tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post3354974839224142020..comments2023-12-28T11:27:12.248-06:00Comments on The Art of Being Conflicted: When Did Technology Stop Being Our Friend?Cperzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09062444081488414888noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-6235014220560925152013-02-08T10:32:13.272-06:002013-02-08T10:32:13.272-06:00Thanks for including my site! Always appreciate n...Thanks for including my site! Always appreciate new visitors.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-36535031885461318302013-02-08T05:26:06.124-06:002013-02-08T05:26:06.124-06:00"The Art of Being Conflicted" has been i..."The Art of Being Conflicted" has been included in the Sites To See for this week. Be assured that I hope this helps to point many new visitors in your direction.<br /><br />http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2013/02/sites-to-see.htmlJerry Beuterbaughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-91786784691489176002013-02-07T21:33:52.066-06:002013-02-07T21:33:52.066-06:00Yes, Annmarie...the good old days. Those Brother ...Yes, Annmarie...the good old days. Those Brother Word Processors minded their own business.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-81877183495381178042013-02-07T16:21:59.372-06:002013-02-07T16:21:59.372-06:00privacy really is so 80's!privacy really is so 80's!Annmarie Pipanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-86428707583717890562013-02-07T09:03:57.262-06:002013-02-07T09:03:57.262-06:00You can thank NBC's The Today Show. I think t...You can thank NBC's The Today Show. I think they have a tutorial on how to do it. They are super at over-sharing great ideas.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-7648569608446251342013-02-07T09:02:44.148-06:002013-02-07T09:02:44.148-06:00I swear (no really...I swear a lot) that The Today...I swear (no really...I swear a lot) that The Today Show and it's ilk, make this crap up so they have stuff to talk about to fill the 4 hours they are on the air now.<br /><br /><br />I don't believe for a minute someone in a white van is sitting out on the street trying to hack into my computer to get a look at me in my fluffy pink robe and bunny slippers. If there is, the poor slob is such a loser, he is to be pitied.<br /><br /><br />Former IT guy, huh? No wonder I haven't been able to hack into your computer.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-84942238660057964552013-02-07T09:01:59.591-06:002013-02-07T09:01:59.591-06:00Ah ha, I have never thought of spying on people vi...Ah ha, I have never thought of spying on people via their webcam. Thanks for the advice.Jamie Scullyhttp://www.facebook.com/jamie.scully.98noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-88094312982609220952013-02-07T08:20:09.571-06:002013-02-07T08:20:09.571-06:00What a crock. Any time my webcam needs to be used,...What a crock. Any time my webcam needs to be used, it expressly asks me permission. By default it's denied. I highly doubt anyone can just crack in and watch me, but then again I'm a former IT guy so I already have my computer heavily fortified.<br /><br />Also, good luck watching anything of value. Here's me, with bedhead, staring at a screen for 4 hours. You might occasionally catch me cracking a smile when I see a funny cat picture. Does that give you your jollies, Internet Hacker Man?abeerfortheshowernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-31548731484303980422013-02-06T20:09:25.195-06:002013-02-06T20:09:25.195-06:00I really believe that morning pseudo-news shows ju...I really believe that morning pseudo-news shows just want to invent some "expose" type of drama. Why would anyone hack into my computer to see me wipe my nose when they could be hacking into some mega bank and getting everyone's charge card info. <br /><br /><br />I, am ok with an occasional correction on a common misspelled word but when "sick" gets substituted with "dick" as in Aleta's comment that is just wrong...funny as hell but wrong.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-87660881580176804972013-02-06T17:39:59.969-06:002013-02-06T17:39:59.969-06:00Yeah. Well….. I do NOT believe for one second that...Yeah. Well….. I do NOT believe for one second that just anyone can hack into my computer and watch me on my own webcam, especially when it's turned OFF. But, if they can - I sure feel sorry for them! I am never showered or in clean pajamas. <br /><br />I don't want or need my phone typing or thinking for me. I have a hard enough time FIXING and undoing autocorrect as it is.meleahrebeccahhttp://mommamiameaculpa.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-65028914170217862042013-02-06T16:02:12.850-06:002013-02-06T16:02:12.850-06:00I do agree with you on both counts. Siri had been ...I do agree with you on both counts. Siri had been bound and gagged. So far the Apple organization has not sent out the troops to rescue her. I used to have a Blackberry with a keyboard before I switched to the Iphone. Much easier to type on a true ..albeit tiny..keyboard. I make do as I don't want to learn yet another phone. Somewhere down the road, I will cross that bridge.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-7754251185833948992013-02-06T15:34:32.771-06:002013-02-06T15:34:32.771-06:00I had an "assistant" on my smart phone. ...I had an "assistant" on my smart phone. I fired her. I use swype sometimes and laugh at the words it thinks I wanted. It's easier to use the slide out keyboard.Linda R.http://www.roses2rainbows.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-88229102982944210352013-02-06T13:28:08.483-06:002013-02-06T13:28:08.483-06:00If not obsolete...everyone will be a writer (or th...If not obsolete...everyone will be a writer (or their smart phone will be anyway). The problem with not wanting a smart phone, is at some point when you have to replace your phone, the new ones will be driving our cars, balancing our checkbook and telling us that we need to wash behind our ears. The people making technology are going to make sure that we become dependent on it.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-65669605113111170372013-02-06T13:16:44.444-06:002013-02-06T13:16:44.444-06:00Yet another reason I don't want a damn smart p...Yet another reason I don't want a damn smart phone. They may render writers obsolete. And as for the webcam spy, Jesus... Have I really lived long enough to see this stuff. Yes. I always close my laptop, but the Band-Aid is going on now. Thanks for the heads up, Cheryl.Jaynehttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-58927626453042274582013-02-06T07:33:42.707-06:002013-02-06T07:33:42.707-06:00thats cute. TTYLthats cute. TTYLCheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-60629477794477619662013-02-06T07:32:55.440-06:002013-02-06T07:32:55.440-06:00That was part of my point as well...I don't th...That was part of my point as well...I don't think this was a serious threat for the average family even with NBC using the tone that we are all so much at risk. Super hyped up drama to fill 10 minutes on the morning show.<br /><br /><br />I have a love/hate relationship with the "fill in the word for me" technology. As I am texting or emailing, I seemingly don't mind it putting in the words for me so I don't have to type them but I don't want it to start offering me a lot of choices of words. (which evidently the new Blackberry can do) In the segment, Thorton Heines made it sound like this phone is all but a ghost writer. Come to think of it maybe I do need one.<br /><br /><br />That is funny about Mr. Penis...oops Penisi. I would have to change my name. My last name starts with a P and is 6 letters. It has been massacred in a number of ways but not quite like that.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-25485227480243909042013-02-06T07:22:03.412-06:002013-02-06T07:22:03.412-06:00Aleta...I am still laughing.Aleta...I am still laughing.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-89180459458631028152013-02-06T07:21:27.947-06:002013-02-06T07:21:27.947-06:00I tolerate auto correct but I am more consistent a...I tolerate auto correct but I am more consistent about checking over my message than I used to be. I recently got a new Garmin that didn't have the qwerty keyboard set. (thank god, it allows you to change the keyboard style in the settings) and I could barely type on the thing.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-68997641082317938542013-02-06T05:50:11.501-06:002013-02-06T05:50:11.501-06:00well there ya go...I C U, have a fun daywell there ya go...I C U, have a fun dayIluvbeingagrandpanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-35538834868856390222013-02-06T01:19:55.308-06:002013-02-06T01:19:55.308-06:00It's not that I doubt that serious hackers can...It's not that I doubt that serious hackers can do some of the things the news shows babble about ... I just doubt that serious hackers are really out to look at average people. And if they hacked into my laptop, they'd be watching me blog ... most boring.<br /><br />I recently started using the Swype keyboard, not only to text but to comment on posts using my tablet. I have to say, the predictive algorithm works well enough that it's faster than my hunt and peck by a long shot. In my last job before I started my own company, my boss's name was Joe Penisi. What do you think auto-correct did with that? :)<br /><br /><br />Click,<br />Budoldereyesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-86110623624526638252013-02-06T00:40:31.996-06:002013-02-06T00:40:31.996-06:00Auto correct pisses me off which is why I don'...Auto correct pisses me off which is why I don't use it on the phone I have no it has a qwerty keyboard which I prefer.Jo-Annehttp://joannerambling.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-87385105841481039622013-02-05T22:56:12.264-06:002013-02-05T22:56:12.264-06:00That is hahahahlarious!!!! That is better than any...That is hahahahlarious!!!! That is better than any of the ones I saw on line. <br /><br /><br /><br />Hope you are feeling good. Baby Gregory is due really soon isn't he???Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-74446750465996531322013-02-05T22:04:03.532-06:002013-02-05T22:04:03.532-06:00I have a boring life, but if someone purposefully ...I have a boring life, but if someone purposefully allowed the camera on for someone to hack, I'd be livid! <br /><br /><br />Oh you reminded me of an auto correct! I was feeling under the weather, knowing a cold was coming... sent text to my husband about how I was feeling and no kissing him tonight.. what I meant to write was, "I don't want you to get sick." It somehow autocorrected to send him, "I don't want you to get dick." Yeah, you can imagine how much he laughed about that and wrote back, "I don't want to get dick either!" OMG!<br />http://www.fleurdealeta.blogspot.comAletanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-52591839309182011212013-02-05T20:39:34.761-06:002013-02-05T20:39:34.761-06:00If you would face that computer out towards the be...If you would face that computer out towards the beautiful scenery that you and Trina are enjoying, I would think we would all want to hack into your web cam. The only way that would happen is if you call me and give me step my step instructions. For now I will settle for the pictures you both post. Safe travels this week.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740338215172190519.post-8099590595548651522013-02-05T20:37:18.257-06:002013-02-05T20:37:18.257-06:00Riot Kitty made a comment as well that her phone s...Riot Kitty made a comment as well that her phone substitutes certain words in auto correct....I wonder if the new Blackberry that supposedly gets to "know us" would get used the the words we use, I, like you, would be using some words with family and friends that I keep under wraps on business calls. <br /><br /><br /><br />As far as your friend goes, I would of never given a thought to the PS3. ..at least in terms of hackers. I think it would be fun to watch "so you think you can dance". Luckily for the world I haven't a clue how to hack into anything.Cheryl P.http://artofbeingconflicted.comnoreply@blogger.com