Why am I not surprised? This dude will stop at nothing to keep the money flowing, it seems. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ramesh Subramanian, Ph.D. Gabriel Ferrucci Professor of Computer Information Systems Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT 06518. Phone: 203-582-5276 Email:rameshs@quinnipiac.edu Web: https://www.qu.edu/student-resources/directory/staff.23345.html & Fellow, Yale Law School - Information Society Project New Haven, CT 06511 Email: ramesh.subramanian@yale.edu Web: https://www.law.yale.edu/ramesh-subramanian ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae@virginia.edu> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 10:37 AM To: members@sigcis.org Subject: QU Spamtrap [Score:4.0] [SIGCIS-Members] Email "inventor" claimant to run for U.S. Senate -- alternative facts about technology and democracy collide Continuing with the ongoing saga of V. A. Shiva and his claims regarding the invention of e-mail, that gentleman has just announced his candidacy for the United States Senate. https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/835420061993218048<https://websitecheck.quinnipiac.edu/canit/urlproxy.php?_q=aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS92YV9zaGl2YS9zdGF0dXMvODM1NDIwMDYxOTkzMjE4MDQ4&_r=cXVpbm5pcGlhYy1lZHU%3D&_s=cnN1YnJhbWFuaWFu> As several SIGCIS contributors noted earlier this month, this nicely parallels the upcoming SHOT themes of technology and democracy. "Alternate facts" about the history of technology will play a major public element of this campaign next year. --Andrew