profile rant

[Angelo]

"...won't you be my neighbor?..."

I've enjoyed this site immensely since joining and I have to admit I'm about as addicted to it as I've ever been to anything (except crack cocaine but I licked that bug)

I've enjoyed participating and I've enjoyed getting to know folk from around the world; as well as anyone can on a website. I've especially enjoyed meeting and shooting with my socal grinner buddies.

Now comes the rant:

I'm noticing a growing number of members with absolutely no information incorporated into their profiles. No name, no location, no age, no NOTHING.

I'm starting to feel like I'm interacting with a bunch of criminals on the lam, afraid of being "found out".

Please, if you're reading this check your avatar, check your profile. If they're blank, edit them. Make yourself real. Warm up to your dGrin neighbors.

good night and good luck

lova ya, mean it!

[W.W. Webster]

I'm noticing a growing number of members with absolutely no information incorporated into their profiles. No name, no location, no age, no NOTHING. .... no Smugmug or other photo website address, even though they've got one!

[Angelo]

.... no Smugmug or other photo website address, even though they've got one!

:agree

[ChrisJ]

I think a lot of people are extra-careful nowadays with information they devulge. You really never know who is watching.:uhoh (nothin' to see here, Mr. President, sir!)

As someone who deals with information security on a daily basis, I can't really blame them... people talk when they want to talk. Most people will respond if they're asked, though.

Personally, I don't give out my smugmug address because it's mostly family related things... but any picture I post has it embedded in the HTML, so I consider it "public" knowledge.

Just my PoV.

[DJ-S1]

I can see that, Chris, but nobody is asking for your address and phone number. It is just very nice to be able to look right below someone's avatar and know if they are in Minnesota or Florida or Calgary or Taiwan or Russia... you get the point. It gives you some idea of where the person is coming from, figuratively and literally. IMO

I agree with you about your smugmug account. And on top of that, not everyone here has a smugmug account anyway. It's not a big deal to me, but general location of the poster is.

[Bob Bell]

What do you want to know?

Ive got tons of Canon stuff, full product studio, specialize in advertising and product shoots. Shoot wildlife and landscapes for fun.

I dont have a smugmug account and my website is being redesigned and rebuilt.

[JimM]

I do agree it is interesting to know where people are "coming from".

[wxwax]

What do you want to know?

Ive got tons of Canon stuff, full product studio, specialize in advertising and product shoots. Shoot wildlife and landscapes for fun.

I dont have a smugmug account and my website is being redesigned and rebuilt.
Location, mostly.

And since this is a photography forum, knowing what kind of camera someone is using is often vital to answering a question they might have.

[Stan]

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam



Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules. :D

Stan

[Bob Bell]

Location, mostly.

And since this is a photography forum, knowing what kind of camera someone is using is often vital to answering a question they might have.

:thumb I know you are speaking in generalities but just wondering if Phoenix, AZ shows up under my name and Canon and Zeiss in my profile.

[rutt]

Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules. :D

Stan

Now that I have my Catapult Latin Secret Decoder Ring. I don't know if I'll be able to translate any Latin without catapults, but for now that doesn't seem to be necessary.

My alma matter's motto is:

Non satis scire.

The best ever translation:

To know is not necessary.

[ivar]

"...won't you be my neighbor?..."

I've enjoyed this site immensely since joining and I have to admit I'm about as addicted to it as I've ever been to anything (except crack cocaine but I licked that bug)

I've enjoyed participating and I've enjoyed getting to know folk from around the world; as well as anyone can on a website. I've especially enjoyed meeting and shooting with my socal grinner buddies.

Now comes the rant:

I'm noticing a growing number of members with absolutely no information incorporated into their profiles. No name, no location, no age, no NOTHING.

I'm starting to feel like I'm interacting with a bunch of criminals on the lam, afraid of being "found out".

Please, if you're reading this check your avatar, check your profile. If they're blank, edit them. Make yourself real. Warm up to your dGrin neighbors.

good night and good luck

lova ya, mean it!

I see where you are going at, and i actually agree with you to a certain point. It's always nice to get to know the people around you. Even when they are virtual, it's nice to get a friendly feel. However, the internet is THE place for people to not show it all and be sort of anonymous. Some people actually like that.

The other problem is that it is so easy to find out information about people, that you might not want disclosed. The basic email and address is the first thing people can find, but also other sites that you have posted/registered, comments you made on sites of (sport)clubs for instance, give you information about your interests, possibly friends, times that you are not at home etc. It sounds a little far-fetched, but all this can give someone alot of information about a person, and make him/her vulnerable for (identity-)theft, accescodes etc.

There is alot that can be done to limit that.
For example, i always publish / sign my posts with my first name. Never with my last name (actually there is one post on Dgrin where you can find it, and i actually thought about deleting it, hehehehe) Even on my smugmug, my last name is not there. Also, i don't post pictures of the house i am (currently) living in, the car i am currently driving, my birthdate etc.

It sounds far-fetched, but i know it's possible. I've done id-theft and information-theft before (legally), and it is scary how easy it was in some situations.

So, it's not always that people are a "bunch of criminals on the lam, afraid of being found out". Sometimes its a definite choice to be anonymous, and sometimes it can be because of the fear of information-theft. Allthough i do have most fields filled in, i can understand people not filling in fields. After all, it's nice being anonymous sometimes, isn't it? And i also don't think that one can obligate people to fill in some or all fields.

[bfjr]

Whew thanks Angelo for reminding me

I gotta go remove all my info, Whew close call :rofl :lol4 :rofl

[wxwax]

:thumb I know you are speaking in generalities but just wondering if Phoenix, AZ shows up under my name and Canon and Zeiss in my profile.
Yup! :thumb

[wxwax]

Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules. :D

Stan

:lol3

Ita vero, esne comoedus?

[nandysso]

Does anybody not know who I am? "Son of Andy"...
I think I'll just stick to the "Wide Angle" threads anyway because of my lack in anything that is photography

[Andy]

:lol3

Ita vero, esne comoedus?

Visne scire quod credam? Credo lictationes omnes praestitutas esse.

[Andy]

Does anybody not know who I am? "Son of Andy"...
I think I'll just stick to the "Wide Angle" threads anyway because of my lack in anything that is photography


Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.

[Andy]

Does anybody not know who I am? "Son of Andy"...
I think I'll just stick to the "Wide Angle" threads anyway because of my lack in anything that is photography

Est mihi nullus nummus superfluus.

[nandysso]

"You know I don't speak Spanish!"


-Anchorman

[nandysso]

fine i'll translate it

[DoctorIt]

the only latin I know is: Felis Castor

[nandysso]

Mr. 15,000 posts...

[nandysso]

Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.

What are you saying? Google failed me on a Latin translator

[W.W. Webster]

Nil desperandum carborundum!

[wxwax]

Visne scire quod credam? Credo lictationes omnes praestitutas esse.

Braccae tuae aperiuntur

[wxwax]

Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.

Cave canem, te necet lingendo.

[wxwax]

Est mihi nullus nummus superfluus.

Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur. Cogito sumere potum alterum.

[nandysso]

grrrrr:dunno

[wxwax]

grrrrr:dunno
Google is your friend.

[Andy]

What are you saying? Google failed me on a Latin translator

Maybe, you should walk your sorry butt over to the LIBRARY!!!

[wxwax]

Nil desperandum carborundum!

Non illigitamus carborundum?

[rutt]

Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.

[W.W. Webster]

Non illigitamus carborundum?Nil desperandum carborundum - don't let the b*stards grind you down.

[Bob Bell]

il Latino è guastato quanto il mare, almeno prova a brail su esso con una lingua attiva in modo da le probabilità hanno uno

[wxwax]

Nil desperandum carborundum - don't let the b*stards grind you down.
Yes, I think the other version of pidgin Latin uses illigitamus.

[StevenV]

Nil desperandum carborundum!

No Desperate Carburetors? what will we do without them?

[W.W. Webster]

Yes, I think the other version of pidgin Latin uses illigitamus.Ah-ha!

[wxwax]

Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.
De gustibus non est disputandum.

[rutt]

De gustibus non est disputandum.

There's one that requires no help! One of my all time favorite truisms in any language.

[rutt]

There's one that requires no help! One of my all time favorite truisms in any language.


Oh, and translate that into Latin, pardus intempestivus.

[DavidTO]

Oh, and translate that into Latin, pardus intempestivus.


One of my favorite books (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865165556/102-6733343-5838547?v=glance&n=283155).

[rutt]

One of my favorite books (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865165556/102-6733343-5838547?v=glance&n=283155).

How could I have lived all these years without that! Do you know this one (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067121148X/qid=1139541370/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9274962-0741449?s=books&v=glance&n=283155)?

[flyingdutchie]

How could I have lived all these years without that! Do you know this one (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067121148X/qid=1139541370/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9274962-0741449?s=books&v=glance&n=283155)?

The first 3 sentences of my Latin classes in highschool. Can you translate these (if i make typos, forgive me).. they are not too difficult :)

Marcus et Cornelia in horto ambulant.
Subitum Cornelia serpentem videt.
"Marce, Marce", Cornelia exclamat, "Serpentem video!"

[flyingdutchie]

De gustibus non est disputandum.

Over smaak valt niet te twisten

[Stan]

'Nescio quid dicas' One for Andy's son

'Canis meus id comedit' For Rutt's homework excuse

'Quid agis, medice?' DoctorIt

Stan

[Angelo]

This Catholic school boy is not keeping up. Sister Angela Maria is probably spinning in her grave.

[gus]

The boy stood on the burning deck
...a pocket full of crackers

[Mitchell]

Maybe, you should walk your sorry butt over to the LIBRARY!!!

Hey, I went to school in Schenectady. Don't tell this kid in Troy to walk outside in the winter!!:huh

[Andy]

Hey, I went to school in Schenectady. Don't tell this kid in Troy to walk outside in the winter!!:huh

Says the Floridian :bad

[nandysso]

Hey, I went to school in Schenectady. Don't tell this kid in Troy to walk outside in the winter!!:huh

Thanks Mitchell!:D

[Mitchell]

Says the Floridian :bad

13 years of Schenectady/Albany weather cured me of any desire to live there. Brrrrrr it's in the 60's here today!:wink

[Stan]

Thanks Mitchell!:D

Nescio quid dicas = I don't know what you're talking about

Stan

[Bodley]

I'll play
hat-wa re-aa a'll-ya alking-ta bout-aa?

[DavidTO]

Iway eakspay Atinlay, utbay Iway on'tday understandway ethay
ialectday atthay ouyay allway areway eakingspay.

[4labs]

13 years of Schenectady/Albany weather cured me of any desire to live there. Brrrrrr it's in the 60's here today!:wink

13 yrs? I couldn't take more than 2..:1drink