At the risk of being the pariah of the thread: me.
I like Bono. I enjoyed U2's old work, I enjoy their new work. I appreciate that Bono postures his fame toward a positive cause. I'm sure it would be much more fun for Bono to stick to what other rockstars do: bedding countless droves of groupies while swimming in a Scrooge McDuck-esque pile of nose candy.
That said, I firmly disagree with Bono's stance on the web tracking issue. But I honestly think this is a stance born more out of ignorance than malice. My best guess is that U2's 'charming' manager has been bending Bono's ear a bit on the piracy issue.
I'd simply remember that Bono is a rock star, rather than anything resembling any form of IT professional. Respond in the same way you would respond to your grandmother telling you how the internet works: laugh at her with your friends on Slashdot.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime."
How unerringly true. Might I suggest that we take a new approach to the problem? Perhaps we can put our efforts toward removing the stigma attached to cannabalism. It seems to me that this could only result in a positive outcome for all parties involved. The hungry would be either fed or eaten and we would no longer have to be annoyed by Bono's calls for help.
My boss received an e-mail from a cybersquatter that sought to sell us a URL that was very similar to a URL we currently owned. My boss, being the URL hound he is asked me to purchase it. I offered the squatterâ(TM)s auto-bid website $50, which it automatically turned down and told me I had to offer a minimum of $500. I walked from the deal, only to receive an e-mail an hour later from the squatter, agreeing to my $50 bid.
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At the risk of being the pariah of the thread: me. I like Bono. I enjoyed U2's old work, I enjoy their new work. I appreciate that Bono postures his fame toward a positive cause. I'm sure it would be much more fun for Bono to stick to what other rockstars do: bedding countless droves of groupies while swimming in a Scrooge McDuck-esque pile of nose candy. That said, I firmly disagree with Bono's stance on the web tracking issue. But I honestly think this is a stance born more out of ignorance than malice. My best guess is that U2's 'charming' manager has been bending Bono's ear a bit on the piracy issue. I'd simply remember that Bono is a rock star, rather than anything resembling any form of IT professional. Respond in the same way you would respond to your grandmother telling you how the internet works: laugh at her with your friends on Slashdot.
How unerringly true. Might I suggest that we take a new approach to the problem? Perhaps we can put our efforts toward removing the stigma attached to cannabalism. It seems to me that this could only result in a positive outcome for all parties involved. The hungry would be either fed or eaten and we would no longer have to be annoyed by Bono's calls for help.
My boss received an e-mail from a cybersquatter that sought to sell us a URL that was very similar to a URL we currently owned. My boss, being the URL hound he is asked me to purchase it. I offered the squatterâ(TM)s auto-bid website $50, which it automatically turned down and told me I had to offer a minimum of $500. I walked from the deal, only to receive an e-mail an hour later from the squatter, agreeing to my $50 bid.