Birthdays and odd stuff
1. First the birthdays! A giant
Happy birthday!!!
to Mr. Annearchy, my Dad, and the lovely sugarjet03. E, I hope you have a fabulous day filled with everything (and everyone) you want :D As for my dad, I sent him a card a few days ago and will call him tonight. Mr. Annearchy already got his gifts - rather prosaic, actually. He wanted some new short-sleeved shirts with a pocked in front. So I got him 5 shirts at Target, 1 polo shirt and 4 button fronts in various plaids. Why can't I find short-sleeved button-front shirts that are NOT plaid? Hmm. I also got him 2 DVDs that were on sale at the supermarket, The Road to Perdition and Fahrenheit 9/11. He seemed pleased by all of them. Tonight we'll go out to dinner to celebrate his birthday and Mother's Day. I hope we go to Texas Roadhouse; I've been wanting to try that place for months.
2. Snarky quote: Bush was sad, and said, ‘Now, the only foreign leader I can trust is Arnold Schwarzenegger.’
Talk-show comedian Conan O'Brien, on President Bush's reaction to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's announcement that he's leaving office
3. From Cnet.com newsletter: Identity theft goes wireless
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), the seeds of the nation's largest identity-theft operation involving customers of TJX.com (owners of TJ Maxx and other discount stores) began in the parking lot outside a St. Paul, Minn., Marshalls discount clothing store. Hackers, using a directional antenna, sat in a car and eavesdropped on wireless communications in the store. Thieves were able to monitor everything from wireless handheld price-checking devices to wireless cash-register transactions. But it was the wireless network for the store's main computers that ultimately allowed the hackers into TJX, parent company of Marshalls. Once inside that network, thieves were able to download about 45.7 million credit card numbers, some which have shown up on carder networks in eight different countries.
4. And finally, should I be worried about this? The computer virus I got 2 weeks ago has generated a somewhat scary response.
This came in my email this morning from someone who obviously was unhappy about the spam that accidentally came out of my computer when it got that virus. I passed it along to our IT guys and I hope this is just some guy blowing off steam, as he sent it in all-caps 24-point type.
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CAN PLAINLY SEE YOU CONDUCT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES CALLED SCAMS TO MAKE YOUR LIVING. YOU SEND AMERICANS CHECKS AND TRICK THEM INTO SENDING YOU THE MONEY JUST BEFORE THE CHECK BOUNCES.
IN YOUR CASE YOU TRICK PEOPLE INTO MAILING PACKAGES SENT TO THE MARKS ADDRESS USING STOLEN CREDIT CARDS. HE OR SHE TAKE THE BLAME YOU GET FREE STUFF.
I AM HERE TO OFFER MY SERVICES. I REALIZED THAT THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT SOME TIMES GIVE YOU TROUBLE.
I AM OFFERING MY SERVICES TO MAKE ANYBODY YOU CHOOSE DISAPPEAR IF YOUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ARE INTERUPTED. I WILL KILL ANYONE YOU WANT FOR 10,000 EACH. SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN ARE 100,000 EACH, SMALL TOWN MAYOR 30,000. I CAN ARRANGE ACCIDENTS AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW. YOU SEND THE MONEY TO 40 FM 1960 ROAD WEST#218, HOUSTON, TX 77090. GIVE NAME, PICTURE OF TARGET AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM. I DO NOT KILL ANYONE WITHOUT THE MONEY FIRST.
I AM SURE YOU HAVE MADE MANY ENEMIES AFTER SCAMMING PEOPLE.
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Okay, someobdy needs to step away from the computer and stop snorting whatever.
Happy birthday!!!
to Mr. Annearchy, my Dad, and the lovely sugarjet03. E, I hope you have a fabulous day filled with everything (and everyone) you want :D As for my dad, I sent him a card a few days ago and will call him tonight. Mr. Annearchy already got his gifts - rather prosaic, actually. He wanted some new short-sleeved shirts with a pocked in front. So I got him 5 shirts at Target, 1 polo shirt and 4 button fronts in various plaids. Why can't I find short-sleeved button-front shirts that are NOT plaid? Hmm. I also got him 2 DVDs that were on sale at the supermarket, The Road to Perdition and Fahrenheit 9/11. He seemed pleased by all of them. Tonight we'll go out to dinner to celebrate his birthday and Mother's Day. I hope we go to Texas Roadhouse; I've been wanting to try that place for months.
2. Snarky quote: Bush was sad, and said, ‘Now, the only foreign leader I can trust is Arnold Schwarzenegger.’
Talk-show comedian Conan O'Brien, on President Bush's reaction to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's announcement that he's leaving office
3. From Cnet.com newsletter: Identity theft goes wireless
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), the seeds of the nation's largest identity-theft operation involving customers of TJX.com (owners of TJ Maxx and other discount stores) began in the parking lot outside a St. Paul, Minn., Marshalls discount clothing store. Hackers, using a directional antenna, sat in a car and eavesdropped on wireless communications in the store. Thieves were able to monitor everything from wireless handheld price-checking devices to wireless cash-register transactions. But it was the wireless network for the store's main computers that ultimately allowed the hackers into TJX, parent company of Marshalls. Once inside that network, thieves were able to download about 45.7 million credit card numbers, some which have shown up on carder networks in eight different countries.
4. And finally, should I be worried about this? The computer virus I got 2 weeks ago has generated a somewhat scary response.
This came in my email this morning from someone who obviously was unhappy about the spam that accidentally came out of my computer when it got that virus. I passed it along to our IT guys and I hope this is just some guy blowing off steam, as he sent it in all-caps 24-point type.
*****
CAN PLAINLY SEE YOU CONDUCT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES CALLED SCAMS TO MAKE YOUR LIVING. YOU SEND AMERICANS CHECKS AND TRICK THEM INTO SENDING YOU THE MONEY JUST BEFORE THE CHECK BOUNCES.
IN YOUR CASE YOU TRICK PEOPLE INTO MAILING PACKAGES SENT TO THE MARKS ADDRESS USING STOLEN CREDIT CARDS. HE OR SHE TAKE THE BLAME YOU GET FREE STUFF.
I AM HERE TO OFFER MY SERVICES. I REALIZED THAT THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT SOME TIMES GIVE YOU TROUBLE.
I AM OFFERING MY SERVICES TO MAKE ANYBODY YOU CHOOSE DISAPPEAR IF YOUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ARE INTERUPTED. I WILL KILL ANYONE YOU WANT FOR 10,000 EACH. SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN ARE 100,000 EACH, SMALL TOWN MAYOR 30,000. I CAN ARRANGE ACCIDENTS AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW. YOU SEND THE MONEY TO 40 FM 1960 ROAD WEST#218, HOUSTON, TX 77090. GIVE NAME, PICTURE OF TARGET AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM. I DO NOT KILL ANYONE WITHOUT THE MONEY FIRST.
I AM SURE YOU HAVE MADE MANY ENEMIES AFTER SCAMMING PEOPLE.
****
Okay, someobdy needs to step away from the computer and stop snorting whatever.