The problem people seem to have is that they think we 'merry cans speak and write English. Including most of us.
For a while I got into the habit of spelling such words as "colour" and "honour" the English way; it still comes naturally to me and sometimes I have to remember not to. while I was doing that -- and extending it to similar words -- one day it occurred to me that unfortunately I didn't actually know the rules. So I was probably applying it where it didn't fit.
Since I'm not currently interested in investing scads of my time and effort learning a whole second set of spelling rules, I decided to just revert back to what I know. Better I spell using the rules I know than screw up the rules I don't know.
Thing is, we don't speak English here. We speak American. Once you realize that you'll stop complaining about our spelling. It's simply a different language with a lot of similarities.
She had everything clearly labeled and she had a doctor's note. Obviously the ONLY reason she could have been there was as a set-up to embarrass the TSA and give Mike Masnick something to write in his blog.
Because, you know, the TSA doesn't do enough crappy things as it is, so Mike needs help finding material. And because activists cannot possibly have legitimate medical conditions.
Today the TSA caught a woman trying to smuggle nearly 10 gallons of liquid aboard a commercial jetliner. The liquid was confiscated; the woman's dessicated remains were permitted to continue on the flight with no further delays.
I'll leave it to others to decide whether the amount is excessive, but from what I've heard Mattel has been overreaching on its IP for a number of years now. I'm glad to see somebody has slapped them down.
Used to be a time when we knew everything there was to know about the world, and many of us would hide in our homes or monasteries and let the world run itself. Anything beyond about 7 miles away was stories and legend. (I'm speaking metaphorically, of course, of the past.)
Of course we had bad teeth and bad food and worse health and would die young of nasty incurable things like measles and infections and so on. Work all day every day without a break just to survive. No indoor plumbing. No hot showers. No heat in the outhouse.
Fun stuff like that.
Hmm. Come to think of it, even the outhouses were a life-changing technological advancement. As was the plow, for example. Shovels and hoes and rakes. These have all changed what we are. Maybe what she really means is that we need to give it all up. Clothes. Farming. Houses. Toothbrushes. OB/GYNs. Live as nature intended: dirty, squalid, diseased, cold and hungry.
Good stuff, Maynard? No? Hmm. Didn't think so.
As for the fetish reference, it's an amusing point, and yet... I can't help but feel like that's skirting a bit close to ad hominem. Just sayin'.
Sure, there's strong brand recognition. But why does that automatically equate to a trademark? That would be like some company with a strong brand recognition of some name like, say, "Windows" trying to get a trademark on the word "windows" so they can sue the snot out of anybody using it as part of any other brand name. (I just pulled that name out at random. Really. No, honest, I swear.)
Amen. My wife pretty much never wore makeup (and as far as I know, still does not), and I was always happy with things that way.
The Ms. Forsling on the left looks quite attractive to me. Of course, I'm not trying to hire her as a model.
I guess the real issue is what sells, and real people don't sell. Glitz and plastic sells. Unrealistic and distorted body images sell. Removing all signs of physical maturity sells. But real faces, real bodies? Disgusting.
How long can my cable be before I'm infringing? 11 feet? 100 feet? 30 meters? If 30 meters is OK, how about 30.000001 meters? Does the combined lengths of the connectors count? How about the internal wiring of the DVD player and the TV? If my peripherals run through a selection box or receiver, can the combined lengths of the cables (from the DVR to the box, and from the box to the TV) violate the law when the individual cables do not?
If I have the DVD in my living room but the TV in my garage, is that OK? What if the garage is detached?
If I put a DVD onto my home computer, drive to my dad's house, and stream the DVD over the Internet, is that a public performance? What if I just bring the DVD with me and play it on his player instead? The same two people are watching the same damned movie.
If my being a "member of the public" means that watching a DVD (by myself) that has been digitally recorded and stored remotely is a public performance, and if my playing a DVD in a bar (with other people) is a public performance, why isn't watching a DVD (by myself) in my home a public performance? I'm still just as much a "member of the public" for one as for the other, aren't I?
Maybe it's an ownership thing. How about if the equipment belongs to somebody else? If my daughter uses her school-provided laptop to store and play a movie, is that in violation? How about if we leave the computer at home and drive to my dad's house and stream the DVD? Is it different because we're borrowing or leasing the computer storage?
How about if I lease remote storage and store the movie there?
Not sure there's a real parallel, though. One is about people losing their livelihoods to corporate greed; the other is two companies having what amounts to a petty squabble.
Sounds like this Judge Selya needs to get out more. Somebody has to make women's underwear, after all. I bet that somewhere, somehow, is a factory that makes men's underwear, too.
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One definition of insanity?
We seem to have gotten really good at it. Unfortunately it doesn't work... so we try to apply it even harder.
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For a while I got into the habit of spelling such words as "colour" and "honour" the English way; it still comes naturally to me and sometimes I have to remember not to. while I was doing that -- and extending it to similar words -- one day it occurred to me that unfortunately I didn't actually know the rules. So I was probably applying it where it didn't fit.
Since I'm not currently interested in investing scads of my time and effort learning a whole second set of spelling rules, I decided to just revert back to what I know. Better I spell using the rules I know than screw up the rules I don't know.
Thing is, we don't speak English here. We speak American. Once you realize that you'll stop complaining about our spelling. It's simply a different language with a lot of similarities.
:)
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Because, you know, the TSA doesn't do enough crappy things as it is, so Mike needs help finding material. And because activists cannot possibly have legitimate medical conditions.
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Please go back and read the rest of article:
"The items were properly labeled and the woman had the requisite doctor's note."
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Dangerous liquid confiscated
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Good.
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The good ol' days
Of course we had bad teeth and bad food and worse health and would die young of nasty incurable things like measles and infections and so on. Work all day every day without a break just to survive. No indoor plumbing. No hot showers. No heat in the outhouse.
Fun stuff like that.
Hmm. Come to think of it, even the outhouses were a life-changing technological advancement. As was the plow, for example. Shovels and hoes and rakes. These have all changed what we are. Maybe what she really means is that we need to give it all up. Clothes. Farming. Houses. Toothbrushes. OB/GYNs. Live as nature intended: dirty, squalid, diseased, cold and hungry.
Good stuff, Maynard? No? Hmm. Didn't think so.
As for the fetish reference, it's an amusing point, and yet... I can't help but feel like that's skirting a bit close to ad hominem. Just sayin'.
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I hope so. We should get to the jerk at the end pretty soon...
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Dating site?
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Arrr!
Sorry, my Arrr! key seems to be stuck.
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The Ms. Forsling on the left looks quite attractive to me. Of course, I'm not trying to hire her as a model.
I guess the real issue is what sells, and real people don't sell. Glitz and plastic sells. Unrealistic and distorted body images sell. Removing all signs of physical maturity sells. But real faces, real bodies? Disgusting.
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How long is the cable?
If I have the DVD in my living room but the TV in my garage, is that OK? What if the garage is detached?
If I put a DVD onto my home computer, drive to my dad's house, and stream the DVD over the Internet, is that a public performance? What if I just bring the DVD with me and play it on his player instead? The same two people are watching the same damned movie.
If my being a "member of the public" means that watching a DVD (by myself) that has been digitally recorded and stored remotely is a public performance, and if my playing a DVD in a bar (with other people) is a public performance, why isn't watching a DVD (by myself) in my home a public performance? I'm still just as much a "member of the public" for one as for the other, aren't I?
Maybe it's an ownership thing. How about if the equipment belongs to somebody else? If my daughter uses her school-provided laptop to store and play a movie, is that in violation? How about if we leave the computer at home and drive to my dad's house and stream the DVD? Is it different because we're borrowing or leasing the computer storage?
How about if I lease remote storage and store the movie there?
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Sounds like this Judge Selya needs to get out more. Somebody has to make women's underwear, after all. I bet that somewhere, somehow, is a factory that makes men's underwear, too.
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