[Texascavers] Internet related

2019-09-06 Thread David
I have had old AT&T basic internet service at my office, which is located in an old commercial building. A salesman called a month ago alleging AT&T is replacing their old copper wire in the building with fiber.I did not authorize anything. They said to just be present on August date, and th

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2019-04-25 Thread David
I have been getting bombarded with calls from 810 and 817 numbers. I have no idea if that is related to my recent internet searches. But the one today, alleges the "county" sheriff's are going to arrrest me for Social Security fraud. Yet the automated message does not mention my name or SS#.

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2019-04-24 Thread David
>From David Locklear The free web-site below allowed me to find the cell number of someone that I was having trouble contacting. And it worked. https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/ If someone that ain't the sharpest tool in the shed can find most of your personal data, then just think what a spy

[Texascavers] internet related - just for fun

2019-04-11 Thread David
Just for fun You no longer have to stress-out about when you are going to pass away. Facebook is going to do that worrying for you. They announced yesterday, "the social network will use artificial intelligence to determine when someone has died." Just imagine, within seconds of your last brea

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2016-12-25 Thread David via Texascavers
5 years ago, I was telling everybody about how great the new Google Plus was for social media. At that time, many respectable cavers refused to use Facebook, but they used Gmail. I even created a Google Plus page for the NSS and the NSS took over the page. But there now is a huge problem that

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2016-05-20 Thread Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers
It's called targeted advertising. Basically when you go to google, youtube, facebook, etc, they track what you search for and look at. The ad networks pay big money to see where you go and what you look at. Then when a company like IMO comes along and wants to advertise, they pay to send their a

[Texascavers] Internet related

2016-05-20 Thread David via Texascavers
I am in a restaurant reading the tragic news of flight 804, on CNN with my smartphone, and between the paragraphs of the top story is a half-screen-size professional advertisement. I guess that is normal nowadays. But in this case, the ad is for Inner Mountain Outfitters and clicking on that take

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2014-11-19 Thread David via Texascavers
About 3 years ago, I proposed an idea that it would be great if caving groups, such as the NSS, had their own touchscreen app on smartphones and tablets. Shortly after that, I went on a 3-month rant about how Google Plus was great and almost such an app. ( Looks like Google Plus is not going to ta

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2014-06-21 Thread David
If you are connected to numerous caving pages, it can be challenging to keep up with the latest post. I just started using BlinkFeed today on my new phone, and it seems to be worth taking a look at. The smartphone screen is filled with about 4 to 6 tiles that represent the latest post on each sit

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2013-11-15 Thread David
If you watch the video in the link below, you will see a caver trying to make a living putting caves on the internet so that anyone in the world can take a virtual tour of that cave from the comfort of their home. http://www.boston.com/business/2013/11/13/bringing-caving-the-masses/OmHRp3pkmmfGhXm

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2013-08-19 Thread Stefan Creaser
) -Stefan. From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 10:49 AM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] Internet related Quite a few cavers now have a Twitter account. I have not used Twitter in several years, but may give it another try. I can be followed at: @dlock

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2013-08-19 Thread Stefan Creaser
) -Stefan. From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 10:49 AM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] Internet related Quite a few cavers now have a Twitter account. I have not used Twitter in several years, but may give it another try. I can be followed at: @dlock

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2013-08-19 Thread David
Quite a few cavers now have a Twitter account. I have not used Twitter in several years, but may give it another try. I can be followed at: @dlocklear01 It is inefficient to email everybody you know, when all you are trying to say is something irrelevant. David Locklear

[Texascavers] Internet related

2013-08-19 Thread David
Quite a few cavers now have a Twitter account. I have not used Twitter in several years, but may give it another try. I can be followed at: @dlocklear01 It is inefficient to email everybody you know, when all you are trying to say is something irrelevant. David Locklear