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Guy Who Didn't Invent Email Sues Gawker For Pointing Out He Didn't Invent Email (techdirt.com)
Mike Masnick, reporting for TechDirt: Oh boy. Remember Shiva Ayyadurai? The guy who has gone to great lengths to claim that he "invented email," when the reality is that he appears to have (likely independently) written an early implementation of email long after others had actually "invented email." In the past we've called out examples where gullible press have fallen for his easily debunked claims, but he keeps popping back up. The mainstream press repeated his bogus claims about inventing email after he married a TV star. And, most recently, he decided to scream at the press for memorializing Ray Tomlinson -- someone who actually did have a hand in creating email -- upon his death. [...] We, of course, have not been alone in debunking his claims. Back in 2012, a few weeks after we first debunked them, Gawker's Sam Biddle did a long and thorough takedown of Ayyadurai's claims. Apparently that story really angers Ayyadurai, and I'm guessing that seeing Hulk Hogan win his crazy lawsuit against Gawker helped Ayyadurai to decide to sue Gawker as well.
that I'll sue anyone who prints that I didn't date Jennifer Anniston.
The celebrity wife in question is Fran Drescher.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
Wait, why was Hulk's lawsuit crazy?
Why does the legal system permit this nonsense to continue? And I don't mean this as a rhetorical question. I really want to know why baseless lawsuits drag on, and on, and on. (Another example is the SCO lawsuit.)
Why doesn't the judge refuse to hear the case?
On the one hand, this lawsuit is, well, bonkers. On the other, he's suing Gawker so.... go crazy email not inventing guy?
I browse on +1 so AC's need not respond, I won't see it.
http://vashiva.com/
Dear jesus. Additionally, his wife has a book called "Cancer Schmancer".
Guy who can't do jack shit tries to stay in the limelight by insane claims and publicity stunts.
Wait, is that one of the Kadashians?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Let's not spend any of those precious seconds ticking away talking about this... it's a collective waste of our time.
Do NOT feed the troll, remember?
Jesus Christ, this fucking asshole again? His claims were utterly decimated before, and now he wants to try to make the claim again.
For the fucking record, you pathetic worthless fraud, if there was any single inventor of modern email, then it was Roy Tomlinson.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
another h1b gen-2 idiot.
Tort Reform. Why is it that none of the presidential candidates are talking about this and neither is the media?
He holds four degrees from MIT (where he lectures), numerous patents, honors, and awards. He also says he invented email, and there's a global conspiracy against him. Guess which one of these statements is true.
Uh... okay. So it's the last one, I guess. But what are these other claims about? Has he claimed those to be true as well? Or only the last one?
Or was the writer just trying to jazz up his piece?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
It was Al Gore, and Manbearpig stole the server and ran off innawoods.
He was 14 when he "invented email".
Let's just ignore ARPANET, which had been floating about for a while.
and who do I sue, The Connected Internet?
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
Which was a great improvement over the old bang paths; at least you could be reasonably assured your message would reach the intended recipient. It also established a uniform way to address someone without having to decipher a path to the recipient.
I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.
Here is a brief bio of the Shiva Ayyadurai, if you are not familiar with him. His sons, of course, are much more famous.
Ayyadurai started his career as a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. In 1978, he married a fifteen-year-old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. Ayyadurai enjoys womanizing and drinking. In addition to email, he also invented the question mark. Ayyadurai has two sons, Austin and Douglas.
Hulk Hogan completely deserved to win his case though so there really is no comparison. This guy is making baseless accusations about E-Mail but regardless of what you think about the Hulk Gawker clearly broke the law in the Hulks case.
I didn't invent written correspondence where's my article. I'll deny it all day.