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John McCain learns lesson in online etiquette
By Steve Ragan Mar 29, 2007, 14:26 GMT
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The next President of the USA needs to understand modern technology. McCain does not.He is so old and out of touch,and out of date. Why does he hate anyone who is not just like him?
Veteran from Pennsylvania
I think that this was a funny way to get their point across. But disagree that the President elect himself needs to understand all the ins and outs of a web page. Now he knows there is a problem he should make sure that steps are taken to fix them. The truth of the matter is any president is only as good as his staff, so maybe this incident will show him a way to improve on the people around him before he is in office. To say someone is too old to be president seems kind of silly. We have laws in place to say someone can't be president at a young age, because we want our leaders to have the experience to deal with the problems they will face in office.
Veteran, you're an idiot -- do you think ANY of the candidates know anything about web technology and design? Of course not.
I bet most web designers don't know much about running the country either.
I agree that the next president needs to understand modern technology but how many past presidents have?
When you consider that the presidents are one person with their core focus on public policy, politics, leadership- not technology. Many presidents rely on there cabinet for specialized advice, and McCain is no different in his use of a team.
Now what can be said about McCain's team? ...
As for McCain hating any one who is not just like him... I don't believe such snobbery would be conducive to winning an election and that this candidate is stupid enough or callous to alienate his diverse followers and potential voters.
~ Independent
'The next President of the USA needs to understand modern technology. McCain does not.He is so old and out of touch,and out of date. Why does he hate anyone who is not just like him?'
why do you seem to hate him because he is not like you?
Politics aside - as a web designer, I find this *extremely* hilarious. I laughed at this so hard tears were squirting out my eyes.
Needless to say, I've had people hotlink my own designs/images before, and I have used this technique myself when I discover the theft - which is pretty funny on it's own. But this?
Right on - *excellent* image swap. That's hilarious.
I am still laughing at this. It is true that geeks now
Too funny!!!!
Nice work.
Knowing about Technology won't make a better president. Then they can just find all the slander about them on the net easier.
Rule # 1, don't screw with the Geeks! We never loose!!
Idiocy on both parts aside, McCain's staff is either untrained in handling intellectual property issues, or Mr. McCain hasn't shopped hard enough for real web support.
This isn't about who hates who, it isn't about whether a geek is loose, or whether they never lose.
If a candidate expects their image to be placed in the public eye, it will be without idiotic spelling mistakes and won't be stealing someone else's bandwidth and intellectual property to look good.
lol.. burned!.. you are the insult master! We never 'loose'
Wassup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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