RE: [DL] E-books -- going OT

["Jeffery Yates" <jyates@qlinktech.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]On
> Behalf Of TwoGunMojo13@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:45 AM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [DL] E-books
>
>
> In a message dated 1/9/2001 7:35:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> darious@darious.com writes:
>
> << It might not be a bad idea to download your favorite articles
> before the
>  PEG website revision. >>
>
> Already beat ya to that thought Deputy!
>
> I agree with all that you said, but I think that you might have left one
> thing out.....might have missed it...I do that sometimes.     Let's face
> it...... even with all the 'safeguards' and 'security measures'
> that online
> stores have, there are still cases of 'somehow' your credit card
> number being
> used by those that gain access to it.     Paranoid?      Dang
> right, I am!

This stretches my OT courage, but I saw a bit on the TV about
waiters/waitresses making copies of credit cards that customers give them
when paying for a meal.  You know, when they take your card to a cash
register or some such.  In their pocket they have a little gizmo that
records everything on the magnetic stripe, which is then imprinted onto
another card for later use.  And when you use your card at the local
Wal-Mart, they swipe the card right in front of you, then give it back.  But
the number is stored in the Wal-Mart computers so they can bill the sale to
your account.  And they keep track of it long enough in case you return
something you bought.

Sigh, I guess it's just the manitou in me wanting to spread a little extra
paranoia...

Jeff "But yeah, I bought Epitaph 3 and Rain O' Terror..." Y.