Scams: The Big Lie

The Big Lie

Written by Robert Bruce Baird

B.S.: -THE BIG LIE! There are many techniques to deceive in our 'expert' and professional ‘spin doctors' medicine bags. Stonewalling was repparttar

word for Nixon in Watergate. Plausible deniability is often used. The presentation of statistics that befuddle repparttar 142667

befuddled who generate repparttar 142668

Bell Curves can amaze even repparttar 142669

best of us. Speaking with certainty about something uncertain is repparttar 142670

stock and trade of most experts. After all who would tell such barefaced lies? They do have repparttar 142671

sheepskin to prove they know what they talk about. The rationalizing process is common to all humanity and there need be nothing wrong with admitting error and mistake. However, it is a rare time when you'll find a doctor or other expert admit they didn't know what they were talking about, or simply followed 'convention' rather than involve themself in repparttar 142672

kind of process they'd use to verify their diagnosis if it was their 'loved one' on repparttar 142673

cutting table, or in jail, or about to face some other social disaster.

It would be hard to say what is repparttar 142674 biggest lie ever told, and we will explore many of them, repparttar 142675 one bullet theory and 'The Flat Earth' fiction that includes man didn't travel in ancient times is just about repparttar 142676 crème de la crème. It seems if you call something repparttar 142677 exact opposite of what it is; then people can be sold repparttar 142678 story just as much as if you tell repparttar 142679 little white lie. Remember to keep a straight face and stick to your guns. The concept of 'caveat emptor' or 'buyer beware' is repparttar 142680 rule that follows from repparttar 142681 Golden Rule (He who has repparttar 142682 gold rules.). Political platforms and journalistic history seem quite adept at this art which was perfected when power became more important than truth and 'brotherhood'. Language and semantical hair-splitting can obfuscate any issue to repparttar 142683 point that good people with righteous intent give up trying to figure out what is going on - and 'go with repparttar 142684 flow' or take repparttar 142685 'path of least resistance'. Laws are meant to be used judiciously rather than applied to manage in some selective manner repparttar 142686 targets like repparttar 142687 poor or people from other countries and circumstances; we need just and ethical future behavior starting at repparttar 142688 top. Revenge and 'getting yours' is repparttar 142689 God of violence and greed.

How To Avoid Spam Robots

Written by Jim Edwards

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fact that Federal legislation (the CANSPAM act) made it illegal, harvesting email addresses from repparttar 142460

web using automated robots remains alive and well.

Spammers who need fresh email addresses release software spider programs that comb repparttar 142461 Internet and suck email addresses off Web pages, guest books, and anywhere else you might post your email address.

Once they get your email address, spammers will trade it around like 5th graders with a new pack of Pokemon cards at recess and you can expect repparttar 142462 avalanche of email to begin flooding your inbox.

In order to combat this still rampant practice of stealing email addresses from websites and sending people email they don't want, repparttar 142463 following tips should help protect you.

** Break It Up **

Obviously repparttar 142464 best way to avoid getting picked up by an email harvester is not to post your email anywhere on anyone's website (including your own).

If repparttar 142465 only way someone can get your email is if you give it to them, that creates a similar situation to operating with an unlisted phone number.

If telemarketers can't get your phone number, they can't call.

If you must post your email address, post it in a way that a robot won't recognize it as an email address. Instead of posting YOURNAME@YOURDOMAIN.COM, you can put YOURNAME (AT) YOURDOMAIN.COM and then, in parenthesis, put (replace AT with @ to email me).

Though it seems like an extra step for legitimate email, you'll find it a very effective technique.

** Use An Image **

Currently, online spiders (ANY spider, including search engines) cannot read text that appears in a graphic or picture. If you must display an email address on a page, then do it by typing your email address into your favorite graphics program and saving repparttar 142466 image as a .gif or .jpg. Then post repparttar 142467 image onto your web page so people can see repparttar 142468 email, but spiders cannot. This too creates an extra step for people because they must type in your email address, but it's an effective solution if you must display an email address on your own website.

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