The Netbook Review

The issue’s not paid its fair due. The SEO social web’s here to stay, sure; but inherent in the fact that the internet and the web (never mind the term “social” for now) is so open; is so unregulated in every way, there’s actually a lot more harm than good that’s out there.

Google, it can be argued, is largely a banner ad company, selling clicks and text message sized ads on web servers that are full, for the most, of junk. And junk isn’t safe; it’s benign, like a tumor’s benign, but a tumor’s still a tumor. And junk’s still junk. And all that stuff you think is relatively harmless; well, it isn’t..

But it’s a Pandora situation, and it’s been done, and there’s no turning back. The powers that be, need to actually step in, but unfortunately, we’re going through a bit of a social economic catastrophe, and the only reason why this isn’t a global depression is because the United States is printing money like mad, so don’t expect the Federal government there to take a leadership role in invoking a few rules about this, until, well, something catastrophic happens.

I’m sure it will be some VIP that takes the bullet for the rest of us. It happens every day; somebody on Craigslist gets lured into a murderous trap; somebody’s raped by a “friend” she met off MySpace… But nothing really happens until somebody really “important” gets involved in one of these messes.

As it is, publicly accessible information on Facebook is telling enough; your name and your picture, that’s all you need. From there, you can cross reference a whole bunch of other sites, create false user accounts, and find a “back door” into a social network (and to a larger extent, internet marketing), like any proper hacker. The social web’s given “social engineering” (the security sense of the word, an approach born out of the 80s used to gain control of critical systems by playing the clerk that was at the desk) a whole new set of legs; and the criminals are flying off the handle.

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The issue’s not paid its fair due. The social web’s here to stay, sure; but inherent in the fact that the internet and the web (never mind the term “social” for now) is so open; is so unregulated in every way, there’s actually a lot more harm than good that’s out there.

Google, it can be argued, is largely a banner ad company, selling clicks and text message sized ads on web servers that are full, for the most, of junk. And junk isn’t safe; it’s benign, like a tumor’s benign, but a tumor’s still a tumor. And junk’s still junk. And all that stuff you think is relatively harmless; well, it isn’t..

But it’s a Pandora situation, and it’s been done, and there’s no turning back. The powers that be, need to actually step in, but unfortunately, we’re going through a bit of a social economic catastrophe, and the only reason why this isn’t a global depression is because the United States is printing money like mad, so don’t expect the Federal government there to take a leadership role in invoking a few rules about this, until, well, something catastrophic happens.

I’m sure it will be some VIP that takes the bullet for the rest of us. It happens every day; somebody on Craigslist gets lured into a murderous trap; somebody’s raped by a “friend” she met off MySpace… But nothing really happens until somebody really “important” gets involved in one of these messes.

As it is, publicly accessible information on Facebook is telling enough; your name and your picture, that’s all you need. From there, you can cross reference a whole bunch of other sites, create false user accounts, and find a “back door” into a social network, like any proper hacker. The social web’s given “social engineering” (the security sense of the word, an approach born out of the 80s used to gain control of critical systems by playing the clerk that was at the desk) a whole new set of legs; and the criminals are flying off the handle.

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No doubt, if you are one of those people who enjoy playing the Farmville game, you will most likely also want to use the green front furniture. For those of you who are not familiar with this game, it is a Facebook game that allows you to first of all make and then manage a virtual farm. First off you create your character, and then you design your farm. In order to get the different things you need on the farm, you have to buy them with coins that you earn. Just like other games, such as the Simms for example, you need to tend to your animals and crops or you will find yourself and your farm in trouble.

Social network games, such as Farmville, are great because you get to interact with your friends and other people on Facebook. You can go virtual shopping, and make virtual friends, and deck out your farmhouse with virtual furniture. Just as in the ‘real world’ there are different lines of furniture, some costing more than others.  In order to purchase items you need to earn money. You do this by several methods. It great to encourage your friends to join in with you so that you can have more coins coming in by having more neighbors.

Green front furniture consists of many different items, and it is really fun to deck your house out with it, and see what your neighbors add to their house.  It is great playing virtual reality games such as these, as you can get to do all kinds of different things that you would never actually be able to do in your real life. This particular Facebook game is popular as people can get to have all kinds of adventures and meet new and exciting people without having to actually go out to do so. Another great thing with virtual reality games is that you do not have to spend any of your hard earned cash!

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