Comments on: “Parisitic” Technologies http://techliberation.com/2006/03/16/parisitic-technologies/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 13:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2006/03/16/parisitic-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-32916 Don Marti Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:58:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/03/16/parisitic-technologies/#comment-32916 <p>San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper boxes are a parasitic technology. By distributing free newspapers near bus stops, they allow Consumers to skip reading the on-bus advertising that helps pay for public transportation.</p> <p>Worse yet, the Guardian is funded by its own advertisers, so this techno-parasitism-theft attack on a transportation resource is taking place for commercial gain.</p> San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper boxes are a parasitic technology. By distributing free newspapers near bus stops, they allow Consumers to skip reading the on-bus advertising that helps pay for public transportation.

Worse yet, the Guardian is funded by its own advertisers, so this techno-parasitism-theft attack on a transportation resource is taking place for commercial gain.

]]> By: dmarti http://techliberation.com/2006/03/16/parisitic-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-46180 dmarti Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:58:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/03/16/parisitic-technologies/#comment-46180 <p>San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper boxes are a parasitic technology. By distributing free newspapers near bus stops, they allow Consumers to skip reading the on-bus advertising that helps pay for public transportation.<br><br>Worse yet, the Guardian is funded by its own advertisers, so this techno-parasitism-theft attack on a transportation resource is taking place for commercial gain.</p> San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper boxes are a parasitic technology. By distributing free newspapers near bus stops, they allow Consumers to skip reading the on-bus advertising that helps pay for public transportation.

Worse yet, the Guardian is funded by its own advertisers, so this techno-parasitism-theft attack on a transportation resource is taking place for commercial gain.

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