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I think there have been some advances lately in ultracapacitors where carbon nanotubes have been used to drastically increase the surface area and therefore the energy storage density.
Doesn't sound like what EESU is doing, but ultracapacitors do show promise as a better alternative to batteries for electric cars.
Oh we are going to get ultracapacitor battery replacements at some stage. Phillip K. Dick even saw it coming when he coined the term Batacitor. My skepticism is over this company will be the one to do it. Supercapacitors are a perfect technology for a scam - because everyone is expecting the breakthrough. But it would be wonderful if EESTOR was the breakthrough, and not a scam.
Someone hacked my boss's eBay account. They have listing dozens and dozens of stuff for sale within a very short time. My boss changed his password but the naughty person is apparently still logged in, as more stuff keeps showing up for sale.
Anyone know the best way to deal with this? For some reason, the live chat thing isn't working for him. He did notify eBay of the fraud and immediately got some sort of form letter back.
Can he access the auctions that dude is putting up and take them down or put a fraud warning on them?
Can he access the auctions that dude is putting up and take them down or put a fraud warning on them?
So far he's been unable to figure out how to kill the auctions. But the fraud warning thing is a good idea.
Batacitor
Dick was crazy/brilliant/crazy as always, but the marketing weenies are going to want a name that shouts "Batcave" a little less.
So eBay resolved my boss's problem.
The guy listed 21 auctions in 25 minutes to my boss's eBay account. They were all for television DVDs. All were for 24 hours and had buy-it-now prices. One was for Buffy Seasons 1-7 (eta: listed as new) with a buy-it-now price of about $70. That's all seven seasons for that price. The retail price for that is $200 or so.
Interesting. And I'm glad that didn't happen to me.
Someone hacked my boss's eBay account.
Do you have any idea how they did it? Was your boss successfully phished?
Do you have any idea how they did it? Was your boss successfully phished?
Someone got his eBay password. We really can't figure out how. Possibly through some password-guessing program, as the password, while not simple, was not the strongest either. He also used the same password for multiple sites, although no other account he has seems compromised.
eta: Don't think it was phished, as my boss is very careful about email he receives.
A keylogger perhaps? Have you checked his computer(s) for spyware?