A Reposted Public Service Announcement
(Hell Ride - Dance With The Dead)
Posted on May 6th, 2016, and in several other formats before that. Also, a tip of the hat to my childhood acquaintance, aXon. Long may your modem squeal, sir.
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For those of you who are tourists, casual surfers, or just really, really slow on the uptake, let me remind you of a few things:
1. Nothing you do here, NOTHING, is ever truly undone or unseen. Bear that in mind before you type a word, upload a picture, or download a program.
2. On the subject of typing words, and let me be as plain about this as possible, THE INTERNET IS AN OPEN FORUM. For every person that understands what you've typed, someone else will misunderstand it or take it the wrong way. Someone ELSE will get upset by it, and yet another someone will call the Trolls. And they outnumber you, your family, and your friends by about a million to one. They do not care about truth, logic or what you were actually trying to convey. They are not to be convinced, not to be reasoned with and not to be underestimated. Ever.
3. You are not safe here. You are not secure here. Your anti-virus and your spyware detector are not enough, nor does your precious Apple product guarantee unmolested passage in this place. The Good Guys are, if not a minority, not enough to depend wholly upon. You must be proactively diligent in your time here. Computers, the internet, and high technology aren't going anywhere. They are not something that can be casually avoided or done without. Understanding what you're doing before you do it is the first step towards an untarnished visit.
That is all.
Posted on May 6th, 2016, and in several other formats before that. Also, a tip of the hat to my childhood acquaintance, aXon. Long may your modem squeal, sir.
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For those of you who are tourists, casual surfers, or just really, really slow on the uptake, let me remind you of a few things:
1. Nothing you do here, NOTHING, is ever truly undone or unseen. Bear that in mind before you type a word, upload a picture, or download a program.
2. On the subject of typing words, and let me be as plain about this as possible, THE INTERNET IS AN OPEN FORUM. For every person that understands what you've typed, someone else will misunderstand it or take it the wrong way. Someone ELSE will get upset by it, and yet another someone will call the Trolls. And they outnumber you, your family, and your friends by about a million to one. They do not care about truth, logic or what you were actually trying to convey. They are not to be convinced, not to be reasoned with and not to be underestimated. Ever.
3. You are not safe here. You are not secure here. Your anti-virus and your spyware detector are not enough, nor does your precious Apple product guarantee unmolested passage in this place. The Good Guys are, if not a minority, not enough to depend wholly upon. You must be proactively diligent in your time here. Computers, the internet, and high technology aren't going anywhere. They are not something that can be casually avoided or done without. Understanding what you're doing before you do it is the first step towards an untarnished visit.
That is all.
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