| Sunday,
July 2, 2000
I'm sure you've seen this already, but here's the
DNS record for the spammers. A reverse lookup on the phone number leads to
ALICIA COLELLA 175 STANDISH DR ORMOND BEACH FL 32176
(904) 441-7268
Which looks like a nice neighborhood.
You can see a map at http://adp.infousa.com/cgi-bin/map/ADP/mqcustomconnect.cgi?link=map
&;icontitles=yes&;POI1iconid=31&;POI1name=ALICIA+COLELLA
&;level=9&;POI1streetaddress=175+STANDISH
+DR&;POI1city=ORMOND+BEACH&;POI1state=FL&;POI1phone=(904)441-7268&;POI1zip=32176
DNS RECORD:
Registrant: Richard Marx (CYBERCASHGUYS-DOM) 176
Standish Dr Ormond Bch, FL 32176 US
Domain Name: CYBERCASHGUYS.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone
Contact, Billing Contact: Marx, Richard (RMZ360) bizoption@HOTMAIL.COM 176
Standish Dr Ormond Beach, FL 32176 904-441-7268 (FAX) 904-441-7268
Record last updated on 02-Jun-2000. Record expires
on 29-May-2001. Record created on 29-May-2000. Database last updated on
29-Jun-2000 19:05:10 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
CONSULTANTS-4-U.COM 63.236.214.101 NS2.DYNU.COM
198.144.10.166
Pity I don't live in Florida. Thanks!
Jerry, my suggestion for your issue with photos
would be to download IrfanView 32. It does thumbnails, is a nifty little
program, and is only a 466K download. It's on CMPNet's Filemine.
http://www.filemine.com/filedownload?fileid=207041
<http://www.filemine.com/filedownload?fileid=207041>
IrfanView 3.17
The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple
(animated) GIF support. One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with
Multipage TIFF support. The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple
ICO support. Features: Thumbnails, Preview, Drag &; Drop Support, fast
Directory View (fast moving through directory), Print Support, Scan
(TWAIN) Support, Slideshow, Batch conversion, change the color depth,
audio CD player, Capturing, Cut/Crop, Effects (Blur, Sharpen etc.) and
many many more ...
Tracy Walters, Networking Rocky Mountain Technology
Group
You're right, of course. Now that I'm home I can
do stuff like that, and I should have thought of it while I was in
NYC. But I did get a program that seems to have worked. It does no
harm to remind people of Irfan again. Thanks.
I have to say that is one confusing page to
figure out how to GET the program. Why do people do that? But GetRight is
after it now...
Here's another trying to drive me mad:
Received: from nandomail.com (1Cust60.tnt30.lax3.da.uu.net [63.25.201.60])
by kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA10905;
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 01:54:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: <jeffreystein9879@angelfire.com>
Subject: Re: Home Improvement
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 01:45:24
Message-Id: <528.328930.632982@angelfire.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
X-UIDL: f199ebacba47c98e73a4cbc8a6d3ce8b
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This horrible person sends me a dozen a day,
sometimes several an hour. He is clearly determined to continue. I wish
him ill, which is uncharitable, but it is hard to find much compassion for
a creature like this.
Jerry,
I collect fax header sheets with such
confidentiality statements, thanks for posting the one you received. My
favorite is from an un-named federal government agency in San Diego. When
I called the voice number on the fax to tell them it went astray, they
hung up on me because I didn't know the secret handshake. ;)
A bit more seriously, you don't have to treat
anything with more "info security" than the owners exhibit. If
they fax it or put it out into the Internet, that pretty much blows any
claim of confidentiality.
Today's Tip. This from our local San Diego computer
show on AM760. Search on google.com for "connection speed"
Click on the first listing returned, which is on the
MSN web site. The resulting connection will measure your speed of line
connection for that session. I just got 516.5 Kbps and 63.3 Kbytes/sec for
my Road Runner cable modem.
jim dodd jimdodd@tcubed.net
I hate you. Well, I don't, but I sure wish
I had cable modem. Or DSL. Or... Although I have to say I have not been
dropped for HOURS today.
Dear Dr. Pournelle,
High phone rates extend even into military temporary
quarters. The USAF Air Education and Training Command negotiated what
seems to be one of the worst ever phone contracts for all AETC bases,
including these two gems:
Direct dial long distance (conus): $.70 surcharge,
$.35 first minute, $.21 each additional minute. 1-800 numbers and calling
card calls - $.35 per call
There used to be a $.35 per call charge for
"digital calls", but enforcement was spotty and the phone lines
are of such amazingly poor quality (I'm lucky to get connected at 12000 on
most bases) so this charge was eventually dropped. The charge that really
annoys people is the per-call fee for 1-800 and calling card calls.
Ths is not as bad as $1/min, but you'd think an
organization with a few hundred thousand employees could negotiate a
better contract. Adding insult to injury of course, the phone instructions
have a page dedicated to comparing this fee structure to the worst-case
AT&;T and MCI rates. A 10 minute call still costs $2.94, which is 29.4
minutes on my cell phone.
I have a sprint digital PCS cell phone that includes
$.10/min anywhere in the country (no long distance charges) so I don't use
my room phone for anything but free local calls. I pay $30/month and get
300 minutes from anywhere with digital service to anywhere in the country
with no other fees at all. I purchased my cell phone and laptop computer
specifically for temporary duty assignments, and while they haven't quite
paid for themselves, at least I'm giving my money to people who aren't
price gouging me.
Sean Long
From: Stephen M. St. Onge saintonge@hotmail.com
Subject: News Item and Trent Telenko's letter
Dear Jerry:
It's a good thing you're a paranoid old man, and all
this talk of the death of the Republic and the birth of Empire is
nonsense, otherwise the following news item would worry me : http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200007192.shtml
(linked from Drudge report)
Of course, I know perfectly well we have nothing to
worry about. The govt. would never misuse that information, all
politicians are trustworthy, and I am Marie of Romania.
I may respond at some length ("I knew it,"
I hear you sigh) to Trent Telenko's analysis of missile defense, but the
short answer to the objection that ABMs won't protect against threat X is,
"OK, we'll build the ABM system and something to deal with X
too." As I said in a previous letter (http://www.jerrypournelle.com/mail/mail104.html),
the question is "Which Side Are You On?" The people desperate to
stop a missile defense system are on our enemy's side.
Best, St. Onge
P.S. Congrats on surviving the trip. Good to have
you back. Hope we see MAMELUKES soon, as well as the new "Lord Kalvin"
From: Edward Hume <ehume@pshrink.com> Date:
Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:23:33 -0400 Subj: 1943 Job Standards and Rules for
Hiring Women
1943 Job Standards and Rules for Hiring Women
======================================
These are interesting rules.... The following is an
excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine. This was
serious and written for male supervisors of women in the work force during
World War II - a mere 57 years ago! For those of you with efficiency
issues, pay attention to #8.
Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women
Employees:
There's no longer any question whether transit
companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and
manpower shortage has settled that point. The important things now are to
select the most efficient women available and how to use them to the best
advantage. Here are eleven helpful tips on the subject from Western
Properties:
1. Pick young married women. They usually have more
of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters, they're less
likely to be flirtatious, they need the work or they wouldn't be doing it,
they still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the
public efficiently.
2. When you have to use older women, try to get ones
who have worked outside the home at some time in their lives. Older women
who have never contacted the public have a hard time adapting themselves
and are inclined to be cantankerous and fussy. It's always well to impress
upon older women the importance of friendliness and courtesy.
3. General experience indicates that
"husky" girls - those who are just a little on the heavy side -
are more even tempered and efficient than their underweight sisters.
4. Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a
special physical examination - one covering female conditions. This step
not only protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but
reveals whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses which would
make her mentally or physically unfit for the job.
5. Stress at the outset the importance of time - the
fact that a minute or two lost here and there makes serious inroads on
schedules. Until this point is gotten across, service is likely to be
slowed up.
6. Give the female employee a definite day-long
schedule of duties so that they'll keep busy without bothering the
management for instructions every few minutes. Numerous properties say
that women make excellent workers when they have their jobs cut out for
them, but that they lack initiative in finding work themselves.
7. Whenever possible, let the inside employee change
from one job to another at some time during the day. Women are inclined to
be less nervous and happier with change.
8. Give every girl an adequate number of rest
periods during the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine
psychology. A girl has more confidence and is more efficient if she can
keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several
times a day.
9. Be tactful when issuing instructions or in making
criticisms. Women are often sensitive; they can't shrug off harsh words
the way men do. Never ridicule a woman - it breaks her spirit and cuts off
her efficiency.
10. Be reasonably considerate about using strong
language around women. Even though a girl's husband or father may swear
vociferously, she'll grow to dislike a place of business where she hears
too much of this.
11. Get enough size variety in operator's uniforms
so that each girl can have a proper fit. This point can't be stressed too
much in keeping women happy.
Windows 2000: CARDS.DLL SHELL32.DLL MSVCRT.DLL
ADVAPI32.DLL KERNEL32.DLL GDI32.DLL USER32.DLL
Windows NT 4.0/SP6a: CARDS.DLL SHELL32.DLL
MSVCRT.DLL KERNEL32.DLL GDI32.DLL USER32.DLL
Windows 98se: CARDS SHELL (may or not be aliased to
SHELL32.DLL) KERNEL (aliased to KERNEL32.DLL) USER (aliased to USER32.DLL)
GDI (aliased to GDI32.DLL)
I do not have a Windows 95 or Windows 3.1x system
running right now/here to look at...
John G. Ruff.
Thanks. That did it. I copied all those files
over to Armadillo to a FOO directory, then went into DOS mode (to avoid
sharing errors) and copied them all into WINDOWS/SYSTEM and now Frecell
works again. Thanks.
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