LifeLock - Government Sanctioned Rackateering

LifeLock is not really a company that is always monitoring your identity. About all it can do is query the credit reporting companys for inquiories made against your social security number. I have a service through my bank (USAA) which will do the same thing for a lot less money then LifeLock.

I really think with the comericials they are really playing on individuals fears, which I hate more than any other sales tactic.

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Consider for a moment the small print that appears on the bottom of the screen during their comercial. No commentary here, judge for yourself....

• No one can prevent all identity theft
• Checking and savings account takeover alerts require LifeLock Ultimate membership
• Network does not cover all transactions and scope may vary
• No one can prevent all identity theft
• Guarantee applies only if you become an ID theft victim because of a failure in our identity theft service. Restrictions apply. See LifeLock.com for details. Due to New York State law restrictions this LifeLock service guarantee cannot be offered to residents of New York.

Organizations which play of individual's fears in order to make money is nothing short of rackateering. LifeLock.com is the MOB operating as a corporation.

Today's Caption: Soldier at Sunrise

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Solider at sunrise....

BS Alert

So I'm hanging with friends on Saturday and a guy who was known to some in the group but not to myself join and started talking... and talking... and talking.

The level of BS this guy was spreading was so accute that I had to check to see if I had boots on to protect my feet.

One layer of the crap was a story about a friend of his, who was married with three kids, joined the army after 9-11. The guy was thirty-eaight years old when he joined and turned forty in basic training.

First of all, the cut-off age for joining the military is 35. Second, you can't be a private in the army if you are married with three kids (the max is two, they do this for economic reasons). Finally, the guy would not have spent two years in basic training.

Anyway, that was just one part of my weekend.....

KFC 70 Charger R/T–Commercial

Anyone else notice how dirty the dashboard is?

Hard to believe anyone who cares for a car that looks this good would have such a dirty dashboard.

Cool Car

The Sergeant who Killed Civilians

I was once a solider. Served my country on every continent on the planet except Australia.

The act of one who followed in my and other’s footsteps to serve in the forces which protect this country and it’s way of life saddens me.

Let’s take a look at what should now happen.

We have no Status of Forces agreement with Afghanistan. Those are treaties with countries where US service members serve.

For example, in Germany, if a soldier gets a speeding ticket then he or she has to pay the ticket to the governing German agency. If they were to rob a bank, the status of forces agreement allows the United States to take custody of the individual and they face courts governed by the United States.  Everything is spelled out in the treaty.

If we had a situation where an Afghan soldier were stationed at Fort Bliss, TX and he ran amuck killing US citizens we would want to process the individual according to US law.

To save lives from retaliation for what this “sergeant” did we must hand the person over to Afghanistan TODAY so he can face the consequences for his actions.

No it isn’t fair when you consider what we believe is fair and just; and you know what is going to happen to this guy.

We have to do this.

If we are the ones who believe in the order of law and justice then let us show the world that we respect local laws and international treaties.

Status of forces agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Impact Smart Hard Drives

OK… it’s a Friday night and I (like my fellow geeks) are at home watching The Big Bang Theory.

A commercial comes on… a computer maker is going insure the security of the world by making sure their laptops have (get this) “Impact Smart Hard Drives”.

I started wondering if they meant that the hard drive was smart enough to know when it had encountered an impact or if it just knew the definition of the word “impact”.

I would hope that technology companies would refrain from misleading the public about (of all things) the capabilities of the technologies they sell.

Why don’t they say “shock resistant” or something like that.

Save the world… don’t drop your laptop

Veterans | LinkedIn

This is perhaps the best job searching avenue I’ve ever seen for veterans.

When I got out we had the opportunity to go through some transition classes and stuff, interview with potential employers. But the opportunities were fairly limited to blue-collar jobs like truck driver or janitorial services. Not that there is anything wrong with those jobs, but after 20 years or so in the Signal Corps working with digital communications equipment my skill set didn’t exactly match the ready made employment opportunities.

This opportunity on LinkedIn is perfect.

I encourage all individuals who served our country to take advantage of the great search tool LinkedIn has provided for us.

It has monster or any other job search engine beat.

Veterans | LinkedIn