INFREQUENT POSTINGS

I am infrequently posting on this blogsite, and I may eventually discontinue this site.  However, I will leave it in place until further notice.

I am posting on my other blogsite, no-spin-talk.blogspot.com which is basically a political blog.  The goal of the blog is to encourage people to use their brains and not base their political leanings on "snippets" of "sound bites."

There is an important election coming up soon in the United States, and we do not want to vote for someone just because they have good public relations management, or that they are cute, charming, witty, makes good speeches, and lies well, but that we have diligently applied the effort to decide if they are qualified to fill the positions they are hoping to fill in our government. 

We, the people, decide who goes into our offices of government.  Take this job seriously! 

AND WE WONDER WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

I received this in an email, and I decided to c&p it to this blogsite.

These are real notes written by parents in the Memphis school district ....
Spellings have been left intact...
 
1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him. 2. Please exkuce Lisa for being absent she was sick and I had her shot. 3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.
4. Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating.
5. Please excuse Roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip. 
6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.
7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football.   He was hurt in the growing part.
8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.
9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.
10. Please excuse ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels
11. Please excuse Lesli from being absent yesterday. She had  diahre   dyrea   direathe the shits.
12. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak.
13. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.
14. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.
15. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don't know what size she wear.
16. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday. We thought it was Sunday.
17. Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral.
18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the marines.
19. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.
20. Please excuse Mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.
21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.
22. Please excuse Brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor.
23. Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sorethroat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever a n sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever.  There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for their our kids.

 

 

MALWARE/SPYWARE 101

I have been hacked three times on FACEBOOK.  When I say "hacked," I mean that "suspicious" people, with no friends, have invaded my Facebook page and initiated a "chat" with me.  I checked my "friends" and found them there.  I immediately "defriended" them.  How did they become my friends without my permission?  Malware!

I have been attacked by an "Ad-Ware" virus which constantly threw up "Pop-Up Ads," and also hindered other aspects of my computer.  I could not uninstall this program myself and had to hire two support guys to clean-up my computer, which took them three hours as the "took over" my computer.  I watched as they went through numerous maneuvers to accomplish getting rid of this malware.

If support people can "take over" a person's computer to change all sorts of things, so can hackers.

No long after, I lost the ability to gain access to the Internet directly.  However, I could go through Google to get on the Internet, so I knew it was still there but unattainable.  This time, I checked my programs and found several programs that the names began with Tong.  I was able to uninstall this myself, and when I re-booted my computer, the ability to directly access the Internet was magically back in place.

Recently, Fox News reported on hackers gaining access to the US Naval Internet System, and later reported on "Data Random" malware where hackers can gain access to data, and hold it for ransom to obtain money.  Sounds like something out of a movie.  No?

Readers need to become more paranoid and "educated" about about increasing malware problems that are creating havoc for people who use the Internet.  The following is a "MUST READ" interesting article copied and pasted from a website: 
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/antivirusantispyware/a/malware101.htm
This link also provides another link on how to rid a computer from malware and keep it clean.
 http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/antivirusantispyware/a/malware101_2.htm

HACKERS CAN REMOTE CONTROL YOUR COMPUTER

To gain access to my computer, I have a very difficult password and a picture password to enter my computer.  I have McAfee and Malwarebites software installed to catch viruses, trojans, worms, and other malware to ward off computer problems.

In spite of having security software in place, I recently had a computer problem that I could not straighten out myself, and I had to pay some support people to clean up my computer.  This was the first time I became aware that my computer could be taken over by someone from a remote location.  It was as if the support people were sitting in front of my computer, and I watched them work for three hours to straighten it out.  It was spooky! 

Their ability to gain access to my computer from a remote location intrigued me.  I "googled" this question:  "How can support people take over my computer?"  A lot of possible websites popped up from my search question.  One of them is Teamviewer.com.  This is a company that offers software to legitimate companies to enable employees to remotely access their own company computers from home, or some other remote location, and also to access other employee's computers for "team work."  I would assume that permission is granted by all the computers involved in the company.  However, I am sure this would be a minor obstacle to a hacker.

It wasn't long before I developed another problem with my computer.  I could not access MSN Internet.  I could go through Google to gain access, but the Internet icon would not work, and a lot of my apps use MSN to connect me to the Internet.  I tried a lot of things to restore MSN Internet without success.

Finally, I checked my files and found that I had about eight (8) program files, with recent dates, and began with the word TONG, and I had not downloaded them myself.  It appeared to be programs dealing with children's education and originated from China.  I noticed the dates, and they were installed in my computer about the time I lost the MSN Internet.  I deleted all of them plus some others that I did not want, and magically the MSN Internet reappeared.

These TONG programs would not be classified as malware, is why it was not caught by my security software.  It appears that someone simply installed these programs directly into my computer without my permission.

I am blogging this to warn people to be hyper-viligant to any problems they encounter in their computers.  The hackers have become so smart, I predict that in the near future, we will not be able to use our personal computers.  

MENTAL MALADY: BORDERLINE PERSONALITY

I will describe a mental malady called "Borderline Personality Disorder."  Many people in our society suffer from this disorder.  Most "drama queens" in our society suffer from his disorder.  This term is misleading, because it seems to apply only to women.  However, there are many men who are "drama kings" as well.  This is a very complex disorder, so I will only address a few symptoms:

• A person who creates chaos in all relationships
• Someone who seems to carry a "chip" on their shoulder, with antennas that pick up on anything they might take offense to
• You have to "walk on egg shells' around them, or you will get embroiled in a fight
• They sometimes blatantly hurt people's feelings, but most of the time they simply make "snide remarks," hoping that their victim will respond so that a fight can ensue
• They "rain on everyone's parade" that has any tye of relationship with them
• They think that a day that runs smoothly without chaos is a "boring day."
• Consciously or unconsciously, they thrive on chaos, because life becomes exciting, even if they get hurt or other people get hurt in the process
• Sometimes, jealously is part of the package, but most of the time, they simply find that being mean gets them attention and creates excitement
• They play the victim role, are very manipulative, and can fool others until they truly get to know them
• They have absolutely no insight to their behavior, and everything that is wrong is blamed on other people.

Some psychiatrists think that there are no drugs that will help this disorder, but recent research has discovered some drugs that will alleviate some of the symptoms.

The people who suffer from this disorder not only ruins their own lives, but they impact everyone around them in a negative way, and drives many people into depression who must deal with them.

I write this blog about this subject so that anyone who has to deal with someone who suffers from this disorder may be able to label their behavior.  Since BPD people are so manipulative, they sometimes convince the victims that it really is their fault that the relationship does not work.

I hope someone reading this will have an "Aha moment" and say to themselves, "It's not me!  It's them!"

DRAMA QUEENS AND OTHER MEAN PEOPLE

I would speculate that everyone reading this blog is constantly searching for happiness. Who would be actively searching for meaness and chaos in their lives?  While all of us can control our own tempers, attitudes, etc. that contributes to our own unhappiness; what can a person do with the "drama queens" and other mean people in our lives; those who are constantly "raining on our parade." Most people would advise us to simply stay away from them or to ignore them; however, what if you are in a position that makes that absolutely impossible, and you know that you are destined to a life-time of misery due to the antics of "drama queens?"

 

If you confront them, it only makes them more determined to attack you. It is like throwing gasoline on a raging fire. Their actions should be equated with physical murder. Physical murder kills the body while "drama queens" and other mean people kills the souls of other people with mental murder, and sometimes drives other people to wish they were physically dead.

 

How can you win with people who are destined to make your life as unhappy as theirs?  I wish I had the answer.  They are mentally ill, and until they recognize they are, and take action themselves, they will continue their dysfunctional behavior.  These people usually suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder, a mental disease.  See the next blog for the day to describe a person suffering from this malady.

NEW POLITICAL BLOG SITE

I have started another blog:  No-Spin-Talk.com
I will blog about political matters.  Check it out at the link above.