Posts by Sanctimonious Prick

Google Reads Personal SMS on Android Phones?

I haven't seen an old friend for about 25 years. We recently started chatting on the phone. Then, just last night, he sent me, via SMS, his work address so we could meet up.

About 15 minutes after I got that SMS from my friend, I went to Google Maps on my desktop computer (Linux Mint), and started to enter the address. I punched in the street number, but before I could type any more, Google offered up suggestions - the first one was a postcode in another state, the second suggestion was the actual address my friend had sent me.

// WHAT THE FUCK? \\

Content Is King

I'm close to re launching an old website of mine.

The site will need advertising, but it will not be from the usual places. Instead, I'm spending considerable time finding advertisers that'll make a nice fit for the content presented.

I've always used that method. Worked in the past. No reason it shouldn't work now.

The Gap

Heh! MS found a gap in it's Data Harvesting Project. Hooda fort?

Slow News Day?

Just kidding! :D

When will these silly hackers learn we're not interested in what Johnny Rotten is up to - _we_want_the_ufo_files_!

:P

Don't Laugh?

I'd laugh right now if this wasn't so bloody serious!

Oh, what the hell...?

Hahahahahahahahahaf*ck1nghahahahahahaha!

Friends With Benefits

I once worked for a small Co. that sometimes barely had enough money to pay staff, but they paid a small fortune to add one word to their Co. name.

The name change process was done by a relative to one of the bosses.

I only learned of this after the other boss had a whinge session with me about his business partner.

(Too often, these two bosses would whinge to me about the other, so it comes as no surprise that after a falling out between the two, one bought the other out. I tried to stay loyal to the boss that gave me the job, but, he like, started kicking the cat, me being the cat - so one day I went in to resign, "you can't resign, you're fired." So I joined the other boss in his new venture) ;D

TBH!

To be honest, I find this all very entertaining.

I don't have a twitter account, and I don't need to visit their site to know what's going on. Practically every news site the world over has something on their front page from there.

All very amusing.

(i'm not mentioning anything about medication in this post, not, no... damnit!)

Musk

Wonders will never cease.

Satellites with visors! What the he'll?

Just "Purchased" One

About this time last year I checked the availability of a domain - it was available. A few weeks later when I had the spare cash, I went back to find the domain had been registered. It was a .com domain that I once "owned" for about 8 years.

Considering the content of the site I have in mind (similar to the one I had before) is country specific, I have decided to go with a country specific domain. A few weeks ago I went to register and purchase that domain name, and found that that registrar was having a coronavirus promotion - by using the promo code FUCKCOVID19, I got my country specific domain name for free :D

ColdFusion

The ColdFusion YT channel did a really good video about this saga. Worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CccfnRpPtM

1990s Ad Campaign

Even their ads here on AU teevee looks 1990s style... cheap, low budget, "we're the best - Australia's best!"

Oh, please shoot me.

"Here I Go, Again On My Own..." - DLR

So. The CovidSafe app stores some data in the USA...

The US cops are hunting an Aussie who apparently stole a bar of chocolate from the NASA coffee shop.

For some reason, the US cops suspect this Aussie installed the CovidSafe app.

The US cops get a warrant to rifle through the CovidSafe app data stored by Amazon.

Then, as a gesture of good will, the US cops give all that data to AU cops, coz, reasons (and they have done that before (can't find a link right now)) - and, that's LEGAL!

No. I will not be installing that app.

Attitude

"Attitude Control Systems." Yep, that's a problem, alright.

;)

Raid Your Own

In Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the ABC - where a lot of news is reported)(wholly Australian Government funded) offices were raided by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

The AFP also raided a (commercial) newspaper journalist's home at around the same time.

The information gathered by the AFP from the ABC includes information about informants, secure sources, whistle-blowers! F*ck, man! We're screwed if we let this continue.

Crikey! Look at Assange. He's f*cked! Agree with him or not - he is NOT getting a fair hearing. FFS!

You. World! I'm coming after you!

Bastards!

This sucks!

I'm a big fan of WhooHoo!

And I'm ashamed my nation is part of the 5is - cos this is going to have a flow-on (a?)effect, damnit!

Politicians Have Forgetten...

They're supposed to represent us, not themselves!

If anyone should have their encryption broken, it should be the politicians

As soon as it becomes clear that FB, GGL, MS, APL or any other web service has given a backdoor to TLAs, I'll find that backdoor and give it to all my really good friends!

And that old Sea Hunt, Parker, he can just fluff off!