The data of my birth was within weeks of the Unix Epoch. I generally use that date when I don't feel my actual birthdate would be relevant or useful. Just another option...
David > On Oct 16, 2017, at 5:43 PM, Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote: > > I've had some spare time lately and have been working on getting Ubuntu > MATE working to my satisfaction on a second machine I got months ago at > ENU (RIP). I am required by the company I do work for to have Skype > running. On my old machine, running Ubuntu 14,04, I have Skype 4.3. It > still works just fine, although I don't know if that will continue. On > the new machine, I had Skype for Linux beta installed. When I tried to > run it today a window popped up apologizing that it was no longer > supported. It had a link to a page that only provided the same version. > > In frustration, I tried to install the Windows version of Skype on my > virtual Win7. It only gets as far as a page requiring that I enter my > birthday. There's no opt out available. I have a philosophical aversion > to companies requiring personal information that I don't think they > need, and don't want to give them. > > Anyone else using Skype and running into restrictions? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- David - Offbeat http://pgp.mit.edu/ dafydd - Online 0xda3f18449337d6b5 ----5----1----5----2----5----3----5----4----5----5----5----6----5----7-- Dr. Viktor Frankenstein entered into a body building competition only to find he has seriously misunderstood the objective.
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