The Reality of Online Reputation
Nicholas Carroll (of Why Unicode Won't Work On The Internet fame) has written a piece for Mindjack entitled "Spinning The Web: The Realities of Online Reputation Management". Trust me - the actual subject matter is a lot more interesting then the title *grin*. The essay is aimed toward companies online, but is applicable to individuals as well.
No, the test was of the return value for the assignment statement hemos=gay.
Presumably it would return true no matter what, which fits with how things work around here.
Not sure at all what any of this 'reputation' stuff means, however. Aren't we all (or almost all) of us using psuedonyms to start with?