Post by: night force cynic on January 12, 2008, 06:55:22 PM
I'm guessing the attendee list for The Meet is going to be way more than ever before and I'm damn curious how many people on this board are actually making the trip.
Post by: xhairs on January 12, 2008, 07:08:23 PM
Post by: morgardee on January 12, 2008, 08:02:50 PM
Post by: Deadshot on January 12, 2008, 08:05:48 PM
Quote from: "morgardee"
I"ll be there.
Aye Ditto for me.
Post by: Snake Charmer on January 12, 2008, 08:26:00 PM
Post by: Blazinryan on January 12, 2008, 09:50:34 PM
-Blazin
Post by: BHMike on January 12, 2008, 10:39:35 PM
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7289495987 (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7289495987)
Post by: xhairs on January 13, 2008, 06:11:35 PM
Post by: grunt 4 mvp on January 13, 2008, 06:50:46 PM
Post by: Radio Guy on January 13, 2008, 08:47:24 PM
Post by: night force cynic on January 13, 2008, 09:03:21 PM
Post by: BHMike on January 13, 2008, 09:44:32 PM
Quote from: "night force cynic"
I don't have a facebook either nor will I ever have one. I have a myspace and its ridiculous enough, the facebook is just one "look at me, look at me" site for 'networking' on.
You have no clue how so very very wrong you are.
It is NOT a MySpace, and the privacy options you set on your account per user is phenomenal.
Don't judge it - until you've used it.
You'd be very shocked to find out how thrilled you are to use it over MySpace - or anything for that matter.
Post by: Stealth Viper on January 13, 2008, 09:46:38 PM
I would think that doing anything "official" regarding the meet or the site exclusively on facebook is an inherently bad idea.
Post by: BHMike on January 13, 2008, 09:55:12 PM
Quote from: "Stealth Viper"
I have a facebook account, although I rarely use it. Doesn't impress me, and the security implications it presents from a personal information point of view are questionable, to say the least.
I would think that doing anything "official" regarding the meet or the site exclusively on facebook is an inherently bad idea.
I wouldn't do anything 'exclusively' on it - just maybe leak a preview picture or outline picture there before here. ;-)
Not that I've done that or anything...... :shifty:
Post by: Stealth Viper on January 13, 2008, 10:08:32 PM
Here's what I meant.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/22/fa ... ct-future/ (http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/22/facebook-will-use-profiles-to-target-ads-predict-future/)
This is scary as well:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/08 ... _security/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/08/facebook_security/)
"Beacon" is a good example of Facebook's motives.
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/11/fac ... beaco.html (http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/11/facebooks-beaco.html)
Also, this shows how stupid the average facebook user is in terms of security.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/fac ... 08684.html (http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/facebook-security-loophole-warning/2007/10/28/1192941408684.html)
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/147313.html (http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/147313.html)
So while *YOU* may be careful, the people you a have on your friends list may not be - so if their accounts get exploited, then the exploiter has access to YOUR profile as well.
Facebook is in this to make money. They make money off of selling your personal information and habits.
See here:
http://avilesnews.blogspot.com/2008/01/ ... users.html (http://avilesnews.blogspot.com/2008/01/facebook-continues-to-sell-out-users.html)
They also reserve the right to do something like this without prior notice:
http://the.ricethresher.org/opinion/200 ... violations (http://the.ricethresher.org/opinion/2006/09/15/facebook_privacy_violations)
Some more info regarding their policies, and how they work AGAINST you in terms of privacy:
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Here is some corresponding legalese about cookies from the Facebook privacy policy:
?Advertisements that appear on Facebook are sometimes delivered (or ?served?) directly to users by third party advertisers. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. These third party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other technologies such as JavaScript and ?web beacons? (also known as ?1?1 gifs?) to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Doing this allows the advertising network to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. In this way, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. Facebook does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertisers. Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on Facebook unless you choose to share it with them.
This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by Facebook and does not cover the use of cookies or other tracking technologies by any of its advertisers. ?
Now you might ask: isn?t that some kind of breach of contract? Well, according to their terms of service, Facebook can do pretty much anything with your information that it wants.
?By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.?
http://bokardo.com/archives/facebooks-b ... il-design/ (http://bokardo.com/archives/facebooks-brilliant-but-evil-design/)
Post by: xhairs on January 13, 2008, 10:39:47 PM
Post by: Scramble on January 13, 2008, 10:58:19 PM
I'll be in Hamilton April 19th.
Post by: Pete The Greek on January 14, 2008, 12:53:10 AM
As for the thread detrailing part, I hate myspace. I hate navigating through people's profiles with monster sized pictures, hearing some lame song playing in the background, the number of fakes on there, the porno type of cards people send etc. Meh, it's a cesspool of crap.
As for Facebook, I can deal with it. But when I went to check my privacy settings last week (haven't done it since joining), I was shocked to see that those bastards had changed them. I had to change everything back to "people I now" that can view my stuff. The reason why I went back to check is that I have been hearing alot of shit on the news in terms of what I call invasion of privacy. Police, schools, employers, sports athletic boards, third parties etc. are accessing peoples profiles and . Gee, I wonder why they profiles were getting accessed (insert sarcasm). But I am not worried about I D theft. Most people don't know that Peter or Pete isn't my legal name.
Post by: ViperDave on January 14, 2008, 01:31:20 AM
Post by: xhairs on January 14, 2008, 09:46:38 AM
Post by: K.B. on January 15, 2008, 01:25:40 AM
Post by: condor knight on January 15, 2008, 09:45:25 PM
Post by: pdaat on January 17, 2008, 11:51:43 AM
Paul
Post by: kilcarr on January 18, 2008, 05:46:12 PM
I see admission is 5.00. How much more to get Snow Bank?
Post by: K.B. on January 28, 2008, 05:11:57 PM
Also it's official I am coming (along with my buddy Andrew and possibly 3 others)
Post by: BHMike on January 28, 2008, 05:40:42 PM
Quote from: "kilcarr"
I'll be there. ;D
I see admission is 5.00. How much more to get Snow Bank?
The figures are generally $25.00 and it includes admission.
I won't have a solid price point for a few weeks yet. Still getting arms from people... so far, they've all been donations - which means it will stay at $25.00. ;-)
Post by: Jon S. on February 02, 2008, 07:21:18 PM
As for Facebook... don't post anything online that you don't mind the whole world reading... and you're okay.
It's the people who put their personal bull@%$@ and take out their vendettas online that are at risk.
I mean... do I really care if Facebook is going to publish a list of Jon S's favourite foods and sell it?
Post by: Redskull on February 05, 2008, 05:18:04 PM
Post by: BHMike on February 05, 2008, 05:47:41 PM
Post by: DAN_HAMILTON on February 06, 2008, 03:46:17 PM
Post by: night force cynic on February 11, 2008, 09:09:16 AM
Quote from: "DAN_HAMILTON"
i'll be making the long trip (3km) to the show from my house!
you civilized people and your metric system! what's that in US-sensibly crazy measurement, like a mile and a half? ;D
!
Post by: AmazonGrl on February 12, 2008, 02:27:00 PM
Post by: FastFord58 on February 12, 2008, 09:12:15 PM
Post by: Agent_Loop on February 17, 2008, 12:07:17 PM
Post by: Snake8Storm on March 16, 2008, 01:32:08 AM
Post by: viperlord on March 17, 2008, 05:37:25 PM
Of course I'll be there. And I'm bringing big bad Chief Dan with me.
Post by: Chief on March 18, 2008, 09:13:16 PM
Quote from: "viperlord"
You're kidding right?
Of course I'll be there. And I'm bringing big bad Chief Dan with me.
Yep -- The oil tycoons are going to make a fortune off me this trip -- I'm driving all the way from Denver -- and bringing a couple bins of goodies for the freebie table.
Can't wait!
Post by: Radio Guy on March 18, 2008, 09:23:25 PM
Post by: Jay on March 28, 2008, 04:47:37 PM
Post by: Devilfish on March 29, 2008, 06:02:03 PM
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Post by: latinjoe22 on April 05, 2008, 11:09:01 AM
Post by: master_stanley on April 10, 2008, 10:01:56 AM
Post by: gsmiley007 on April 10, 2008, 10:42:16 AM
Alot came out of my personal collection - downsizing.
Will probably see a couple of Roboskull, and some sears dreadnok stuff.