SynonymousStoat

It used to be a conspiracy theory that the NSA and maybe other 3 letter agencies had closets at ISPs where they were slurping up all the traffic, later it turned out to be true around 2006 and they definitely weren't open about it until whistleblowers started making noise.

This seems like the Nature vs Nurture question in what influences a person's personality during the earlier development years and I'm pretty sure the answer to it is currently unknown. I also don't think there is really any ethical way to test it.

I've often had a lot of luck with finding things like this on archive.org

I've had the same experience, except I wrote it as "ove" and it took me far longer than I'd like to admit to realize what I had done. There are a couple other words that I've typed a phonetic spelling without realizing it, but I can't seem to remember the specific words at the moment.

It was definitely the path that required the least amount of effort from them and they happily pocketed near 50% of the settlement.

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As far as I'm aware the lawyers didn't consult with the class-action members, or at the very least I was never asked if we should accept the settlement or not, the lawyers just accepted. Alternatively you could opt out of the settlement if you wanted, which is what I chose to do, mostly because the settlement amount was far too low, in my opinion, and they required signing and accepting an NDA which I was not willing to do.

I was originally part of this class-action. When the lawyers decided to settle I refused to accept the settlement, purely because Google admitted no fault and also required us to agree that we couldn't ever sue over the issue again in the future even if new evidence came to light. The dollar amount they offered wasn't tiny (it wasn't large by any means either), but I felt it was in no way a valid amount for what was being claimed. Not to mention the lawyers were taking close to or maybe more than half of the settlement money, which I find offensive considering they decided to settle the case and allow Google to wash their hands of the matter. Luckily I reserved my right to sue again in the future, but I'd either have to go at it alone or try to form a new class-action suite. I'm still incredibly disappointed that the lawyers handling the case backed down and took the settlement, I would have rather lost the case and discovered the truth than take a pittance and let Google off.

Edit: I almost forgot, the most aggregious requirement to the settlement was the non-disclosure agreement that you had to accept which meant you couldn't say anything at all about the settlement or the case if you took the money. It also appeared to me that they were trying to apply the non-disclosure even if you didn't take the settlement, which I don't know how you can be held to a NDA if you haven't signed and accepted the NDA. The whole thing smelled of bullshit to me.

Well, I guess I know what I'm getting her for christmas this year.

Now you got me thinking you're mistaking me for some other stoat, as far as I'm aware my grandma isn't at the wearing diapers stage yet.

Actually, she has a no politics rule.... Unless that's only for me.

SatansMaggotyCumFart, I'm glad you're able to keep my grandma company seeing as she lives alone it definitely warms my heart knowing she has your companionship!