A Cyber Rant!! When is ease not easy anymore

[thepainterdoug]

Thank you all for you sharing. I got thru a good deal but dont have time to see all

I am not going to go to the rocker quite yet. As a composer of songs and my music, I need to deal with all this garbage. Without the cell phone to recieve a 2 point authentication etc, I cannot work my software, cannot get upgrades etc, then nothing works.

the upgrades are insane yet without them things dont work. the serial numbers are insane as I demonsrated in the copyright instructions in my OP

I worked for quite some time with repeated failure to figure that one out and now its no longer good. getting the launch codes for the nuke arsonal has to be easier.

And everything needs to be backed up, needs to be saved, and where is the question? The Cloud? i still dont quite get that. Someone elses server has your material? Do I Print a hard copy? or Put on my desktop for easy access.

this is going to usher in the digital I D because it will be unavoidable not to have it. I will say, as bad as things are getting, I feel MUCH better that this deep state criminal gang with their weaponized justice dept was outed..

Im truly happy I have reached 70 years old. I would never want to be in my 20ies now and for way more reasons than this issue.

god bless all. great place Project Avalon

[Vicus]

For thepainterdoug

Sorry to bring this, but is just a new "danger" for your creativity, it is about that new "Enemy" : AI copy your music with some variation and then say that you copied AI...

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...=1#post1642758

[Vicus]

Internet WARP SPEED

After 2 0r 3 provider I stayed with my actual from 10 years or more, I really don't remember exactly how long...

They are inclusive today the best performance/price ,but...every year they try that you jump to the latest warp speed etc...

It is cable internet, and I still use the original equipment ( don't remember the name in English now...)

They send flyers with all the marvelous possibility : zillons TV channels,better download for everything,better performance for games,movies,sports,media work,you name it...

And then they call me...and I say always NO thanks...

My PC is 10 years old,BUT...I buy it in an internet PC shop where from a basis model/price you select, trough a special programmer
you can change some components like chip,Motherboard,graphic card,etc.

That resultant was the second best equipment at that moment! and today maybe need a new graphic card IF I still were using Windows, but from 1 year ago I don't...

With Linux Mint now maybe get another decade without needed some new components...

After many flops try, The internet company change the tactic and the next phone call is an old lady with silk voice and try the old
game " but my sweet boy, why you don't like the spinach soup? it is in your benefit "...

At that moment remember that old say... Be docile like a dove... but wise as serpents!

I don't wanted to spit a "conspiracy theorist" rant (knowing that this interview will be recorded...)
Like I don't watch TV from the moment I got internet, etc

I just tell her with my best calm and seductive voice: Why I don't need the new superpower speed?

"to be sincere with you... the golden time for plane joes and janes with internet is OVER!
... because today you must pay for every thing... you cant download free anything!
What you offer me is only interesting for people who work with media , film, games, publicity,etc

I don't...

First she was speechless ... then she thanks me for my sincerity and let me in peace...

That was 3 years ago...no more phone calls...

[Vicus]

You tube adds

This gonna be a question for U.S. citizens, because from there came that program.

Everybody remember movies like Blade runner, and such sci-fi scenarios...where publicity was everywhere, not only on building surfaces but at home too...
And today sadly is reality...Alexa,siri, your talking fridge, your talking car, every THiNG try to tell you what and how to do...not laughing anymore...

Everybody here grow found of internet because the infinite possibility to achieve knowledge ,among other things ...but now...

You cant watch movies, documentations at all... everything is loaded with many adds...include a concert or just a song...WTF!

All of that is simple an attack to our cognition! NO relax, NO knowledge acquisition allowed , nothing BUT CONSUME!

And please don't come now with this or that trick to avoid this ATTACK ...

My question is simple: isn't there any law protection for consumer? in the land of the ( alleged) free?

Or we just have to accept this "reality" per se... because is already too late and the only expected from us is "welcome to the machine!"

[Michel Leclerc]

A good idea is to constitute a library. Not the one hundred books one has “liked” in one’s life (and not thrown away: I have a neighbour who buys one book a month, reads it then throws it away) – but: (a good quantity to start with) the one thousand one feels are necessary. Those one thousand one may not “read“, but consult. So deciding which ones will belong to one’s library is in itself a major part of the self-educating experience.

Unless one does so – why bother in the first place about what the Powers of Emasculation are planning with us? One solution to temptation has always been succumbing to it.

[Michi]

Posted by Vicus (here)
You tube adds

This gonna be a question for U.S. citizens, because from there came that program.

Everybody remember movies like Blade runner, and such sci-fi scenarios...where publicity was everywhere, not only on building surfaces but at home too...
And today sadly is reality...Alexa,siri, your talking fridge, your talking car, every THiNG try to tell you what and how to do...not laughing anymore...

Everybody here grow found of internet because the infinite possibility to achieve knowledge ,among other things ...but now...

You cant watch movies, documentations at all... everything is loaded with many adds...include a concert or just a song...WTF!

All of that is simple an attack to our cognition! NO relax, NO knowledge acquisition allowed , nothing BUT CONSUME!

And please don't come now with this or that trick to avoid this ATTACK ...

My question is simple: isn't there any law protection for consumer? in the land of the ( alleged) free?

Or we just have to accept this "reality" per se... because is already too late and the only expected from us is "welcome to the machine!"

I am not a US citizen but would like to give here my 10 cents.

The conundrum with that endless commercial ads "enforcement" is the following:

Those tech companies protect themselves legaly with their "Terms of Service" aka TOS to which customers are forced to agree (to their "usage" terms), in order to use their services.

And - by the way - concerning ad blocking - increasingly, web sites are locking out those who are using "ad blockers".

[Vicus]

Posted by Michel Leclerc (here)
A good idea is to constitute a library. Not the one hundred books one has “liked” in one’s life (and not thrown away: I have a neighbour who buys one book a month, reads it then throws it away) – but: (a good quantity to start with) the one thousand one feels are necessary. Those one thousand one may not “read“, but consult. So deciding which ones will belong to one’s library is in itself a major part of the self-educating experience.

Unless one does so – why bother in the first place about what the Powers of Emasculation are planning with us? One solution to temptation has always been succumbing to it.

Michel, you miss total the point here... reed this Thread title again...

From the moment I could read (very, very early...) never EVER needed to told what to reed or where to purchase the books... I got my own library...

For me internet was never about books,I barely reed 3 capitels from somebody,that's all,isn't my favorite medium for that...or was OK for short comment and later I buy that book (from books shop,not Amazon and their similar ...)

For me is about all the interesting people talking about whatever theme I found worth of my time...and music ,concerts,and maybe some rare movie, that is...

And maybe some people with some knowledge on themes what this Thread is about take a look at and can say something savvy on questions that I and neither you don't know ...

[RunningDeer]

Doug, my spidey senses say you can relate to this.
Shout out to Tintin.

Posted by Tintin (here)
Oh yes, we've all been here

PASSWORD PROBLEMS :

WINDOWS: Please enter your new password.

USER: cabbage

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must be more than 8 characters.

USER: boiled cabbage

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain 1 numerical character.

USER: 1 boiled cabbage

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot have blank spaces.

USER: 50bloodyboiledcabbages

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password must contain at least one uppercase character.

USER: 50BLOODYboiledcabbages

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot use more than one uppercase character consecutively.

USER: 50BloodyBoiledCabbagesYouStupidIdiotGiveMeAccessNow!

WINDOWS: Sorry, the password cannot contain punctuation.

USER : IWillHuntYouDown50BloodyBoiledCabbagesYouStupidIdiotGiveMeAccessNow

WINDOWS: Sorry, that password is already in use.

Posted by thepainterdoug (here)
When is the easy of our modern world no longer easy?

I write this with a degree of frustration inspired by some recent events I have been involved
{snip}
And how bout this below!  the copyright on line site rules for a password/

 We’re sorry, but the password you have chosen does not meet the Library of Congress password policy requirements. Please review the following and try again.

Password requirements:
1. A password must contain at least sixteen (16) characters, including at least three (3) of the following types of characters:
• Uppercase letters (A-Z)
• Lowercase letters (a-z)
• Numbers (0-9)
• Special characters(~!@#$%^&*_-+=`|\(){}[]:;”‘<>,.?/)
2. A password cannot contain three of the same characters. For example, it cannot contain the word “eerie” because the letter “e” is used three times in this word.
3. A password cannot be changed more than once per day (24 hours)
4. You must change your password every sixty (60) days or when prompted by the system.
5. When you change your password, you cannot use any of the eleven (11) most recently used passwords for your eCO user account./

And Im dyslexic to boot.

This was an incredible journey towards a shot or two of Tequila  .  And the password is only valid for a set time of two months , then start it all over again!  WOW! 

Everyone is on their phone, including me.  I am caught in a cyber web world.  I cannot think clear, cannot find the right conditions for creativity which is what I do as an Artist and Songwriter. Perhaps I have been" opted "for extinction?{snip}
pd