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No, you’re not being paranoid. Sites really are watching your every move

Sites log your keystrokes and mouse movements in real time, before you click submit.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Contributors Of The Week 2017-11-13

This week we're recognizing three members: metricman, Timantide, and alandb.

Favorite Side Dish

Just because we don't have enough Off Topic and wandering threads. Give us a quick post with your favorite Holiday Side Dish.

Mine is an Oyster soufflé.

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Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267

Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of November 20, 2017

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

Sorry it's up so late. Still recovering. Have plastic splints in my nose until tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get a full nights sleep after they're removed. It's not easy being a mouth breather. razz
Thanks for all the well wishes!

~Angela

Former GM Vice Chairman predicts future of self driving vehicles

Here is a perspective from a former GM executive.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/07/former-gm-vice-chairman-bob-...

We've come a long way since Robby the Robot

Robotics are making great advancements. Watch how human-like the movements are. Even the minor foot and arm adjustments to stay balanced must require major programming to accomplish.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/11/17/nightmare-inducing-ro...

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Metricman DriveSmart 76 Williamsburg, VA

AAA Study Reveals Which Cars Are Most Distracting

This should come as no big surprise to anyone with a new car. As technology continues to invade automobile dashboards, the rate of distracted driving accidents increases. I'm not exactly sure why but apparently, some vehicles are less safe than others.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/10/05/aaa-dis...

Fitbit Forces Location Services

I got a new phone with Android 6 and I loaded Fitbit app.

I was forced to turn on location services. I have a Fitbit Zip which does not have GPS connectivity.

Does anyone have idea why Fitbit forced this?

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DriveSmart 65, NUVI2555LMT, (NUVI350 is Now Retired)

Contributors Of The Week 2017-11-06

This week’s Contributor of the Week is, Ralphy1!

Ralphy1 maintains the ever popular North American Breweries file!
I don’t know about the Eastern US, but local breweries are popping up everywhere across the Pacific Northwest.
I believe we’ve had 3 more open just in my area in the last year.

Thanks for the work you put into this file Ralphy1!

~Angela

Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of November 13, 2017

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

Side note: I will be going in for sinus surgery today, so behave yourselves! Jonathan will be keeping an eye on things.
Hope everyone here enjoys a less painful week! wink

~Angela

Jeep Ad Has Fun With GPS Navigation

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wrf6/jeep-black-friday-sales-event-g...

Has anybody else here heard the commercial advertisement for Jeep in which they are navigating to Grandma's house "...over the river and through the woods..."?

Browser thoughts for a good overall news page

I like to visit one general overall news site daily to see what's happening in the world in terms of news, entertainment, technology, etc., etc. For many years now, I've been reasonably happy using msn.com.

11/11/11

Lest We Forget
Thankyou for your service.

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All the worlds indeed a stage and we are merely players. Rush

Google: Data Breaches Account For Most Stolen Credentials

In a study that ran from March 2016 to March 2017, researchers from Google, the University of California, Berkeley and the International Computer Science Institute discovered that data breaches were the No. 1 way to steal users’ account credentials. Far behind them were phishing and keyloggers.
Damage Caused By Stolen Credentials

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Stephen Hawking says artificial intelligence could 'destroy' humanity

Artificial intelligence could sideline and “destroy” its human creators if engineers cannot get a grip on the ethics behind it, Stephen Hawking has warned.

Speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon, the theoretical physicist said AI has the potential to be the best or worst thing humanity has ever seen and the scary reality is we just don’t know which yet.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Windows by the numbers: Windows 7 won't shrink fast enough

Migration watch: In October, Microsoft's most popular OS continued to be Windows 7; it powered 51.4% of all Windows machines. Meanwhile, Windows 10 ran 32.8% of Windows PCs.

Windows 7 surrendered a few more users last month as its share of the overall Windows universe slipped a bit closer to 50%.

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Never argue with a pig. It makes you look foolish and it anoys the hell out of the pig!

Epson ET Series Printers

If anyone is in the market for a new printer, a friend of mine told me of one a while back and I finally picked one up last week. The one I picked up is the Epson ET-3750. While this particular one may not be for everyone, the ET series in particular is what's interesting. It is an inkjet BUT it doesn't use ink cartridges. It actually has ink wells.

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Garmin Nuvi 2450

Popular Mechanics Smart Car Charger

I was at a Walmart this weekend and noticed a Popular Mechanics Smart Car Charger on display. I gather that it works with an app on your Smart phone to geotag where you park your vehicle when you disconnect the power cord. I am curious if anybody here has tried this yet.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fdore.auto...

Contributors Of The Week 2017-10-30

We received a member nomination for Contributor of the Week this week;

“The member Asallwey should be considered for the COW award. He has been setting up his Nuvi 2699 and a result he has posted questions that have resulted in some good topic discussions. Asallwey follows through on the topics and is reporting his progress on his achievements also is adding his own input.”

Christmas Countdown

Only 48 days left till Christmas. Is everyone ready, and who's counting?

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johnm405 660 & MSS&T
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