thanks, Bob! On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Bob Elzer wrote: > I think you missed my point. > > And I did use the word "infer", you've just given the entire list more > personal information that really isn't necessary for the discussion. > > The only information anyone needs to know about you password is "yes I > have a secure password", even if you don't have one. > > I didn't need to know where you live now and when you are moving, and you > don't have to have money in the bank for someone to steal your identity. > > I had two points, think about if a topic is appropriate for where you are > posting it, and be careful what information you reveal. > > If there are any cockroaches reading this list, I'm sure relative's of the > ones you killed 25 years ago are on the way to cottonwood now, so get your > boric acid ready :-) > > I know you take steps to protect your Linux system, I'm just saying you > should do the same with your personal information. Especially on a very > large mailing list that gets archived for all to see. > On Jun 9, 2015 8:11 AM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> sometimes my passwords are only four digits. sometimes they are up to >> fifteen. it all depends on how secure I need it to be. then again I don't >> have access to any top secret government info and if someone were to crack >> my bank account password they would see how truly poor I am! as for where I >> live I'm still in AZ until July and the cockroaches were from where I lived >> in Phoenix twenty five years ago in one apt complex. I've only seen a few >> cockroaches where I currently live and that was a while ago. the boric acid >> took care of that. I'm sure that where I live (cottonwood) also took care >> of it! They don't like this elevation. >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Bob Elzer wrote: >> >>> Michael, >>> >>> You give way too much information out. >>> >>> From your posts I know or infer that you are living in Florida in a bug >>> infested place have dirty feet, an ex wife from south America, a kid, a >>> brother, do cabling, have a ten character password with letters numbers >>> special characters, which means I can skip about 16 million combinations >>> when using a brute force attack. >>> >>> And you ask very good Linux questions. >>> >>> You also sometimes ask a question before trying to find the answer >>> yourself and then answer it five minutes later when you do Google it. >>> >>> When I joined this group I thought it was local, but quickly learned we >>> have followers all over. While I know most people on the list are good >>> people I can't tell you that nobody would use this information against you. >>> No one knows everyone on the list. So you need to be careful about what >>> information you reveal. >>> >>> As for off topic stuff, if someone posts one Linux question and ten off >>> topic questions over time people tend to see that as spam. Think of this >>> mailing list like the Usenet news groups, you don't post your star wars >>> questions in the star trek news group. Something like the boric acid >>> question is best suited for answers.com where it could also be asked >>> anonymously so people wouldn't know who might have dirty feet. >>> >>> Like I said you ask very good Linux questions, keep doing it, but be >>> careful what information you divulge in those questions, and think about >>> the topic, does it really belong in this "newsgroup" or a different >>> newsgroup. >>> On Jun 8, 2015 12:47 PM, wrote: >>> >>>> Putting "OT:" first on the subject line sometimes helps ... >>>> >>>> However, soaking fungus infected feet in a concoction >>>> of boric acid and alcohol is way, way too far removed >>>> from any possible relationship to anything pertaining >>>> to Linux or anything else in the wonderful world of tech. >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------- >>>> == Michael Havens last wrote: >>>> > I had foot fungus until I soaked my feet in >>>> > 1 cp rubbing alcohol and 2 tsp of boric acid. >>>> > My feet would dry out and crack because of the stuff >>>> > living on my feet. I killed it with the above concoction. >>>> > >>>> > I want to share that with the Gainesville Linux group >>>> > but some are complaining about my non-linux conversations! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: