Christine Cavalier

"Thanks for your comment, Dr. Chadwick! Remind me to which comment you are referring about socioeconomics and race? There is no neurological "cause" for that, surely. To say so would be racism. Socioeconomics and academic performance are most certainly correlated, but as you and I know, correlation does not equal causation. I'm in a bit of a morning rush right now, but I really appreciate what you wrote here and will comment further later. Thanks! Peace! -PurpleCar ________________________________" - Christine Cavalier

"We have a Micro Center here and I swear, I could cry tears of joy every time I walk in the door. It's beyond awesome. It's got Apple stuff, pc stuff, general electronic goodness, parts, more parts, adapters, killer app software, docks, disks... anything your little geek heart could desire. Consider yourselves lucky, St. Louis!" - Christine Cavalier

"Yes, got it. Please send another one so I can respond with delete. Peace! -PurpleCar http://www.purplecar.net/ ________________________________" - Christine Cavalier

"Peter, thanks for your thoughtful response. Amazon does, in fact, sell your reviews. This is a different system than affiliate selling. Amazon charges sites to access their catalog. Along with the catalog, they include some reviews. I'm not privvy to the formula (or what coders call "algorithms") that choose which reviews get packaged along with the catalog, but be assured that the user reviews are offered as a part of that catalog. Amazon would sell less catalog rentals if people stopped writing free reviews for them. The reviews are what set them apart from other ISBN/product code catalogs. This really comes down to how one views the internet and how to use it. Reviews are work. Getting the "freebies" of which you speak is now a forbidden practice, as per new FTC "guidelines." I'm not in it for free books. I can get my books from the library or buy them myself. The amount of "freebies" of stuff I don't even want or have space for doesn't compensate me for the work of reviews. You..." - Christine Cavalier

"MIke: I KNOW! Back in 2008! Isn't that a shame that this Adam Slaney hoax on Facebook is still making the rounds? I don't watch my blog stats, but whenever I pass my Wordpress Dashboard, this post is always at the top. It's gotten, literally, thousands of views. I keep adding the new names that get put on the spam email, so people can just search on the name and find out it's hoax. Snopes is wonderful, but they can't keep adding every new name that comes down the pike. If you see any new names in the hoax, please come back to purplecar.net and let me know, or find me on facebook as facebook.com/christinecavalier/ And don't worry too much about your friends. Everyone is in a learning stage right now. It's only been 10 years or so of widespread internet access, and it's a scary place. There is very little regulation, protection or education about it. Try to have some patience with the end users. (Of course, I say this, but I rip my hair out over their inane behaviors on a weekly basis.)..." - Christine Cavalier

"Thanks Hailey! You're right, troops need mail and support, no matter what our politics are." - Christine Cavalier

"OH! and I've seen SuperSizeMe. Awesome. Peace! -PurpleCar http://www.purplecar.net/ ________________________________" - Christine Cavalier

"OH! and I've seen SuperSizeMe. Awesome. Peace! -PurpleCar http://www.purplecar.net/ ________________________________" - Christine Cavalier

"Yes I think that's on my list. There is a superfreakonomics now too. Peace! -PurpleCar http://www.purplecar.net/ ________________________________" - Christine Cavalier

"No problem Mike! You know me (literally!). I'm a font of information. Or copied and pasted emails, which pretty much constitute "information" nowadays. Thanks for stopping in! ________________________________" - Christine Cavalier

"Thomas, thanks so much! Firstly, good work on the Amazon TOS. I was hoping someone like you would find the exact paragraph in all that muck. My gratitude! Secondly, thanks for clarifying "fair use." Will think about revising my post to cut out the unofficial use of it. Can't do that right at this moment but I will look at it soon. (Not a big fan of major editing after posting, so I may just publish an "Update" of your useful information.) Again, my thanks. Thirdly, yes, you're correct, Amazon can still publish my work even though I deleted it, but deleting it is my little form of protest. Also, it's my hope that their huge infrastructure will re-claim the dinky white (disk) space and truly delete the work, or at least remove it from the freely-referenced content. I'm not privvy to their infrastructure design, but I know as a former sys admin that it's possible that my deleting the work may keep it from being distributed again." - Christine Cavalier

"Sending them an invoice would just be an experiment, and ending up being an experiment in futility I'm sure. But if my review is still up on newandusedbooks.com without credit in 3 business days, I will send them an invoice. This is a legal hole, I think. Amazon says they own the content and can sell it (I'm assuming), so newandusedbooks.com will refer me to that policy. Still, it doesn't seem that newandusedbooks have set up protection from this. I'm not a barister or a lawyer, so I don't know. It would be interesting to find out. The point of contention is that they removed the links. Amazon lets you have a link in exchange for the review, but they let their affiliates remove those links. That seems unfair. I may call up my intellectual property lawyer friend about this." - Christine Cavalier

Visit this site just for the blogroll, if you are into books and reading. - Christine Cavalier

"Thanks, Chris! I made the same decision a few months ago. It's a shame. But it is easier to click on every name in my @ replies (mentions) list to make sure I'm following back than it is to sort through all of the spam/spammers. Good luck. -PC" - Christine Cavalier

Do you get angry when signal drops? Does a short time away from the Internet give you panic attacks? You may have Disconnectivity Anxiety! Check out this article, assess your-uber-connected self. - Christine Cavalier from Bookmarklet