Re: [ga] Rod Beckstrom TM application

[Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well said Hugh.

regards
joe baptista

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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<http://us.mc529.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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/
> >
>
>
>
>


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