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CPA Googles For His Name, Sues Google For Libel
fbform writes "Mark Maughan, an accountant, searched Google for his name on March 25 2003 and found some 'alarming, false, misleading and injurious' information about himself and his firm. Therefore, he is now suing Google, Yahoo (which used Google as its search engine at the time), AOL (for using Google to enhance its search results) and Time Warner (because they're the same company as AOL) for libel. Specifically, his lawyer John Girardi believes that Google's PageRank algorithm takes known good information and twists its context when displaying search results."
Googling for "litigious schmuck" now turns up a new entry...
"It was a summer's tale: Just a boy, his Linux, and a head full of dreams..."
...how much of it was true? ;)
Hey everybody, I heard that Mark Maughan once killed a man in Reno just to watch him die!
He also has poor math skills and failed basic algebra twice.
... is censorship, because if they delete him from Google nobody can find him.
Bill Stewart
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Man sues white pages for listing his name and phone number. WTF!
Have fun tilting at that windmill, bub.
"I think it should be manditory for people to know how things work before they can sue someone."
Does this mean no one will be able to sue me if I write destructive code in perl?
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People will now find out the horrible things he does to animals during his free time...
Yes, while countless millions go on with their lives being perfectly able to make the distinction between "circular argument" and "leading question", you are there in the forefront making sure that an insignificant badly worded phrase coined centuries ago shall continue to wreak confusion for years to come! Well done! Carry on!
You know, your anal retentive obsession about "begs the question" really begs the question, do you really understand basic English? This is the question that I am begging.
And gosh, did you know that I B.A'd in Logic? Fat lot of good that did me with guys like you around telling me how to speak.
Googling for my name reveals that, in addition to being an avid gamer, I apparantly played Greedo in Star Wars.
Think I'll sue Lucas for not paying me.
Happiness is relative, Based upon the way we live.
You mean this technology I presume...
DrkBr
Yeah, but another computer illiterate boob might. Look at how many there are.
When google gives wrong info on me(other people have same name), i just add their stuff to my resume.
I gained a dance school and a few civil war books in my resume experiences.
It's only right that Google should validate the truth of every one of the six billion pages indexed by their system. After all, eager minds want to know:
Who really killed JFK, did Tammy really make out with Nick at the end of the high school prom, and whether UFO's, the Lock Ness Monster, bigfoot, black triangles and the chucacubra really exist or not. This could save so much effort and time wasted on speculation and controversy.
Or accountants, for that matter.
OK, so my plan isn't perfect. Can anyone suggest anything better?
Tactical thermonuclear device.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
If he was any good at what he did, he wouldn't need to sue Google for money.
I think it's about time Slashdot had something along this line:
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Slashdot Men of Genius...
Today we salute you, mister "begs-the-question".
Mister begs-the-question!
While millions can understand a basic phrase, you take the lead in misinterpreting everything.
Cannot make a distinction!
Your lack of logic ensures that phrases coined centuries ago will continue to wreak confusion for years come.
A leader in confusion!
You know, your anal retentive obsession about "begs the question" really begs the question, do you really understand basic English?
This is the question I'm beggin'!
And gosh, did you know that I B.A'd in Logic? Fat lot of good that did me with guys like you around telling me how to speak.
Slashdot Men of Genius
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