Comments on: A HIPAA callout.

A HIPAA callout.

blasdelf — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:22:02 -0800

WTF delmoi? Why do you have to constantly preach to us about HIPAA?

delmoi has a problem of shitting in threads that are only tangentially related to HIPAA.

He appears to have spelled it correctly in only one comment - HIPAA was actually relevant to the thread, so someone commented about it before he showed up. He still managed to give terrible advice anyhow.

Why do you keep doing this? What grudge do you have against a law you can't spell?

By: knave

knave — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:27:19 -0800

Why do you keep doing this? What grudge do you have against a law you can't spell?

These are questions that could have been asked via email. Lame callout.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:29:24 -0800

I'll leave this up just because I tried to email delmoi a couple weeks ago and got nothing in response. I suspect the account listed on his profile is unchecked.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:39:42 -0800

I've suspected for a long time that delmoi is actually several people sharing an account -- sort of a reverse dhoyt, if you will. I can't seem to work out how he/she/it can be lucid and relatively reasonable one day and completely incoherent (though that seems to happen less frequently of late) the next.

Haven't lost any sleep thinking about it, though.

By: matthewr

matthewr — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:44:58 -0800

delnous, if you will.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:46:25 -0800

Yeah, I think I sent him an email about this one of the times he did it previously and got no response.

I saw him do it again this time, did a google search for site:metafilter.com delmoi HIPPA and found the pattern of shitty comments.

Maybe someone with a Myspace account (I don't touch that shit) could send him a message there. (It was linked in his profile, and has been logged into recently)

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:00:10 -0800

how odd.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:17:34 -0800

shitting in threads --there's been a room waiting for that turn of phrase at the Unimaginatively Melodramatic Cliches Retirement Villa for far too long now.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:20:17 -0800

Surely, your harping on the spelling mistake will ensure that your callout is taken seriously, and focus community attention on delmoi's inattention to detail, not your attention to minutia.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:21:05 -0800

holy shit - not sure if this has happened prior, but y2karl just made me laugh big time

By: kcm

kcm — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:22:50 -0800

he tends to take AxMe too literally, in my opinion.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:39:00 -0800

No matter how you slice it, that is a racist comment.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:46:36 -0800

Now I'm confused.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:47:49 -0800

Got a better turn of phrase to apply to the phenomenon y2karl?

I'd certainly like a better one. I coined "$5 Special" for our new friends. Can't think of a good one here though.

When coining a thread-shitting replacement, one could choose to go for the obvious 'derail' jokes, but now that <marquee> is gone, the best possible joke for that one is gone. An animated gif couln't hold a candle to an ASCII Art marquee of a train running off the rails.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:48:25 -0800

I've suspected for a long time that delmoi is actually several people sharing an account

I've wondered the same thing. I used to like what he had to say in comments and posts, at least the general message, if not tone, but it seems to have become much more inconsistent and incoherent and even outright shrill, with wildly varying results.

Maybe I just changed or started paying attention.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:50:19 -0800

An animated gif couln't hold a candle to an ASCII Art marquee of a train running off the rails.

I dunno, those non-animated trainwreck jpegs can be pretty tasty with good timing and judicious use, but you're right, it's no ASCII trainwreck.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:50:46 -0800

It's not really a slicing motion, but rather a chopping one.

Don't get the racist angle though, is it insensitively mocking people from New England that pronounce 'Ask' in that annoying way?

By: Joeforking

Joeforking — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:53:48 -0800

Damn Hippies.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:15:46 -0800

I've suspected for a long time that delmoi is actually several people sharing an account -- sort of a reverse dhoyt, if you will.

I won't, without some clarification—last I heard, there had been no specific disproof of dhoyt's claim that there were others (co-workers, was it) who contributed to the dhoyt (et al) mythos. That is to say, regardless of the overwhelmingly likely notion that dhoyt himself was primarily responsible for his, jenleigh's, highsignal's, and hall of robot's behavior, there is no clear indication (that I can recall, mind you, and my memory and perceptions are more than fallible) that there were not others involved in generating the gospel of dhoyt; and if that were the case, the situation would be congruent, rather than the reverse, to dhoyt.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:24:08 -0800

double dumbass on you

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:25:01 -0800

I'll leave this up just because I tried to email delmoi a couple weeks ago and got nothing in response. I suspect the account listed on his profile is unchecked.

Yeah, the email just goes to my hotmail account. I will setup another gmail account right now where people can reach me. Hang on.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:25:54 -0800

AxMe, slice it...

oh fuck, nevermind.

By: Hat Maui

Hat Maui — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:26:11 -0800

i think you're remembering it wrong, cortex. he did it to amuse his co-workers. he didn't say they participated. he copped to being all of them. so he was one person who created distinct personas whereas it's being suggested that delmoi is many people posting as one.

so, see? it's reverse of the dhoyt situation.

oh, and viva la jek porkins.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:29:47 -0800

I think stavros is saying something more along the lines of:

dhoyt (and according to dhoyt, coworkers) == dhoyt, jenleigh, highsignal, and hall of robots

&&

Several People == delmoi

That assertion that the insinuated dhoyt inversion is actually dhoyt congruence only stands if dhoyt was actually multiple people, and if there are other accounts being used by the same people as delmoi (something that there is absolutely no indication of).

All of this being speculative of course...

IDLE INTERNETS ARE THE DEVIL'S PLAYTHINGS.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:32:59 -0800

it's being suggested that delmoi is many people posting as one.

I wouldn't say I'm going as far as suggesting anything or making any accusation, just that that was the only way I could explain to myself the... er... significant variability of delmoi's persona here I kept noticing. No biggy, and I probably shouldn't have bothered saying anything.

(Unless of course it's actually true, in which case he must be pelted with a veritable hail of rocks and garbage!)

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:36:20 -0800

Yeah, Jek Porkins is totally dhoyt. Appeared just after the bannination, an instantly prolific commenter, same style and substance as dhoyt, etc.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:44:31 -0800

Okay, you guys can reach me mefi10539-at-gmail-com. The reason I never updated my profile email was that I assumed people had rewritten email address harvesters to parse addresses in the written out 'username at domain dot com'. ) Obviously it would be pretty easy to do so). I didn't want to try some other goofy obfuscation technique either.

Gmail has a pretty good Spam filter, I suppose I'll find out whether or not I get spammed at this address.

To address your other questions, no I am not multiple people. I am one person, sadly. I really do have this much time on my hands.

Incoherency you might see could be caused by sleepiness at the time of posting. That was certainly the case with my 'violationa' comment in the other thread, which I immediately felt embarrassed about. At work, people joke about HIPAA all the time, because it's so draconian (and apparently funny) and our products help business comply.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:45:52 -0800

OK, no rocks-and-garbage shower then. Ah well.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:00:26 -0800

i think you're remembering it wrong, cortex. he did it to amuse his co-workers. he didn't say they participated. he copped to being all of them. so he was one person who created distinct personas whereas it's being suggested that delmoi is many people posting as one.

That was his excuse, but I'm thinking he was just totally crazy.

By: fleacircus

fleacircus — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:16:18 -0800

I vote for the "single delmoi" theory that states he is a dozy bastard with spelling problems who posts too much. He's not a one-note, he's a one-man-band with the jitters; if you listen for any given note -- yeah, you're gonna hear it a lot.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:51:58 -0800

the "single delmoi" theory

Back...and to the left.
Back...and to the left.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:20:47 -0800

The sad thing is that while I have not compiled any statistics on the subject I spellcheck the vast majority of my posts in Word before posting them. Only a few slip through the cracks, or I might make a quick edit in the box before hitting post causing an error.

But yes, I am totally aware of my, erm, difficulties with spelling.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:48:50 -0800

Wow, this guy actually used the word "Dude" in a totally un-ironic manner on page 19.

While the beginning of the essay was solid, it seems to suffer from a lack of editing towards the middle. Still interesting stuff, though.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:06:29 -0800

haha, now I've fucked up my own callout. I meant to post that last comment to this thread.

Now I really need to go to bed.

By: trey

trey — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:27:46 -0800

The amazing thing is that I notice spelling errors in almost all of his posts (and usually there are 4 or 5 of them in a row).

By: beth

beth — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:29:25 -0800

At work, people joke about HIPAA all the time, because it's so draconian (and apparently funny) and our products help business comply.

So let me get this straight - your livelihood directly relates to HIPAA, and you still couldn't spell it right?

Or were you being hip and ironic by misspelling it? Teh L0Lz0Rz!

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:34:59 -0800

Beth: in some ways, but it only indirectly relates to me.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:44:25 -0800

The amazing thing is that I notice spelling errors in almost all of his posts (and usually there are 4 or 5 of them in a row).

Trey, can you give me an example from this thread? Or from this thread on the blue? this one, this one, or this one? Those being the last four threads I've posted in.

I honestly don't see any.

By: Witty

Witty — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:51:39 -0800

No matter how you slice it, that is a racist comment.

No it's not.

Yes it is.

No it's not.

Yes, it is.

NO... it's really not.

By: beth

beth — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:00:29 -0800

How about a "failure to read four comments into the thread before posting something equivalent to the fourth post" error?

Like here.

Can we take points off for that too? (please)

By: Plutor

Plutor — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:03:04 -0800

How is this thread not a HIPPO violation? For shame, blasdelf.

By: strawberryviagra

strawberryviagra — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:07:21 -0800

Why does Australia suck, delmoi?
I mean, I think Australians suck - but that's because they're all around, climbing up me and shit - but what's your reason?

By: trey

trey — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:07:33 -0800

Well, I don't really want to post gobs and gobs of your spelling errors, but since you asked, this is from one of the threads you said was error-free:

huh, Freedman considers the internet 'born' on 8/9//95. The day netscape went public. Does that mean he thinks the internet died when netscape was bought by AOL?
posted by delmoi at 5:09 AM EST on April 11 [!]

By: trey

trey — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:14:55 -0800

Additionally (and forgive me as I'm about to be guilty of that which I accuse), I don't really care if you can or cannot spell. Really, what the issue I have with most of your posting is that you post so incredibly much that much of your content is "that isn't interesting." Then you post 2 or 3 times more in quick succession adding more information about why it is or isn't interesting and usually thesee posts either have spelling errors, are duplicates of earlier posts, or contain information found in the subject of the FPP.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:16:50 -0800

Not seeing the spelling error, unless Freedman is misspelled. Is that really what this thread is about? Cuz I make spelling errors all the time too.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:17:46 -0800

On no preview: Ah. But what was the spelling error?

By: Roger Dodger

Roger Dodger — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:22:00 -0800

Delmoi, perhaps you should fix your myspace profile, (linked from your mefi user page) which currently states you are a recent collage graduate. It will help you get even more hot girls as friends.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:25:48 -0800

Does he really need any more hot girls? Zowza!

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:09:54 -0800

So, what? This is a place to slag off delmoi for little annoyances? When someone does something shitty I think they should get called out; but I think it's bad form, and a bad idea, to open up a general discussion of how a particular poster annoys you if that's all they're guilty of doing.

By: naxosaxur

naxosaxur — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:12:07 -0800

i always assumed delmoi was also multiple users. His comments are ubiquitous, and rarely do they have continuity, relevance, depth, or context. Really, he reminds me always of that weird kid from that old 'Kids in the Hall' episode...the kid who was being raised by a single mother, and would run to the local butcher shop and be like:

Delmoi: "How much do you think my head weights? If I could seperate my head from my body, how much do you think it would weigh? How much do you think my head would be worth?"

Metafilter: [no answer]

Delmoi: "Then how much do you think my head be worth if it were made of VEAL??"

Metafilter: "$5.00."

Delmoi: "No, I won't sell."

delmoi

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:16:03 -0800

Well, I don't really want to post gobs and gobs of your spelling errors, but since you asked, this is from one of the threads you said was error-free:...

Hmm, I spelled Friedman 'Freedman', but both are valid spellings. I said I spell checked the vast majority of my posts. I never said any of my posts were error free, or did not contain errors that could not be detected automatically. Like Spelling 'College' 'Collage', which I seem to do all the time.

That said, you said you found spelling errors in "almost all of my posts". I think the actual figure is far lower.

Honestly I would just never notice the difference between "Friedman" and "Freedman" while reading. I don't read one letter at a time, or even one word at a time. Furthermore, I would never want to. I can use software to mitigate this, and that's good enough for me. The only other alternative would be stop talking, and I'm certainly not going to do that.

I will try to put more thought into my comments here, from now on since it seems to irritate so many people.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:19:26 -0800

As you can see, this thread makes me sad.

waa waa waa.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:22:44 -0800

Also, I think "Kids in the Hall" totally sucked.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:33:38 -0800

Hey, I was never annoyed so much as mildly confused, is all.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:36:26 -0800

What OmieWise said.

[this agreement is coming from someone who will absolutely jump in a pile-on, if I think someone deserves it... delmoi is showing a degree of restraint and grace, and trying to address the (different and arguably unrelated) complaints in here.]

Also, I am borderline neurotic when it comes to spelling, but inconsistent or incorrect spelling with others bothers me less and less. Spelling != intelligence. Caveat: I never use spellcheck, and there might be a few posts/comments of mine that slip through the cracks.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:37:05 -0800

Although "Kids in the Hall" did not suck.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:47:17 -0800

Yeah, actually you guys are right. It is more then one person. We are from a sect of Buddhist monks high in the Himalayas who believe that the world will end once 6999 posts are made to the blue -- when combined with virgin sacrifices. That's why neither johnmc nor amberglow were able to do it were able to bring about the end of the world: No virgin sacrifices.

As you can imagine, the comments were easy. The hard part was getting the virgins. We tried myspace but, yeah, turns out most of the girls aren't virgins.
---

Seriously though, why on earth would a bunch of people get together and conspire to post all this inane goblitygook?

Anyway, I'm probably spending too much time on this site, and crowding out other voices, and honestly it's eating into time I should be doing other things. I'll take a break (except for Ask).

By: crunchland

crunchland — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:52:59 -0800

Wait. What's the callout about, again? Is it the spelling, or the hippos, or what?

By: cloeburner

cloeburner — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:15:53 -0800

Oddly enough I work in a hospital computer lab and all over the place are giant signs warning about "HIPPA regulations". Perhaps only those within the profession are unable to recognize the true acronym.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:18:52 -0800

Anyway, I'm probably spending too much time on this site, and crowding out other voices, and honestly it's eating into time I should be doing other things. I'll take a break (except for Ask).

Good call.

By: SweetJesus

SweetJesus — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:45:27 -0800

Hmm, I spelled Friedman 'Freedman', but both are valid spellings.

What? It's a guy's name, there's no alternate correct way to spell it.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:49:40 -0800

Yeah, actually you guys are right. It is more then one person. We are from a sect of Buddhist monks high in the Himalayas who believe that the world will end once 6999 posts are made to the blue -- when combined with virgin sacrifices.

Waaah, delmoi's using all the hot water again!

Honestly, I don't see the point here. delmoi's referring to medical privacy rights, and he gets called out for pushing an agenda. He seems more like languagehat in this regard than any of the standard catcallers who'll bawl out a post.

While the incident's ended diplomatically enough, I don't believe delmoi's been as much of a villain as some may feel.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:57:10 -0800

His comments are ubiquitous, and rarely do they have continuity, relevance, depth, or context.

This thread is about delmoi, not moi. Step off.

Seriously though, why on earth would a bunch of people get together and conspire to post all this inane goblitygook?

People are weird, man. I knew some guys in college who trolled message boards in the guise of hard-core Transformers enthusiasts. They would spend hours—hours—a day sucking whole message boards into contentious arguments about the propriety and ethics of discussing Transformers. It was, y'know, amusing in condensed-anecdote form over drinks, but the idea of actually doing that, for weeks? Boggling.

The eventually became SA goons.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:15:56 -0800

I used to love Kids in the Hall. And really, anything that gave us the "I Crush Your Head" does have its positive aspects.

But man, going back and re-watching all those old episodes? Very very much of it is just really, really bad.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:16:41 -0800

Also, delnous is just too delicious.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:39:57 -0800

So, honestly, delmoi - you have consistently claimed that talking about any aspect of an unidentified patient's care is a HIPAA violation. That is clearly not the case. Why, then, do you keep insisting that it is so?

By: kcm

kcm — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:46:07 -0800

MetaFilter: Why on earth would a bunch of people get together and conspire to post all this inane goblitygook?

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:32:56 -0800

People are weird, man. I knew some guys in college who trolled message boards in the guise of hard-core Transformers enthusiasts. They would spend hours—hours—a day sucking whole message boards into contentious arguments about the propriety and ethics of discussing Transformers. It was, y'know, amusing in condensed-anecdote form over drinks, but the idea of actually doing that, for weeks? Boggling.

Man, that anecdote totally brightened my day. Thanks!

By: Plutor

Plutor — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:35:12 -0800

kcm: "MetaFilter: Why on earth would a bunch of people get together and conspire to post all this inane goblitygook?"

That's it. No more taglines. After this one, no more are necessary. Thank you, delmoi. Thank you, kcm.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:38:33 -0800

What an odd callout. Maybe I don't pay close enough attention, but there seems a lot of animosity towards someone who, you know, hasn't really done anything terribly bad. (But then I frequently make spelling errors here so hideous that I want to gouge my eyes out with a pickle spoon as penance, so it could be a solidarity thing.)

MetaFilter: Why on earth would a bunch of people get together and conspire to post all this inane ~~goblitygook~~ gobbledygook?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:52:17 -0800

Metafilter: That's it. No more taglines. After this one, no more are necessary.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:59:35 -0800

What an odd callout.

For every mattress, a pea underneath, evidently.

And what grudge do you have against writing consecutive sentences, blasdef ?

What's with all the double spacing between sentences ?

What is that about ?

Huh ?

By: rocketman

rocketman — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:31:44 -0800

Man, I gotta start reading MetaTalk again. This season's narrative is looking to be one of the best!

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:56:07 -0800

Hmm, I spelled Friedman 'Freedman', but both are valid spellings

This would seem to explain why he thinks he doesn't make spelling errors. Any spelling he uses is a valid spelling.

And while this callout is perhaps borderline, I too am increasingly annoyed by the pointless HIPAA references. Taking a break from MeFi may be overreaction, but I would greatly appreciate a break from that crap.

By: Otis

Otis — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:01:59 -0800

Eye halve a spelling checker
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques for my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it to say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
Eye am shore your pleased two no
It's letter perfect awl the weigh
My checker tolled me sew.

Margo Roark. [from here]

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:17:43 -0800

What an odd callout. Maybe I don't pay close enough attention, but there seems a lot of animosity towards someone who, you know, hasn't really done anything terribly bad. (But then I frequently make spelling errors here so hideous that I want to gouge my eyes out with a pickle spoon as penance, so it could be a solidarity thing.)

It's not really animosity as much as pure befuddlement. It's just pretty strange, that's all.

y2karl: The nice small line width in the MeTa post preview window makes my long sentences appear to be paragraphs. I don't have quite the infinite well of bloviation that you seem to tap.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:29:35 -0800

buuuuuurn

By: ducksauce

ducksauce — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:46:15 -0800

Hip... Hip Hop... Hip Hop Anonymous?

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:46:51 -0800

Isn't this thread a HIPAA violation?

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:22:12 -0800

HIPAA HIPAA, andalay, andalay, areeba, areeba. . .

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:46:42 -0800

mr_crash_davis writes "Metafilter: That's it. No more taglines. After this one, no more are necessary."

Are you kidding me? Right below your comment lh supplies this gem:

MetaFilter: I would greatly appreciate a break from that crap.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:20:25 -0800

The nice small line width in the MeTa post preview window makes my long sentences appear to be paragraphs.

Here's a concept: Preview.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:38:38 -0800

The FPP post preview (for MeTa at least) is less wide than the actual post, and you have to use it (It doesn't let you post without previewing).

Also, give me a replacement for 'shitting in threads'! You've left me all expectant.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:13:49 -0800

i know a really smart, but dyslexic guy who programs industrial robots. he's brilliant. but he consistently refers to mozilla and firefox as "mazola" and "foxfire". i never tire of taunting him about it.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:20:24 -0800

My dad constantly pronounces google as "goggle"

It's totally ridiculous.

By: jtron

jtron — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:42:20 -0800

Wait, is the Two Minute Hate still going on?

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:55:10 -0800

I assumed that, although it's not a spelling error, trey was referring to the double slash usage in the date delmoi posted.

that said, I think that (in keeping with this variety of "[x] annoys me" callouts) I'm going to callout delmoi for thinking Kids In The Hall sucks. fucking blasphemy.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:36:26 -0800

My father uses "Foxfire" as a browser, too.

I attribute it his pothead hippy days, listening to Loggins & Messina. ("And one of these days I'm thinking I'll take him by surprise; He's not so clever as foxfire, dancing on the distant rise.")

Come to think of it, Firefox has a might slowdown after it eats up all the allotted memory, doesn't it? How apt.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:42:50 -0800

I attribute it to fandom of the independent 1996 film (made in Portland!) (my sister was an extra!) (Angelina Jolie takes her top off!) Foxfire.

By: Richard Daly

Richard Daly — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:20:42 -0800

Uh, No.

delmoi's a good guy, and often says things well.

Damn haters.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:19:26 -0800

SRSLY.

By: Jenga

Jenga — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:41:26 -0800

delmoi's a good guy, and often says things well.

For example?

By: y2karl

y2karl — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:16:50 -0800

Also, give me a replacement for 'shitting in threads'! You've left me all expectant.

As in give me a cliche I can repeat endlessly ? Nuh uh.
Next time you have a hair up a gnat's ass complaint, raise the bar: think of something original to say.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:58:48 -0800

I've always thought of delmoi as an upstanding citizen.

But it's weird- I really do see his name around the site a lot. I never really thought of the time it must take to post all those comments. I mean, if I always see him in threads, think about all the threads I don't read? He's probably there, too.

I've never been offended by him, but I've never argued with him either. The HIPAA and Australia stuff is bizarre and endearing, kinda like a cousin who walks backwards and talks like Popeye.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:06:28 -0800

I mean, if I always see him in threads, think about all the threads I don't read? He's probably there, too.

What if it is only by your action of reading the thread that his comments are brought into being? Can you say that his comments existed before you ever read the thread? Is delmoi really anything more than a projection of your psyche against a green or blue or grey wall? The painted concrete wall of a cell?

!

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:11:03 -0800

*pens script for independent short set in a four-walled cell, wherein the sole character, The Prisoner, sits upon a stool and turns from one wall to the next—the first is blue, and the prisoner looks at it and giggles—but then his brow furrows, he grows angry, and he swivels to face the grey wall, and commences shouting and rending his clothing—but then, peace, and self-examination: he turns to the green wall, and begins asking for help, for explanations—and then, resolved, he turns to the red wall (which he does only occasionally, because it is a weird wall, newish, and he doesn't know what to make of it); and looking at the red wall, he declares his designs to Change—and then he notices that one of the walls has a door in it, and gets up, and freakin' goes outside for once, you addict!*

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:12:41 -0800

*he then leaves the cell, and finds himself in a large parking lot. When he locates his car, he sees that the windshield is covered in rectangular slips of paper. Thinking that they're parking violations, he picks one up and examines it. As it turns out, it's not a parking ticket at all, but... A HIPAA VIOLATION! And it needs to be paid immediately. In person. To the offices of... The Australian Medical Association!*

By: dios

dios — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:16:43 -0800

delmoi works for a HIPAA compliance company? That is frightening. Because it is plainly obvious that he doesn't know a damn thing about it. I spend more time than I would like to working with HIPAA issues every single day as they touch upon every aspect of my practice. And I can say this: anyone with anything more than a basic grasp of what HIPAA is wouldn't trot it out like delmoi does. I have a good idea why he does. Having only a passing understanding of the law and trying to misapply it is an annoying and disruptive habit. This is why states leave the practice of law to lawyers.

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:46:15 -0800

Dios, you're missing an important component: if delmoi spreads fear, uncertainty, and doubt about HIPAA rules and regulations, and calls all of these non-violations "violations," his company may get more clients for fear of breaking the rules he's making up.

By: Suparnova

Suparnova — Mon, 01 May 2006 21:09:21 -0800

Hey, my dad says goggle too!

Oh wait.... we have the same dad.