In article <7lomoqF3fa5o...@mid.individual.net>, Bud <b...@bud.invalid> wrote:
> Ha, reminds me of the other day when I went to MSN.com to find out where > I could start a web page since I use (expletive deleted) Qwest for DSL > and you're automatically connecets to MSN for your ISP. Now, since I use > Linux and only Linux, they wanted me to download some .exe file as they > scaned my disk, which they can't do and assumed I had this and that > virus. I got out of there in a hurry. Boooo M$!
There are a number of reasons I refuse to have anything to do with Facebook, but they are as nothing to the ones I have against M$. I've always been a Mac user, but I have had to deal with M$ from time to time, always with irritation or worse.
But the web page reference struck a chord, too. My local phone company is my ISP and cable TV company as well. I get 5 mb of free web page space(I have to pay if I use more, but only for the excess). If you write your own html(even old ladies can learn to do this, believe it or not) and avoid frills, you can do a lot with that much space. I have accounts of various trips to Europe, complete with fotos and occasional maps, attached to my home page. From time to time I take down an old one to keep the total size down when I add the latest trip. No ads. No viruses. No M$ trash.
-- Erilar, biblioholic
bib-li-o-hol-ism [<Gr biblion] n. [BIBLIO + HOLISM] books, of books: habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess.
In article <ELCdnaR88t7Ak2vXnZ2dnUVZ_u6dn...@bresnan.com>,
"family" <briti...@bresnan.net> wrote: > "family" <briti...@bresnan.net> wrote in message > news:uZednVJhbJKMLWjXnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@bresnan.com... > *IF* is true what your are trying to tell us about not needing any kind or > type phone to set up a face-book account we should have one up and running > by Thanksgiving if not Christmas, or Hogmany at the very latest!
> BUT, and there always is a BUT, we are still having problems informing > face-book that we do not have any kind of mobile/cell phone, nor do we wish > to have any kind of face-book updates text messaged to us via any kind of > cell/mobile phone. > The response from face-book is still the same, NO wireless phone NO > face-book account.
> *FAMILY* connoisseurs of savant eccentricity.
Well, I'm even safer from them then. But Facebook DOES send unsolicited mail requesting "friending"(or whatever it's called) to non-members, whatever their claims. I have received such junk mail listing several names that look like real spammers tacked on to the name of a friend who once asked whether I was interested. I told him I preferred normal e-mail and he said he would respect my wishes. He was NOT responsible for the later spam from Facebook; they did it without any input from him. I asked him.
-- Erilar, biblioholic
bib-li-o-hol-ism [<Gr biblion] n. [BIBLIO + HOLISM] books, of books: habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire, and consume books in excess.
> Well, I'm even safer from them then. But Facebook DOES send unsolicited > mail requesting "friending"(or whatever it's called) to non-members, > whatever their claims. I have received such junk mail listing several > names that look like real spammers tacked on to the name of a friend who > once asked whether I was interested. I told him I preferred normal > e-mail and he said he would respect my wishes. He was NOT responsible > for the later spam from Facebook; they did it without any input from > him. I asked him.
I have my Facebook preferences set to *not* send me email. I get the usual messages on my Facebook page, suggesting "friends" and pages the 'bots think might interest me. They're sooo easy to ignore. I've heard there are ads on there, but AdBlockPlus keeps them from cluttering my page. -- Joanne stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
>Fran Read wrote: >>>>> Actually Wes, you're already on it! >>>>> Fran
>>>> Y'know -the second thing to go is the mind... >>>> Wes Struebing
>>> What's the first? >>> Dave in Toronto
>> Thanks heavens somebody asked! >> Fran
>Ah, Wes - the perfect straight men, but I won't spoil it for you. >Sue D.
Oh, be my guest! (evil snicker) --
Wes Struebing I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all. Homepage: www.carpedementem.org linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wesstruebing
Wes Struebing wrote: > On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:16:14 -0600, Lauradog <laura...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>> Fran Read wrote: >>>>>> Actually Wes, you're already on it! >>>>>> Fran >>>>> Y'know -the second thing to go is the mind... >>>>> Wes Struebing
>>>> What's the first? >>>> Dave in Toronto
>>> Thanks heavens somebody asked! >>> Fran
>> Ah, Wes - the perfect straight men, but I won't spoil it for you. >> Sue D.
> Oh, be my guest! (evil snicker) > --
> Wes Struebing > I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, > and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, > promising liberty and justice for all. > Homepage: www.carpedementem.org > linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wesstruebing
Hmm, let's see. The first thing to go .... um, I've forgotten. Sue D.
Well for the most part we have our facebook account up and running, within a couple of hours we had quite a diverse group of people wishing to become our friends. The real problem for us is that do not seem to be able to surf facebook, if that is the correct term to use, to find people of a similar interests. But total strangers do not seem to have any people what so ever in finding us and asking to be our new facebook friend. It is nothing at all like my-space, now we are not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
On Nov 9, 12:20 am, "family" <briti...@bresnan.net> wrote:
> Well for the most part we have our facebook account up and running, within a > couple of hours we had quite a diverse group of people wishing to become our > friends. > The real problem for us is that do not seem to be able to surf facebook, if > that is the correct term to use, to find people of a similar interests. > But total strangers do not seem to have any people what so ever in finding > us and asking to be our new facebook friend. > It is nothing at all like my-space, now we are not sure if that is a good > thing or a bad thing.
I don't.
I haven't "friended" anyone that I don't already know - I use Facebook to communicate with people I know, not to find new people.
using the email address which seems to be linked to your RAM posts, I tried to find you. fb doesn't have that email for you, so it didn't work!
To find the extended RAM community on fb, you need to invite one of the group to be a friend, and the rest of us will almost certainly follow along. Most of us, anyway.
Perhaps you have enough of RAM via usenet, so be it. To find "people of similar interests" my only suggestion is to use the "search" box in the upper right. Various possibilities come up - groups to join, things to become a "fan" of, et cetera. Looking at who posts to those pages might give you some ideas of who to reach out for.
-- A R Pickett aka Woodstock
"It's bad luck to be superstitious" Paul Phillips, Colorado Rockies catcher
> Well for the most part we have our facebook account up and running, within > a couple of hours we had quite a diverse group of people wishing to become > our friends. > The real problem for us is that do not seem to be able to surf facebook, > if that is the correct term to use, to find people of a similar interests. > But total strangers do not seem to have any people what so ever in finding > us and asking to be our new facebook friend. > It is nothing at all like my-space, now we are not sure if that is a good > thing or a bad thing.
> "family" <briti...@bresnan.net> wrote in message > news:uZednVJhbJKMLWjXnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@bresnan.com... > *IF* is true what your are trying to tell us about not needing any kind or > type phone to set up a face-book account we should have one up and running > by Thanksgiving if not Christmas, or Hogmany at the very latest!
> BUT, and there always is a BUT, we are still having problems informing > face-book that we do not have any kind of mobile/cell phone, nor do we wish > to have any kind of face-book updates text messaged to us via any kind of > cell/mobile phone. > The response from face-book is still the same, NO wireless phone NO > face-book account.
> *FAMILY* connoisseurs of savant eccentricity.
I don't know what you were signing up for when you thought that you were signing up for Facebook, but I'm pretty sure that it wasn't Facebook. (And if it really was "Face-book" or "face-book" that you signed up for, then I can tell you where your problem lies.)
Well there is or was a learning curve to facebook, but we seem to be very slowly understanding it. We will be looking for *RAM* members. Assuming of course that they post under their real name!
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