Most interesting on today’s flight.
No signal on the iPhone and no signal on the mifi while in the air.
That surprised me.
With all the fluff about cell phones on planes, they are not much use without connectivity.
NO email; NO texting; NO voice.
Hmmm, have to rethink everything.
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Dear Ferdinand:
We want to handle your money the way you want it handled. That’s why you’ll notice some changes the next time you send money.
Tracking Number (MTCN) required
for Receivers to pick up their money:
Already in most countries around the world, and starting November 5, 2013
in the U.S., receivers will be required to provide the Tracking Number
(MTCN) to pick up their money.
If your receiver is picking up the money at an Agent location that uses
a telephone transaction center, they will need to pick up the phone and provide their Tracking Number (MTCN) in order to receive a special PIN
from a Western Union customer service representative. The receiver will
then need to provide this PIN to the Agent location employee to pick up
their money.
What to do:
Senders: When you send money, ALWAYS contact your receiver to
provide them with the Tracking Number (MTCN).
Receivers: When money is sent to you, ALWAYS ensure that you
have the Tracking Number (MTCN) from your sender before going to
pick up your money.
We appreciate you choosing Western Union for your money transfer needs and look forward to continuing to help you move money for better.
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Interesting. Perhaps this to cut off those Nigerian Princes?
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2013-Nov-03
We’ve made changes to your myuhc.com member website that help us further protect your privacy and security. They also make myuhc.com even more easy to use.
What to expect:
Login with higher security
We’ll ask you for new contact information. This improves site security if you forget your user ID or password or log in from a new computer that we don’t know. We have used the most current technology to make sure you are who you say you are.
Register quickly and easily with better privacy protection
We’ve made registration simpler and better, including new security questions to improve site privacy.
If you’ve already registered, you can visit the Account Settings section to change your security questions.
For more information, reference the flyer “New registration steps for myuhc.com.”
Visit myuhc.com today to update your contact information!
Tell us what you think of the enhanced security process by taking a brief survey.
Thank you for helping us keep your health care information safe.
You are receiving this email from UnitedHealthcare because you purchased a product/service from UnitedHealthcare and consented to receive important communications via email. To ensure that you continue to receive emails from us, add the email “from” address to your email address book or safe list.
Please do not reply to this email address, this mailbox is used for outbound email only. Do not include any personal health information as part of any email communication. We cannot guarantee the security of any communication transmitted via the Internet. If you have questions about your account, claims or benefits or would like additional information, please visit myuhc.com or call the toll-free number on the back of your health plan ID card.
To update your preferences for online Explanation of Benefits, Claim Letters or Health Statements to mail, please visit myuhc.com and click on Account settings.
Update your email address, change your member profile page or subscribe to other email publications.
Please note that by opting out of Legal/Regulatory emails, you will receive these notices via mail.
Your privacy is important to us. View our privacy policy.
This email was sent by: UnitedHealthcare, 9700 Health Care Lane, Minnetonka, MN 55343 USA
Insurance coverage provided by or through UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company or its affiliates. Administrative services provided by United HealthCare Services, Inc. or their affiliates.
© 2013 United HealthCare Services, Inc.
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Come on, guys, this is dumb. For one thing, two factor authentication is nice, but a giant pain. Why don’t I get a choice what risks I choose to take. Rather, you should spend your resources making a a better website, so that when I changed employers I didn’t have to create another User id because your systems couldn’t handle it. Or, perhaps, you might allow me to pick the longer passwords that are easily facilitated by LASTPASS. Some folks are further along the curve than you are. Oh, btw, the CHOMEBOOK and CHROME browser I use don’t remember cookies between restarts. So your new method ALWAYS makes it a “new computer”. But I don’t have worry about malware. I’d be amused if anyone responds to this.
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Don’t you just love when they send from “unattended email” or “outbound only”?
Just call, hang on line, and we’ll maybe get around to you with a slew of dumb questions.
And, oh by the way, we’re so big, you can just go somewhere else. (Like I have any choice about who my employer does business with!)
This is why “health”, “health care”, “health care insurance”, or something else should have NEVER been connected to employment.
Imagine if I changed jobs and lost my car insurance. My home insurance. My life insurance.
Crony capitalism at it best!
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This last upgrade to Mac OS X Mavericks appears to break stuff and change things.
Not for the better.
So, Apple has disappointed me.
I now think they are in the same class as IOS7, Windoze, Linux, and Chromebook.
Each have their own advantages, disadvantages, and utility.
I really don’t know what I’m going to do.
Unfortunately, I just want to use the stuff to produce stuff. I don’t want to alpha test unless I volunteer.
Argh!
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Posted by reinkefj
Trying to open a file causes BlueGriffon to crash.
Workaround: Use FINDER to open the file with the “open with” option.
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CFB on FOX on Channel 5 TV
The picture quality “stinks”!
I see jitter and very poor video quality.
(Not that anyone cares!)
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-linux-basemosaic-ubuntu-parity,24519.html
Nvidia Removed Linux Driver Feature Due to Windows
By Kevin ParrishOCTOBER 3, 2013 1:28 PM – Source: Softpedia
The reason seems a little contradictory.
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Softpedia points to a Nvidia Developer Zone forum post revealing that the company has removed a specific Linux feature as of the v310 drivers due to the Windows platform. A BaseMosaic user on Ubuntu 12.04 noticed a change in the number of displays that can be used simultaneously after upgrading from the v295 drivers to v310.
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Yet in v295, the Ubuntu user was able to get four monitors up and running. So why was BaseMosaic altered to support only three monitors instead? Nvidia explains. “For feature parity between Windows and Linux we set BaseMosaic to 3 screens,” said “Sandpit” of Nvidia’s Linux team.
What’s interesting here is that Nvidia’s proprietary Windows driver has features not found in the Linux drivers, but the company will remove specific Linux-only features for “parity.” The comment indicates that the three-screen limit has nothing to do with a degradation of quality when using four screens, but a possible Microsoft request/demand.
Nvidia’s driver documentation states that BaseMosaic can be used to extend a single X screen transparently across all of the available display outputs on each GPU.
“This is like SLI Mosaic mode except that it does not require a video bridge connected to the graphics cards,” the notes read. “Due to this Base Mosaic does not guarantee there will be no tearing between the display boundaries. Base Mosaic is supported on all the configurations supported by SLI Mosaic Mode. It is also supported on Quadro FX 380, Quadro FX 580 and all G80 or higher non-mobile NVS cards.”
It will be interesting to see if Nvidia returns four-monitor support back to its Linux drivers, given that the reason for removing the feature seems a little contradictory.
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Yeah, dumbing down the free market competitor is fair. But don’t do the something equivalent to the big guy.
Nvidia is taking a gamble.
Hope they pay for that decision.
Personally, I have placed them on my “Toshiba” list. Technology I will never buy. (Toshiba sold the US Navy sub quiet propeller design to Red China.)
Like my “Jane Fonda” list, I have a very LONG memory.
Hope you all do too!
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Posted by reinkefj
I have a few guilty pleasures.
One is I like Sunday morning country music while I catch up my paperwork.
Cox strikes again.
“Temporarily Off Air”!
Do I get a refund?
Argh!
It’s not worth calling or email.
The TV guide was off for 4 days.
No acknowledgment.
Argh!
No competition; so why should they care.
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/
Bought one on a lark.
Some minor issues, but worked through them.
Even liked it.
Can think of some stuff that could be better.
BUT now I have come up with the KILLER negative.
I lost the darn thing.
OK. It’s a $200 gadget. But it was “useful”.
So I ask the question, “if I buy a new one, can I link it to my old stuff.”
Answer, <cue Jeopardy theme>, …
… NO!
Are u kidding me?
There’s an obvious “use” case!
Oh well, let me slap a big NOTRECOMMENDED on this one.
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All gadgets should have a find me feature.
Argh!
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