When they are unidentified and still discussed online, they constitute an information pothole on the information superhighway. Such potholes are sometimes more

When they are unidentified and still discussed online, they constitute an information pothole on the information superhighway. Such potholes are sometimes more like utility trenches, however. And, well-meaning folks occasionally attempt to fill them in, more out of personal frustration than accurate perception of the circumstances, and are later discovered to be kind of dumb for doing so.