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Jeremy Falcon wrote: is that they collect your info and don't remove it (such as phone number)
Hm. The white pages have always done that and as far as I know, I never gave my consent. Perhaps it is inherent in requesting a phone number that you give your consent for some things.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Except it is the 'reviewer' who gives your phone number, and you don't sign up but an automated profile is created...
... a profile YOU cannot remove.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Except it is the 'reviewer' who gives your phone number, and you don't sign up but an automated profile is created...
... a profile YOU cannot remove.
Ya, I got that from the beginning. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: Hm. The white pages have always done that
Now I am quite curious. When did the white pages start publishing cell phone numbers?
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
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Ferd Really wrote: When did the white pages start publishing cell phone numbers?
Who knows? Are you saying they don't do cell numbers? I guess you can go to http://www.whitepages.com/[^] and find out.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Let's see if I have this right.
You assert cell phone numbers are published in the white pages.
You send me to a web site that charges money.
RyanDev wrote: Who knows?
Yet you do not have a clue.
Next I suspect you will -->
Ooh I love to dance a little sidestep, now they see me now they don't-
I've come and gone and, ooh I love to sweep around the wide step,
cut a little swathe and lead the people on.
That is all.
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
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Ferd Really wrote: Let's see if I have this right.
Not even close.
Ferd Really wrote: You assert cell phone numbers are published in the white pages.
Where? I said that phone numbers have been in the white pages forever. I don't have a cell phone and also haven't used the whitepages since the internet came around so I don't know what they are doing regarding cell phones. Don't care either.
Ferd Really wrote: You send me to a web site that charges money.
The white pages was the business mentioned, so yes, I sent you to their website. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yup, just as I suspected. Here, let me give you the full lyrics.
THE SIDESTEP
From : "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas"
(Carol Hall)
Charles Durning
Fellow Texans, I am proudly standing here to humbly see.
I assure you, and I mean it- Now, who says I don't speak out as plain as day?
And, fellow Texans, I'm for progress and the flag- long may it fly.
I'm a poor boy, come to greatness. So, it follows that I cannot tell a lie.
Ooh I love to dance a little sidestep, now they see me now they don't-
I've come and gone and, ooh I love to sweep around the wide step,
cut a little swathe and lead the people on.
Now my good friends, it behooves me to be solemn and declare,
I'm for goodness and for profit and for living clean and saying daily prayer.
And now, my good friends, you can sleep nights, I'll continue to stand tall.
You can trust me, for I promise, I shall keep a watchful eye upon ya'll...
Ooh I love to dance a little sidestep, now they see me now they don't-
I've come and gone and, ooh I love to sweep around the wide step,
cut a little swathe and lead the people on.
Now, Miss Mona, I don't know her, though I've heard the name, oh yes.
But, of course I've no close contact, so what she is doing I can only guess.
And now, Miss Mona, she's a blemish on the face of that good town.
I am taking certain steps here, someone somewhere's gonna have to close her down.
Ooh I love to dance a little sidestep, now they see me now they don't-
I've come and gone and, ooh I love to sweep around the wide step,
cut a little swathe and lead the people on.
Ooh I love to dance a little sidestep...
And, ooh I love to sweep around the wide step...
Cut a little swathe and lead the people on.
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
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I see. So, when you are told that you misunderstood, instead of doing the adult thing and apologizing and asking for clarification, you instead chant like a little child.
Not interested troll.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Maybe that's just the lite version the pro version allows you to hire peeple to say nice things about you, at an exorbitant rate of course.
New version: WinHeist Version When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page. Unknown
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Just ignore it - they're hoping people will get upset enough to respond. If no one does the haters will get bored and move on to the next bile inducing site.
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Jeremy Falcon
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As CN Lester put it yesterday,
Have woken up in a dystopian nightmare: @peepleforpeople do you have any idea how much harm your app will do to #trans people?
Which I think sums it up.
Such an app would be a tool for bullies and stalkers. People would die.
Anna ( @annajayne)
Tech Blog | Visual Lint
"Why would anyone prefer to wield a weapon that takes both hands at once, when they could use a lighter (and obviously superior) weapon that allows you to wield multiple ones at a time, and thus supports multi-paradigm carnage?"
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It would seem they've taken the Peeple web site offline.
In a somewhat related story, I read an article this morning that claimed financial institutions may start looking beyond your personal credit rating when determining eligibility for new credit - like for a car or home loan, credit card etc..
They will apparently also examine the credit rating of your Facebook friends and LinkedIn associates. It is further alleged that they will examine your phone records and do the same for the people with whom you have direct interaction. (Ostensibly authorized by a clause in the application you sign.)
All this is apparently done in an attempt to assess risk by examining the "kind" of people with whom you associate.
Employers already look at your Facebook page when you reach a certain stage in the hiring process.
Imagine the impact on someone when all of these stakeholders in your life also start looking at Peeple.
I wonder what Orwell would think.
Life just keeps getting more entertaining all the time doesn't it? 
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
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[Salutation]
[Clue] is [cryptic] [11]
veni bibi saltavi
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Is this a BOILERPLATE clue?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes it is and you get tomorrow! 
veni bibi saltavi
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Good clue - original!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I had it as 50:50 a straight away or a scratchy head job.
veni bibi saltavi
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I did not get it. Can you please explain?
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Look at the whole clue:
WSO CCC OTD [YY/MM/DD]
[Salutation]
[Clue] is [cryptic] [11] Frequently, when you create a "form letter" you leave blanks to be filled in with the recipient details:
Dear [name],
Thanks for purchasing [product] at the discounted price of [full retail cost]... and the blanks are spotted by looking for the "[" and "]" (or other characters) and substituting the right values from the database.
The whole clue looks like that, and the name for such templates is "boilerplate text".
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Oh that's good. I like that one.
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Up is down, cold is hot, gremlins don't smell.
Which movie?
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