Daily Dose Extra - Abusing the Medium

I'll ignore the more blatant slander because there really is a bigger point here. I cannot stop you from abusing the medium, but I was hoping you'd take a more appropriate (adult) viewpoint. You may continue your banal get rich banter to the exclusion of all philisophical convention. You've shown yourself adept at that before.

I'll leave you with this thought. It may be casting pearl among swine, but you will reap what you sow in the great Karmic circle of life. Most folks who visit/post here would be a whole lot better off using the time they waste in trying to 'game' the system in more mainstream endeavors. In economics it's known as 'lost opportunity cost'. And I'm not knocking those who are running legitimate online businesses (which I consider you are doing for the most part MawMaw).

Enjoy.

> Why are you re-posting this?

> Were you hoping for a fight and you didn't get one??

> I read the article you linked.

> I took the one sentence that penetrated that cramped little space in my
> brain where the technical stuff lives, and I put it to good use and did my
> part for humanity (I quit pinging every time I update my blog), and I
> shared it with my bloggies (in the hope that my shout would be heard
> 'round the world):

> "websites and bloggers are starting to feel the weight of thousands
> of hourly pings."

> And as I understand it, the internet was created (by Al Gore, right?) so
> that in case of a cataclysmic event, our communications could not be cut
> off.

> Does that mean only the federal government should be allowed to use it?

> You talk down to people, The Tim.

> You SPIT on people with your words, and personally, I have no respect for
> self-righteous a-holes who "relate" that way.

> That's going to happen with us or without us, The Tim.

> What about people who use blogs responsibly? God forbid, they may not be
> trained journalists, but they use their blogs as an added feature to
> their...

> Will they carry the guilt for the scammers and spammers jumping on the
> bandwagon and using blogs to recruit more victims for the
> latest-and-greatest pyramid scheme?

> Maybe you need to focus your efforts on passing legislation to limit the
> syndicators -- making sure they're only allowed to syndicate blogs written
> by people who meet your journalistic criteria -- and leave the rest of us
> to promote our blogs by more "traditional channels."

> I, for one, would have no problem doing that.

> Tell me, The Tim... you mentioned "shared diaries."

> Is it less offensive to you if your bandwidth is eaten up by diaries such
> as, "Little Gracie is only 17-1/2 months a week from tomorrow, and
> today she did her doody on the pottie all by herself!" or "Here
> are 73 photos of the kids at the Grand Canyon last summer.
> Enjoy!"....

> because there are plenty of those.

> You may fancy yourself a journalist, The Tim, and be a regular on the
> radio, but you don't know how to talk to people with any kind of respect.

> You've come so far already...

> Think where you could go if you took the time to shut up and learn how to
> do that.

> I'd slap your face with my banana if I had one.

> Luv,