Lost in a Lost World (Page 18)

ghostgeek: Be careful what you type. Computer screens are watching you.

ghostgeek: Someone could be watching you through your webcam, without you even realising. We don’t mean to unduly alarm you, but unsecured cameras on your computer could provide a malicious hacker with a direct window into your life. And once they’ve watched you for long enough, chances are they’ll try their luck blackmailing you with something they’ve seen.

[ https://metro.co.uk/2017/05/31/is-someone-watching-you-through-your-webcam-6675418/ ]

ghostgeek: Paranoia knows no bounds.

Fractured fairy tale: Yeah Shore does , Speaking of mark Zuckerberg if you look at the Computers at Face Book Headquaters all the web cams are taped off , Yeah they love Spruking how wonderfull every thing is going to be , But they never warn you about the pitfalls , Funny about that
lol

ghostgeek: When you're invited into a hell bedecked with holly, expect a few prickles.

Zanjan: Ghost: "they’ll try their luck blackmailing you with something they’ve seen."

Bad hair? Who'd buy a shot of that? When the camera is on, it has lights on the side to let you know it's active.

Zanjan: Notice to all Publishing Houses::::::Get your heads out of the sand!!

It's been a while since I've gone strolling through corridors looking for a book. The quest is made almost impossible when each cover sports the giant, glaring name of the author spread over 3/4 of the surface. Then there, in tiny print near the bottom, hiding amongst the bushes in the illustration is the title of the book.

Get this clear. When I go to the store, I'm aiming to buy objects, not people!

ghostgeek: We live in a world fixated on names. It doesn't matter how useless the body behind the name is, if the name is one everyone has heard of, eyes sparkle.

chronology: Zan. Curiously you never see that with the classics. War and Peace, Anna Kerenina, Crime and Punishment, etc always leed with the titles.

Zanjan: Got a thing for Russians?
I think the reason you didn't see that with classics is they were copyrighted before people tried to make a living from their art.

chronology: The Russians are the deepest people I have ever read zan. Really deep.

Zanjan: Then again, one can go a bit overboard and write for reasons other than the reader's enjoyment. IMO, Dr. Zhivago is the one case where the movie was much better than the book. I'm not a fan of plunging into the snows of meandering wordiness sans wisdom. Realistically, there should be the odd chuckle.

ghostgeek: It's always nice to see how the mighty aren't really so mighty after all:

Thieves have stolen electronic equipment from a Russian military aircraft known as a "doomsday plane" for its role in the country's nuclear arsenal, local media report.

Reports say unknown thieves broke into the Ilyushin Il-80 plane at an airfield in the southern region of Rostov.

It is unclear when the incident took place, but 39 units of equipment and five radio boards were taken.

The local government said an investigation was under way.

Military experts say the aircraft is one of four Il-80s designed to be used as airborne command posts for Russian officials, including the president, in the event of a nuclear conflict. Interfax news agency describes them as among Russia's most classified aircraft.

[ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55229438 ]

ghostgeek: Makes me wonder what else is walking out the door in Putin's backyard.

Zanjan: Well, that's certainly embarrassing for Russia. I'm surprised this news wasn't censored and the event covered up. Looks like a step forward in transparency. Happy day.

ghostgeek: Not such a happy day on another front:

Russia claimed global bragging rights when it announced the development of Sputnik V in August but it was greeted with trepidation by the global medical community, partly due to the speed of its creation at the Gamaleya Institute, and also the fact that it had not been tested in a large-scale medical trial.

But experts within Russia also had doubts. After being given regulatory approval, a survey in August by the medical app Spravochnik Vracha (Doctor's Directory) found over half (52 percent) would refuse to take the vaccine compared with a quarter (25 percent) who were willing to take it.

[ https://www.newsweek.com/russia-putin-sputnik-v-coronavirus-vaccine-kremlin-1553136 ]

ghostgeek: Still, there's been an allergy warning over the Covid-19 vaccine. Some people are being advised not to have it.

Zanjan: That's true with all vaccines. When you get the regular flu shot, you're asked to wait 15 minutes before you can leave in case of an allergic response. With the Pfizer vaccine being administered now, there's been two allergic reactions - those were in highly sensitive people who carried around an EpiPen. By the way, they're ok.

Fractured fairy tale: Mabye they were alergic to stem cells of aborted foetus"s . Wheres the Ani Abortion lobby in all this .
Or mabye the people had a Soul

Fractured fairy tale: I love the way Russia named there Vaccine after a Satalight . What they think it came from outa space

ghostgeek: Roll up to my doctors for the flu jab and it's in quick and out even quicker. No nonsense about asking you to wait around afterwards even five minutes, let alone fifteen. As I was told, it's a conveyor belt.

ghostgeek: You get a dose of Sputnik V and maybe you go into orbit.

Fractured fairy tale: I had a flu shot a few years ago . They went on with the 15min rule . Held hostage till the time elapsed

ghostgeek: First time I've ever heard of that rule. Over here they want to get you out the door as fast as possible, probably in case something happens.

Fractured fairy tale: LOL yeah probably . I donno if its just here or everywhere I only ever had one