I have seen on the Internet and heard from friends that a great majority of people with Discover cards have been receiving a telemarketing call multiple times a day.
This call is from 866-290-4961. It’s an automatic dialer that rings the phone, if you pick up and say something it connects to a person, sometimes. This lets the telemarketer dial multiple numbers at one time and pick up the only calls that get a human response. Sometimes you will not get the telemarketer because they have all answered calls, so no one is available to answer.
Here is the rub, even if you ask them to remove you from the call list, they continue to call. You can even call Discover at their 800 number and while they will be very nice, telling you that they will remove you from the solicit list, it still does not get done. There are web sites with pages of complaints about the Discover telemarketers with rarely one that has a happy ending.
Maybe we can do something about it? Lets blog about it, discuss it, call Discover, tell a friend, stop using your Discover card.
If you want to complain here is the Discover customer privacy service number: 800-225-5202
Another year is gone. Another year with Vista problems, lack of updates, Microsoft not giving users good information.
I have not seen any good updates for the SigmaTel issue in the last 6 months, nor has Microsoft addressed them. Hopefully in the new year we will have a breakthrough with Vista SP1.
I subscribe to Lifehacker, but this article about accessing banned sites at work is in poor judgement and totally unethical.
If you’re (for whatever reason) blocked from viewing a particular web site, tech site WebStuffScan has posted a list of ten different strategies you can use to access the forbidden. A lot of this is familiar ground: convert the IP address, anonymous proxies, etc.
As an IT administrator I see this as a case of employees not doing their job in a work situation. I work very hard to enforce managements policies and report any misuse of company computers or resources. Having to watch other employees in a big brother manner is not a fun job, while it takes away from friendly interaction with others because they know you are watching them. It also takes away from other more important things that I could be doing to help these employees make their jobs easier.
It comes down to these basics in the workplace:
The company you work for for pays you a wage to do a job, not hack around company banned sites.
It has the right to restrict web usage, email and anything else it wants while you are at work or using company resources.
If you don’t like the policies of your workplace, either try to change those policies the the proper way through channels, or find another job that lets you goof off at banned sites.
The news media is getting pretty desperate when they have to send a producer into the Black Hat Convention in Las Vegas.
Threat Level reports that Dateline NBC has sent an undercover mole with a hidden camera to the DefCon hacker conference. Dateline is hoping to get videos of hackers talking about crimes they committed.
07/28/07: Because of newer information I’ve edited this post from it’s original form. This post now only includes links to my most recent posts that link directly to the different manufacturers of the SigmaTel drivers or to posts that deliver useful help from myself or others.
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The news media is getting pretty desperate when they have to send a producer into the Black Hat Convention in Las Vegas.
