Quote from: DigiCorn on Today at 12:26:15 PM

I'm finding out that a lot of the work we get through here (is banners and stickers) are 800 page plans and specs books, mostly done in CAD. We have to resize the work to 8.5x11 usually (sometimes 11x17) but this latest order came in raster instead of vector and all that's supplied is pdf. There's 860 pages of these things, and it's choking Prisma, so we need to reduce file size somehow.

What's the best recommendation? Using the default reduce file size option, or using the optimize pdf and defining?

Bounce it and request proper PDF's! (I am allowed to act this way now)

Quote from: DigiCorn on May 09, 2024, 01:37:16 PMSpeaking of the Dark Side, yesterday I was looking for something, and I came across the post where the guy called us a bunch of 12 year olds (well, it was before I joined, so he called you all a bunch of 12 year olds). I still keep my age at 12 on this forum for that reason (DCS had filled me in on the story years ago), but I noticed Joe's age changed to 69. Not sure if that's a joke or not, but I enjoy seeing everyone's age at 12.

Unfortunately that is not a joke.

Quote from: DigiCorn on May 07, 2024, 04:30:56 PMIf you're that stupid to fall for, "buying gift cards," then you deserve to get swindled. Let's think about this logically... you know you didn't do anything wrong, and let's say someone did remote into your iPad... what site were you on that allowed the attacker to gain access? Maybe you're NOT so innocent after all...

$15,000? Hell no. I'd take my iPad to ewaste for shredding, and for $600 I'd buy a new one.

If I were really paranoid I'd go buy a new router with a VPN and configure my devices to connect through the VPN. I do that anyways so I can get out of market sports, or watch local teams that got blacked out.

I wouldn't say they are that stupid but they just don't understand how things work. They got the guy by claiming:

"They have downloaded a $15,000 charge for a child porn site out of China. That immediately got my attention," said Mandle.

Mandle has no criminal record and says he didn't have any pictures or videos like that on his iPad. Mandle did not want that on his computer or record.

"I could get in a lot of trouble. That's what still sucked me in," he said.

Just gullible.

Quote from: DigiCorn on May 07, 2024, 10:49:21 AMI got an email recently; an invoice from PayPal saying that my payment was declined. Obviously it was phony, because I don't have a PayPal account. I have told the old people in my life to ignore all of that stuff. Who's still falling for these scams?

How a couple lost thousands after responding to Apple security scam

ZIP is a lossless compression if you use the maximum quality setting so it should not degrade anything.

According to their website it says:

Quote1. Your California Privacy Rights

Shine the Light. If you are a resident of the State of California and would like to learn how your "personal information" (as defined in the Shine the Light Law, Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.83) is shared with third-parties, what categories of personal information we have shared with third-parties in the preceding year, as well as the names and addresses of those third-parties, please e-mail us at: care@nuts.com; call us at: (800) 558-6887; or send us U.S. Mail to: Nuts.com, 125 Moen St., Cranford, NJ 07016.

Further, if you are a resident of the State of California and would like to opt-out from the disclosure of your personal information to any third-party for marketing purposes, please e-mail us at: care@nuts.com; call us at: (800) 558-6887; or send us U.S. Mail to: Nuts.com, 125 Moen St., Cranford, NJ 07016. Please be advised that where California State residents opt-out from permitting their personal information to be shared, such individuals may still receive selected offers directly from us, in accordance with applicable law.

So you can opt out of them sharing your information. You just need to inform them via email not to share your personal info with any 3rd party for marketing purposes.

Quote from: Tracy on May 07, 2024, 07:16:13 AMHey Joe, I was going to order something from Nuts.com 
and was wondering if I can type my email address like you did?
I have enough SPAM 

Probably not. Look at nuts.com privacy policy which they have to have somewhere on their website. When entering an email address it is on the order form and in your account which neither should be available publicly to anyone else unless they sell their email lists to others. Most legitimate vendors don't sell their customers data.

Quote from: Possum on May 06, 2024, 12:40:38 PMIt's a plot!

Possibly.

bump


seems he is still having issues logging in.

Quote from: born2print on May 01, 2024, 11:45:36 AM...and I am Jim.

It didn't end well for Jim...

Quote from: Tracy on May 01, 2024, 09:45:20 AMDon't see the linky

OK I think everyone should be able to see the contact link now.

Quote from: Tracy on May 01, 2024, 09:45:20 AMDon't see the linky

 No wonder no one uses it! Guests can see it but logged in members can't. Have to figure out why now.

Quote from: David on May 01, 2024, 09:33:18 AMalso never post a picture of your house with the street address number visible/readable or your car with the license plate readable.


even the goog blurs the addresses on street view

Agree 100%

Quote from: Tracy on May 01, 2024, 09:15:27 AMSo good to know!
sheesh I wonder if I have done that

That is why I have a contact link at the top of the page that doesn't expose an email address but no one ever uses it when they have an issue. 

(The email address field in the contact form never exposes your email address to anyone but me)

That is why one should never post a correctly formatted email address on any website where it will display fully on the website. Type it out like above. Most people get spam either from posting their email address online or websites that you give your email address to that sells their email lists to spammers. (I do not sell your email addresses)

Quote from: Tracy on May 01, 2024, 08:05:51 AMWhat the heck when I typed it was good
Jooooeee!

Hotmetal go to post 1 please, disregard us morons!

No you typed a correct email address formatted like it should be. But email harvester bots can get those addresses with a quick scan of the website. So I changed it so they can't easily read the email address.