Article: Elton calls for internet blackout

Kevster · 05-08-2007 12:13AM

... ...right-on Mike! :rolleyes: There are some classics in his collection.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 05-08-2007 12:17AM

How about we tell Elton John that he's gonna be the first musician to go into space. Send him up in an auto-piloted rocket on course for the sun. That'll teach him for being a gobs**te.

Deliverance · 05-08-2007 12:18AM

hypothetically and creatively the notion is valid. But things are the way they are. The new technology generation are slightly lost on the irony of the statement which only goes to show the trueness of the statement he made in the first place. Laughable really.

unkel · 05-08-2007 12:20AM

Hagar wrote:

Haven't you got enough money to keep you in stupid glasses and lube for the rest of your life? Greedy fat bastard.

Nearly p!ssing myself laughing

Capt'n Midnight · 05-08-2007 12:25AM

Maybe shutdown Warner Music Group, EMI, Sony BMG, and Universal Music Group for five years so we could get new music instead a flood of that "me too" crap with the ocasional gem.

PS. turning off DNS servers would be a brilliant idea, the rest of the world could ditch the US control of them. Seriously it's not like there aren't backups for this sort of thing.

Kevster · 05-08-2007 12:29AM

CaptainNegative wrote:

How about we tell Elton John that he's gonna be the first musician to go into space. Send him up in an auto-piloted rocket on course for the sun. That'll teach him for being a gobs**te.

No no, what would be humerous is if they sent YOU into space without a space-suit to monitor the stages of gradual depressurisation as you pass through the Earth's atmosphere into the void that is 'empty' space.

There'd be no good in sending you to the Sun, however, because you're so full of useless **** that it's better having you here so that we can laugh at you.

Jesus Wept · 05-08-2007 12:30AM

Lets shut Elton John down, if that is real name. :rolleyes:

McSandwich · 05-08-2007 12:33AM

Elton John should vent his fury at record companies and the likes of Simon Cowell who sign and drop 'acts' by the week. As a 'sir,' Elton would be better advised to use his influence to help his fellow musicians by encouraging record labels to invest more time in new talent - they must have given him his fair share way back then.. I wonder if he also campaigned against the cassette for similar reasons back in the '80s? ****ing Knob

unkel · 05-08-2007 12:35AM

The-Rigger wrote:

Lets shut Elton John down, if that is real name. :rolleyes:

His real name is Reginald Eejit iirc

McSandwich · 05-08-2007 12:38AM

unkel wrote:

His real name is Reginald Eejit iirc

Thought it was Regi-bald twat

Jesus Wept · 05-08-2007 12:39AM

Elton John wasn't much of an improvement.

Should of gone for something dynamic like:

Max Power

05-08-2007 12:45AM

Or even Max Headroom

billy the squid · 05-08-2007 01:13AM

Nailz wrote:

Not even the Pope would have the power to shut down the internet, never mind Elton Fcuking John. Moron!

While I agree that the pope may not be able to shut down the internet, The chances of elton fcuking john, or the possibility that he has already fcuked john, already exists.

Personally I think he should lead by example and shut down his own website, take his albums off itunes, etc.

Oh, cancel charity concerts for five years, then let us see him find honest work.

ixoy · 05-08-2007 01:13AM

CaptainNegative wrote:

How about we tell Elton John that he's gonna be the first musician to go into space. Send him up in an auto-piloted rocket on course for the sun. That'll teach him for being a gobs**te.

Obviously in the cockpit they'll have "Rocket Man" blaring out too

billy the squid · 05-08-2007 01:17AM

Deleted User wrote:

And (hopefully) continue to work should there be a major incident, like USA being nuked for example...

It went tits up on September 11th, due to the amount of traffic on it.

McSandwich · 05-08-2007 01:21AM

billy the squid wrote:

It went tits up on September 11th, due to the amount of traffic on it.

Why, what happened?

[edit] sorry, just realised you meat THAT September 11th... little bit drunk.. [/edit]

Jesus Wept · 05-08-2007 01:22AM

billy the squid wrote:

While I agree that the pope may not be able to shut down the internet

He wouldn't be able to shut down an atari jaguar.

05-08-2007 01:28AM

billy the squid wrote:

It went tits up on September 11th, due to the amount of traffic on it.

True, but if DARPAnet was used as originally designed the world wouldn't have been on it

IIRC the internet stayed up, but the news & email servers were swamped and some just gave up!!

Anyway Elton John is completely out of touch with modern life, If he had his way we would only be able to buy packaged music that has copy prevention built in via the music industry.

McSandwich · 05-08-2007 01:32AM

Nailz wrote:

Not even the Pope would have the power to shut down the internet, never mind Elton Fcuking John. Moron!

Last year Elton wanted to shut down the Pope..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6140710.stm

SimpleSam06 · 05-08-2007 06:55AM

Washed-up has-been queen making "outrageous" statements in a vain effort to appear relevant to modern youth culture, and get people to notice him again. Publicity stunt tbh. And of course every poster in the thread so far has swallowed it.

05-08-2007 07:02AM

SimpleSam06 wrote:

Publicity stunt tbh. And of course every poster in the thread so far has swallowed it.

Of course, but it's still good to post comments about it without "swallowing it"

Be a bit quiet here if no one "took the bait" on these threads.

Orange69 · 05-08-2007 09:47AM

Kevster wrote:

No, what you have just said is the dumbest thing I have TRULY heard for a long time. The "most important invention in human history", the Internet certainly is not. In fact, I feel that - despite Elton's lack of foresight - there is some substance to be gained from his comments.

The internet is widely considered one of the most important inventions in human history.. why not use it to find out..

Now if you only use it to post up dumb comments on message boards and look up gay porn like i suspect you do then it may not seem that important..

Eltons comments have as much substance as a bag of ****e..

That is all..

McSandwich · 05-08-2007 10:15AM

SimpleSam06 wrote:

And of course every poster in the thread so far has swallowed it.

I hope it didn't stick in your throat

Crucifix · 05-08-2007 10:21AM

Move forwards by going backwards? Genius.

JIZZLORD · 05-08-2007 10:27AM

when i first seen the title i thought it was ben elton looking for a shutdown, if it was i'd happily lynch him.

anyone up for an impromptu ben elton lynching, it'd be more satisfying than taking down elton john.

Pigman II · 05-08-2007 10:27AM

Old Queen Reggie must be dying for a bit of attention to throw a ridiculous idea like that out there?

As for suggestion, I'll happily give up the internet for 5 years if Elt' agrees to give up his 'hair' for the same amount of time. It's clearly reducing the blood-supply to his brain.

mike65 · 05-08-2007 10:58AM

This reaction in this thread is proberly funnier than his suggestion (which I'm willing to say he's knows perfectly well is'nt going to happen).

Mike.

sunny2004 · 05-08-2007 11:04AM

Photi wrote:

How would one go about shutting down the internet?

Switch off your computer??

As for Elton, has his boyfriend not found the switch to turn him off??

Was this OP info origionally posted on the internet ??

Pherekydes · 05-08-2007 11:24AM

Kevster wrote:

It's sole purpose was to allow a number of computers shared access to files.

Close but not quite. Computers are only tools. Its purpose was to allow humans to share files.

SimpleSam06 · 05-08-2007 11:31AM

McSandwich wrote:

I hope it didn't stick in your throat

Didn't see that one lurching over the horizon!

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