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Comment on We’ve switched to WordPress by MBA Colleges

MBA Colleges — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:58:48 +0000

I recently switched to WP from MT also, mainly attracted by the better spam protection and driven away by continual rebuild errors when deleting comments. One bug in 1.5 that I can’t make go away is that it won’t display my categories alphabetically.

The way they always tell you to do this is to change the “list_cats” or “wp_list_cats” line in your sidebar.php in the theme directory, but I’ve tried this and it doesn’t work. I do hope they fix this in the next bug-fix release. (I’ve no idea why this affects some people and not others - others have said they have been able to get WP to do this.)

Comment on Couple sues Google to keep their property “private” by Keir Clarke

Keir Clarke — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:09:31 +0000

Did they really want privacy though or just a quick buck?

BTW - Good to see you on the Google Earth Blog now!

Comment on The Pirate Bay by The Pirate Bay gets another boost from clueless officials | The Streisand Effect

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:07:21 +0000

[...] Pirate Bay seems to be getting a lot of help. Earlier this year, the MPAA raided their data center and seized a bunch of equipment. They made a very big show of this bust, telling everyone how [...]

Comment on We’ve switched to WordPress by Mrs Pat

Mrs Pat — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:12:12 +0000

i am a recent user of the internet. Have been Stumbling to see lots of different things. Word Press is actually usuable by a newby like myself. Like your site. It matches the old saying that the ’squeaky wheel gets greased’ rather nicely. Keeping things undercover only works with stealth. Good site.

Comment on Barbara Streisand by barbara steisand

barbara steisand — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:31:56 +0000

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Comment on Mormons want you to read their old documents by David

David — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:12:49 +0000

I think you’re right in that the LDS Church doesn’t understand how these things work in that by suing it only draws attention to the documents they are unhappy about being public. I would much rather have had them simply use it as a platform to describe why they have the policies they do, which would give them an opportunity to explain their beliefs and actually break down suspicion and ignorance. The documents really don’t share anything earth-shattering but when the news only reports that they are suing it comes across as “having something to hide” in our modern world.

On a broader vein, I understand the need for transparency, particularly having an interest in human rights professionally, but where is the line of simple courtesy and kindness? Should every individual’s personal journal be public information? Is there a difference between something being publicly accessible to those who ask and those that steal the paper and wave it around in a manner that is only meant to embarrass or create suspicion, no matter what is actually on the paper.

I would personally believe the line would be somewhere around the point that innocent suffering is highly probable or likely and the accused is completely defiant. Neither which are applicable in this case.

Comment on The Pirate Bay by MPAA promoting another site they hate | The Streisand Effect

MPAA promoting another site they hate | The Streisand Effect — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:11:42 +0000

[...] the MPAA this stupid, or does it just look that way? Once again, they’re suing a website for copyright infringement and the result is that the site is [...]

Comment on Small-town police chief upset with blog; tells everyone all about it by huh

huh — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:26 +0000

‘Good move, chief!’
Yeah.. Bagged a big one, cleaned the streets.
Well done…

Comment on Wall Street Journal rep tries to buy all of the copies of a WSJ parody paper by dave metz

dave metz — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:53:19 +0000

i’m the one who leeked it to the nyt, who originally printed it. it was surreal to see that what had previously been a joke (their youtube murdoch rant)
turned out to be real. I saw with my own eyes: a WSJ worker buying every one of the parodies, with a corperate amex, no less. and i’m not the only witness. so funny it’s sad!

Comment on Richard Carpenter by Richard Carpenter Watch blog

Richard Carpenter Watch blog — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:25:01 +0000

Sorry the old site was closed. Please come to the new site:

http://richard-carpenter-watch.blogspot.com

and help clean up US Higher Education by getting rid of the fraud Chancellor, Richard G. Carpenter, at the Lone Star College System.