Know Thyself

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by seattlegal

*O, I must exert self-control and not push that button, and make some wise-assed crack remark about huffin' methane*
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{Oh, Pooh! I just did...}

In other words, we humans are prone to error. Knowing and living with our human weaknesses would require a sense of humor and a whole lot of love. {Or, as one of my pagan acquaintances puts it, "Thou shalt not take thyself too bloody seriously!"}

[flowperson]

Originally Posted by seattlegal

In other words, we humans are prone to error. Knowing and living with our human weaknesses would require a sense of humor and a whole lot of love. {Or, as one of my pagan acquaintances puts it, "Thou shalt not take thyself too bloody seriously!"}

Ummmm...so would we refer to your position on the three legged stool as a partially restrained methane huffer ?

flow....

[17th Angel]

Originally Posted by gp1628

And the computer guru says "Google thyself". And a student asked "but why master?". It was then we were told "For to google thyself is to know thyself, and to see thyself as others see you". It is a wise wisdom. Buy it. Wear it. Give it to others.
Google thyself : Odd Thotz : CafePress.com

Sorry. It seemed like a good place to bring up what might be a modern version of that.
by the way, as a NetCop its also serious advice.

If I ever google myself it says I am a famous DJ...... Oh, or a gap year student... So, I don't really see myself as that... :\

[gp1628]

Originally Posted by 17th Angel

If I ever google myself it says I am a famous DJ...... Oh, or a gap year student... So, I don't really see myself as that... :\

Well you can try your name in quotes. For me searching for Gandalf Parker in most search engines (such as google) gets me any page with Gandalf OR Parker on it altho the "best" are listed at the top. But if you put in "Gandalf Parker" then you get a much more reasonable list.

You also might try searching on your street address, your phone number, your social security even. And parents should google their children. And google your parents. Its not so much that you want things to come up but if they are on the net someplace then its a good idea to know why.

[seattlegal]

I knew that there are lots of different seattlegals out there, but I didn't know that so many people had the same name as me in google servers. (none of them were me, though.)

[gp1628]

Originally Posted by seattlegal

I knew that there are lots of different seattlegals out there, but I didn't know that so many people had the same name as me in google servers. (none of them were me, though.)

Yes as irritating as my name has been over the years I must admit that its apparently a unique combination so far. Putting it in quotes into google works well. It comes up with 27,100 pages but as far as I can see it is all me. And 34,700 in the groups search. Nothing in news search thankfully. Luckily the google databases only go back to about '95

Having been on the net since the birth of the net makes it hard for me to check for my info being on some random ID-theft page but I have had others find info about themselves that they were happy to know was being spread around.