Re: [ga] Rod Beckstrom TM application

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anthony,
 
My name is Eric and I am a bullshitter, ya I went to rehab, they called it law 
school, trouble is all I learned there was how to get away with it and make 
money.
 
I know a lot of great bullshitters in ICANN. They may have a problem but as you 
point out below, they are generally good people with a problem,,,,  who isn't?  
Those of us who get paid so much to work here on the GA often forget that the 
Internet is working and working quite well. All the top dawgs you mentioned 
were a part of that. Sure we found errors and find errors and sometime egos 
have not allowed those errors to be honestly addressed but all in all most of 
the folks are good people working hard -- sometimes that is easy to forget.
 
This list is up and running.  Beckstrom left it alone. Good for him.

--- On Tue, 2/16/10, Antony Van Couvering <avc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Antony Van Couvering <avc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ga] Rod Beckstrom TM application
To: "GNSO GA Mailing List" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 2:15 AM



Hi George,

If it's just between you and me, why copy it to the list?

You have to have a special sense of humor not to miss the laugh value in a 
trademark registration of Bullshitter's Anonymous.  

I don't think it advocates bullshitting as a "foundation for life."  It's a 
clear reference to a 12-step program for chronic bullshitters.  Analogs are 
Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, etc. etc.  Do you find that people 
often have to explain jokes to you?

As for Beckstrom, I like him.  I like his style, I like his smarts, I like that 
he can see over and beyond the little world that is ICANN.  I have hopes for 
him.   I especially like his speech to the CSIS recently. It's the best 
survey/intro to ICANN I've heard.  
http://csis.org/multimedia/video-icann-and-internet-ecosystem

You ask, "Why didn't you slam Twomey when he was in power?"

When ICANN does something I think is good, I like to say something positive.  
When the opposite is true, I say that too. And I have named names when it 
seemed merited.  Including slamming Twomey (and Vint Cerf) when they were in 
power.  I would have liked to praise them, but sometimes they really sucked:

http://www.namesatwork.com/blog/2006/11/26/the-internet-is-made-out-of-bricks-not-tubes
 
http://www.namesatwork.com/blog/2008/06/08/icann-constituencies-bad-idea-whose-time-has-gone
http://www.namesatwork.com/blog/2008/04/02/domain-name-price-jump-moores-law-or-parkinsons-laws
http://www.namesatwork.com/blog/2006/03/18/icanns-pillow-principle.

By the way, keep up the good work finding all the criminal activities of the 
straight-faced corporations who drone on about the horrors of cybersquatting. I 
was sorry you turned the task over to ICANN staff instead of continuing 
yourself -- you're much better at it than they are.  I couldn't find that 
comment again, though I searched for it -- could you post the URL? It's really 
very funny, I'd like to read it again. 

Best regards,

Antony


On Feb 15, 2010, at 9:09 AM, George Kirikos wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> --- On Mon, 2/15/10, Antony Van Couvering <avc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hilarious!  I love it.  Welcome change from the
>> straight-faced droning of the previous CEO.
> 
> lol Antony. Just between you and me, why is it that the people that attempt 
> to put a "positive spin" on this revelation are also the same people who are 
> seeking a "gift from the King" from the "Royal Prerogative"? :-)
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Prerogative
> 
> If the present King was naked, would you also describe it as a "welcome 
> change" from the overdressed past monarch? How is Beckstrom to interpret your 
> praise now, when you so easily slam the past CEO (who is now powerless, and 
> who didn't give you what you want) as "a straight-faced" drone? Why didn't 
> you slam Twomey when he was in power?
> 
> It's easy to give fake praise to someone in power, when you want something. 
> Perhaps the BS is the only thing inflating his ego?
> 
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bullshitter
> 
> It's harder to stand up and say that the emperor has no clothes. Someone of 
> quality, someone with a sense of self awareness would rather have the truth, 
> so that they can improve themselves. BS can take one only so far, it's a weak 
> foundation for life.
> 
> Amused,
> 
> George Kirikos
> http://www.leap.com/
>