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Comment on What I’m doing. by rocksun

rocksun — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:17:11 +0000

Co-Op means ‘合作公寓’？

The sub-prime mortgage crisis hurts me badly, though I’m in China.

Comment on What I’m doing. by Karl Fogel

Karl Fogel — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:26:32 +0000

Rachel & Kennis –

Hey! Thanks for the offer. I’ll be okay for housing, but I’ve been meaning to call you now that I’m back in the city. Just got held up by this sinus infection, which is, I’m happy to say, now on its way out.

My room in Brooklyn is in North Williamsburg, but that’s just a temporary arrangement. The co-op apartment is in upper Manhattan, 190th and Ft. Washington Avenue.

Good news about the upright. Is Kennis playing Bach on it?

Comment on What I’m doing. by Rachel K

Rachel K — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:05:57 +0000

(this is Rachel, Kennis’ wife) So where in Brooklyn are you? And where in Manhattan are you buying then? I suspect you’re also doing a little better now because the sub-prime market has semi-bottomed out and new rules and restrictions have been set in place to help protect lenders.

Co-Op boards are fun. XD;;

Anyway, you’re welcome to give us a shout out and if you want you can stay in our spare bedroom (once I clean it some) It’s not a grand, but we do own an upright now.

Comment on Looking for office space in New York City? by Karl Fogel

Karl Fogel — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:25:25 +0000

Yes! Down with a sinus infection right now, but I’m back, and looking forward to seeing you and Leonard!

Comment on Looking for office space in New York City? by Sumana Harihareswara

Sumana Harihareswara — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:45:27 +0000

So you ARE going to be in NYC!

Comment on Spam Insidy. by Steve Alexander

Steve Alexander — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:48:04 +0000

Karl, in the “internet marketing” example, the code I see in my browser is a regular looking HTML anchor tag. I’m surprised it isn’t marked “nofollow”, as that would surely make it less useful for spammers seeking to increase their google pagerank. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow

Comment on Spam Insidy. by Karl Fogel

Karl Fogel — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:03:28 +0000

David,

Glad to hear you were real. I’ll keep an eye out for your reply when moderating the site.

Since my entire article above is precisely about the difficulty of distinguishing between (or even defining) “spammy” and “legitimate” posts in this new era of paid-link spam, I’m not sure how better to explain the situation.

Note that I’m not accusing you of being a paid-link spammer; it seems clear you’re not. I’m merely pointing out that it is now becoming very hard for site moderators to tell the difference quickly enough to moderate efficiently.

Comment on Spam Insidy. by David

David — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:28:35 +0000

I would like you to note that I did actually make a unique reply on that page. As you can see I have not added the link to my site here since you’ll probably remove it anyway. My comment was not spammy, it was a legitimate post. I also run a blog and give posters the right to link back to their site. I do not see the problem.

Comment on Spam Insidy. by Assaf

Assaf — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:44:02 +0000

Ironically, I have failed the turing test That trackback does look like spam, but I can assure you no male-enhancing products are hiding behind that link.

Comment on What Would Euler Do? by Karl Fogel

Karl Fogel — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:29:18 +0000

Eman,

Oh, we know, see the above comments :-).