Personal Notes
[previously titled "Event Log"]
This page contains some of my personal notes.
Because of my situation,
most of these notes document problems
that were probably the result of intentional harassment.
This file serves 2 purposes:
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it is part of my Web site for the benefit and education of others; and
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it is part of my personal searchable text note database.
Because much of it is plain text,
it has a different appearance than most of the other parts of my Web site.
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It is not as pretty.
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Also, you might find some unusual looking compound words, such as "WindowsHelp".
These words help me to cross-reference sections of my notes.
I created this page in 2004 April
after realizing that my notes were accumulating
extensive documentation of examples of what appeared to be
the intentional creation of
Bad Fortune
type harassment.
I thought that these notes might be useful to others.
Over time I plan to make more of those notes presentable
and move them to this page.
A "problem" is something that you don't usually want to have.
Some examples are:
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malfunctions,
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delays,
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increases in expenses,
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decreases in income,
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pains,
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illnesses,
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difficulties with personal or business relationships,
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difficulties with other activities.
We would like to think that our problems
can be limited in number and severity by being careful and planning ahead.
If all problems were unintentional, then this might be true.
But some problems are intentional. They are the
Bad Fortune
resulting from a
Harassment
program run by others.
One should be suspicious of a problem if:
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it is an unusually rare type of problem;
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it is an unusually costly problem;
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it is one of an unusually large number of problems that happened to
the same person or organization in a short time period;
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it's occurance is a
Beneficial Coincidence
for somebody,
for example if it impedes somebody's whistleblowing activities
against somebody else.
Here are only a few of the Suspicious Problems that have happened to me.
+ PersonalNotesSubsetForPMMWebSiteDx CopyAreaBegin.
One of the
Suspicious Problems
that I have is a lot of
Unwanted Telephone Calls.
They include:
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wrong numbers, including the ones in which I hear only silence;
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telemarketing calls.
Many people get these calls.
What makes mine suspicious are:
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the large number of them, especially on some days;
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the fact that they seem to happen most
at the most inconvenient times, such as:
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while eating,
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when my hands are messy while preparing food;
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while watching something interesting on TV;
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while doing something that requires an unusually high level of concentration.
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the fact that I get multiple telemarketing calls,
sometimes several calls per week,
from the same company, for the same product,
but I never buy things in response to telemarketing calls.
This is similar to the
E-mail Spam
that I receive.
I began recording information about these calls in late 2003,
after noticing that I seemed to be receiving many telemarketing calls.
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At first the records were sporadic,
though I recorded some call details.
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Later I recorded the number of each type of call on each day,
but recorded other information only if the call was unusual.
Here is that record.
* UnwantedTelephoneCallEventDx.
* Notes:
* A telemarketing call is any call, from a machine or a person,
trying to sell me something or take a survey.
* Wrong numbers include:
* Calls meant for another number.
* Most are calls to my home,
but a few are calls to people with whom I am visiting,
which interrupt the visit.
* Calls not for me recorded on my answering machine.
* Until 2005/01/22, calls which are silent after being answered,
* Silent calls, starting 2005/01/22.
These are calls which are silent after being answered,
* For a long time with many of the wrong numbers
the caller acted as if the call was intended for a medical office
with a telephone number that differs from mine in only 1 digit.
But later this was no longer true. Apparently it was only a cover.
* ---DATE--- CALLS ("t" = telemarketing calls, "w" = wrong numbers)
*!I seem to receive many telemarketing calls.
+ 2003/12/31. 1t
+!Message. DirectSatelliteEventZx. solicitation.
I seem to have several per week. Automated.
It is difficult to believe that they would continue to call me
when I never respond and never buy stuff over the telephone
unless my name is repeatedly being added or refreshed in their database.
+!2004/01/05. 6w? (Many wrong numbers today.)
+!2004/01/06. Another call. DoNotCallEventZx.
+ DirectSatelliteEventZx.. John Travis.
877-524-4759 PromotionCode:CAM5?
+ 10:59. Called. Got voice mail.
I added my number to their do not call list.
I needed to enter my number,
but they should have gotten that from CallerId.
+!2004/01/13 3t 3w.
+!DirectSatelliteEventZx:
solicitation at 9:30, Allan Barrow,
but the voice sounded the same as John Travis.
ATAndT1718DigitalAnsweringSystem. recorded, but not as a new message.
It appeared as an old message.
I needed to press and hold the PlayStop button to hear it.
Called 877-524-4759 and got voice mail.
I removed my number from promotion list again.
The woman made no mention of a processing delay.
+!As I arrived home from errands,
a telemarketing message was being recorded.
When I played it, it was a partial, tail end of a message.
It talked of pressing keys, as if it was voice mail,
one of the options was for removal from the call list.
But there was no number to call.
+!2004/01/14. 3w.
+!2004/01/16. 4w (all with silence, within 5 minutes,
stopped after I said 251...).
+!2004/01/18. 1w (in evening).
+!2004/01/19. 2t 2w
+!DirectReservationsEventZx. Vacation.
+!OceanGlass, crack in windshield?
+!2004/01/20. 4t
+ DirectReservationsEventZx. the online form that I (or family member or friend)
completed, has been selected. Must call within 24 hours.
+ MNBA ChargeCard solicitation.
+ Poor quality RedCross message.
+ ChelmsfordIndependent. At first is sounded like a free sample,
but when I verified address, it would cost 0.70/week, so I said no.
+!2004/01/21. 1t (FreshStartFinancial) 1w.
+!2004/01/22. 2w
+!2004/01/23. 1w.
+!2004/01/26. 1w.
+!2004/01/27. 1t (Verizon long distance) 3w
+!2004/01/28. 2t (DirectReservation; DirectResponseReservation) 1w
+!2004/01/29. 1t.
+!2004/01/30. 1t 1w.
+!2004/01/31. 1t.
+!2004/02/02. 1t 2w.
+!2004/02/03. 1w.
+!2004/02/04. 1t 1w.
+!2004/02/05. 1w.
+!2004/02/06. 1t.
+!2004/02/09. 3t 4w
+!2004/02/10. 2t (Dave, lending specialiasts; Lowell Sun subscription) 1w.
+!2004/02/11. 2w.
+!2004/02/12. 1t 1w.
+!2004/02/13. 1w.
+!2004/02/16. 1t (DirectSatellite) 2w.
+!2004/02/19. 1w.
+!2004/02/18. 4w.
+!2004/02/20. 5w.
+!2004/02/21. 1t.
+!2004/02/23. 2t 1w.
+!2004/02/24. 1w.
+!2004/02/25. 1t 1w.
+!2004/02/26. 1t 1w.
+!2004/02/27. 4w.
+!2004/02/28. 1w.
+!2004/02/29. 1t.
+!2004/03/01. 2w.
+!2004/03/0?. 1w.
+!2004/03/04. 2w. First within seconds of Telemarketing call.
+!2004/03/05. 1w. To CTM while I was on the phone with them.
+!2004/03/??. 1t.
+!2004/03/08. 2t.
+!2004/03/10. 1w 1w.
+!2004/03/11. 3t.
+!2004/03/12. 1w.
+!2004/03/13. 1t (Pressed 2 for DoNotCall) 1w.
+!2004/03/17. 1t 1w.
+!2004/03/18. 1w.
+!2004/03/19. 2t.
+!2004/03/22. 1t.
+!2004/03/23. 3t.
+!2004/03/24. 1w.
+!2004/03/25. 1w.
+!2004/03/26. 1t 1w.
+!2004/03/28. 1w.
+!2004/03/29. 2w.
+!2004/03/30. 1w.
+!2004/03/31. 5w.
+!2004/04/01. 1w.
+!2004/04/02. 1t 1w.
+!2004/04/03. 2w.
+!2004/04/05. 3t (local election; Debt management; Windshield company) 2w.
+!2004/04/06. 1t.
+!2004/04/07. 2t 1w.
+!2004/04/08. 2w.
+!2004/04/09. 2w.
+!2004/04/13. 1w in WB while I was there.
+!2004/04/14. 1t 1w.
+!2004/04/16. 2t.
+!2004/04/19. 2t 1w.
+!2004/04/20. 1t 1w.
+!2004/04/21. 2t (One was voter opinion poll
Came exactly when it was time for me to go out) 1w.
+!2004/04/22. 2w.
+!2004/04/26. 4w.
+!2004/04/27. 1t.
+!2004/04/28. 2w.
+!2004/04/29. 1t.
+!2004/04/30. 1t 3w.
+!2004/05/04. 1t 2w.
+!2004/05/05. 1w.
+!2004/05/06. 1w.
+!2004/05/06. 4t.
+ One was my health insurance company wanting to sell suppliment insurance.
+ One was a travel survey.
+!2004/05/12. 1w.
+!2004/05/13. 3w.
+!2004/05/14. 3w.
+!2004/05/15. 1w.
+!2004/05/17. 2w.
+!2004/05/18. 1t 1w.
+!2004/05/19. 1w.
+!2004/05/20. 1t 2w.
+!2004/05/21. 2t 3w.
+!2004/05/22. 1t 2w.
+!2004/05/24. 2t
* 2004/05/27. 1w.
* 2004/05/28. 1w.
+!2004/06/01. 2w.
+!2004/06/02. 2t.
+!2004/06/03. 2w 2t.
+!2004/06/04. 1w.
+!2004/06/05. 1w.
+!2004/06/06. 1w.
+!2004/06/07. 2t.
+!2004/06/09. 3t. One was live (most are recordings),
from awards verification center, but voice was similar to one on recordings.
+!2004/06/10. 3w.
+!2004/06/11. 3w.
+!2004/06/12. 2w.
+!2004/06/13. 1w.
+!2004/06/14. 1w 2w.
+!2004/06/18. 1t. On answering machine while away.
+!2004/06/22. 1t.
+!2004/06/23. 2t 2w.
+!2004/06/24. 3w.
*!DataLoss20040626Thru0701 Begin.
*!DataLoss20040626Thru0701 End.
+!2004/07/02. 3w 1t
+!2004/07/06. 1t
+!2004/07/07. 1w
+!2004/07/08. 3w
+!2004/07/09. 2w
+!2004/07/10. 1 t 1w (while cooking egg, I knocked phone on floor and it hung up)
+!2004/07/12. 1w.
+!2004/07/13. 1t 1w.
+!2004/07/14. 1t.
+!2004/07/15. 2t 1w.
+!2004/07/16. 2w.
+!2004/07/20. 1w 1t.
+!2004/07/21. 2w 1t.
+!2004/07/22. 1w 1t.
+!2004/07/23. 2w 1t.
+!2004/07/24. 1w.
+!2004/07/26. 2t.
+!2004/07/29. 5w (1 to cell).
+!2004/08/03. 1w.
+!2004/08/04. 1t.
+!2004/08/05. 1w 3t.
+ One call was From United States Protection And Care Society
at http://www.uspacs.org/ , a Non Profit.
Alternate URL: ZipCodeAlert.com .
They said that they've identified sexual preditors in my area,
and offered to search for some by zip code.
I entered mine, but there were none.
This is one day after the Massachusetts SJC decided that
addresses of level 3 sex offenders could be posted to the Internet.
+!2004/08/06. 1t.
+!2004/08/09. 1w (cell) 3t.
+!2004/08/10. 2w 2t.
+!2004/08/11. 1w.
+!2004/08/12. 2w 1t.
+!2004/08/16. 1w.
+!2004/08/17. 2w.
+!2004/08/18. 1w 1t.
+!2004/08/19. 1w.
+!2004/08/20. 3w 1t.
+!2004/08/22. 1w.
+!2004/08/23. 3w 1t.
+!2004/08/24. 1w.
+!2004/08/25. 1w.
+!2004/08/26. 3w 1t.
+!2004/08/27. 1w.
+!2004/08/31. 1t.
+!2004/09/01. 2w.
+!2004/09/02. 1w.
+!2004/09/03. 1w.
+!2004/09/04. 1w 1t. Static noise on phone.
+!2004/09/06. 1w.
+!2004/09/08. 3t.
+!2004/09/09. 3w 1t.
+!2004/09/10. 1t.
+!2004/09/11. 1t.
+!2004/09/13. 2w.
+!2004/09/15. 3w 1t.
+!2004/09/16. 1t 3w.
+!2004/09/18. 1w.
+!2004/09/20. 1t.
+!2004/09/22. 1t 1w.
+!2004/09/23. 1w.
+!2004/09/24. 3w (1 to cell phone)
+!2004/09/27. 2w.
+!2004/09/28. 2w on cell phone while in NH,
+!2004/09/29. 2w 1t.
+!2004/09/30. 2w 1t.
+!2004/10/01. 2t.
+!2004/10/04. 3w 1t.
+!2004/10/05. 1t.
+!2004/10/06. 1w.
+!2004/10/07. 1w 1t.
+!2004/10/09. 1w.
+!2004/10/10. 2w.
+!2004/10/12. 3w 1t.
+!2004/10/13. 1w 1t.
+!2004/10/16. 1w 1t (firefighters).
+!2004/10/18. 1w.
+!2004/10/20. 1w 2t.
+!2004/10/23. 1t.
+!2004/10/25. 1w.
+!2004/10/26. 1t 3w (2 dial tones)
+!2004/10/27. 3w.
+!2004/10/29. 1w.
+!2004/10/31. 1t.
+!2004/11/01. 1t 1w.
+!2004/11/02. 1t.
+!2004/11/03. 1w.
+!2004/11/04. 1w.
+!2004/11/05. 2w.
+!2004/11/06. 2w.
+!2004/11/08. 1w.
+!2004/11/09. 2w 3t.
+!2004/11/10. 2w.
+!2004/11/11. 1w.
+!2004/11/12. 1w.
+!2004/11/13. 1t.
+!2004/11/15. 2w.
+!2004/11/16. 4w.
+!2004/11/18. 1w.
+!2004/11/19. 1w 1t.
+!2004/11/20. 2t.
+!2004/11/23. 2w.
+!2004/11/24. 1w 2t.
+!2004/11/30. 2w 2t.
+!2004/12/01. 1w.
+!2004/12/02. 3t.
+!2004/12/03. 2w (one to cell).
+!2004/12/06. 1t 2w.
+!2004/12/07. 3w.
+!2004/12/08. 2w.
+!2004/12/09. 3w (one on CellPhone).
+!2004/12/10. 1w 1t.
+!2004/12/11. 1t 1w.
+!2004/12/13. 1t.
+!2004/12/15. 2t 1w.
+!2004/12/22. 1w.
+!2004/12/23. 3w.
+!2005/01/04. 1t 1w.
+!2005/01/05. 5w.
+!2005/01/05-12. No calls because phone line was out of service.
+!2005/01/13. 4w. 3 within the first half hour of service being restored.
+ 9:26 phone line fixed.
+ 11:06. 3w so far.
+ 14:01. 1w.
+!2005/01/14. 1w 1t.
+!2005/01/16. 1w.
+!2005/01/17. 2w.
+!2005/01/18. 1w 1t.
+!2005/01/19. 1w.
+!2005/01/20. 1t.
+!2005/01/21. 1w.
+ I found on http://www.directsatellite.com/ the following:
"DISCLAIMER: Direct Satellite Services & Home Theater is not
the company leaving nationwide unsolicited telephone message offers
for satellite television. We are a legitimate DirecTV dealer.
Please contact us if you desire additional information"
+!2005/01/22. 1s.
+!2005/01/24. 3s.
+!2005/01/25. 1t 1w.
+!2005/01/26. 3t.
+!2005/01/27. 1s 1t.
+!2005/01/28. 1s 1t.
+!2005/01/29. 1t.
+!2005/01/30. 1s 1w.
+!2005/02/01. 1w 1s.
+!2005/02/02. 1t 1w 1s.
+!2005/02/03. 3t.
+!2005/02/04. 3t, 1s, 1w 1w on CellPhone.
+!2005/02/07. 1s 1w 4t.
+!2005/02/08. 2s 1w.
+!2005/02/09. 1t 1s.
+!2005/02/10. 3s 1t.
+!2005/02/11. 2s 1w.
+!2005/02/14. 2s 1t 2w.
+!2005/02/15. 1s 1t.
+!2005/02/16. 2t 1w.
+!2005/02/17. 3w.
+!2005/02/21. 1s 1t.
+!2005/02/22. 1w.
+!2005/02/23. 2w 1s.
+!10:29. One wrong number was a guy who asked for David Roscoe.
It was apparently mistaken identy.
He said that he paid my 1000$+ tax bill for 2004/10 on my mortgage.
He thought my address as 41 Meadowlawn Ct, Tewksbury.
+!2005/02/25. 1w.
+!2005/02/28. 3w .
One at 17:20 was from Village Radiology. 978-256-3593.
I tried calling back, but the # was not in service.
+!2005/03/01. 1w .
+!2005/03/02. 1s 3w.
+!2005/03/03. 1w 1t 1s.
+!2005/03/04. 2w 1t.
+!2005/03/07. 2s 1w 1t.
+!2005/03/08? 1t 1w 1s 1w on CellPhone.
+!2005/03/10? 1t 1w.
+!2005/03/11. 1t 2s.
+!2005/03/12. 1t.
+!2005/03/14. 1s 1w 2t(actually one was information I requestned),
+!2005/03/17. 1w 1s.
+!2005/03/21. 1t
+!2005/03/23. 2t 1w.
+!2005/03/24. 1s.
+!2005/03/26. 1s 1t.
+!2005/03/28. 1t.
+!2005/03/31. 1t.
+!2005/04/01. 1t.
+!2005/04/03. 1w.
+!2005/04/05. 1s.
+!2005/04/06. 1w.
+!2005/04/0?. 1t.
+!2005/04/11. 1w.
+!2005/04/12. 1t.
+!2005/04/13. 1t.
+!2005/04/14. 1t 1s.
+!2005/04/15. 1t.
+!2005/04/16. 1w to cell.
+!2005/04/18. 1t.
+!2005/04/20. 1s 1t.
+!2005/04/21. 1w 2t.
+!2005/04/22. 1w 1t.
+!2005/04/22. 1t.
+!2005/04/24. 1w (cell).
+!2005/04/26. 1t (survey).
+!2005/04/28. 1t.
+!2005/04/29. 1s.
+!2005/05/02. 1w 1t.
+!2005/05/10. 1t.
+!2005/05/16. 2w.
+!2005/05/17. 2t.
+!2005/05/20. 3t 1w.
+!2005/05/27. 2t.
+!2005/05/29. 1s.
+!2005/06/03. 2w to CellPhone from 781-929-5407, a cleaning service.
+!2005/06/04. 1s.
+!2005/06/06. 1w 3t (1 was long term care insurance guy).
+!2005/06/07. 1s.
+!2005/06/08. 2w 1s.
+!2005/06/12. 1s.
+!2005/06/13. 3t 2w.
+!2005/06/14. 3w 1s 1t.
+!2005/06/15. 2t.
+!2005/06/16. 1t 1s 1w.
+!2005/06/17. 1w.
+!2005/06/20. 4w 1t.
+!2005/06/21. 2w 1t.
+!2005/06/22. 1s 1w.
+!2005/06/23. 1t 1w.
+!2005/06/24. 1s cell.
+!2005/06/27 2w 1t.
+!2005/06/28 1w 1s.
+!2005/06/29 1w 1s 1t.
+!2005/06/30 2s 1w.
+!2005/07/01 1s 1w.
+!2005/07/02 1w.
+!2005/07/05 1s.
+!2005/07/05 2w cell phone while on Cape.
+!2005/07/08 1t.
+!2005/07/10 1t
+!2005/07/11 1t
+!2005/07/12 2t
+!2005/07/13 1t, 2s
+!2005/07/15 1w
+!2005/07/18 2s
+!2005/07/19 2s 2t
+!2005/07/20 1s
+!2005/07/25 1t 1s.
+!2005/07/26 1t.
+!2005/07/27 1t.
+!2005/07/28 2t.
+!2005/07/29 1s.
+!2005/07/30 1w.
+!2005/08/01. 1s.
+!2005/08/01. 1t. It happened exactly when my alarm sounded for
starting supper.
+!2005/08/05. 1w 1s 1t. 1t. I heard an echo followed by an ad for burial plan.
All of the above calls came in within a few minutes, 10m?
+!2005/08/06. 2t 1s.
+!2005/08/08. 1d 4t 1w. 2 were credit report service offers.
Today I began using "d" for calls that were disconnected.
+!2005/08/09. 3w 1t.
+!2005/08/10. 1t 1s.
+!2005/08/10. 1t.
+!2005/08/12. 1t 1s.
+!2005/08/14. 1t.
+!2005/08/15. 2w 1t.
+!2005/08/16. 1t.
+!2005/08/18. 1s 1t.
+!2005/08/19. 1s.
+!2005/08/21. 1s.
+!2005/08/22. 1w 1s.
+!2005/08/23. 2t 1w.
+!2005/08/24. 1w (automated voice said "I'm sorry".)
+!2005/08/25. 1t 1w.
+!2005/08/26. 1w.
+!2005/08/27. 1s.
+!2005/08/29. 3w 1t.
+!2005/08/30. 1w.
+!2005/08/31. 2s 1t 2w.
+!2005/09/01. 2w 4s (1 automated voice said "I'm sorry".)
+!2005/09/03. 1s.
+!2005/09/07. 1s 2w.
+!2005/09/08. 1s.
+!2005/09/09. 1s.
+!2005/09/12. 1w 1t 2s.
+!2005/09/13. 1s 1t.
+!2005/09/14. 1t.
+!2005/09/15. 2t 2s (1 on cell).
+!2005/09/17. 1t.
+!2005/09/18. 1t.
+!2005/09/19. 2w 1t
+!2005/09/20. 2t 1s.
+!2005/09/21. 4t.
+!2005/09/22. 2s.
+!2005/09/23. 2t 1w.
+!2005/09/26. 1w.
+!2005/09/27. 1w.
+!2005/09/28. 1s 1t.
+!2005/09/29. 1t (WBZ radio poll).
+!2005/09/30. 2t 1s 1w.
+!2005/10/04. 1t.
+!2005/10/05. 1s 2t.
+!2005/10/06. 2t 1s
+!2005/10/07. 2s
+!2005/10/08. 1t
+!2005/10/10. 1w 2t Many of the telemarketing calls recently have been surveys.
+!2005/10/11. 1s 1w 1t.
+!2005/10/12. 1t.
+!2005/10/14. 1w 2s.
+!2005/10/18. 1s on parent's answering machine, 2t on home machine.
+!2005/10/20. 1t
+!2005/10/21. 1w 2s 2t
+ 2005/10/24. 3w.
+ 2005/10/25. 2w 1t.
+ 2005/10/26. 3w 1t.
+ 2005/10/27. 1s.
+ 2005/10/28. 1t 1w.
+!2005/10/31. 6w (4 of these were while I was in bed) 2t,
plus 2 other calls during my sleep period.
+!2005/11/01. 1t.
+!2005/11/02. 1s, 2t.
+!2005/11/03. 1w 1t 1s.
+!2005/11/07. 1t.
+!2005/11/08. 2s 1w.
+!2005/11/09. 2t.
+!2005/11/10. 1s 1w.
+!2005/11/14. 1s 1w 1t.
+!2005/11/17. 1t.
+!2005/11/18. 2w 1t.
+!2005/11/19. 1s.
+!2005/11/20. 1w.
+!2005/11/21. 1w 1t.
+!2005/11/22. 1s, 2w.
+!2005/11/23. 1w.
+!2005/11/25. 1w 1t.
* away several days for Thanksgiving holiday.
*!2005/11/28. 3t 2w 1s
*!2005/11/29. 2t
*!2005/11/30. 2t 2w 1s 1u
*!2005/12/01. 2t
*!2005/12/02. 2t 2w.
*!2005/12/03. 1s 1t.
*!2005/12/05. 2t 1s.
+!2005/12/06. 1t 1s.
+!2005/12/07. 1w.
+!2005/12/08. 2t 1w.
+!2005/12/09. 3t 1w.
+!2005/12/12. 2w 2s
+!2005/12/13. 2t 1s 1w (cell)
+!2005/12/14. 1w
+!2005/12/15. 1w
+!2005/12/20. 3w 1t 1s.
+!2005/12/21. 1t 1w.
+!2005/12/22. 3w 1s 1t.
+!2005/12/26. 1t.
+!2005/12/27. 5w.
+!2005/12/28. 1t 1s (during VerizonDSL installation).
+!2005/12/29. 1t 1s.
+!2005/12/30. 1s.
* away visiting parents.
+ 2006/01/02. 1w, 1s
+ 2006/01/02. 1w
there has been a noticable change in wrong numbers recently.
within a split second of me saying hello,
the woman on the other end says "sorry wrong number"
as if dialing the wrong number was planned.
+ 2006/01/03. 2s, 1w
wrong number happened at 10:59, 1 minute before my alarm clock time.
+ 2006/01/04. 2t, 1w
+ 2006/01/05. 1s, 1t
+ 2006/01/06. 1s
+ 2006/01/09. 1w.
+ 2006/01/10. 1w 1s.
+ 2006/01/12. 2t.
+ 2006/01/13. 1w 1s.
+ 2006/01/14. 1s.
+ 2006/01/17. 1t 1w 3s.
+ 2006/01/18. 1t 2w
+ 2006/01/19. 1t 1w
+ 2006/01/20. 1t 1s.
+ 2006/01/21. 1t.
+ 2006/01/23. 1w 1s.
+ 2006/01/24. 2t 1s
+ 2006/01/25. 1t 1w 1s.
+ 2006/01/26. 1w.
+ 2006/01/27. 1t, 1s (*69 failed).
+ 2006/01/30. 2t 1w.
+ 2006/01/31. 3t.
+ 2006/02/01. 3w 1t 1s.
+ 2006/02/03. 1t, 1s, 1w
+ 2006/02/04. 1s.
+ 2006/02/06. 2t 2w (1 to my cell).
+ 2006/02/07. 1w
+ 2006/02/09. 2t
+ 2006/02/10. 2w
+ 2006/02/13. 1t 1w.
+ 2006/02/14. 1t 2w
+ 2006/02/15. 2w.
+ 2006/02/16. 1t 1w (on TracFone, missed call)
+ 2006/02/17. 1s 1w 1t.
+ 2006/02/21. 2w 1t.
+ 2006/02/22. 1w.
+ 2006/02/23. 1s 1t.
+ 2006/02/24. 1w
+ 2006/02/27. 3w 2t 1s.
+ 2006/02/28. 4w 1t 1sq
+ 2006/03/01. 1t.
+ 2006/03/02. 1w 1t 1s
+ 2006/03/03. 1w
* away from home.
+ 2006/03/06. 2w 2s 2t
+ 2006/03/07. 3t
+ 2006/03/08. 2t 2w.
+ 2006/03/09. 2w 1s
+ 2006/03/10. 2t 1w 1s
+ 2006/03/13. 1s 2w 1t.
+ 2006/03/14. 3w
+ 2006/03/15. 2w 3s 1t
+ 2006/03/16. 1s 2t
+ 2006/03/17. 2w 1t.
+ 2006/03/18. 1w
+ 2006/03/19. 1s 1w
+ 2006/03/20. 2t 1w
+ 2006/03/21. 2w
+ 2006/03/22. 1t
+ 2006/03/24. 1t.
+ 2006/03/25. 1w
+ 2006/03/27. 1w 1t
+ 2006/03/28. 2w 1t
+ 2006/03/29. 1t 1w.
+ 2006/03/30. 1w 1s 2t
+ 2006/03/31. 2w 1s
+ 2006/04/03. 3s 1t
+ 2006/04/04. 2t 1w.
+ 2006/04/05. 2t.
+ 2006/04/06. 1t.
+ 2006/04/07. 1s
+ 2006/04/10. 3s 1w
+ 2006/04/11. 1s.
+ 2006/04/12. 2t 1w
+ 2006/04/13. 1t 1s
+ 2006/04/14. 1w 1t
+ 2006/04/17. 1w 1t
+ 2006/04/18. 1t 1w
+ 2006/04/20. 1t.
+ 2006/04/21. 2t.
+ 2006/04/23. 1w.
+ 2006/04/24. 1w 2s.
+ 2006/04/25. 2w 1t
+ 2006/04/26. 1w 4s 1w
+ 2006/04/27. 4t 1w
+ 2006/04/28. 2s
+ 2006/04/29. 1t
+ 2006/05/01. 5w
+ 2006/05/02. 3t
+ 2006/05/03. 1t
+ 2006/05/04. 1t 1s
+ 2006/05/05. 2s 2w
+ 2006/05/06. 1w 1t
+ 2006/05/08. 1s
+ 2006/05/09. 1t.
+ 2006/05/10. 1t 1s
+ 2006/05/11. 1t 1w
+ 2006/05/12. 1t 1w
+ 2006/05/13. 1i
+ 2006/05/15. 2w 3t 1s
+ 2006/05/16. 4w 1t
+ 2006/05/17. 2w 1r
+ 2006/05/18. 1s 1w
+ 2006/05/19. 1s
+ 2006/05/20. 1t
+ 2006/05/22. 2t
+ 2006/05/24. 1w
+ 2006/05/25. 2w 2t
+ 2006/05/26. 1s, 1t
+ 2006/05/30. 2w 2t
+ 2006/05/31. 1w 2t
+ 2006/06/01. 1t 3w 1s
+ 2006/06/02. 1w 2t
+ 2006/06/04. 1t 1s.
+ 2006/06/05. 4w 2s 1t
+ 2006/06/06. 1t
+ 2006/06/07. 1t
+ 2006/06/08. 2t
+ 2006/06/09-11 away to visit parents.
+ 2006/06/12. 1s
+ 2006/06/13. 1s
+ 2006/06/14. 1w 1s 1t
+ 2006/06/15. 1s 1w
+ 2006/06/16. 1s 2t.
+ 2006/06/17. 1t
+ 2006/06/19. 2t.
+ 2006/06/20. 3w 1t 1r 1s (cell, stopped before pickup).
+ 2006/06/21. 3t 1w
+ 2006/06/22. 1t
+ 2006/06/23. 1w
+ 2006/06/26. 1s 2t.
+ 2006/06/27 1t.
+ 2006/06/28. 1s.
+ 2006/06/28. 1t.
+ 2006/06/29. 1w
+ 2006/06/30. 1s, 1t, 1w
+ 2006/07/03. 1w 1r
+ 2006/07/06. 2w 1t
+ 2006/07/07. 1s 3t
+ 2006/07/10. 2t 1w
+ 2006/07/11. 2t
+ 2006/07/12. 1t 2w.
+ 2006/07/13. 1t 1w
+ 2006/07/14. 1t 1w 1s?
+ 2006/07/17. 1w 2t.
+ 2006/07/19. 2t 2s(beeping every 4 seconds) 1w
+ 2006/07/20. 1w 2s(beeping every 4 seconds) 1t
+ 2006/07/21. 2s(beeping every 4 seconds. *69 gave number of
real estate management company that said a customer had given them
my number as the customer's fax number. they removed it).
+ 2006/07/22. 2t
+ 2006/07/23. 1t
+ 2006/07/24. 2w 1t 2s 1h
+ 2006/07/25. 3t 2w
+ 2006/07/26. 3w 2t.
+ 2006/07/28. 1h
+!2006/07/30. 1w.
+!2006/07/31. 2t, 1r, 1w
+!2006/08/01. 1s.
+!2006/08/02. 2t 1s
+!2006/08/03. 1w 1t
+!2006/08/0?. 1s
+!2006/08/07. 1s 1w
+!2006/08/08. 1t 3w
+!2006/08/08. 1s
+ 2006/08/10. 2t 2w
+ 2006/08/11. 1s 1t
+ 2006/08/12. 1w 1h 3t (one was Playboy Spice, 2nd in 2 days)
+ 2006/08/13. 1.
+ 2006/08/14. 1w
+ 2006/08/15. 2t 1w
+ 2006/08/16. 2t 2s 1w
+ 2006/08/17. 1t 3w
+ 2006/08/19. 2w
+ 2006/08/22. 1t 1s
+ 2006/08/22. 1w
+ 2006/08/23. 1s 1w
+ 2006/08/24. 1w 1t 1s
+ 2006/08/25. 2t
+ 2006/08/26. 1t.
+ 2006/08/27. 1t
+ 2006/08/28. 3w 2s
+ 2006/08/29. 2t 1t
+ 2006/08/30. 2w
+ 2006/08/31 1t 2w
+ 2006/09/01 2t
+ 2006/09/04 1t
+ 2006/09/05 1w
+ 2006/09/07 1t
+ 2006/09/08 2s.
+ 2006/09/10 1w.
+ 2006/09/11 1t.
+ 2006/09/12 2t 4w 2s
+ 2006/09/13 1t
+ 2006/09/14 1s
+ 2006/09/15 1w 1s 1t
+ 2006/09/18 2w 2t
+ 2006/09/19 1t 1s
+ 2006/09/20 1t 1w
+ 2006/09/21 2s 1w 1t
+ 2006/09/22 1h 1s
+ 2006/09/25 1t 4w 1s
+ 2006/09/26 3w
+ 2006/09/28 4t
+ 2006/09/29 1w 1s
+ 2006/10/02 1s 1t 2w
+ 2006/10/03 3t 1w 2s
+ 2006/10/04 1w 1t
+ 2006/10/05 2t
+ 2006/10/07 1w 1t
+ 2006/10/09 2w
+ 2006/10/10 1t
+ 2006/10/11 1t 1w
+ 2006/10/12 2t 1w
+ 2006/10/13 3w 1t 2s
+ 2006/10/14 1t
+ 2006/10/17 1t
+ 2006/10/19. 2w 1t
+ 2006/10/20 1w 3s
+ 2006/10/23 2w
+ 2006/10/24 1t 1w 1t
one woman was a multiple repeat.
she apologized profusely and said that
she was going to program her phone so she wouldnt misdial again,
+ 2006/10/24 1w
+ 2006/10/26 2w 1t
+ 2006/10/30 3w
+ 2006/10/31 1t
+ 2006/11/02 1s 1t
+ 2006/11/03 4w
+ 2006/11/06 4w
+ 2006/11/07 2w 1t
+ 2006/11/08 1w 1t
+ 2006/11/09 1t
+ 2006/11/10 3t 1w
+ 2006/11/11 1t 1w
+ 2006/11/12 1t
+!2006/11/13 1t
+!2006/11/14 1w 1h
+!2006/11/15 2w 1t
+!2006/11/16 3w 1s
+ 2006/11/17 2w 1t
+ 2006/11/20 1t
+ 2006/11/21 2t 1w
+ 2006/11/24 1t
+ 2006/11/25 1t
+ 2006/11/26 1w
+ 2006/11/27 3w
+ 2006/11/28 2w
+ 2006/12/01 3w 2t
+ 2006/12/04 1w
+ 2006/12/05 2w 1t
+ 2006/12/06 3t
+ 2006/12/07 1w (on cell)
+ 2006/12/08 1s 1w 2t
+ 2006/12/11 1t 1h
+ 2006/12/12 2w 1t
+ 2006/12/13 2t 1h 1w
+ 2006/12/13 1s
s = Silent call, including ones that stop ringing before pickup.
w = Wrong number.
t = Telemarketing call, including surveys.
d = Disconnect.
h = "if you'ld like to make a call, Hang up and dial your operator."
u = Unreadable cell phone call.
r = a recorded woman's voice says "i'm soRry".
i = call that I would normally want, but at an Inconvenient time,
such as with my hands greasy from preparing supper's chicken.
* UnwantedTelephoneCallEventDx. EndWeb.
Malicious Software is any software that
somehow gets into your computer and
does something that you don't want.
It can include:
-
computer viruses programs;
-
trojan horse programs;
-
worm programs;
-
adware, which are programs that display unwanted advertisements;
-
spyware, which are programs that spy on you;
The following notes show that I had no serious
Suspicious Problems
with malicious software until 2004/06, when I had a big one.
* MaliciousSoftwareSummaryDx Begin.
* 1997 - present. Roscoed7. No infections.
* I used Eudora for e-mail, which does not automaticly open attachments,
and I never opened executable ones.
* In the last few years I ran AVG.
It found infected e-mail attachments, but I did not opened them.
* 2004/03/12 through 2004/06/06. Roscoe07. No infections.
* I used Eudora for e-mail, which does not automaticly open attachments,
and I never opened executable ones.
* Computer was behind at least 1 firewall.
* A Netgear router firewall, always.
* Also, after a couple of days, the Windows XP firewall.
+!2004/06/07-21. Roscoe07. Multiple infections, difficult recovery.
*!Summary for this period.
*!Multiple Malicious Software infections in Roscoe07
immediately after an EarthLink DSL Internet service "upgrade".
*!Files were found with the following new infections:
* I-Worm/Sasser.B (many)
* Worm/Padobot.E
* Worm/Padobot.H (multiple)
* Worm/Lovsan.A (part of msblast.exe)
* Dropper.Small.5.D (multiple, including notepad.exe)
*!Annoying popups begin appearing.
*!There are many strange error and warning messages,
and software malfunctions.
Some are similar to one I received before the infection,
so they might not be related and the infection is only a cover.
*!New files that I had not installd appeared on the hard disk,
though AVG antivirus software reports no viruses.
*!The AVG rescue floppy disk will not work because WindowsXP was using
poorly documented NTFS on the hard disk,
so it could not be accessed unless WindowsXP is running,
but this means the viruses are running also.
According the Live Web Page here,
this is a problem with the rescue disks of most antivirus software.
+!I try repairing WindowsXP from the its installation CD. It fails.
*!I use the system for a while.
Most of it seems to be working except for Notepad
and the annoying popups that appear in burst every once in a while.
*!Eventually I decide to disinfect the system by
reformatting my hard drive and reloading all the software.
* MaliciousSoftwareSummaryDx End.
There was a time when my wrist watches lasted for many years.
An early digital watch that I owned worked well for 7 years,
except that it's display light was very dim in the last few years,
I guess because of a weak battery.
But lately my watches often work poorly, and don't last nearly as long.
They typically die weird deaths after only a few months.
Here are my notes about this:
* WristWatchEventDx Begin. (also includes pocket watches).
The first 2 watches listed below worked reasonably well.
After that their performances and lifetimes decreased dramaticly.
+ CasioWristWatchDx. Begin.
* ?. Purchased.
* 1997/07. The plastic band on my second Casio wrist watch broke.
I carried it in my pocket for a while,
but eventually retired it.
* 2002/10/06. It continues to run. Changes modes. Beeps during change.
+ CasioWristWatchDx. End.
+ AqualiteWristWatchDx. Begin.
* 1997/07/26.
* Purchased for $12.99 at Bradlees.
*!Some of the buttons were difficult to push at first.
They eventually loosened.
*!It's harder to control than pervious one.
The user interface is more difficult.
* This one has a better back light.
*!I seemed to have misplaced the documentation sheet.
*!2000/03/01.
It has a bug.
Yesterday the date was 2/29, and the watch showed it correctly.
Today the date was 3/01, but the watch shows 3/02!
*!2002/10/06. The display was mostly blank.
Only the days of the week showed.
*!Retired. It lasted 5 years. Not bad.
+ AqualiteWristWatchDx. End.
+ AquatechWristWatch1Dx Begin.
* This is the first in a series of virtually identical watches.
* The labels say:
AQUATECH SPORT WATCH, FEATURING, NIGHT LIGHT, ALARM, STOPWATCH,
WATER RESISTANT 50M/165FT, 2 YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY.
+ AquatechWristWatch1Dx Event.
/ 2002/04/??.
* Purchased an Aquatech for 4.63$.
* I purchased this model because it had large buttons,
and I had found smaller buttons on other watches
to be painful to push.
* This watch worked fine at first.
*!2002/05/02.
I noticed that the beep used for the hourly chime
had stopped working.
The alarm continued to work, though sometimes it sounded poor.
*!The beep used for the hourly chime and alarm came and went.
*!2003/09/17. The watch face LCD went blank for ~30 seconds.
*!2003/10/03
*!WristWatch LCD blanked again,
for a couple of hours in the late evening.
*!2003/10/04
*!9:30. LCD blanked again after jog when I stopped the stopwatch.
/!2003/10/07.
/!Retired it.
*!It had lasted 1 year 6 months.
/!I marked "#1" on left side between buttons for storage.
+ AquatechWristWatch1Dx. End.
+ AquatechWristWatch2Dx. Begin.
+!2003/10/07.
* Purchased at WalMart.
I was able to purchase what appears to be an exact copy of
AquatechWristWatch1.
* Tested alarm, hourly chime, all buttons, light. These were okay.
*!Chime and alarm cracks between two pitches in the first beep.
Is sounds okay in later beeps.
+!2003/12/03.
*!After returning from FreedomForum field trip to Concord,
the display was blank.
I fiddled with some buttons, and display came back,
though the contrast was a little low at first.
*!The next morning, it's alarm sounded 51m late,
I noticed that it was behind by 51 minutes.
It might have been paused while blank the night before.
+!2004/01/01. The beep pitch crack in the first beep continues.
+!2004/02/10.
*!The beeps during StopWatch function button presses failed.
It was either completely silent, or barely a click.
These beeps worked later for a while, but failed again later.
*!The alarm beep also failed, repeatedly.
+!2004/02/11.
+ Beep worked for a few seconds after I finished jogging,
but stopped immediately afterward.
+ 22:20. When I arrived home, the display was blank.
The battery was not dead,
because it's light lights when I press button,
and some random LCD segments were blinking some.
But it was basicly useless.
+!2004/02/12.
/!Retired.
*!It had lasted 4 months and 4 days.
/!It was working intermittantly, so I stored in my ToiletKit as a spare.
+ AquatechWristWatch2Dx. End.
+ AquatechWristWatch3Dx. Begin.
+!2004/02/12.
/ Purchased from WalMart for 5.94$.
+!I needed to set the time.
It, as many other watches in the display, did not have the correct time.
I recall when most new watches did.
*!It seemed to be fully functional, but it had some performance problems.
+!Some buttons on right side seemed a little stiff.
+!Sometimes there was a delay, once as much as 3 seconds,
in response to button pushes.
+!2004/05/13.
*!In alarm setting mode,
there was a 3 second delay between pressing and holding the button,
and autoincrementing the alarm time.
It seems to be getting longer lately.
+!2004/05/19.
*!It entered a weird mode in which the 7 segment characters,
all columns, were displaying alternately.
The top 4 segments would display for 2 seconds,
followed by the bottom 3 segments displaying.
This cycle repeated.
*!A few times the display went blank.
+!2004/05/20.
*!The watch display, which had been working since late yesterday,
went blank when I started the stopwatch at beginning of my running.
/!Retired.
*!It had lasted 3 months and 8 days.
* I marked "#3" on left side between buttons for storage.
+ AquatechWristWatch3Dx. End.
+ AquatechWristWatch4Dx. Begin.
+!2004/05/20.
+ I purchased from WalMart.
* It was the same model again.
The only difference that I noticed was that it said
that it was water resistant to 50m instead of 165 feet.
* All basic functions seemed to work.
The beep worked with the the stopwatch.
The alarm worked at home.
*!The time and date needed to be set.
+!2004/06/02.
+!I noticed a wide opaque curved 1/2 inch long scratch
on left side of crystal.
+!2005/04/10.
+!Somehow the hourly chime was turned off.
* 2005/09/17. Continues in service.
The few problems that I have with it seem to be operator error.
+!2005/10/22.
+!a few beeps were missed when the alarm was sounding this morning.
+!2005/10/23.
+!0:25. While alarm was sounding, it began missing beeps.
the beeps were broken. I heard only partial beeps.
some beeps were missing completely.
+!15:05. It's happening more often,
usually when I am pushing buttons trying to reset the alarm.
+!2005/10/24.
+!The alarm failed to work more than 50% of the time
after I purchased AquatechWristWatch5 and was wearing it also.
+!2005/10/26.
/ I began using it only as for exercise,
because that needs only the stopwatch and calender,
and not the alarm.
+!2006/01/23.
+!the beeper seems to be working again.
* I have been hearing the alarm sounding,
waking me when I didn't want to be woken.
* the button push feedback beeps of the stopwatch function
have been working also.
+!2006/02/08.
+!the alarm had been working consistently every day,
and was annoying, so I turned off the alarm.
+!2006/02/10
+!the button push feedback beeps of the stopwatch
that I use during my exercizes are failing again.
they sound short and weak.
+!2006/09/29
+!I accidently put it through the Laundry,
1 wash cycle and 2 dry cycles.
it seemed to work okay afterwards.
+ AquatechWristWatch4Dx. End.
+ AquatechWristWatch5Dx. Begin. [2005/10/29 added]
* Now in service as an alarm clock beside my bed.
+!2005/10/23
+!I purchased from WalMart for $6.43 because
AquatechWristWatch4 was failing.
* It is Aquatech model: slt021
+!It was not exactly the same model because:
I couldn't find any of the same model in the display that were working.
I found 2 of the same model, but the displays of both were blank.
I showed them to the attendant.
She said that the batteries were dead,
which was strange because the store received them both recently.
I asked whether there any others out back but she said no.
I examined 3x7x7 or 147 watches total, most, if not all, at $6.43.
The 2 of the model that I wanted were the only ones not running.
Assuming that the probability of
exactly 2 watches were defective is 1/1,
the probability of those 2 being the model that I want are:
(2/147)*((2-1)/(147-1)) = (2/147)*(1/146) = 2/21462 = 1/10731.
*!The time and date needed to be set. I set them.
* All basic functions of the new watch seemed to work.
The beep worked with the the stopwatch.
The alarm worked at home.
+!2005/10/24
+!The alarm beep was cracking.
It sounded as if there were tiny intervals of silence within each beep.
It is how most alarm beepers sounded shortly before failure.
Maybe it's going to fail soon also.
+!2005/10/29
+!The top right button failed while I was advancing the alarm time.
I needed to press harder. I was already pressing rather hard.
+!2006/01/23
+!almost every night for the past week,
I have failed to set the alarm for 5:59.
+!at first I thought that I was pressing the reset button
when I should have been pressing the snooze button.
+!but tonight I am virtually certain that I pressed the snooze button,
but the alarm never sounded again,
so I did not set it for the next hour.
+!2006/01/25
+!it happened again.
+!I recall pressing the snooze button, at least the first time
during my outdoor walk.
* I might have pressed the other button the second time.
+!2006/01/25
+!it happened again.
+!2006/01/27
+!it worked this morning.
I think that the problem was that I was unable to hear
the snooze alarm during my outdoor walk
for the full minute that it sounds.
because I do not press the button, it does not repeat.
+!2006/01/29
+!10:59. the beep malfunctioned. the tone pitch broke, twice.
once at the beginning of the alarm. once on the hour chime.
again on the snooze alarm 5 minutes later.
+!2006/02/04. clock error.
+!it appeared that somehow it was set ahead 1 hour.
I guess that this happened when
I thought that I was setting the alarm ahead 1 hour.
it caused me to arrive for a movie 1 hour early.
+!2006/03/20
+!it appeared that somehow it was set ahead 1 hour, again.
it caused my alarm to go off late.
+ 2006/04/10
+!several times in the past, the time was changed somehow,
probably by me changing it by accident.
+!today I discovered that the day of the week was incorrect.
it was Sunday instead of Monday.
+!the alarm beeper cracked. repeatedly.
+!2006/05/10.
+!after weeks of trouble free operation,
the alarm beeper was cracking repeatedly this morning.
+ 2006/06/11
+!LCD of my wrist watch was blanking out as I was setting alarm.
+!2006/07/11
+!after weeks of trouble free operation,
the alarm beeper was cracking today.
+!2006/07/28.
+!watch UpperRight button bounced again. it did it last night also.
+!2006/08/11.
+!watch UpperRight button bounced again.
it usually means I need to go all the way around the dial.
+!2006/08/31
+!for many days, the beeper has been cracking when sounding the hour.
+!2006/09/16
+!watch UpperRight button bounced again.
it usually means I need to go all the way around the dial.
+!it has made the date display flash on and off a lot lately.
+!2006/12/03
+!display blanking.
+!earlier it was blanking during each alarm beep.
+!it was blank when I press the button to turn on the light.
/ 2006/12/11
* changed service from my regular wrist watch to
in service as an alarm clock beside my bed.
did this because of low battery.
+ AquatechWristWatch5Dx End.
+ AquatechWristWatch6Dx. Begin. [2005/11/05 added]
* Now in service as my regular wrist watch.
+!2005/11/05
/ I purchased from WalMart for $6.43 as a backup.
/ I put into service as an alarm clock to backup my radio alarm clock.
* It is Aquatech model: slt071,
though it appears to be the same model as AquatechWristWatch5, slt021.
*!The time and date needed to be set. I set them.
* All basic functions of the new watch seemed to work.
The beep worked with the the stopwatch.
The alarm worked at home.
/ 2006/12/11
* changed service from
in service as an alarm clock beside my bed to
my regular wrist watch.
did this because of low battery in other watch 5.
+ AquatechWristWatch6Dx. End.
*!YellowPocketStopWatchEvent Begin. [2004/09/01 added]
*!This one is notable for going blank and reseting,
especially when exposed to bright sunlight.
* Now retired.
*!YellowPocketStopWatchEventDx Event
* 2002/?. My father gave it to me.
It was one of two, the other being pink, that Mom began using.
Dad purchased them for 1$ each I think.
/ 2002/09/06
/ I put it into service. I kept it in my pocket.
I did this because my AquatechWristWatch1 sounder had been failing,
/ I programmed it to chime on the hour,
and used the alarm clock several times, without problems.
+!2002/09/07. Watch display went blank and clock reset.
+!12:00. After I returned from a walk,
I had the urge to look at the yellow pocket stop watch.
when I did, the display was blank,
as if it had died, or the battery had died.
*!When I looked at it again a few seconds later it was running,
but the time and alarm time read 1 AM, the chime and alarm had cleared.
It appears that the battery had been disconnected.
* It was running an hour earlier,
when I heard it's hourly chime sound at 11:00.
/ I opened the battery compartment and
slide a retainer away from the battery, but it continued to operate,
so apparently it was not an electrical contact.
I returned it to its original position.
* 2002/09/08
*!Noticed that the watch had apparently reset again,
shortly after 13:00 based on new state of clock, alarm, and chime.
I do not recall whether I held it in sun.
/!When I went to bedroom window to read the instructions and reset it,
it went blank again and reset while I was looking at it.
/!This happened 7 times.
Usually it reset, but sometimes the display simply came back on again.
/!14:30 I had lunch and did some other stuff.
After that I exposed the watch to light again:
*!Sometimes it would reset.
*!Sometimes only the display would go blank.
*!Sometimes it cleared and the display cleared a second later.
*!Sometimes it reset without the display going blank.
* A plausable cover story appeared.
I showed the problem to Brad.
He said that some IC's are light sensitive and will malfunction
if exposed to light. The watch case is semi transparent yellow.
It seems to work fine it I keep it out of sunlight.
* 2002/09/09 10:15.
After my walk outdoors I examined the watch and it had apparently reset.
I don't recall ever taking it out of my pocket outside.
+ 2002/09/12.
At WB when I took out the watch to show parents, it had reset recently.
Later when I took it outside it would reset and clear though shaded
by my body.
It is acting as if it is becoming more sensitive to light.
+ 2003/12/30.
+!case seems to have a clean but curved crack on front.
Also, one case part, the top part, seemed cloudy on the inside.
+ I stopped using it as a pocket watch,
but I began using it as a key ring because it had one attached.
+!2004/08/30.
It detached from it's key ring,
apparently because one of the case screws fell out,
and the case split apart.
+!2004/08/31.
/ Retired from all service.
/!Disassembled and discovered that the integrated circuit
is under a blob of what appears to be black epoxy.
So I don't know how sunlight could have affected it.
* YellowPocketStopWatchEventDx End.
* WristWatchEventDx. End.
This is a
Computer Problem
in which windows on the computer display are not updated correctly.
This can make using the computer difficult because
one can not learn what a computer program is doing by looking at the display.
Here are my notes about this:
+!DisplayUpdateProblemDx DisplayUpdateEventDx. Begin.
*!Summary of problems:
*!Jerky animation.
*!Changes not displayed.
*!Parts of windows are missing.
*!Displaying incorrect information momentarilly
before displaying the correct information.
+!2003/12/08.
*!The speed of the ticker tape animation
at the bottom of the AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) Buddy List Window
on Roscoed7 was not constant. It appeared jerky.
It had been doing this for a long time.
+!2004/01/24.
+!The WindowsExplorer program does not update the file list display
when files change.
*!This happened repeatedly.
*!I needed to use View/Refresh to see the latest files.
When is this supposed to be needed?
* I was not able to find information about this problem using Google.
+!2004/03/27. EudoraPro running on Roscoe07 was not displaying correctly.
+!It disappeared from the task switching dialog
that pops up when (Alt-Tab) is pressed.
*!It happened twice.
*!The disappearances lasted for only a few seconds.
*!It's task bar button remained visible.
*!It did this all the time on Roscoed7d,
but this is the first time I noticed it on Roscoe07.
+!2004/05/10.
+!When I refreshed a page in InternetExplorer,
it momentarilly displayed the beginning of the page,
before displaying the actual position, which was not the beginning.
* Previously it displayed only the correct location.
* If the file had been changed then
there was often pause before the change appeared.
+!DisplayUpdateProblemDx DisplayUpdateEventDx. End.
This is
Computer Problem
in which a
Web Browser
formats a page wider than the browser window,
often unnecessarilly.
This creates a
Scrolling Problem.
The user must scroll the page horizontally to view the entire page width.
If text lines in the page are wider than the window,
then the user must scroll left and right for every line.
This is very time consuming and annoying.
Widening the browser window, for example by maximizing it,
does not always solve this problem.
It also creates the appearance of a badly designed
Web Page.
Here are my notes about this:
* BrowserWidthOverflowDx. Begin.
*!Many earlier incidents not listed here.
+!2004/03/13.
+!NetscapeNavigator would not fit Netgear documentation CD index.htm page
horizontally regardless of width of window.
InternetExplorer worked fine.
+!2004/03/14.
+!Happened again, on the page http://irda.softwarediamonds.com/ .
+!2004/03/15.
+!Happened again, this time with InternetExplorer, on
http://www.ethereal.com/introduction.html#features
+!2004/03/27.
+!MicrosoftManagementConsole Help for "Shared Folders overview".
Horizontal scroll bar would not disappear, no matter how wide the window.
There was nothing visible on the page to account for
the large width and the need for the scroll bar.
+!2004/07/19.
+!The page at http://www.cafrman.com/Articles/Art-MA-S1.htm
displayed okay, but when I tried printing it to show somebody else
later during a meeting, it wouldn't fit on the width of the page.
There were no wide images on the page to account for this.
I needed to print again using Landscape mode instead of Portrait mode.
That worked, but was wasteful of paper.
* BrowserWidthOverflowDx. End.
A
Windows Help Problem
is a
Computer Problem
with a multiplier effect, because it can amplify other problems.
Windows Help systems are useful for at least 2 things:
-
learning how to use useful features of computers and computer software;
-
and learning how to solve problems with those systems.
But if your Help system is not working correctly,
then you might not be able to do these things.
I have had help system problems on 3 different
Computers That I Use:
Roscoed7,
Roscoe07,
and
My Parents' Computer.
[2004/08/10 updated]
Here is summary of problems with the Windows XP Help and Support Center
that I describe in the notes that follow:
-
Links within help pages were broken.
-
The help Index button listed no help pages.
-
The help Index button did not list all help pages.
-
The help Search function failed completely.
-
The help Search function did not list
the most relevant search results first.
They were all mixed up.
-
The help Search function returned only a fraction of the matching pages,
and those displayed were not very relevant.
Here are my notes about this:
+!WindowsHelpEventDx. Begin.
*!1996+. Windows95 Help was crippled on Roscoed7d computer.
*!The Windows Help system became disabled early in it's life.
According to my recollection,
the search index needed to be rebuilt repeatly,
though it is only supposed to be built once,
the first time the Search command is used.
*!One day, the Search function stopped working completely,
because the Search index could not be rebuilt.
*!Reinstalling Windows did fix the problem, but only temporarilly.
The fix typically lasted a week.
+!2004/04/08. The Roscoe07d computer WindowsXP Help system became crippled
It was working okay until I did a Windows reinstall that
fixed another problem [see Roscoe07dCDOrDVDEvent].
Summary of crippling of Roscoe07d Help system:
* The Index button displays a blank index.
* Many links in the help pages have failed.
The only ones that seem to be working are
the small popup rectangles containing black on yellow text.
* Pages are missing from the Search function.
Details follow:
+!2004/04/08. First discovered crippling.
* I was finishing a Roscoe07dOSEvent, reinstalling Windows,
and was trying to install the Windows software updates after
doing the basic install from the Windows CD.
I tried to get information about WindowsXP automatic updates
from the Help and Support Center.
*!I discovered that the help system had become crippled, as follows:
*!The "Related Topics" links in help pages no longer worked.
*!Every page that I tried had this problem. Here are 3:
. What's new in home networking.
. To update your system files using Windows Update.
. To synchronize files on connected computers using Briefcase.
*!If the page had a Notes section near the end,
each click on a Related Topics link added
another checkbox icon in front of the word "Notes".
*!The Help pages most relevant to a search were either missing,
or not accessible. I tried doing a search for "Automatic Update",
but sections that I wanted were not found. [details follow]
+!2004/04/10.
* I brought my computer to my parents' home to compare
my computer with theirs. The 2 computers are:
* Roscoe07d: [my computer] running "Microsoft Windows XP, Home Edition,
Version 2002, Service Pack 1", 512 MB RAM..
* ParentSComputer: running "Microsoft Windows XP, Home Edition,
Version 2002" (no service pack), 128 MB RAM.
/!Missing help search results were confirmed.
I used Start/(Help and Support) and searched for
"automatic update" on both.
*!On Roscoe07d:
. 9 results found. [7 were missing]
. Suggested Topics (4 results). [5 were missing]
. Pick a task
. Update your system files using Windows Update
. Synchronize files on connected computers using Briefcase
. Synchronize files stored on a removable disk using Briefcase
. Overviews, Articles and Tutorials [2 were missing]
. Briefcase overview
. Full-text Search Matches (7 results).
... (same as ParentSComputer, see below)
. Microsoft knowledge Base (0 results) (0 results).
(same as ParentSComputer, see below).
*!On ParentSComputer:
[Note, the 5 topics not in the Roscoe07d lists above
are marked with "!" bullet in the ParentSComputer lists below.]
. 16 results found.
. Suggested Topics (9 results).
. Pick a task
. Update your system files using Windows Update
! Turn on automatic updates
! Change settings for automatic updating
! Have Windows remind you about pending updates
. Synchronize files on connected computers using Briefcase
. Synchronize files stored on a removable disk using Briefcase
. Overviews, Articles and Tutorials
! Overview: Automatic Updates and Windows Update
! Downloading available updates
. Briefcase overview
. Full-text Search Matches (7 results).
. Synchronizing your computer clock
. Set up automatic wireless network configuration
. Automatic updating of trusted root authorities
. Glossary
. Error messages
. Turn off automatic updating of trusted root authority certificates
. Turn on automatic updating of trusted root authority cert i ficates
. Microsoft knowledge Base (0 results) (0 results).
/!"Related Topics" links disabled.
*!On Roscoe07d:
*!The "Related Topics" links on all pages that I tried
failed to display any related topics.
*!Those on the same page with a "Notes" section cause additional
checkbox icons to be displayed in front of the word "Notes".
* On ParentSComputer: Related Topics links worked normally.
For example, the help page titled:
"To update your system files using Windows Update"
displays the following list of related topics:
* Have Windows remind you about pending updates
* Keeping Windows up-to-date automaticly
* Using Windows Update
/!Other Help Search result relevance was generally poor.
For example, I searched for "internet" on both.
Both returned 15 "Suggested Topics" results.
But there were many results that were different or had low relevance,
especially Roscoed07d. Here they are from both.
*!On Roscoe07d:
. Pick a task
. Send a photo in e-mail
. Search the Internet
. Make a dial-up connection to your workplace using a phone line
. Questions and answers about the End User License Agreement
. Activate Windows XP on the Internet
. Overviews, Articles and Tutorials
. Connecting using your modem
. Network connection types
. Windows keyboard shortcuts overview
. What's new with digital photos and video
. What's new for browsing the Internet
. Do Microsoft products give me the ability to access the Internet?
. Using online registration
. Using the Address Book
! Using Disk Cleanup [no "internet" mentioned]
. Using Internet Explorer
* On ParentSComputer:
. Pick a task
. Send a photo in e-mail
. Search the Internet
. Make a dial-up connection to your workplace using a phone line
. Questions and answers about the End User License Agreement
. Overviews, Articles and Tutorials
. Connecting using your modem
. Network connection types
. Overview: Internet Connections
. Practice: Setting Up Internet Accounts
. Practice: Browsing Web Pages While Offline
. Overview: Introducing Windows Media Player
. Overview: Internet Radio
! Windows keyboard shortcuts overview [no "internet" mentioned]
. What's new with digital photos and video
. What's new for browsing the Internet
. Do Microsoft products give me the ability to access the Internet?
+!2004/04/11.
+ A report from EleanorWhite about similar problems with WindowsXP Help.
To: mcforums@yahoogroups.com,
mcactivism@yahoogroups.com
From: eleanor@raven1.net
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:54:48 -0400
Subject: Re: [mcactivism] crippled windows help systems
To: mcforums@yahoogroups.com,mcactivism@yahoogroups.com
From: "David W. Roscoe"
Date sent: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 17:13:47 -0400
Subject: [mcactivism] crippled windows help systems
...
>I would be interested in knowing about any similar problems that
>you have had.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Dave.
I have had things deleted from my Windows XP system
help screens. I have also had the Accessibility feature
(the icon with the wheelchair symbol) totally deleted and
the help referring to it deleted as well.
These things were present when the machine was new.
...
+!2004/04/12.
/ I had been having problems transfering files between computers
because of permission problems.
I did a WindowsHelp Search for "permission" on
both the Roscoe07d and ParentSComputer.
*!The one and only result under the "Fix a Problem" result subsection
in both computers was "Accessing System Restore".
The word "permission" does not appear in that page.
/!On Roscoe07d, when I clicked on the first "Glossary" link
under "Overviews, Articles and Tutorials",
the following message appeared:
Internet Explorer Script Error.
An error has occurred in the script on this page.
Line: 39
Char: 6
Error: Invalid argument
Code: 0
URL: ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\glossary.chm::/glossary_per.htm.
Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?
I answered Yes and a page appeared, showing a "Make Changes" section,
which did contain the word "permission"s.
On ParentSComputer this error did not happen.
+!The Back Button Malfunctioned in WindowsHelp on both computers.
The back button is apparently going to the top of the previous page,
not to the previous point in the previous page.
The Forward button was not working either.
Both computers behaved the same.
*!The Help Index is bad.
*!On Roscoe07d, the Index button does not work at all.
It displays a blank index.
*!On ParentSComputer, an index is displayed, but it not very helpful.
Some links go to nearly useless places.
For example, in the index under "permissions", there were 7 links.
Here are 3 of them.
* "shared folder permisions, defined":
this appears to point to the correct associated glossary entry.
* special access permisions, defined:
At first this pointed to a sectioned titled "Using the WMI Control".
Later it pointed to what appeared to
the correct associated glossary entry.
* "setting for Windows users and groups":
This also pointed to "Using the WMI Control".
But this section only mentions setting permissions
as one of the things that WMI does.
It was not helpful at all on how to do it.
*!Other links on Roscoe07d help pages are bad.
In the Help section titled "Using the WMI control",
there is a link "Open WMI Control".
When I clicked on that it did not work.
It also adds a check box icon in front of the word "Notes"
at the Notes section, similar to what the "Related Topics" links do.
This link works okay on ParentSComputer.
+!2004/04/14.
* I video recorded the above WindowsXP help problems with my camcorder.
*!2004/05/23.
* Help is working okay after installing WindowsXP to the new hard disk
that replaced the old one after the 80GBHardDiskFailureInRoscoe07d.
+!2004/05/30. Problems coming back.
+!There was a 5 to 10 second delay, with a blank white windows area,
when I used Help to search for "delayed write",
following by another delay during the actual search.
This was not the first search that I have done since reinstalling.
+!The only results were in the MicrosoftKnowledgeBase,
and most of those seemed to be about Windows2000.
+!I tried searching for "safely remove hardware" and again got
no local results.
+!In the KnowledgeBase results I clicked on "Windows XP Support Center".
+!In that page, (Ctrl F) for searching the page, did not work.
+!I read the entire page, and there was no mention of
"safely remove hardware".
+!2004/06/09. Broken link.
+!In the page titled: "Repair overview"
in the section titled: "Your personal data files are missing or
have been corrupted,
or you want to revert to a previous version of a file."
I clicked on the link "Backing up files and folders."
and the following was displayed:
This information is not available
The information you are trying to locate
is not available in this version of Windows.
[2004/08/10 updated]
+!2004/08/10. Index and Search results incomplete.
/!I began using the (Help and Support Center) page titled
"Printing Troubleshooter" after a printer test page misprinted.
* I was reading a Help page titled:
"To delete and reinstall your printer and printer driver".
*!I closed some windows, including the Help window,
because the delete of the printer failed.
After that the printer deleted okay.
But I could not get back to the page the same way,
because the printer from which I printed the test page was gone.
+!So I tried to find the page again in Windows Help.
I could not.
+!"To delete and reinstall your printer and printer driver"
was not in the help Index, under either:
* "To" or under
* "delete".
+!I tried doing a Search for it using the following terms:
"printer driver"
"driver"
"delete"
"troubleshooting"
"troubleshooter"
The page did not show up.
+!I tried doing a Search for the page titled: "Printing Troubleshooter"
using the following terms:
"Printing Troubleshooter"
"printing"
"troubleshooter"
The page did not show up.
+!I began reading the page "Printer drivers overview".
+ Related topic: "Printer drivers overview".
+ "To connect directly to a Plug and Play printer".
/!I tried turning printer off and on.
It was not detected as new hardware.
/!I tried PrintersAndFaxes/File/AddPrinter.
+!When I clicked on the (Set search options) link,
and changed (Return up to X results per provider) from 15 to 999,
then the (Printing Troubleshooter) page was returned in the results
at the top of the list.
*!NOTE: the help system was behaving as if the relevance scores
of the search results were being scrambled,
at least during selection of a subset of results to display,
but probably also during the sorting of the results for display.
+!2005/09/13.
+!When I was trying to debug new problems with my sound card,
all icons in WindowsHelp had disappeared.
They reappeared when I resolved the sound card problem.
+!2005/11/03
+!I encountered problems with the Help system in the CCURE software
which I have been studying while my partner is on tour at work.
+!in the Glossary, some words are run together,
as if line terminators were removed.
+!many help items in the Index opened the wrong page,
pages that seemed to have nothing to do with the
title listed in the Index.
+!2005/12/10
+!pages in the Microsoft Management Console section about Disk Management
stopped working.
it worked again after I closed the Help window
and opened it again by selecting Help on the right-click menu
of the disk drive.
+!WindowsHelpEventDx. End.
The following is a list of
all the requests for copies of this Web site on disc
that I have received and processed.
Date; Initials; Location
2004/04/13; CD; Phoenix AZ
2005/05/31; BS; Verona MO
+ PersonalNotesSubsetForPMMWebSiteDx CopyAreaEnd.