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Halfhearted is a charitable way to put it. They made it clear that they see nothing wrong with this in principle, they act as if it's all an accidental naming
by Udo 13y ago
Halfhearted is a charitable way to put it.
They made it clear that they see nothing wrong with this in principle, they act as if it's all an accidental naming collision, and they start right out of the gate with the old "we're sorry some people are upset" non-apology.
- notahacker 13y agoHow distinctive is the actual video of the "doppelganger"? I'm genuinely curious, since it's now been taken down. The name alone could easily have been an accidental collision from a concept developed independently; I'm pretty sure I've searched for available around the world in 80... variants as possible name ideas for a travel site, and I'd never seen Turner's site before (I have read Jules Verne though) It's a shitty excuse for a nonapology even if it was a genuine accident though.
- kevincrane 13y agoConsidering the actual name of their project is his exact blog URL [1], I can't imagine they looked that hard to see if anyone else had the idea first. [1] http://aroundtheworldin80jobs.com/ http://aroundtheworldin80jobs.com/
- Udo 13y agoI saw the video, it was absolutely no accident. They tried to imitate the actual guy.
- kevincrane 13y agoI don't understand why they think it has to be a "mutually beneficial" solution. That would imply they get benefit out of this too, and they haven't done anything that warrants them getting any kind of benefit out of this blogger's project.