing with a name@url format. Othertimes, its just some malicious punk with a bone to pick and basic working knowledge of trojan virus technology launching a DOS (denial of service) attack. Welcome to cyberspace, I guess.

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:28 pm

When they can wire their brains direct to their computers some of them will give up living in the real world completely.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:22 pm

Michelle, I wasn't in the forum Sunday at all, and I missed reading the Daily News section - so I missed entirely the fact that you had a wedding anniversary.

Happy anniversary to you both.

Post by **MichelleH** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:38 am

Beagle wrote:Michelle, I wasn't in the forum Sunday at all, and I missed reading the Daily News section - so I missed entirely the fact that you had a wedding anniversary.

Happy anniversary to you both.

Thanks Beags!

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:42 am

As an old guy I used to work with always said...

"My wife and I have had 17 great years together....and 17 out of 36 ain't bad!"

Many more, boss.

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:50 am

My daughter is standing behind me at the moment Min with her legs crossed. Keep 'em coming mate.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:08 am

It is Cinco de Mayo today. For those of us who are not Mexican nationals, it is nonetheless a good excuse to drink.

Buenos Dias hombres y senoras.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:33 am

I better stay off the roads today......

I guess my landscapers aren't coming.

Charlie Hatchett · Post by **Charlie Hatchett** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:40 am

Beagle wrote:It is Cinco de Mayo today. For those of us who are not Mexican nationals, it is nonetheless a good excuse to drink.

Buenos Dias hombres y senoras.

Uno Tecate y' Tequilla, por favor.

Starflower · Post by **Starflower** » Mon May 07, 2007 1:21 pm

Get Out of the Car!!!!!!!
This is a true account recorded in the Police Log of Sarasota, Florida.)

An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning
to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her
vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun,
proceeding to scream at the top of her lungs, "I have a gun, and
I know how to use it! Get out of the car!" The four men didn't
wait for a second threat. They got out and ran like mad.

The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her
shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver's
seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the
ignition. She tried and tried, and then she realized why, it was
for the same reason she had wondered why there was a football, a
Frisbee and two 12 packs of beer in the front seat. A few
minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces
farther down. She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the
police station to report her mistake. The sergeant to whom she
told the story couldn't stop laughing. He pointed to the other
end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a car
jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than
five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large
handgun.

No charges were filed.

The moral of the story? If you're going to have a Senior Moment, make it
memorable.

kbs2244 · Post by **kbs2244** » Mon May 07, 2007 2:29 pm

There is a great Brit TV commercial for the eye check up service of their State run Medical office of this.
Identical cars but different tag numbers. When the old ladies key won't start the car, she gets out to check the tag number. Then she spots hers a couple of spaces over.
I will have to check to see if I have saved it.

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Had to share this with everyone.