Could It Be The Recession?
So England have underperformed, but so have virtually all the fancied European teams. Only the Dutch have done reasonably well!
But it’s not just the footballers, as lately the tennis and rugby players have been abysmal too! Only the golfers and cricketers have exceeded expectations.
I just wionder if it is the effect of the recession. Everyone knows people who have been hit hard and sportsmen are probably no exception. So how many have said things to their old school mates, like I’ll get everybody cheered up by bringing the World Cup. And these promises are making them all nervous. I suspect now with all the social networking and web sites, that some may have gone a bit over the top! Remember that the French have been worse than us and the Germans and Spanish about the same. All live in a similar society now!
But could those promises and that pressure turn it all round? Let’s see what happens to Spain and the Germans before England play again on Wednesday! If they perform well, I think we will!
Anti-Virus Protection
For years, I’ve used McAffee, but when it came to renew this year, they wanted me to take all sorts of software that I don’t need. I very much object to the completely unnecessary SiteAdvisor. At 62, I’m perfectly capable of deciding what I want to look at.
So McAffee has had to go. Sad really, as indirectly I was an investor in the company and I made some money and they have served me well for years. But why should I buy things I don’t need.
So what have I done?
Programmers know where to get trusted software and one of those resources is SourceForge. There I have found a free anti-virus program called ClamWin.
It installed easily, although McAffee tried to stop the installation.
I’ll let you know how I get on.
I’m Cheering Microsoft On
I have received this article from an anti-spam list I subscribe to.
Microsoft has sued Connecticut resident Boris Mizhen for allegedly gaming Hotmail’s spam filters and sending unwanted emails to consumers.
Mizhen, who previously settled a separate spam lawsuit brought by Microsoft, allegedly got around the company’s anti-spam system by creating millions of new email accounts and then arranging for those accounts to classify his messages as “not spam,” according to the lawsuit.
Microsoft also named other companies as defendants, including three that Mizhen allegedly controls: Media Network, Inc., New Age Opt-In, Inc. and Permission, Inc. Microsoft alleges that those companies all present themselves as online ad companies, but are actually used by Mizhen to send spam.
“Defendants developed and executed an elaborate scheme to circumvent Microsoft’s Hotmail spam filters to disseminate a large quantity of spam email advertisements to Microsoft’s Hotmail users,” the company alleges in its complaint, filed last week in federal district court in Seattle.
Good luck to them. I also know that Hotmail uses filter information from Spamhaus, just as SpamAssassin does!
SIngle Click Unsubscribe
I get masses of junk from all over the world and as I have two main e-mail addresses, it is often difficult to unsubscribe.
The best companies have a single-click unsubscribe, which is coded with the e-mail address.
Others however ask you to type in the e-mail address. I then have to check to find out to which the errant e-mail was sent. before typing it in.
All unsubscribes should be like the first. How about a £10 fine for every e-mail sent that didn’t have a single click unsubscribe? Governments need revenue and this would raise a lot of money, cure a problem and the only payers would be unprofessional companies. They could always get their act together to avoid the fines.
Incidentally, I’ve just unsubscribed from the Sky Player. It was one click to get the unsubscribe page and then another to actually unsubscribe. That is acceptable, as I didn’t type anything.
Stoph Schmitz
This seems to be a new line in scams. Ignore it or report it to your local police. Note the +4470 number which is high cost and diverts to somewhere unsavoury. Why don’t OFCOM ban the use of these numbers except by properly checked companies and individuals?
stoph Schmitz Our company is a trading firm specializing in repairs and retail distribution of electrical products within the United Kingdom and Wales.
We want to replace one of our Directors due to a problem he currently has with the Home office to save the company an embarrasment. If we are able to reach a meaningful agreement with you on your signifying your interest, I will then explain more to you.
This is all I can say for now but it is important that I mention that the Director stands a chance of being deported back to Rwanda from England and has agreed that he is willing to work out a deal whereby he will hand over his shares in the company through a mutual agreement to you, to be redeemed at a later stage and this is a legitimate transaction.
You will be compensated with 14 percent for management fees, kindly write back and I will provide further instructions. I am available via email or telephone: +44-7024045640 and fax: +44 844 774 5598 I will write you back on reading your email or recieving your call or fax.
Finally, please note that this must be concluded in a matter of weeks.
Yours Sincerely,
Charles Munyaneza
Kurtins Chemicals
Another scam. Ignore it.
Compliment of the day to you,
My name is Terry morgan and I am inquiring if you would be interested in a part time online job from home and get paid without affecting your present job.
Kurtins Chemicals ,London, England need a diligent Male/Female in the Europe,USA and CANADA for urgent part time employment. If you are interested you can email me back at the email address below and fill in the blankspaces and I would give more details of the part-time job offer.
Telephone +44-702 404 2932
Name………sex…..age……occupation….phone…..country
number…………………residential
address……………………..
Thanks in this regards
Terry Morgan
Kurtins Chemicals
It might well have been sent out of China. So next time you think about purchasing something cheap made by them, think about the other things they do. Remember too, that they still have the death penalty, but obviously not for spam.
Note too, that if you ring the number, it may cost you a fortune. That’s how they make money!
Fine Wine Company Manchester City
Ignore this crappy scam.
I am Ms Victoria Grace Elizabeth: the Accountant General of Fine Wine Company Manchester City (London) one of the largest Wine Companies with over 2.5 trillion capital investment Fund, nevertheless as the accountant general i handle all staff welfare accounts and i extracted 1.5% excess maximum return capital profits (EMRCP) per annual on each of the staff’s capital fund. As an expert i have made over $6.5million from the staff’s (EMRCP) and hereby looking For someone to trust who will stand as an investor to receive the fund as annual investment proceed from Fine Wine capital fund of 2008/2009, for the co-operation in building a Wine company or manufacturing company in you country.
I am sorry if this is not in line with your business, but i need an experienced person like you to assist me to set up develop the project and assume responsibility of ownership as chairman but will be bringing in profit distribute profit monthly or annually. Your immediate reply will be highly appreciated and i shall give you more information on this project.
All confirmation Documents to back up the claims will be made available to you for payment Prior to your acceptance, I am looking forward for your reply urgently before our team of auditors arrived for the year general auditing meanwhile I have worked out the strategies and technicalities whereby the fund can be claimed by you in a bank nearest to you without any stress i will offer you 40% of the total money at the end of the transaction while I take 60%, please kindly note that we have few days left to round up this transaction..
Please kindly declare your interest in this matter as soon as you receive this mail.
Note: your reply is urgently needed.
Left Handed Mouse
To train my left hand again, I’ve switched the mouse to left-handed. I think I’ll keep things simple though.
I’m lucky though in that I can work a left-handed mouse with my right hand. I used to use someone’s computer who was left-handed.
The Anonymous Widower 