Odds & Ends And All Things That Don't Fit Anything Else

[Marshall]

What Elio Motors needs is a superhero mascot to rescue this project and close the deal with America!

View attachment 21893 Yes, Cape!

Of course, Paul will then HAVE TO offer purple as a color option.

Visions of Barney! At least it's not "rainbow."

 

[Made in USA]

I see today they are starting to re-negotiate NAFTA. Some details:

Negotiators from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. kick off an ambitious first round of trade talks today as the countries try to fast-track a deal to modernize NAFTA.

The timeline is for seven rounds of negotiations between now and the beginning of next year, as markets keep an eye out for fresh rumblings on trade protectionism.

U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade has quadrupled since NAFTA took effect in 1994, surpassing $1.2T in 2016.

Expect to hear more in the news (fake news?) with opponents and proponents voicing their absolutely right opinions.

 

[Ty]

If NAFTA was responsible for a trade increase, that's good for the continent, right? I mean, if NET imports are greater than NET exports, your country is basically becoming weaker/poorer. I know it isn't quite that simple but it's a decent estimate of what is actually going on. It's more complicated than personal finance but still - you want more coming in than going out. (Does not apply to sewers)

 

[Coss]

It seems as though there are a few million people through the US and Canada (143 million) at risk from a hack that happened at Equifax.
You can read about it here =

http://www.techrepublic.com/article...e01923b&bhid=20499602915408520803150535424297

 

[wizard of ahs]

It seems as though there are a few million people through the US and Canada (143 million) at risk from a hack that happened at Equifax.
You can read about it here =

http://www.techrepublic.com/article...e01923b&bhid=20499602915408520803150535424297

I saw that the other day............stinkin' Equifax.....now we all need to keep an eye on ALL of our financial accounts (which you should be doing anyway)

 

[Coss]

I saw that the other day............stinkin' Equifax.....now we all need to keep an eye on ALL of our financial accounts (which you should be doing anyway)

I do constantly, every month we look over every statement very closely and make sure nothing is an unknown.
That plus with the way big companies get hacked, seems that one or more of my accounts gets a 2 year monitoring at no cost.

But a lot of infections come from careless users, and that's not me. I run ESET and Malwarebytes constantly and run a blocker in my firewall, but the biggest thing is, I don't click hap hazardly on ads and websites, the trick is, pay attention to what you're clicking on.
And if an email looks strange, click, good-bye. I've taught my curious side it's just not worth it.

 

[Coss]

For any of the nerds, and computer people, read this link:

If you used CCleaner software to clean up your device, you may have infected yourself instead

More than 2 million devices may be at risk due to a supply chain attack on Avast's CCleaner app for Windows, according to a report from Cisco Talos.

 

[Coss]

If you're a Dr. Who follower, there is a new Doctor, and this one is female

https://www.space.com/38730-first-f...er&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20171110-sdc

 

[Grumpy Cat]

If you're a Dr. Who follower, there is a new Doctor, and this one is female

https://www.space.com/38730-first-f...er&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20171110-sdc

I'm not surprised this is happening.

 

[Coss]

That's true, the last Dr. was pretty eeehhhh compared to the two before him.
We'll have to see how this one works out.