sharke

paulo

We'll obviously never agree on FB so no point in going there, you seem like a nice guy and all, but you seem to be arguing against yourself a little there. You start off by saying FB is a good method of id because of the work that they do to ensure that accounts are legit and proper and then go on to say how easy it is to set up an account with zero personal info just so that you could gain access to places that require FB login.  Ermm..... am I missing something ?

  Facebook, like Google, employs some pretty nifty algorithms that we'll probably never fully know about or understand. I suspect that there are a ton of ways that they can detect potential duplicate accounts, multiple accounts created from the same IP in a relatively short space of time being one of them. 


Here's a little clue from a Facebook spokesman although it's still a little vague:

“Facebook has always been based on a real name culture. This leads to greater accountability and a safer and more trusted environment for our users. It¹s a violation of our policies to use a fake name or operate multiple accounts. We have a dedicated User Operations team that reviews these reports and takes action as necessary.
We also have technical systems in place to flag and block potential fake accounts based on name and anomalous site activity. One of these technical systems has been displaying a warning to users we believe may be operating multiple accounts, while we are not taking action on these warnings at the moment, we have been notifying users that they may be violating our policies. We are constantly iterating on these systems and developing new ones, to provide an even better experience for the people who use our service.”  

       

First thing to note is that they have a team dedicated to reviewing reports of multiple accounts. Straight away you can see how much better that is than a simple anonymous email login (how many email providers even try to detect multiple accounts?). Second, there are the "technical systems" in place to "flag and block potential fake accounts based on name an anomalous site activity." Sounds complicated, but you can imagine a typical scenario: two different Facebook accounts, both registered from the same IP, who are both liking or posting comments on the same site. 

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk
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chefmike8888

I read somebody suggesting the forum should have a log-in for registered users. It was a way to filter out those that may be just inquiring about the software and trolls.

I've always said this.
The argument I got was what if someone is actually interested in purchasing a Cake product and has a few questions?

It's not that people not registered couldn't read the forums, they just cant post.

Yet another good reason for Cakewalk to have a toll-free number for consumer inquires AND tech support.


I find it hard to believe that it's 2013 and there are still big corporations like Cakewalk/Roland that don't have toll-free numbers for their product.


Just my 2 pence.


Mike  

We do have a toll free number:


http://www.cakewalk.com/about/contact.aspx

Beepster


I'd find that much funnier if I weren't in Canada. 

:-(

...

jk... it's still funny... but it's getting expensive trying to figure out whether you guys have Prince Albert in a can. I... MUST... KNOW!

Danny Danzi

Bub

Jonbouy

The amount of times my Mrs has threatend to 'kill me' still haven't prompted me to get her arrested for attempted murder, normally there's just a humourous chase around the room where she gets the better of me as a result usually.  Trouble is if it got written down it could be taken out of context by someone wanting to make some mileage out of it.

I'm not going to dig up old wounds here. I am 100% cool with Danny, and I hope he is with me ...

... but, Jonbouy, you are 100% wrong on this. He means what he says. He may (or may not) regret some of the things he says at a later time, but he means every word of it.

And I'm pretty sure he's going to come back and verify this for me. If I'm wrong, then I do truly apologize and I'll remove my post.

Every time my x-wife said she was going to kill me, I ducked, and left the house, because she meant it. The final 'blow' so to speak was when she came after me with a butchers knife. That was the night I packed my crap up and left.

Back to my music.

Toodles.

Verified with no regrets. I always mean what I say. If I'm pushed to that point, yep, it is what it is.

Bub


Had burgers tonight for supper w/steamed veggies and cottage cheese w/apple butter. Mmm.

My wife's ant & unk gave us a little Foreman grill for Xmas. That thing makes the best burgers I've ever had in my life. It's amazing the fat that ends up in the little catch tray, even the 90% lean meat. I'll never grill another burger again ... don't even plan on buying one come this summer.

Our old one was a Natural Gas grill and we can't get Natural Gas here where we moved to, so we left it at our old place as a kind of 'house warming' gift to the people that bought it. Those NG ones are expensive, but it was useless to us here.

sharke

Jonbouy


mmmmmm....ribs.

I ate too many candy foam bananas today, ruined my appetite and gave myself a sugar overdose, now I feel quite ill.  I'd have been much better off going for the ribs.

One thing I'm thankful for is that I cannot find Haribo Tangfastics in the US. I was addicted to those things back home. They're just so sweet and sour...I'm pretty sure they have enough citric acid in them to power a car battery. They strip the enamel off of your teeth. They only have the "mild" Haribo selection over here...but I just cannot eat any other candy. 

Bub

spacey

You look full Bub. ;)

The hour is getting late Spacey. This is my last chance to do something about it because of my age, but it's sooooo hard. I sniff a pork chop and gain 10 pounds.