Storm Crashing and Reboots

Ok, so I updated to 4.7.0.99 and so far this has fixed my problems with the storm. If anyone else is having problems with the blackberry storm then I would suggest you download and update to 4.7.0.99 as it is by far a HUGE improvement over existing releases for the blackberry storm.

I have it uploaded on my home page. You can have a direct link of 4.7.0.99 here. You will get better battery life, better signal and snappier response along with the stability issues seem to have been resolved. Please bear in mind that this is a BETA release, so use it at your own risk.

Illegals have more rights than you

The link below leads to a sad article. A rancher in Arizona has been stopping illegals from crossing his property and turning them over to Border Patrol. Now he is being sued for 32 Million dollars for violating their civil rights. Last time I checked, illegals had no civil rights; in fact they are criminals starting off by breaking our laws getting here and as such should have no rights what so ever except a free ride back from where they came. This man was defending his property, a basic human right and now he is getting sued.

The article is here.

Something needs to be done to help this poor man, especially when it is obvious the judge presiding over this case has a liberal agenda. This case should have been tossed without a 2nd glance. Firstly these illegals are criminals (hence the reason they called ILLEGALS). Secondly he did not break any law by detaining criminals violating laws of this nation; but under the castle doctrine of Arizona he was within his right to protect his property and family. That he had a weapon was allowed due to the immediate threat of him and his family (it is a documented fact on how violent drug and people smugglers are). Third he can not be charge with a criminal offense; which is why he wasn't charged criminally and since the complaints are not citizens and are criminals in the process of committing a crime he can't be held liable in civil court (courtesy of Find Law).

So why is this case up in front of a jury wasting more of my money they take from each and every pay check so only a few of us have to work while the rest of the liberals can sit at home watching tv on my dime....

Roger Barnett, you do have supporters. I think we should create a defense fund to help out Roger since he is a real American citizen.

Blackberry Storm

So I have a blackberry storm and recently had it replaced because it was crashing & rebooting. Well my new one is doing the same thing. I am trying to debug what it going on, the current one seemed to be crashing related the map application. Is anyone else with the storm having issues with sudden reboots and crashing?

Home Hunting Scams

Ok so part two of my home search is that amount of ads that are turning out to be scams. Let me see if I can lay these out for everyone. First I have been searching local papers and NRV online as well as http://blacksburg.craigslist.org/apa/. Craigslist of course being where 100% of the scams are being run. So lets let out the scams for you:

1. The first scam is not that bad in terms of taking money from you. It is a fake advertisement which is trying to get you sign up for a credit monitoring service. What they do is advertise an awesome house and a low price (tip off #1). Now these all have had some kind of firstnamelastnamerentals@gmail.com email to contact (a bot). Now the bot seems rudimentary but smart enough to catch enough keywords to send decent response back to early questions. Once you ask for more information or an application you will get a link to a credit reporting site and told to go sign up but do not send them anything. The credit reporting company will send them qualified applicants back. This is bogus, they are sending you to a site that signs you up for credit reporting from FreeCreditReports360.com via sites like http://www.creditreport180.com/ and http://www.freecredit-reports360.com/. They claim they will get "all qualified applicants" who apply.
2. The next scam was a little more ominous, it was a new take on the old Nigerian scams. They advertise properties are reasonable price. When you respond they send you back a poorly written response with an "Application" asking for basic information. I was suspicious of this because of how it was written, so I did some research and sure enough the e-mail came from Nigeria. So I sent back bogus information and low and behold I was approved, he just needed my checking account or credit card for billing and I could move in....
3. The last one I have run into was today from Ancor House Financial (www.anchorhousefinancial.com). These guys at first sounded great, you take over some home that is in forclosure. Basically they sign you up and you can look through properties on their site and find one you like. Once you do and go inspect it you simply take over the morgage as a rent to own deal. At first it seemed pretty resonable until the catch came in...you have to pay 199.00 for a title transfer up front, not after you find the home. They claim of course if you do not find the home you like they will refund the 199.00 but a quick google search proved that to be an enormous lie with a lot of examples of people getting ripped off by these guys.

So anyway I will continue my home search, hopefully someone will read this and find it useful. Perhaps help you avoid these scams if you happen to use craigslist to look for a house.

Home search

Well my new job has me moving to Blacksburg, Va so I am looking for a place to rent while I learn the area before I buy (I think it is a smart thing). Well for those who do not know Blacksburg is a rural town nestled in the mountains of southwest Virginia; and also home to Virginia Tech. This has made my home search not so fortunate.

I see a lot of stuff coming available in June, July and August or tiny apartments for college kids. But none of these will help a professional with pets today/tomorrow. I guess I will keep searching.