http://www.balloon-j.../#comment-2627131
Seriously, that might have played into it if these actions just started in the last few months. But apparently they didn't.
Cheers,
Scott.
So it's Twitter's fault, not that he's a perv. Got it.
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Nah, the pregnancy made him do it.
http://www.balloon-j.../#comment-2627131
Seriously, that might have played into it if these actions just started in the last few months. But apparently they didn't. Cheers, Scott. |
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Not the point.
The point is that he IS a perv, and one who doesn't understand the technology he was using.
Regards,
-scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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Working as designed.
Facebook and Twitter aren't designed to be understood by the users. They're designed to easily and quickly share as much "monetize-able" information about users as possible. I haven't used either, but it would seem to me that it would be trivial for the distinction between public posting and private posting to be made obvious to virtually eliminate Wenis errors like these. E.g. different screen background colors for public and private posts (like different virtual terminal colors for SU sessions). The user doesn't need to understand the technology; the people who build it need to understand their users' needs if they're really interested in protecting their information.
My $0.02. Cheers, Scott. |
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True enough.
For most free services the users are the product, not the customer.
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Correct.
The website owners of both have no real interest in "fixing" this potential privacy hole. They're happy to appear to be fixing it, but they'd really rather not.
Wade. Static Scribblings http://staticsan.blogspot.com/
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Very nicely put.
They're [Facebook and Twitter] designed to easily and quickly share as much "monetize-able" information about users as possible. That's the most succinct description I've ever read. Well done. |
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Right...and that adds up to "he's an idiot"
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Beats going to brothels to wear diapers
before having sex with hookers over a multi-year time frame, all while married and running as a "family values" candidate.
Explain to me again why Sen. Vitter (R-LA) hasn't done the honorable thing and resigned? "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow |
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dunno
and another shining example of you justifying poor behavior as reasonable behavior, just like my 2 year old does..."he did it too!"
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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I disagree
what he's really doing is outlining the stark difference between the two institutions in getting their members to live up to their stated principles.
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Re: dunno
When have I ever defended Weiner's behavior in this community?
Man up and stop spewing bullshit. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow |
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46922
Defense through rationalization.
His behavior is better than (the other his) behavior. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Attack through imagination
FAIL on Beep's part. Feel free to try again with some posts on my part that have an actual "defense" of his act.
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow |
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Nice try
But you rationalized his act as " not so bad" by comparison. That is defense, even if a poor one.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Re: Nice try
Sending dick pix to women he's never met vs. visiting hookers in Nawlins & DC while married and running as a "family values" politician.
Yeah, anyone with a brain would say that Congressman Weiner's situation was "not so bad" by comparison. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow |
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yeah, not as bad as spitzer, you're right
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
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Yar
smartass gene was working overtime yesterday.
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How Twitter's design undid Weiner's briefs
- (malraux)
- (18)
- June 14, 2011, 05:29:18 PM EDT
So it's Twitter's fault, not that he's a perv. Got it.
-NT
- (Steve Lowe)
- (17)
- June 15, 2011, 12:46:23 AM EDT
Nah, the pregnancy made him do it.
- (Another Scott)
- June 15, 2011, 07:22:03 AM EDT
Not the point.
- (malraux)
- (15)
- June 15, 2011, 07:26:43 AM EDT
Working as designed.
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- June 15, 2011, 07:40:15 AM EDT
True enough.
- (Steve Lowe)
- June 16, 2011, 02:02:39 AM EDT
Correct.
- (static)
- June 16, 2011, 05:17:40 AM EDT
Very nicely put.
- (mmoffitt)
- June 16, 2011, 08:50:31 AM EDT
Right...and that adds up to "he's an idiot"
-NT
- (beepster)
- (9)
- June 15, 2011, 06:13:29 PM EDT
Beats going to brothels to wear diapers
- (lincoln)
- (8)
- June 15, 2011, 09:21:32 PM EDT
dunno
- (beepster)
- (7)
- June 16, 2011, 01:49:51 AM EDT
I disagree
- (jake123)
- June 23, 2011, 10:29:20 AM EDT
Re: dunno
- (lincoln)
- (5)
- June 23, 2011, 07:54:23 PM EDT
46922
- (beepster)
- (4)
- June 24, 2011, 10:27:28 AM EDT
Attack through imagination
- (lincoln)
- (3)
- June 25, 2011, 03:40:13 PM EDT
Nice try
- (beepster)
- (2)
- June 25, 2011, 04:35:04 PM EDT
Re: Nice try
- (lincoln)
- (1)
- June 27, 2011, 08:27:04 PM EDT
yeah, not as bad as spitzer, you're right
-NT
- (boxley)
- June 27, 2011, 08:32:53 PM EDT
Yar
- (Steve Lowe)
- June 16, 2011, 02:03:06 AM EDT
