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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (4283)	2/4/1999 3:16:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32871

Cheeky, <You played dumb about computers ... Don't play dumb you said in your profile you designed software.> This is ridiculous. I can't figure you out. You've been yelling all night at me because I don't know about computers. And now you yell at me because I do know about computers???? <I AM NEVER GOING TO LEAVE SI, I HAVE A DUTY TO SHOW THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN. YOU POST YOUR Y2K BS and I WILL POST REASONABLE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS OR SOFTWAARE Obviously while you like to post to me (my mailbox if FULL of your posts), you rarely read what I write. Otherwise you would have known a long time ago exactly what I know and don't know. I don't want to bore people, because this is the "Welcome to Silicon Investor" thread, and the past 10 or so posts have not been "welcoming". So hit Ctrl-End now. It will take you to the bottom of the page. Hit "NEXT" to go to the next post. Otherwise read on and get a feel for what I know or don't know. Cheryl =========================================================== From a previous post: For five years I developed customized software applications for my ex's company. He sold his company to someone listed on NYSE. I did same for them for 2 more years. BTW: The company designed & manufactured some of those little black boxes that are on plant floors. The ones filled with embedded systems. Boxes that were soldered shut. His company had 85% of the automotive market. Medical market was growing rapidly. Way back when ... As we transferred files from Lotus to the database, I questioned what a lot of these items were that were listed in the Bill of Materials. Like "RTC" ... Real Time Clock. Cute little things in those little black plastic boxes of theirs. I have one, so I can show people what they look like. Purchasing agent (delightful, hard-working lady with high-school degree and no technical experience), would order automatically off of index cards. Eventually did the same off of Bill of Material database. As orders came in, she went into the back-room and dump the new order of RTC's into a cardboard box, along with what else was there. If one of the BIG black boxes were returned, for whatever reason - and not re-sold, they took it apart ... and put the old parts back into those cardboard boxes. What happened is you had a bunch of RTC's in one cardboard box. RTC's that were ordered over a 1-2 yr period. This is how I understood just how bad this whole Y2K embedded system thing was. My ex was a Rice graduate engineer. It took me 6 months to convince him about the problem at the company. Even though he sold the company, he was still on the board. When I explained he could run into personal liability ... he learned real fast. He went to the CEO of the NYSE company and explained their problem and where it might be in other companies they owned. They did nothing. Laughed at him. Like you are now. Message 7583423 =========================================================== P.S.I do not do any consulting. Been there. Done that. Stopped doing it about 2-1/2 years ago. When I've spoken at conferences, they've only paid expenses. That's it. When I realized how serious this whole Y2K deal was, I decided not to consult. Because it seemed everyone was attempting to diminish the problem, saying consulting firms were magnifying the problem to "make a buck". So, I thought I'd be more credible if there were no financial motive. But, it's a Catch-22. For some, unless I'm a "paid" consultant ... I have no credibility. C'est la vie. So, I act primarily as a conduit of information. Media contacts me (from referrals). I provide research material and recommend experts in various industries to contact. I do this all at my own expense. I just want these problems fixed. Embedded systems are my speciality. I'm not an engineer. But I have extensive documentation for engineers, and a capacity to explain the problems (business & technical) in laymen's terms to CEO's, who don't often understand. I haven't looked at my SI Profile for so long. I think I included this, but am not sure ... when I was President/Owner of the national marketing research company - I had 15 full-time local employees, and 10,000+ part-timers. (I can't believe I'm wasting my time responding to even one of your posts. But, few know me on this particular thread.) ADIOS. You won't see me on this thread anymore. But, I do hope SI addresses this issue about re-directing people when you go into an SI Profile. Possibly a "pop-up" advising us that we are being taken out of SI. AND, an option to cancel. Only seems fair.

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (4283)	2/4/1999 9:41:00 AM
From: Green Receipt	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 32871

sure there is a security risk! now you are playing dumb. All you have to do is log IPs and thats enough to do whatever damage you want. If the IP isn't protected by an adequate defense you can literally view all of the source files at that IP. here is a simple page I wrote a year ago: geocities.com in netscape watch what it does. Luckily geocities doesn't let me store the info into a file, so its no harm done. But you own your website. You can store what you want into a file. SI should take serious note about this problem. Walking onto other people's IPs to sniff out files is probably very illegal and I would say it is unethical. I don't know that you did, but you could easily do it. so don't play dumb about saying there is no security risk. The risk is quite huge. Why should we trust your site? What is there that would give us confidence it isn't really a hacking site where a team of people are collecting information and reselling it? How would I know you didn't copy my proprietary trade secrets onto your computer? I wouldn't, thats the point. The risk is great. SI as a minimum should warn us we are being moved off of SI. The mere idea that you wanted everyone to think they were at SI is enough suspect for me to think you might be up to criminal activities. But I have no proof cause I don't have access to your machine. But I would be careful. If someone thinks their computer was compromised, you might have the police knocking on your door.