My Tuesday tankful of tidbits and annoyances.
1. Thanks to an anonymous tipster, who for some unknown reason was looking up wonderlandornot/images, I discovered my old Flickr account, titled wonderlandornot. The contents are meager — a couple of shots from Oahu in 2006. I can’t access the account, because it is old, hasn’t been utilized in years, I have a more recent Flickr account associated with my yahoo account, and every email address I’ve ever had is associated with my current Yahoo account. I haven’t used the account in 3 years, so on the surface it not significant. Regardless, it’s annoying that yahoo’s in’s and outs are so bureaucratic that what should be a simple task becomes impossible.
2. Rosemary Ports, starts a Skanks in NYC blog and slanders Liskula Cohen — anonymously. Google is forced to give up the identity of the defamer, who as it happens was an insignificant acquaintance of the defamed. For some reason Cohen, after the big reveal, decided not to pursue further litigation. The reasons are up for grabs, maybe because she knew the individual, was relieved it was someone so insignificant, or because is would be too time consuming and costly. The defamer however is now is now suing Google for not doing all they could to preserve her anonymity – “breaching their fiduciary duty to protect her expectation of anonymity”. Fiduciary, humbuggery, tomfoolery, flimflammery, I say.
I’m not surprised to see a grown woman acting like a spoiled, evil, child. I’ve been scrolling the Internet too long not to have seen my fill of this, but I wish people would take their middle school tactics to the playground, leaving them offline.
I lean toward the opinion that everyone has the right to know who is doing a character assassination on them. Freedom of speech was never meant to protect anonymous cowards from making false claims about a persons character and reputation. It may seem like fun, to call someone you have a personal beef with a “promiscuous whore”, among other things, under a cloak of anonymity, but it is wrong, and I hope they laugh little Rosie whoever out of court. I admit, I’m not sure how a simpleton would know that this isn’t allowed, given the examples set by the current media and journalism community, but a decent human being, of average intelligence, over the age of 7, would know.
3. Last annoyance, only takes five seconds, our poor basic science knowledge. Take this test and look at the results of the general public, though there may be a couple of questions that, on a higher academic plane, could be argued, the questions are past simple at best.
title derived from Soren Kierkegaard quote
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
A case where the skank caller is really the skank….go figure.
Yahoo and all their little subsidiary projects are a mess, if they had a better system they might be in a better place right now.
Not that they are in a bad place compared to say, me, but still.
Glad you like my new look.
I have an issue with the tsunami question, who do I complain to.
.-= jake´s last blog ..Favre =-.
I do like the nee look jake. Your right no big surprise.
Rosie sued Google for the unveiling of her identity? And she’s suing under some theory of fiduciary responsibility? Puhleeze! Google did not voluntarily provide information, they were forced to do so by court order. Therefore, no fiduciary duty of the confidential nature exists.
She shoulda kept her poison pen to herself.
.-= sauerkraut´s last blog ..Texting while driving, the PSA =-.
She’ll get to host some skanky reality show.
I am digging this look girlfriend.
I have one yahoo account, never use it. I don’t spend much time anywhere they control – too much work involved.
That crazy girl needs to get a life, she is not a girl, she is almost 30 years old.
I’m going to bed I’ll take the quiz in the AM.
.-= g´s last blog ..Don’t Text and Drive =-.
I changed it back, it was too crowded for me, I didn’t do it, lese was messing with my blog.
Every time I see the girl with the shades, I think it’s Jessica Alba, even though I know it’s not.
The page is looking spiffed.
As the the science quiz I did get one wrong. Size of an electron is not smaller than atom, but that was a spurt of confusion. I know the the electron is part of the atom.
ANYWAYS. Yes, I’ve been complaining about the lack of interest in science with the general public for a long time.
I still am. People (IMO) seem to be interested in nonsense such as: Religion, Latest Cellphone crap, Celebrity gossip, UFOs, Ghosts, Getting drunk on the weekend, and pointless political debate without any understanding.
All of those are worthless, mostly fake. Science really changes the world. Science should be the most important purpose to all of us but it isn’t. I know too many people scared to think too much. Maybe they’ll realize how fake everything is. I don’t know. I can’t pull the horse to the water of science to drink, & learn, but I try.
.-= Bennet´s last blog ..I like that I’m not the only person thinking about these ideas =-.
I think that electron one was a common error on
I used to help run and write an underground journal called The Amethyst Exchange (AE) while in high school. We did the whole kit and kaboodle–pen names (mine was Vermillion), scathing editorials against the administration and other students, and articles pointing out the arbitrary nature of each and every decision made regarding our education. It wasn’t very courageous and it wasn’t very effective in bringing about change.
And you know what else, Miss Cooper? I have a lot more fun writing on-line now as myself expressing opinions that are fully 100% my own without fear of somebody finding out who it is saying all these things I say on there. It’s way better to have opinion and have it be recognized as your own than state an opinion and not have the courage of character to stand behind it without a mask on.
.-= mojo shivers´s last blog ..When You’re Young You Find Inspiration, In Anyone Who’s Ever Gone, And Opened Up A Closing Door =-.
I get the anonymous writing in some cases just not the anonymous defamation.
Well, I got 12 of 12 on the science quiz and had no earthly idea who Liksula Cohen was. But I hear she’s easy.
I don’t know whether Google should give up the real names of anonyma. I suppose it depends on what their terms of service say and I’ve never read them. The price of being an anonymous cretin is you might get caught and the price of going into a public profession has always been strangers aspersing your morals.
.-= Doug´s last blog ..Arrayed =-.
I would expect you to get at least 12 out of 12 if not 15 our of 12. ;)
The terms of service for blogger clearly states they will give you up in a minute if they are legally ordered to do so, no mention that they will fight for the rights of some little twerp who post defamatory commentary anonymously.
So, my question: am I better off than 6/12 in science and aware of Ms. Cohen?
.-= Doug´s last blog ..A Fable for Children =-.
*Raises hand*
when called
on, asks
“teacher is
this a trick
question”.
I wouldn’t say if it were otherwise, but I was 12/12 on the quiz. The stats on who knows what are alarming, did you read the part about the people who did the best on it being age 30 to 49?
I’m not sure if Google tried hard enough to protect but I don’t know the whole slander/libel law situation either. It looks like blogger has some different (extra) terms of service than Google as a whole.
She’ll lose, what a waste of time.
.-= john´s last blog ..World Cup Soccer – 27 Cities Left =-.
It’s because our gen is weak in the sciences, but good on things they see on the telly. They knew the GPS relies on a satellite, aspirin for heart attacks and carbon dioxide causes the earths temp to heat up – things they would likely see on some popular telly show, nothing they would have had to learn in a basic science class.
If I ever defame you, I promise you will know :)
It’s so easy to especially if you know or have ever even passed on the street people of fame. It makes people a lot of money. But that’s blood money and I hope they choke on it
.-= pia´s last blog ..Climbing metaphorical mountains =-.
You would be a worthy opponent. :)
I agree. Anonymity should be forfeited when it comes to personal attacks. I hate rude anonymous comments on blogs.
By the way, I missed the stem cell question. So 11/12. Ummmm, I didn’t wanna show off?
.-= Bone´s last blog ..Four cardboard boxes =-.
Well, you won’t miss it next time. I am closer to the age where I learned that stuff(10), making it easier to get them all right.
I got 9 questions correct. Don’t know if that’s good or not. It says I scored better than 56% of the public. Not sure that sounds too good.
.-= Chris´s last blog ..Make Them Own It =-.
I’m sending you back to school, it’s all that politics – it’s killing you. ;)
I’m not sure what I think about the precedent set by Google being forced to dish here, but Cohen at least acquitted herself well.
I’m just wondering who they’ll have to give up next.
.-= EsotericWombat´s last blog ..The Obama Death Panel: An Autopsy =-.
Hopefully not you Womnat.
Well I got 11 out of 12 on the science test; but I feel so shamed for the one I missed.
I put that electrons where smaller than atoms. But you have electrons and neutrons charging atoms, so electrons would have to be smaller, duh.