Comments on: Enterprise Hacks Opining On The Law, And Other Blogging Tragedies

By: denparser

denparser — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:57:15 +0000

That could not be impossible with these days hacking tools. i don’t like that thing.

By: josephmartins

josephmartins — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:09:37 +0000

I just discovered this post tonight via a link by someone using the pseudonym JoeNemo on ZDNet (s/he responded to Dennis’s recent blog post about ZL and Gartner).

There is an insidious, loosely-coupled group of wolves in the blogosphere who have branded themselves as ‘advocates of the consumer’. What they are, in fact, are shit disturbers looking to make names (and an income) for themselves as pseudo anti-establishment leaders spreading near malicious distrust under the guise of straight talk. And unfortunately, their actions undermine the genuine efforts of others to represent the interests of buyers and sellers alike.

Sethi discussion aside, these “experts” are easy to disarm with consistent, unrelenting, rational and well-reasoned responses. Poke enough holes in dams built on foundations of tenuous reasoning and eventually they fail.

For years I let their posts and comments slide. No more. In 2009 I decided to tackle the wolves head on in their own dens. As time permits, that is where you will find me.

By: UK Libel Law Is Out Of Control. We Know From Experience. | Submitter

UK Libel Law Is Out Of Control. We Know From Experience. | Submitter — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:30:42 +0000

[...] legal costs that could exceed £500,000. Instead, we declined to participate in the circus, and a default judgement was awarded against [...]

By: UK Libel Law Is Out Of Control. We Know From Experience.

UK Libel Law Is Out Of Control. We Know From Experience. — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:42:00 +0000

[...] legal costs that could exceed £500,000. Instead, we declined to participate in the circus, and a default judgement was awarded against [...]

By: Duane Jackson

Duane Jackson — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:52:08 +0000

Glad to see I'm not the only one to get grief from Dennis Howlett. I've given up on the man as posted here. Perhaps we could all form a support group? : )

By: AccManPro - Time to disengage

AccManPro - Time to disengage — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:22:52 +0000

[...] someone pointed me in the direction of this post on CrunchNotes by Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch. I’ll quote the relevant extract (my bolding): [...]

By: Tom Foremski

Tom Foremski — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:14:12 +0000

Mike, my post was simply reporting on Howlett’s story and I made no comment on the merits of the court case. I’m not particularly interested in the details of who said what, or did. Sometimes people get caught up in very messy situations and the exits aren’t very palatable. To not be able to visit the UK, or Europe, because of this court case, is a pretty unpleasant situation to be in. My point was to be careful to avoid getting into such situations in the first place when you have a very public platform. That has nothing to do with who is right or wrong in this court case. And I wish you all the best in sorting this out.

By: Negatweeting, it is our right, nay duty… « Iron Mountain in a Concrete Jungle

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:28:46 +0000

[...] the Sam Sethi/TechCrunch libel suit over published ‘slanderous articles’ (see more TC coverage: here, here and here) this week… hm, I thought “the power of words you [...]

By: Paul Carr: An open letter to Sam Sethi, on the occasion of him completely losing his mind

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:26:22 +0000

[...] you’ve been following the whole Sam Sethi/TechCrunch lawsuit debacle (see here and here and here), you’ll want to read this post by Paul Carr as well, where he prints [...]

By: sean percival

sean percival — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:12:53 +0000

Sethi and Howlett are dingleberries of the Internet.

What a joke.