Billy Young's Blog - Posts Tagged "spam"

Another small mistake on the retort this week, I didn’t leave one of the boilers venting long enough. I was short by only three minutes. I should have vented for ten but in my haste to do the job I made the error. It means that the cans that were in to cook had to be put on hold for two weeks and then tested to make sure they are fine to send out on order. The cooking time after venting was run for the full time so they will probably be okay. It does show though that less haste is always best unfortunately it is a lesson that I have always had a problem with learning. Too eager that is my trouble.
I had to take down my blog on my website this week after weeks of being inundated with loads of spam posts in the comments section. Each night it has been taking longer to delete them till finally it began causing the site to crash. In the end I was forced to give up the battle though I may set my blog back up on the site in the future at some point. For the time being GoodReads.com will be the only place where I past this blog. I hope that anyone who read this blog on my site will find their way to reading it on Goodreads.
I’m also planning to add some of my poetry to my site. That might be something for me to do this weekend if I find the time. I have a few poems to work on this Saturday and Sunday that I did this week. If fact over the past couple of weeks I have found that I have been writing more than usual though not any of the stories that fill my head screaming to get out. I have been enjoying verse though as I always have. I may not be that great at it but that really isn’t the point of it. It is about expressing the imagery or idea that you have in mind. At least that is my take on it.

Is it just me that get annoyed at applying for a job with a company and having to register with their site? What do the company directors think or do they? Shouldn't the government do something to save us from all the ads these companies then decide to send us even when we made sure to opt-out of this.
As you can tell I have fallen foul of the dread application for jobs through company sites. Not that I mind applying for jobs this way. It is that if the site isn't badly designed and a chore to get through, it is that they have hidden dangers. These dangers can be company filling your in box spam. The first one you think "oh" in a hopeful way. On opening the mail you soon realise that it is nothing but an add. Within a few days the in box has more spam coming not just from the company you applied to for a job but all their friends too. At least that is how it feels. I know their is laws against this but who enforces the laws. Not the ministers elected to represent us. Not the police, they would probably charge you for wasting their time as they see it as civil matter. The government ombudsman who will look into you complaint. Not that if applying for a job you really want to make a complain about the company. Which I suspect these companies know, hence why they do this.
But what is in it for them. Don't they see that those looking for jobs on the bottom tier of their company is not likely to see this in a good light. If anything they are going to dread ever working for such a firm. Of course I haven't got the job and in most cases that will be the same outcome for others. So all that these companies have achieved is to alienate those that might be future customer. Or if you are one of the not so lucky ones, employees.

You may have heard there is a new version of Windows out. Yes Windows 10 is here and it is free. In truth its been around for a bit now but not everyone wants it. What puts me off upgrading from 7 is the constant nagging Microsoft is doing to get me to move up. When I first heard they were giving it away for nothing I was excited. Then when it came out I thought I'll wait till they get through the teething issues. New products normally have them right. So I thought that it was best to wait for a little. As time has passed and Microsoft has ramped up the badgering those of us who haven't installed the new operating system I have been driven further for wanting to do so. It isn't that I love 7, though it does what its supposed too. Or that I'm afraid of change and a bit of a Luddite. Change is inevitable. We can't stop it. Well not for ever though we might slow it. Microsoft's tactic to get everyone to move up to 10 is wrong in my opinion. If it had been another company they may have faced legal action for spamming everyone's computers that hasn't upgraded. After all that is exactly what they are doing in their attempts to get as many people to us their new all sing operating system. And like other forms of spam it only drives me further from wishing to do so.
It would have been so different if they had sent a reminder maybe once a month of their great offer. I would have probably have taken their offer up by now. Sadly though they over did their campaigning for me by sending adverts on almost a daily basis. But I don't suppose they'll lose much sleep over that over at Microsoft. Nor will I though.