9. April 2009 by admin.

Years ago some public ad council did the “This is your brain” … “This is your brain on drugs” commercials where the end result was your brain fried and looking like a cooked egg for breakfast. Some folks made jokes about This is your brain on drugs with a side of bacon and such.

Now I’ve seen for awhile the commercials on TV borrowing from The Wizard of Oz’s Scarecrow musical sequence singing “If I only had a brain”. I wondered what the H they were going on about? Then it seemed it had something to do with the electrical power distribution system. I guess they’re trying to tell us that the electrical power system needs to get a brain. Skynet I guess from The Terminator also comes to mind. Maybe we’ll get cyber electric shocked by our own electrical outlets and connected appliances? I’ve always wondered if anybody besides the billing department in most big companies was going to get a brain, and often even wondered if the billing departments could use a little more in both the brain and heart departments.

In case you haven’t seen it … here’s a YouTube link to the commercial video. It wouldn’t be hard to find other links in case this one goes down:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1XqLPa9BoA

And then there’s this…

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-04-08-power-grid-hackers_N.htm

Which is what made me make the humorous link between “If I only had a brain” and “This is your brain on drugs”.

You tell me what you think?

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Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

http://www.marinetelecom.net

http://blog.marinetelecom.net

+1 954 683 3426

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9. April 2009 by admin.

The Best Communications Gear and Cost Saving Methods for both Land and Marine Customers… You may have seen my Marine products and may be aware of my work onboard sail and motor yachts (consulting, installations, etc.) but have you seen:

http://riveroffers.com/?cogid=aspicer

Please stop by and see that page. We have a whole other system for taking your purchases and orders all the way through to delivery and fulfillment. We have products and services for Consumer Electronics, Computers, Networking (from Do-it-Yourself to Professional Carrier Grade Networking Gear), Telephone and Cellular Savings, Satellite TV, Home Security, and lots more!

http://riveroffers.com/?cogid=aspicer

Please tell your friends and associates. I will certainly appreciate the business! And if I can be of any assistance please let me know by telephone or email.

A whole other ton of products and services - to save individuals and businesses money on communications, entertainment and leisure, computing, computer networking, and much much more!

* Also feel free to stop by my page on: http://heresmyboss.ning.com/profile/AlanSpicer 

where I am also highlighting many of my products and services. When I say “we” I have a whole organization behind me with RiverOffers which used to be Cognigen Networks. Some will ask … Alan are you abandoning marine? To which I will answer a most definate NO! I have been a Cognigen Agent for years before I started working on marine. I’m ramping up that part of the business - because it needs to be done! It’s time to come out - and sell and provide services to everyone. By all means if you are a marine / sailing yacht / or motor yacht captain, crew, or owner … and you like my pages and need something - please please call my phone right away. I definately still DO MARINE. I wouldn’t leave it for the world.

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Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

The Best Communications Gear and Cost Saving Methods for both Land and Marine Customers

http://www.marinetelecom.net

+1 954 683 3426

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9. April 2009 by admin.

Marine WiFi Hotspot Sharing System - only 6 more days @ $850.00 + shipping to U.S. locations. After that back to $900.00 each. That is you have until 23:59 hours on April 14th to get yours at that price. I’ll knock off an additional $25.00 and combine the units for shipping for 2 or more Marine WiFi Sharing System purchases in one order. But get your orders in now!

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Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

The Best Communications Gear and Cost Saving Methods for both Land and Marine Customers

http://www.marinetelecom.net

+1 954 683 3426

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9. April 2009 by admin.

Ericsson W25 Cellular 3G Terminal only 6 more days @ $650.00 + $72.00 shipping to U.S. locations. After that back to $700.00 each. That is you have until 23:59 hours on April 14th to get yours at that price. I’ll knock off an additional $25.00 and combine the units for shipping for 2 or more W25 purchases in one order. But get your orders in now!

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Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

The Best Communications Gear and Cost Saving Methods for both Land and Marine Customers

http://www.marinetelecom.net

+1 954 683 3426

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1. April 2009 by admin.

ASMT Occassional Bulletin…

Fears of a Conficker Meltdown Greatly Exaggerated

* A lot of people are in an uproar about a supposed activation date of April 1st … for it to possibly do some nasty things. For most of my customers yachting and otherwise the bulletin from me is just make sure that you are getting Windows Updates as often as you can. If you have a full time Internet connection that doesn’t cost per use, then have Updates on Automatic. Otherwise you may want to set it for Manual or Notify me but don’t download. You should also have an up-to-date Anti-Virus solution perhaps with other malware/spyware protection built-in to it, as well as making sure that Windows Firewall is on and working or you are using another firewall solution that you know is working.

The exploit vectors that let Conficker in to a computer are…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker

… previously patched vectors / problems that MS updates have already fixed. So being up-to-date should prevent an individual computer from getting infected.

Do the normal things like Not opening Emails attached files from someone when you were not expecting them. If you get an attachment that you were not expecting email the person and confirm that they did manually and intentionally send you something.

Don’t go to web sites that are not well known, and if you do don’t download anything from other than official sources. Those that do peer-to-peer file sharing like Limewire or Bit Torrents can be making themselves vulnerable because those files come in pieces from unknown people around the world.

http://www.pcworld.com:80/businesscenter/article/162126/article.html?tk=nl_bpxnws

Worries that the notorious Conficker worm will somehow rise up and devastate the Internet on April 1 are misplaced, security experts said Friday.

Conficker is thought to have infected more than 10 million PCs worldwide, and researchers estimate that several million of these machines remain infected.

(more at the link…) 

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Alan Spicer

DBA Alan Spicer Telcom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom
Computer Services, Wired/Wireless Networking,
Cell/Sat/Landline Communications, General Consulting…
Marine, Business, Small Office and Home Office (SOHO)

* http://blog.marinetelecom.net/

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* http://www.wifiyacht.net/
* 954-683-3426

Mobile Internet! Step up to the HSPA 3G Fast Internet!

Ericsson W25 released in the USA.

Voice / Fax / High Speed Internet
Voice for your analog jacks or PBX Cell Line + 4 port
CAT5 Ethernet Router and Built-in WiFi Wireless
Replace older Ericsson F series or Telular Boxes
Go To:
http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W25/

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