Why promote an unofficial website?

On 14/10/2019 18:21, Mike Easter wrote:
~BD~ wrote:
Do you have *ANY* experience of using Apple operating systems?

A little bit; when I visit relatives whose OS is Apple; one relative has
a nice iMac.Â* Another has an iPhone and an iPad.Â* I've used the iMac as
my online device numerous times in the past and I have a saved directory
there of 'my stuff'.Â* On a recent visit, it was necessary to do
troubleshooting of the iPhone & iPad.Â* The iPhone had a dead battery
that needed to be replaced, and then had connectivity problems.Â* I used
the iPad to help resolve the connectivity security-related issues of the
iPhone.

But, I don't have enough interest in Apple products to spring for the
bucks to acquire one more device around here just to twiddle w/ it.Â* The
last 3 devices I purchased were -1- a Raspberry Pi kitÂ* -2- a VoIP
device for phone service for my house landline phones -3- a cheap Win10
refurb/ed laptop (which now also runs linux).

In the past I have 'looked around' to see if there were any good deals
on Mac mini/s, but then I decided that the deals weren't good enough and
I also didn't have enough interest in the Mac OS.Â* I can satisfy all of
my OS alternatives interests w/ the generations of Win which are still
around ranging 2 XP, 2 Vista, 2 7, now 1 10 only used occasionally and
the scores of linuxes I have both installed on those original Wins and
on USB sticks.

99% of the time I'm on a linux.Â* At this moment I'm getting ready to
print something w/ a printer USB connected to an old desktop running XP.

Thanks for chatting and telling me 'what's what', Mike. I appreciate
your interaction and all your efforts to guide me in all manner of ways. :-)

I know you don't like me labouring my points, but have you ever wondered
why BTS, who doesn't use Microsoft Windows himself** - he only uses
Linux - provides website information directed mainly to those folk who
DO use Windows? (Gullible guys and gals?!!!)

THIS page especially:- http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

*NOTE* Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way affiliated with, nor
offers endorsement of, this site.

(Right at the bottom of the page)

*Question* - *Why is he promoting an unofficial website*?

Other website information may be reviewed he
https://tekrider.net/general/index.php

** The malformed web page here, bottom left, confirms that BTS doesn't
"do Windows"! https://tekrider.net/pages/about.php

~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:

I know you don't like me labouring my points,

Your "points" are nothing more than ****e you type, without basis.

but have you ever wondered
why BTS, who doesn't use Microsoft Windows himself** - he only uses
Linux -

No, he has not ever wondered. Neither has anyone else, only you, the
stalker.

provides website information directed mainly to those folk who
DO use Windows? (Gullible guys and gals?!!!)

Please, please go to the morgue and buy a brain! Maybe you'll get lucky
and find one with a couple of synapses still working. It would be more
than you have now.

--
-bts

On 14/10/2019 23:44, Beauregard T. Shagnasty *LIED* - *AGAIN*
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon **

I know you don't like me labouring my points,

Your "points" are nothing more than ****e you type, without basis.

Here's what you snipped .....

I know you don't like me labouring my points, but have you ever wondered
why BTS, who doesn't use Microsoft Windows himself** - he only uses
Linux - provides website information directed mainly to those folk who
DO use Windows? (Gullible guys and gals?!!!)

THIS page especially:- http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

*NOTE* Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way affiliated with, nor
offers endorsement of, this site.

(Right at the bottom of the page)

*Question* - *Why is he promoting an unofficial website*?

Other website information may be reviewed he
https://tekrider.net/general/index.php

** The malformed web page here, bottom left, confirms that BTS doesn't
"do Windows"! https://tekrider.net/pages/about.php


--
David B.
** Not touched a single drop of alcohol since 21st March 2018

~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:

On 14/10/2019 23:44, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon **

I know you don't like me labouring my points,

Your "points" are nothing more than ****e you type, without basis.

Here's what you snipped .....

I know what I snipped. Nothing but your unending repeated bull****.

Give it up.

--
-bts

On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:09:53 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:

On 14/10/2019 18:21, Mike Easter wrote:
~BD~ wrote:
Do you have *ANY* experience of using Apple operating systems?

A little bit; when I visit relatives whose OS is Apple; one relative has
a nice iMac.* Another has an iPhone and an iPad.* I've used the iMac as
my online device numerous times in the past and I have a saved directory
there of 'my stuff'.* On a recent visit, it was necessary to do
troubleshooting of the iPhone & iPad.* The iPhone had a dead battery
that needed to be replaced, and then had connectivity problems.* I used
the iPad to help resolve the connectivity security-related issues of the
iPhone.

But, I don't have enough interest in Apple products to spring for the
bucks to acquire one more device around here just to twiddle w/ it.* The
last 3 devices I purchased were -1- a Raspberry Pi kit* -2- a VoIP
device for phone service for my house landline phones -3- a cheap Win10
refurb/ed laptop (which now also runs linux).

In the past I have 'looked around' to see if there were any good deals
on Mac mini/s, but then I decided that the deals weren't good enough and
I also didn't have enough interest in the Mac OS.* I can satisfy all of
my OS alternatives interests w/ the generations of Win which are still
around ranging 2 XP, 2 Vista, 2 7, now 1 10 only used occasionally and
the scores of linuxes I have both installed on those original Wins and
on USB sticks.

99% of the time I'm on a linux.* At this moment I'm getting ready to
print something w/ a printer USB connected to an old desktop running XP.

Thanks for chatting and telling me 'what's what', Mike. I appreciate
your interaction and all your efforts to guide me in all manner of ways.

:-)

Translating: "I was only joking. I didn't read a word, it was
just another excuse for stalking. I didn't expect you to fall for it
AGAIN"

CUT_STALKING

---------------
BD: I want people to "get to know me better. I have nothing to
hide".
I'm always here to help, this page was put up at BD's request,
rather, he said "Do it *NOW*!":

http://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php

57 confirmed #FAKE_NYMS, most used in cybercrimes!
Google "David Brooks Devon"
[]'s
--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012

On 15/10/2019 00.09, ~BD~ wrote:

THIS page especially:-Â* http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

*NOTE*Â* Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way affiliated with, nor
offers endorsement of, this site.

The site is under mvps.org total control as it's a subdomain and both
their main site and the winehelp2002 are located on the same server
which is under mvps.org control.

On 15/10/2019 06:07, J.O. Aho wrote:
On 15/10/2019 00.09, ~BD~ wrote:

THIS page especially:-Â* http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

*NOTE*Â* Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way affiliated with, nor
offers endorsement of, this site.

The site is under mvps.org total control as it's a subdomain and both
their main site and the winehelp2002 are located on the same server
which is under mvps.org control.


Thank you so much for responding! :-)

Please will you explain why this warning appears at the bottom of the
web page? What do *YOU* think it means?

https://imgur.com/gallery/aGYNIW9

TIA

--
David B.
Devon, UK

On 15/10/2019 00:27, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:

On 14/10/2019 23:44, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon **

I know you don't like me labouring my points,

Your "points" are nothing more than ****e you type, without basis.

Here's what you snipped .....

I know what I snipped. Nothing but your unending repeated bull****.

Give it up.

Take down my 'special page'.

Simples!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTSCUYcp20A

On 15/10/2019 14:59, Mike Easter wrote:
~BD~ wrote:
Aho wrote:
~BD~ wrote:

THIS page especially:-Â* http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

*NOTE*Â* Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way affiliated with, nor
offers endorsement of, this site.

The site is under mvps.org total control as it's a subdomain and both
their main site and the winehelp2002 are located on the same server
which is under mvps.org control.

Please will you explain why this warning appears at the bottom of the
web page? What do *YOU* think it means?

BD's dumb graphic ofÂ* "Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way
affiliated with, nor offers endorsement of, this site."

What is "dumb" about it? It's simply a copy/paste of the text which is
seen on the website. It's not what I would describe as being a 'graphic'.

I agree w/ what Apd said here in Jul.

http://al.howardknight.net/?ID=156563795800

Thanks. I've read that again.

When he says "this site" he probably
means his few pages at the subdomain winhelp2002.mvps.org which the
owner of the main domain mvps.org allows him to control. The main
"site" (mvps.org) owner doesn't approve or disapprove of the content
and the only way they are connected is that they are both MVPs.

In the past, Mike Burgess hosts pages were in mvps.org/winhelp2002; now
he has a subdomain.Â* When you look around the various sites 'related' to
the old mvps reference system, some of them are on their own domain name
sites and some of them are in subdomains of mvps.org (and might have
previously been in / paths).Â* That doesn't mean that mvps.org as an org
has anything to say about what is on the pages.

However...

... if somehow some unhappiness developed, mvps.org could take away the
subdomain name from Mike Burgess and he would have to work out something
else about how to do his hosts site.

Shadow says one should not use *names* on the Usenet! So ....

*Who is Mike Burgess*?

No mention of him he- http://www.mvps.org

He's not mentioned in this page:- http://www.winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Nor is his name mentioned he-
https://www.blogger.com/profile/09662737599549871224

And he's not mentioned here either:-
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...c-68b599b31bf5

This site mentions that out of the millions and MILLIONS of computer
users, just 10,000+ utilise his Hosts file:-
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvp...re-protection/

Now consider what Wikipedia has to say:-

*Security issues*

The hosts file may present an attack vector for malicious software. The
file may be modified, for example, by adware, computer viruses, or
trojan horse software to redirect traffic from the intended destination
to sites hosting malicious or unwanted content.[15] The widespread
computer worm Mydoom.B blocked users from visiting sites about computer
security and antivirus software and also affected access from the
compromised computer to the Microsoft Windows Update website. In some
cases malware has modified the library responsible for loading the hosts
file in order to redirect it to a file it is able to control freely.

=

Interestingly, Malwarebytes chose *NOT* to use the Hosts file mentioned
above in *their* product!

How can we be sure that Mike Burgess's Hosts file is a good thing to use
on one's computer - and not something bad?!!

Btw, 'Corrine said this earlier this year:-

After realizing that there had been another lapse without updates, I
sent him another email but did not receive a response. I then inquired
in two private MVP venues in an attempt to locate someone who knows Mike
personally and has contact information. That resulted in two other email
addresses but, sadly, no response from Mike. A search of legacy.com was
suggested, which I did, checking each entry for Michael Burgess that
didn't have a state listed but there weren't any from New Jersey (which
I had gotten from his Hosts News blogger profile.
Last edited: Feb 2, 2019

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thre...hs-ago.412887/

=

So, guys, *WHO IS this elusive MIKE BURGESS*?

--
David B.
Devon, UK

~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:

On 15/10/2019 00:27, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:
Here's what you snipped .....

I know what I snipped. Nothing but your unending repeated bull****.

Give it up.

Take down my 'special page'.

Simples!

Not simple at all. Well, especially not simple for YOU. Everyone else
understands that *if you cease stalking* the page may come down. So far
there are no signs that your stalking will stop.

--
-bts

On 15/10/2019 22:17, Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:59:21 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:

On 15/10/2019 18:10, Mike Easter wrote:
~BD~ wrote:
Mike Easter wrote:

BD's dumb graphic ofÂ* "Microsoft and or MVPS.org are in no way
affiliated with, nor offers endorsement of, this site."

What is "dumb" about it? It's simply a copy/paste of the text which is
seen on the website. It's not what I would describe as being a 'graphic'.

This is your dumb graphic to which I 'referred' (referred in that I
snipped it prior to referring to it):Â* https://imgur.com/gallery/aGYNIW9

*Who is Mike Burgess*?

Mike Burgess runs the hosts site we are talking about.

Old reference to mvps.org/winhelp2002Â* http://www.mvps.org/links.html

He's listed here too:-

http://www.mvps.org/links.html

Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/

On some other related page I saw a pic called 'Mike'.

Link please, if you find it. This is what he supposedly looks like:-

https://i.imgur.com/p6eDiw9.png

Other websites referred to him and his related serious health issues
(when there were no updates for a few months), but as far as I know he
is still the maintainer.

Try clicking on the links shown beneath the 'world map' in the top right
hand corner of the web pages. They go to different destinations.

This is what stalking looks like. Gross and disgusting.

*Never assume* - *CHECK*! :-)

--
David B.
Devon, UK

On 15/10/2019 18:34, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:

On 15/10/2019 00:27, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:
Here's what you snipped .....

I know what I snipped. Nothing but your unending repeated bull****.

Give it up.

Take down my 'special page'.

Simples!

Not simple at all. Well, especially not simple for YOU. Everyone else
understands that *if you cease stalking* the page may come down. So far
there are no signs that your stalking will stop.

Will your old school friends recognise this fellow?

https://i.imgur.com/0m6dQpH.png

They might even remember his name!

--

BTS, take down my 'special page'. Do it *NOW*!
Before I ask this lady to show the image to all attendees at the
forthcoming gathering and ask if they recall his name.

Betty Miller, CDHSAA President
(717)65*-70*7
cdhsaamembership1 at comcast.net

~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:

On 15/10/2019 18:34, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:
Take down my 'special page'.

Not simple at all. Well, especially not simple for YOU. Everyone else
understands that *if you cease stalking* the page may come down. So far
there are no signs that your stalking will stop.

....and lookie! It has not stopped.

Will your old school friends recognise this fellow?

https://i.imgur.com/

They might even remember his name!

No, they won't.

--
-bts

On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 22:32:53 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:


Will your old school friends recognise this fellow?

CUT_PERSONAL_LINK

They might even remember his name!

And that is BD the STALKER. If he can get hold of ANY personal
info, he WILL post it all over Usenet, private forums and "social
media".

I left the OT groups in this time since he insists on
including them, even though he were asked nicely TWICE not to.
OT up.

---------------
BD: I want people to "get to know me better. I have nothing to
hide".
I'm always here to help, this page was put up at BD's request,
rather, he said "Do it *NOW*!":

http://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php

57 confirmed #FAKE_NYMS, most used in cybercrimes!
Google "David Brooks Devon"
[]'s


--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012

On 15/10/2019 22:49, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:

On 15/10/2019 18:34, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
~BD~ The Disgusting Drunken Deviant from Devon wrote:
Take down my 'special page'.

Not simple at all. Well, especially not simple for YOU. Everyone else
understands that *if you cease stalking* the page may come down. So far
there are no signs that your stalking will stop.

...and lookie! It has not stopped.

Were you at the 50th reunion?

Will your old school friends recognise this fellow?

https://i.imgur.com/

They might even remember his name!

No, they won't.

No matter. I have a note of it somewhere!

--
David B.
Devon, UK