Yes, I am aware of that. And yes, I'm sure that some commercial interest or other can (and probably has) mined some information from our witty pearls of wisdom.
However, two points: 1. PDML is not driven by or affiliated with any commercial interests, and I really appreciate that, and, 2. The forum that has set up the contest in question certainly is funded by advertisers. This contest is not really about honouring worthy photographs and photographers, it's about getting people to register information for use of their advertisers. That pisses me off. Kripes, they even have the nerve to ~not~ offer the winners a prize! Yeah, there's lots of info about me already out there; I don't want to make it any easier for them. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: George Sinos <gsi...@gmail.com> Sent: March 15, 2012 3/15/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: I never enter photo contests BUT... Tom - Are you aware that everything on PDML is publicly available on the archive? <http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/index.html> It's easy to forget that "our little list" is not a private place. gs George Sinos -------------------- gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" <knarftheria...@gmail.com> >> >> I'm not voting because I have to register at what's obviously an >> advertiser-driven website. I just don't want more of my personal information >> in the hands of commercial interests. I am getting tired of it. >> >> Makes me appreciate our little list all the more... >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> > > You ignorant fop! You have no idea what Doug Brewer does with the > information posted on the PDML, and for that matter, neither do I. :-) > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.