Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 (
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Ok, so there’s a bunch out there already, but they don’t give you the code, they want you to point your browser to
their code. I don’t want to do that. So here’s my own counter that you can freely use and modify. Please keep the link back to this site though (or at least credit me somewhere nearby). Enjoy 😀
Since Congress is too gutless to Impeach the Bush, here’s how much longer we have to suffer under his rule.
And here’s the code to run it:
<script>
then = new Date();
then.setFullYear(2009)
then.setMonth(1);
then.setDate(20);
then.setHours(12);
then.setMinutes(0);
then.setSeconds(0);
function printDate(aDate)
{
toReturn = aDate.toLocaleString();
return toReturn;
}
function countIt()
{
now = new Date();
document.getElementById("then").innerHTML = printDate(then);
document.getElementById("now").innerHTML = printDate(now);
document.getElementById("counter").innerHTML = Math.round(((then-now)/1000))+" seconds and counting...";
}
</script>
<div style='width:350px; border:2px solid black; background:white; padding:10px; font-align:justify;' >
Since Congress is too gutless to Impeach the Bush, here's how much longer we have to suffer under his rule.
<hr/>
<div style='font-family:arial; font-size:12pt'>
<table>
<tr><td>Target:</td><td id=then align=center></td></tr>
<tr><td>Now:</td><td id=now align=center></td></tr>
</table>
</div>
<hr/>
<div id=counter style="width:100%; text-align:center"></div>
<div style='font-size:8pt;width:100%; text-align:center'>
<a href="http://www.jeremyduffy.com/top-issues/president-george-w-bush/">About Bush</a> |
<a href="http://www.jeremyduffy.com/bush-countdown-clock/">Get this counter</a>
</div>
</div>
<script>
setInterval("countIt();",1000);
</script>
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George Bush
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 (
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Here's a western Digital Hard drive has Digital Rights Management (DRM) built in. It's an external hard drive which is advertised as making it easy to store and share your files, as long as those files aren't music or movies.
Don't buy these. If you did buy them, return them.
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DRM,
Total Failure,
Western Digital
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 (
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My poor wife went to a website that I directed her to to buy something for me for Christmas. It turns out that website is a front where they take your money and give no product. If we had known about resellerratings.com, we'd have saved ourselves the hassle, but now we have to cancel the order and possibly get a new credit card issued.
Well, you can bet we'll be checking a site's rating before purchasing directly through a non-major site again.
Anyway, I'm ticked and I'm going to do everything I can to make life miserable for this slimeball. First I'm going to dispute the charges with my credit card and ask if they have any means of prosecution. Second, I'm going to try and get his hosting, domain name, and merchant accounts canceled (with no domain name, no hosting for his site, and no merchant account to take credit cards, I'm guessing it will be harder to scam people in the future). And, if I can, I'm going to see what agency is responsible for this kind of fraud and see what they can do about it.
I'll post updates here if I manage to get any of this accomplished.
2007.12.08 – With a
whois check, I found out that their hosting is through www.123CheapDomains.com and their domain registration is with tucows.com. I've sent an e-mail to
The Consumerist to see if they can help before I contact anyone else because they have a lot more clout than I do. I'll still call my bank to have the charges reversed later. While I'm on the phone with them, I'll see if I can find out who their merchant account is through.
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ResellerRatings.com,
Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 (
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 (
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Embarrassed that they got caught, Facebook is now offering a worthless Opt-out policy that will help only the users who know about the problem and manage to find out about the policy and then take the trouble to do it.
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Data Brokering,
Facebook,
Families,
Opt Out,
Police
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 (
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Over 10 Million e-mails were deleted during historically important time periods (also periods where corruption and incompetence have been alleged). How convenient that they're "missing".
Either way, count another law broken by the Bush administration.
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Accountability,
Congress,
Corruption,
George Bush
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 (
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So Bush wants to leave a legacy? Here it is.
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George Bush
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 (
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To make a phishing e-mail seem more legitimate, scammers are now using common language from banks such as:
Please remember that we will never ask for personal account information via email or web pages.
This gets you to lower your guard. Instead of having a web address to click on, they set up a phone number for you to call. If you call the number a savvy scammer will get you to provide as much information as they can get.
Don't fall for this stuff. If you ever recieve something that sounds like there's a problem with your accounts or credit cards, go to their website directly or call their regular phone number. Never depend on links, phone numbers, or any other information sent to you in an e-mail.
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Phishing,
Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 (
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Facebook has been caught with a seriously nasty tracking and monitoring program that it's unleashed upon it's users.
Their new ad software broadcasts your current activities to your facebook friends. If you just bought a ticket to a concert, your friends might see an alert to that effect. If you just bought medication for your embarassing personal issue, they might see that too. But it gets worse:
Beacon will report back to Facebook on members' activities on third-party sites that participate in Beacon even if the users are logged off from Facebook and have declined having their activities broadcast to their Facebook friends.
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Blogging,
Consequences,
Facebook,
Families,
If You Only Knew,
MySpace,
Police
