Comments on: Campaign to "Save Dave," the poor banker caught looking at girlie pics on TV http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Gilgongo http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705283 Gilgongo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705283 This is beyond ridiculous, and makes me hate bankers even more than I did 5 minutes ago (and that's saying something). So here we have it. The unambiguous hypocrisy shiiiining through for what it is: "Well, Mr Macquarie - you forced the closure of untold businesses large and small, wreaked the lives of millions, and helped bring the world's economy to the brink of total collapse. So, we're happy to award you a million dollar bonus this year for meeting your targets. Wait... ZOMG!!! <i>What are you looking at on your computer screen!??</i> Lord save us! You're really for the high-jump now!!" Words fail me.... They really do. This is beyond ridiculous, and makes me hate bankers even more than I did 5 minutes ago (and that’s saying something).

So here we have it. The unambiguous hypocrisy shiiiining through for what it is:

“Well, Mr Macquarie – you forced the closure of untold businesses large and small, wreaked the lives of millions, and helped bring the world’s economy to the brink of total collapse. So, we’re happy to award you a million dollar bonus this year for meeting your targets. Wait… ZOMG!!! What are you looking at on your computer screen!?? Lord save us! You’re really for the high-jump now!!”

Words fail me…. They really do.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705570 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705570 I worked in 'corporate America" for over 40 years. I think I can truthfully say that if all those who play while in the workplace were fired, and all those who actually WORKED were rewarded more, it would not only be a better world, but we could get rid of a bunch of drones! No wonder the economic situation is so bad in so many countries. No one wants to go to work and WORK any more, they just want to get a paycheck! To me such people are totally useless and should be treated as such. I worked in ‘corporate America” for over 40 years.

I think I can truthfully say that if all those who play while in the workplace were fired, and all those who actually WORKED were rewarded more, it would not only be a better world, but we could get rid of a bunch of drones!

No wonder the economic situation is so bad in so many countries. No one wants to go to work and WORK any more, they just want to get a paycheck!

To me such people are totally useless and should be treated as such.

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705335 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705335 <blockquote>little NSFW on the Miranda link woulda been nice</blockquote> I would think that the <i>Tale of Dave</i> would shed plenty of light on the SFW-ness of Miranda Kerr pictures.

little NSFW on the Miranda link woulda been nice

I would think that the Tale of Dave would shed plenty of light on the SFW-ness of Miranda Kerr pictures.

]]> By: jwb http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705082 jwb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705082 By the way, if you remove the last part of the URL from the link to the Age, the annoying video commercial won't start all by itself. HTH. By the way, if you remove the last part of the URL from the link to the Age, the annoying video commercial won’t start all by itself.

HTH.

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705354 xzzy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705354 Maybe if he still ends up getting fired, we can start another internet campaign to have Miranda Kerr visit him in person. Maybe if he still ends up getting fired, we can start another internet campaign to have Miranda Kerr visit him in person.

]]> By: mweisman http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705102 mweisman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705102 lnk t Bng srch? Rlly? Hw mch s MS pyng y t pd thr trffc? lnk t Bng srch? Rlly? Hw mch s MS pyng y t pd thr trffc?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705105 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705105 little NSFW on the Miranda link woulda been nice little NSFW on the Miranda link woulda been nice

]]> By: jwb http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705112 jwb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705112 The Bing image search seems far superior to Google image search. The Bing image search seems far superior to Google image search.

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705117 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705117 <b>Campaign to "Save Dave," the poor wanker caught looking at girlie pics on TV</b> Fixed headline. Campaign to “Save Dave,” the poor wanker caught looking at girlie pics on TV

Fixed headline.

]]> By: DonBoy http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-706141 DonBoy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706141 Hey, I just realized that "Googling" someone can be reanalyzed as "Go ogling" someone. I demand a prize. Hey, I just realized that “Googling” someone can be reanalyzed as “Go ogling” someone. I demand a prize.

]]> By: DigglerOnline http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705889 DigglerOnline Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705889 Newsflash. This is in Australia people, not "Corporate America!" And Anonymous #6 Get a life and a sence of humour while your at it. BTW Bing image search is much better than Google Image find. Newsflash. This is in Australia people, not “Corporate America!” And Anonymous #6 Get a life and a sence of humour while your at it.

BTW Bing image search is much better than Google Image find.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705905 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705905 @ #26 thoroughly enjoyed the article. at first i thought, one leering coworker doesn't seem all that bad. but, having to pass by a whole row of them at work---a place i already despise---would be awfully unpleasant @ #26

thoroughly enjoyed the article. at first i thought, one leering coworker doesn’t seem all that bad. but, having to pass by a whole row of them at work—a place i already despise—would be awfully unpleasant

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705906 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705906 I don't see what's sexist about looking at pictures of beautiful half-naked women. I do it. As I'm typing this, the girl I work with is looking at pictures of half-naked male models. Then again, working in a photo lab we see plenty of stuff that is deemed NSFW in other places, so perhaps we're not normal that way. I don’t see what’s sexist about looking at pictures of beautiful half-naked women. I do it. As I’m typing this, the girl I work with is looking at pictures of half-naked male models.

Then again, working in a photo lab we see plenty of stuff that is deemed NSFW in other places, so perhaps we’re not normal that way.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705147 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705147 Save him? Why? He's so self-involved that he is incapable of noticing that an interview is taking place directly behind him. If he can't even act in his own best interests without making a fool of himself (i.e., not getting completely distracted by boobies at work) there is no reason whatsoever to think that he is capable of acting in clients' best interests either, not without bungling things more often than others who aren't as daft as he is. No, I'm guessing the real reason why people would rally around to "save" this guy is because the meatheads of the world get a twisted little thrill from standing up for someone who they think is just like them ... maybe this guy should team up with Palin ... Save him? Why? He’s so self-involved that he is incapable of noticing that an interview is taking place directly behind him. If he can’t even act in his own best interests without making a fool of himself (i.e., not getting completely distracted by boobies at work) there is no reason whatsoever to think that he is capable of acting in clients’ best interests either, not without bungling things more often than others who aren’t as daft as he is. No, I’m guessing the real reason why people would rally around to “save” this guy is because the meatheads of the world get a twisted little thrill from standing up for someone who they think is just like them … maybe this guy should team up with Palin …

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705149 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705149 Waaaaaah. Would you ask the same question if it was a link to a Google search? No? Then why with a Bing search? How much is Google paying you to astroturf for them? Waaaaaah. Would you ask the same question if it was a link to a Google search? No? Then why with a Bing search? How much is Google paying you to astroturf for them?

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705157 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705157 I only link to Lycos searches. I only link to Lycos searches.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705675 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705675 Well then, I'll switch to it immediately since you endorse it, Mark. Well then, I’ll switch to it immediately since you endorse it, Mark.

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705166 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705166 Bing image search is a million times better than Google's. Bing image search is a million times better than Google’s.

]]> By: sobreiro http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705168 sobreiro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705168 I think that linking to anything but Ask Jeeves is selling out. I think that linking to anything but Ask Jeeves is selling out.

]]> By: caipirina http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705170 caipirina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705170 There are so many things wrong with this story and how it is being spread ... 'girlie pics'? He is not looking at child porn, rather at semi clad images of a model who happily received money for it (I assume) .... there has no word from his side yet .. maybe he was researching an article? And I don't know the laws in AU, but when I worked in the US, filming employees without their knowledge was a big no no. Of course, daddling on the internets on company time is a bad thing ... but as the human brain functions, you just need to take a break from time to time, which might involve opening well meaning lolcats emails from friends as a diversion, and out comes a lady in a swimsuit .. I always come back to the point, as long as someone i delivering the results he / she was hired for, they can fire up their brain with pretty much whatever they want. Pointing a cam at them ... well ... I think Dave might have an angle to sue the company ... There are so many things wrong with this story and how it is being spread … ‘girlie pics’? He is not looking at child porn, rather at semi clad images of a model who happily received money for it (I assume) …. there has no word from his side yet .. maybe he was researching an article?

And I don’t know the laws in AU, but when I worked in the US, filming employees without their knowledge was a big no no.

Of course, daddling on the internets on company time is a bad thing … but as the human brain functions, you just need to take a break from time to time, which might involve opening well meaning lolcats emails from friends as a diversion, and out comes a lady in a swimsuit ..

I always come back to the point, as long as someone i delivering the results he / she was hired for, they can fire up their brain with pretty much whatever they want. Pointing a cam at them … well … I think Dave might have an angle to sue the company …

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705941 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705941 Looks like Dave has been successfully saved! http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/9913.cntns Looks like Dave has been successfully saved! http://news.hereisthecity.com/news/business_news/9913.cntns

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705945 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705945 UPDATE: Apparently Dave is safe, with some help from Miranda. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/05/bank-trader-job-saved-photos UPDATE: Apparently Dave is safe, with some help from Miranda.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/05/bank-trader-job-saved-photos

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705183 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705183 <blockquote> The website, called Here Is The City, is calling on readers to email Macquarie Group headquarters in Sydney with the words "Don't fire David Kiely" as the subject title. The website has provided the email address of Macquarie's media team, mediaquery@macquarie.com. </blockquote> I sent an email. I like the idea of their email inbox being filled with thousands upon thousands of these.

The website, called Here Is The City, is calling on readers to email Macquarie Group headquarters in Sydney with the words “Don’t fire David Kiely” as the subject title.

The website has provided the email address of Macquarie’s media team, mediaquery@macquarie.com.

I sent an email. I like the idea of their email inbox being filled with thousands upon thousands of these.

]]> By: hisdevineshadow http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705458 hisdevineshadow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705458 Can't spell, huh. Can’t spell, huh.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705714 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705714 #23> I think you have it backwards. The people that are working hard for "corporate america" and not playing are the ones that are actually the drones. #23> I think you have it backwards. The people that are working hard for “corporate america” and not playing are the ones that are actually the drones.

]]> By: bodenski http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705204 bodenski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705204 The article hints that it might have been a joke and that the suspect might have only been opening email attachments. I could imagine someone thinking it a fine joke and the dupe opening (1 or 2) files with fake names such as 2009australian_earning. Zoomed, frame by frame analysis may tell if it is an email program that he goes back to between pictures. Either way, look for this to become the new rickroll. The article hints that it might have been a joke and that the suspect might have only been opening email attachments. I could imagine someone thinking it a fine joke and the dupe opening (1 or 2) files with fake names such as 2009australian_earning. Zoomed, frame by frame analysis may tell if it is an email program that he goes back to between pictures.

Either way, look for this to become the new rickroll.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705205 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705205 It's really unfortunate that this is news at all. Why a guy should have to worry about being strung up for looking at totally legal, non-nude images during a break is beyond me. I hope someday that the cultural bias and taboos against sex are removed and placed somewhere they belong - like violence (wouldn't that be nice). ~I It’s really unfortunate that this is news at all.

Why a guy should have to worry about being strung up for looking at totally legal, non-nude images during a break is beyond me.

I hope someday that the cultural bias and taboos against sex are removed and placed somewhere they belong – like violence (wouldn’t that be nice).

~I

]]> By: Gloria http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705209 Gloria Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705209 @8: "Girlie pics" doesn't refer to child porn. It's a slightly antique term (a few decades ago) to refer to sexy photos of ladies -- pin-ups, etc. -- and sometimes as a very euphemistic term for porn (which, of course, is defined varyingly depending on the time period). @8: “Girlie pics” doesn’t refer to child porn. It’s a slightly antique term (a few decades ago) to refer to sexy photos of ladies — pin-ups, etc. — and sometimes as a very euphemistic term for porn (which, of course, is defined varyingly depending on the time period).

]]> By: Gloria http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705217 Gloria Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705217 I'd also point out that news shows often have little reports like this supplied by other establishments, and many such places have office backgrounds just like this. The same employees have probably been filmed in this same way dozens of times and I'm guessing since it's a fairly routine and incredibly public thing, they probably *have* signed some of kind of release/waiver. I’d also point out that news shows often have little reports like this supplied by other establishments, and many such places have office backgrounds just like this.

The same employees have probably been filmed in this same way dozens of times and I’m guessing since it’s a fairly routine and incredibly public thing, they probably *have* signed some of kind of release/waiver.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/campaign-to-save-dav.html#comment-705221 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705221 I forgot to mention: I didn't know that Victor Garber did PR work for banks! I guess Alias ending really put a crimp in things. And just to annoy the payola whiners: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=victor+garber I forgot to mention:

I didn’t know that Victor Garber did PR work for banks! I guess Alias ending really put a crimp in things.

And just to annoy the payola whiners:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=victor+garber

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