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• On the post: French Tweeters Get Around Ban On Tweeting Election Results Using WWII-Era Codes

  

  Mel ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2012 @ 11:20pm

  Mmmm

  Wine, cheese, tomatoes and a caramel dessert. Sounds like the French know how to hold an election.

• On the post: Loosening The Privacy Reins Isn't So Bad, But Where's The Payoff?

  

  Mel ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 07:27am

  Re: Facebook

  Yep. Hundreds of pages if printed.
  
  http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/facebook-stores-up-to-800-pages-of-personal-data-per-user-account-20110928/

• On the post: Loosening The Privacy Reins Isn't So Bad, But Where's The Payoff?

  

  Mel ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 07:01am

  Same here.

  Just last night I search for a dimmable fluorescent floor lamp & Google shopping suggested a $50 item immediately followed by a $1,500 floor lamp. That one I can see up to a point, but just barely.
  
  Earlier in the week I did a search for "Muskogee election board" (Muskogee county Oklahoma). I didn't use quotes or specify a state. So the first result is ... Muscogee election board (Muscogee county Georgia). Yes, the two names are absolutely related. The "K" version is simply a different spelling of the same name, both being tied to the Muscogee (Creek) Indian Nation.
  
  With all of that said, the question becomes - Why, when given a search that does have an exact spelling match in the Google index, that happens to be the same area the user's IP address is pointing to, why given all of that does Google present the number one result as a different spelling 1,500 miles away.
  
  I've been seeing this type of thing for while now.

• On the post: Apparently, If Your Domain Has 'Dirt' In The Name, Section 230 Safe Harbors Don't Apply (Uh Oh…)

  

  Mel ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2012 @ 08:28pm

  Someone needs to ask this court

  Did
  It
  Really
  Try?

• On the post: Security Theater… Or Why I Had To Go Dumpster Diving At The US Capitol Last Week

  

  Mel ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2012 @ 05:47pm

  You had the audacity to bring a PLCD (Potentially Liquid Containing Device) to the US Capitol?
  
  Shame on you Mike!
  
  /sarc

• On the post: Public Petitions The White House To Investigate Chris Dodd & The MPAA For Possible Bribery

  

  Mel ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 06:34pm

  It just passed the 25,000 mark.

• On the post: ESA Tucks Its Tail Between Its Legs And Pulls SOPA Support

  

  Mel ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2012 @ 07:20pm

  Picked a winner there ESA

  That's kind of like picking the winner of the Super Bowl after the game is over.
  
  Great, now I'm in trouble with the NFL for daring to use "Super Bowl" without their permission. Oops, I did it again.
  
  ... and now I'm in trouble with Britney Spears.

• On the post: Crowd Cheers Loudly As All Four GOP Candidates Say No To SOPA/PIPA

  

  Mel ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 08:07pm

  Crosses all lines

  That's the thing I've noticed about opposition at the people level ... it seems to cross all lines.

• On the post: Andy Samberg, Neil Gaiman, Trent Reznor, Aziz Ansari, Adam Savage & More Tell Congress: Don't Pass PIPA Or SOPA In Our Names

  

  Mel ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2012 @ 09:16am

  And those who can't legislate, buy legislators.

• On the post: New Year's Message: From Optimism And Innovation… To The Power To Make A Difference

  

  Mel ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2011 @ 08:25pm

  Don't know

  It might be what you just wrote, or the fact that I've been drinking a little, but that was beautiful man.

• On the post: The Latest Entrant In 'How Not To Do Marketing' In An Online World: Ocean Marketing Fail

  

  Mel ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2011 @ 08:46pm

  On the other hand, GoDaddy is thankful for Paul Christoforo (for a little bit anyway).

• On the post: The Latest Entrant In 'How Not To Do Marketing' In An Online World: Ocean Marketing Fail

  

  Mel ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2011 @ 07:54pm

  Re: Yes, it was a fake twitter account

  No way to delete my previous comment, so I just have to confirm what another said earlier ....
  
  The one twitter account OceanStretagy was a fake. So that list I made doesn't apply (well, I'm guessing some still does)
  
  Got hand it to the fake though ... had Paul's douchiness down pat!

• On the post: The Latest Entrant In 'How Not To Do Marketing' In An Online World: Ocean Marketing Fail

  

  Mel ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2011 @ 06:37pm

  Beyond feeling the need to bleach my eyes, based upon scanning his new twitter account, it appears that he is ...
  
  Anti-semitic
  Homophobic
  Both ruined and loaded with money (so it'll be OK)
  Very fluent with the naughty words
  Not so much with the professional words
  Most definitely 38
  Doesn't have a degree but is "naturally smart"
  A terrible speller
  Hates red haired people (that's a new one)
  Thinks he's going to sue a whole bunch of people
  Doesn't think "the internet" can be used in court
  Insists he treats gamers the same way all the game companies do
  Is in internet marketing but has no idea what Reddit is
  Determined to create an offensive response to every single tweet he gets tonight, which is, I think, all of them
  A terrible speller (so bad I listed it twice)
  Was arrested on domestic violence (shock) and has tweeted "that bitch had it coming ok." (uhm no, not ok)
  
  And ... is apparently going for the Douche Hall of Fame
  
  Again, my simple opinion based upon reading his tweets
  
  Oh, and he blames everything on everybody else ...

• On the post: The Latest Entrant In 'How Not To Do Marketing' In An Online World: Ocean Marketing Fail

  

  Mel ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2011 @ 06:01pm

  Oh, maybe someone can copy his tweet stream .... cause as of right now, he's gone off the proverbial deep end!!
  
  And he's threatening retribution from Nigerians ...
  
  

  "yeah keep shitting on me kids, remember I have your CC info from orders. Let's see how tough you are after some nigerians get em."

  
  
  https://twitter.com/#!/oceanstretagy/status/151810591013617664

• On the post: Breaking: GoDaddy Drops SOPA Support

  

  Mel ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2011 @ 11:01am

  They're worried they would have to change their name

  By Daddy

• On the post: DailyDirt: Robots Making Their Move…

  

  Mel ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2011 @ 05:12pm

  Welcome

  I for one, welcome our .... GAAahhhhh!

• On the post: This Post Is Not About Steve Jobs

  

  Mel ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2011 @ 11:31am

  Steve who?

• On the post: Wyden Continues To Press Intelligence Officials About Tracking Americans Under 'Secret' Interpretation Of The Patriot Act

  

  Mel ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 10:41pm

  Sadly, that seems about right for the Patriot Act.

  Oh crap, I meant to post that anonymously.
  
  End-Say Elp-Hay

• On the post: Botched TSA Pat Down Leaves Traveler Covered In Urine

  

  Mel ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2010 @ 10:42pm

  Reminds me of a Bush line ...

  Pistole, you're doin' a heckuva job!

• On the post: Research Claims Hackers Could Figure Out Your Smartphone Password Via Screen Smudges

  

  Mel ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2010 @ 07:48pm

  No, this will work. I saw it in a movie!

  The password is "valleyforge".

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