A collection of current events, technology, sports, and miscellaneous rants

(UPDATED 2009-12-31)

I welcome intelligent comments on my posts, submitted with a valid e-mail address, as well as legitimate trackbacks and pingbacks from posts made on readers' blogs. However, the following may result in your comment being edited or rejected entirely:

• Profane, obscene, or vulgar language (rough guideline: if it can't be said on US broadcast TV it will probably be edited)
• Spam-like content
• Lack of or an obviously invalid e-mail address (in addition to helping weed out questionable comments, I occasionally have questions comments that need to be answered prior to approval. I do not share e-mail addresses.)
• Extremely poor grammar or spelling
• Flaming, or baiting others to flame
• Comments not written in English
• Trackbacks/pingbacks to sites/blogs not written in English if I cannot obtain a satisfactory translation
• Trackbacks/pingbacks to fradulent or spam blogs
• Comments, trackbacks, or pingbacks I feel it is in my best interests not to publish on my blog for other reasons not listed above, including "just because" or my mood at the time

Rejected comments may, at my option, be sent back via e-mail. In the case of a missing or invalid e-mail address, or a flagrant violation of the rules, the comment will be deleted or at my option sent back via any other means of contact available.

Multiple rejected comments or a flagrant violation of these guidelines may result in a temporary or indefinite ban from further commenting on this or any other blogs I administer in the future.

In plain English:

I try to be reasonable about the comments I allow here, but I will not necessarily approve all comments submitted for publication. Accepting comments submitted with valid e-mail addresses helps ensure the comments come from real people. I do not share e-mail addresses with anyone and I do not use the e-mail address for anything besides validation or questions I need to ask prior to comment approval.