Comments on: Parasites | Ecosystems | Diversity Ecology

By: Wayne Porter

Wayne Porter — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:33:10 +0000

Roman,

Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t your case over deep linking or framing?

You were a rabble-rouser

-wayne

By: Roman

Roman — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:01:25 +0000

There are so many variations that don’t fit the term. I am not overly fond of it either . Remember I got sued by much of the media for a search engine I had and at that time the articles in the same media that sued me dubbed it a “para-site”.

I think it is probably indeed wiser to return to the notions of producers, distributors and consumers. Not all distributors are parasites. For example, take the music distribution industry. Oh, forget that.

By: Wayne Porter

Wayne Porter — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:29:17 +0000

Roman,

If you want to get philosophical about it online e-commerce is a string of “parasitic” relationships. That does not mean it is bad I only call it as I see it.

Affiliate is a parasite of the merchant.
the merchant is a parasite of brands they carry.
etc,

This is why I do not like the term “parasites” for adware. Is their behavior parasitic? Yes. Are affiliates parasitic? Yes

The only ones at the top of the food chain would be the OEM…for whatever reason they have yet to fullfill their promise of going direct to the people. (Consumer if you prefer the marketing locust term.)

-wayne

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By: Wayne Porter

Wayne Porter — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:13:58 +0000

Roman,

Thank you. politicians- heh. (Thanks as well to the three others that noted a higher message).

Think Big…Sam- it is time to get Greek (koine?) on the readership- so they think- this is Ferengi Culture. (No comments from MVW please- applauds the various artistic zealots.)

-wayne

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By: Roman

Roman — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:50:43 +0000

Wayne,

Brilliant!

Parasite and host may simply be a question of POV. The dog may see the flea as a parasite but does the flea? And in looking at the flea as a parasite, do we ignore that it may be bringing beneficial microbials to the dog? And does the dog recognize it?

Which leads me to wonder, how we recognize symbiots? When one sees the crocodile patiently allowing the little bird to pick it’s teeth, how did the reptile come to recognize that allowing this act had more value than an easy meal? This seems ot me to be nescessarily evolved behavior. As the recognition of symbiotic value must be.

I guess in the end we are all symbiots , with the possible exception of politicians.