Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 22 Jun 2018 @ 7:55am
Conflicting copyrights?
That thing looks more like an egg, to me. I wonder if the avian world has a copyright infringement case against Anish Kapoor (does prior art have any argument in copyright, even if it is nature who created the prior art)? On the other hand, the avian world might be depositing their point of view in copious amounts, on top of the sculpture.
Others, who don't have some agenda, tend to think the 1st Amendment is for everyone. Some SJW's think only their shit stinks. Um...erm...maybe I mixed something up there...
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jun 2018 @ 3:46pm
The constitutionality of laws
I wonder. How many laws would be actually upheld (assuming here reasonable courts that took the constitution seriously, which is not necessary common) if each and every one of them (laws that is) were tested on a constitutional basis, with the testing parties looking for the most likely constitutional violation when they initiate the act which gives them standing?
First off, it would be absurdly expensive, Second, what to do about those courts who do not take the constitution seriously, or revert to 'their' interpretation of what the 'Founding Fathers' were thinking, which has very, very wide levels of interpretation. Then, third, what the upper courts are following as agenda these days. Don't forget, that appeals, and supreme court appointments are political in nature, whether the agenda is stated in advance, or not.
Then there is the reduced workload of the highest court, as well as their propensity to avoid either hard questions, or hard answers to the questions they accept. Solving half the cases of their predecessors while avoiding making usable rulings appears to be their raison d'etre these days. So sad. If they didn't want the job, why did they stand for it?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jun 2018 @ 3:23pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Two Points
Funny. While migrants might be here without appropriate recognition, they tend to have jobs. Those jobs cause them to pay taxes (ever hear about withholding?), unless they are working under the table, and then someone should be looking at those employers who hired them 'under the table' for at the very lease, tax evasion.
That there isn't a way for workers to become 'documented' when they take jobs no one else wants is just terribly, terribly sad. And to think, unemployment is so low, yet there are unfulfilled jobs these people might take. Hmm!
Do you always think in so narrow a dimension. BTW, have a flag.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jun 2018 @ 3:11pm
Re: RadioEraModelIsEnjoyable
The shows aren't even watchable, which is driving eyes to digital,
That is what drove the nail in the coffin for me. The last season I watched, of those shows that I watched, there was so little time between commercials that they could not even develop the weak themes that they were trying to portray. My mind said to me, no more, and I listened.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jun 2018 @ 2:59pm
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While I like your concept there are some problems.
The first problem is that the culture of the prevailing entities needs to change from lying to everyone, to telling the truth. While that is not necessarily problematic in and of itself, it's gonna take a while for consumers to absorb this, and then, later, maybe much much later, believe it.
The second, and there are likely more, is Wall Street, and like other exchanges, related. More profit every year or we ax you. Oops, make that every quarter. The 25 cents would become 45 cents in a year or so, and then what? What's the loss to the companies? Operating capital, something they would have if they didn't pay out all of their profits every year.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 21 Jun 2018 @ 2:28pm
Inspiriation
If I still watched live television, or cable, or streamed anything, I would be inspired to visit the bathroom, kitchen, my neighbor 1/4 mile down the road. I promise I will be back in time for the continuation of whatever drabble you were presenting prior to the injection of 'inspirational drabble' sponsored by entities that I want nothing to do with.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jun 2018 @ 6:24pm
Re: Re: End Results
The butterscotch makes sense. Thank you.
As to caramelizing butter, one has to understand that it is sugar that is caramelized and that butter is not part of the caramelization process, just water,sometimes, (which quickly evaporates and is used in only very small amounts) and sugar, which turns brown and thickens when heated to the correct temperatures.
Butter would turn brown, but browned butter has a much different flavor profile that caramelized sugar. Browned butter has its uses, but not for sweetness.
Hint, when one browns onions, it is the sugar in the onions that turns brown, and sweetens the flavor of the onion.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jun 2018 @ 3:31pm
Re: Re: End Results
Interesting idea, though a short shelf life (due to the raw eggs), and while it might be considered buttery, eggnog does not traditionally contain butter, which might wind up in truth in labeling court. Damned laws.
It would work for a festival though, if said festival didn't interrupt some corporate wanker's concept of promotion.
Part the the problem is that butter melts at body temperature, and coagulates at anything colder. So butter beer, conceivably, would have lumps of butter in it, and that does not make like a satisfying drink. Now if butter beer were served hot, it might make a difference. Though there was a restaurant that used cold Hollandaise (a butter and egg emulsion, though warm, not hot) along with raw scallops to simulate eggs sunny side up. What can I say, it was the 70's, they also had a chocolate rabbit dish.
As an aside, one of the differences between butter and margarine is the melting point. Butter will melt at normal human body temperatures. Margarine will not. Therefore, if you have a film on your tongue after tasting something, it was likely margarine, rather than butter. Myself, I use olive oil as much as possible (unless the flavor is conflicting with the intended result) and butter only when it is necessary for the end product (heart conditions have some precedent), and then only sweet (unsalted) butter. On the other hand, I have used a 50-50 mixture of clarified (water and solids removed by melting and then chilling, and then physically separating the fat from the dregs) which give flavor, and a decreased melting point, but an increased smoke point. Any oil, butter, margarine, olive oil, corn oil, etc. will achieve a smoke point, and shortly thereafter an ignition point where the oil will self combust. The smoke point is good, generally it means the oil is ready for cooking, but it is short lived, the combustion point is shortly thereafter. It is not always necessary to achieve the smoke point for cooking, but it is beneficial in some cases.
I should mention that the only way to put out such an oil fire is to remove the oxygen. This might be done by putting a lid on the pan, or with copious amounts of salt, not usually available in a home kitchen, or with the appropriate fire extinguisher. Water will not only not work, but will make the problem worse. DON'T USE WATER.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jun 2018 @ 3:02pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Free Wizards
Or try The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals for a different perspective on food regulation that exists, that will kill you, after some time. Industry capture of government regulations does not just exist in the tech industry. Ever hear of Big Sugar? Or think about what it costs for Ethanol to be a regulated part of your cars consumption? That cost should be considered in both dollars and oil consumption.
I am not saying regulation is bad. I am saying that bad regulations are bad. That the continued expenditures by the recipients of government largess to continue their largess is really, really bad. Read the farm bill. How many small farmers actually make out? How many corporate farmers make out? Now that the Roundup patent is more than 20 years old, why is Monsanto (that has now renamed itself due to former shame and future profits, by allowing itself to be bought by another giant. Anyone who thinks they could not have prevented this is daft.
Which company was it that set out to patent existing plants because no one else had patented those plants and didn't want anyone else to use those plants without paying them? Of course, those patent applications made NO mention of prior art, just that they weren't already patented.
In some ways, I like corporations. Without them many things would not have been researched and/or discovered. In other ways, I really, really hate corporations. To a large degree I target Wall Street, and other exchanges, for their profits first mentalities. There should be some other values involved, the question is how to involve them when greed is so paramount?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jun 2018 @ 2:36pm
Re: Re: Re:
Right. Not like some adult will be in control of the minors. Trust cannot be transferred to minors, they haven't reached the age of reason. And those that have will still be in control of adults. Even if they are incarcerated with their parents.
And it is punishment. The crime is only a misdemeanor. Misdemeanors do not 'require' incarceration.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jun 2018 @ 2:26pm
Re: Gravy train
Depends upon what rights they have contracted for. Remember, copyright is life of the author plus 70 years, and she ain't dead yet. I don't see this franchise going away anytime soon. The question is, how will it be enhanced?
Of course, there is the limited thinking possibility that you present. Only one franchise can make money at any one time. Which of course is madly insane (punily intended). -:)
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jun 2018 @ 2:15pm
End Results
This year, they will instead have a "wands and wizards" family night and pub crawl and other magic-themed events — and people can still dress as their favorite characters.
I want to see their recipe for butter beer, that is legally salable to children. I have been imagining this for as long as the books have been out. I have thought about Birch Beer and butter, Root Beer and butter, and watered down real beer and butter, and have been disgusted by them all. Even the thoughts. I hope someone has more 'beer' creativity than I. I sent my nieces copies of the books when I first heard about them, and there were only two available. My sister-in-law first congratulated me, then cursed me. I have not figured out why the curse, though it may have been related to the books.
Then, of course, there is the marketing aspect. What in the hell is Warner Brother thinking about? Free marketing? Apparently not. Control? More likely. What will they achieve? Pissed off fans. Does that make them stronger, or richer? I think not.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jun 2018 @ 12:04pm
Re: Re: Re: Even worse
The benefit is ethereal. Yes it does produce economic activity, but is the Internet infrastructure more important that say roads or bridges? The Internet provides knowledge, entertainment, communications, as well as some commerce, but the biggest advantage is convenient access to those things. They are all available in other, or previous forms.
A better question might be, what things provide longer term, or maybe wider spread economic activity? Roads support businesses that are not Internet related, which might be an argument that road infrastructure has a wider economic impact than cable or fiber or wires.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 Jun 2018 @ 9:40am
Re: Re: Re:
Since when has our government actually followed all of their own laws? They tend to do so, selectively, when it fits an agenda whether stated or left to the imagination, and often except themselves. So they do have a choice.
Oh, and there are ways to determine if 'those kids' belong to a particular set of 'parents', which include documents as well as various tests, such as DNA. To NOT do so seems a bit authoritarian, which is the demeanor they seem to want to project. It appears that they think if they are cruel enough, and the word gets out, then others will not try illegal entry. It's the cruel part that has everyone upset.
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Conflicting copyrights?
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Re: Honk OnwOwnership
You do know she's dead? Is it her ghost your expecting, or some other entity that is gonna channel things she wrote about in fiction?
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Re: Re: What are you SJWs whining about now? Oppressed cause can't HONK?
Well, there seems to be some confusion about that. At least in the ACLU's mind.
Others, who don't have some agenda, tend to think the 1st Amendment is for everyone. Some SJW's think only their shit stinks. Um...erm...maybe I mixed something up there...
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The constitutionality of laws
First off, it would be absurdly expensive, Second, what to do about those courts who do not take the constitution seriously, or revert to 'their' interpretation of what the 'Founding Fathers' were thinking, which has very, very wide levels of interpretation. Then, third, what the upper courts are following as agenda these days. Don't forget, that appeals, and supreme court appointments are political in nature, whether the agenda is stated in advance, or not.
Then there is the reduced workload of the highest court, as well as their propensity to avoid either hard questions, or hard answers to the questions they accept. Solving half the cases of their predecessors while avoiding making usable rulings appears to be their raison d'etre these days. So sad. If they didn't want the job, why did they stand for it?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Two Points
That there isn't a way for workers to become 'documented' when they take jobs no one else wants is just terribly, terribly sad. And to think, unemployment is so low, yet there are unfulfilled jobs these people might take. Hmm!
Do you always think in so narrow a dimension. BTW, have a flag.
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Re: RadioEraModelIsEnjoyable
That is what drove the nail in the coffin for me. The last season I watched, of those shows that I watched, there was so little time between commercials that they could not even develop the weak themes that they were trying to portray. My mind said to me, no more, and I listened.
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Re:
The first problem is that the culture of the prevailing entities needs to change from lying to everyone, to telling the truth. While that is not necessarily problematic in and of itself, it's gonna take a while for consumers to absorb this, and then, later, maybe much much later, believe it.
The second, and there are likely more, is Wall Street, and like other exchanges, related. More profit every year or we ax you. Oops, make that every quarter. The 25 cents would become 45 cents in a year or so, and then what? What's the loss to the companies? Operating capital, something they would have if they didn't pay out all of their profits every year.
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Inspiriation
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Re: Re: End Results
As to caramelizing butter, one has to understand that it is sugar that is caramelized and that butter is not part of the caramelization process, just water,sometimes, (which quickly evaporates and is used in only very small amounts) and sugar, which turns brown and thickens when heated to the correct temperatures.
Butter would turn brown, but browned butter has a much different flavor profile that caramelized sugar. Browned butter has its uses, but not for sweetness.
Hint, when one browns onions, it is the sugar in the onions that turns brown, and sweetens the flavor of the onion.
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Re: Re: End Results
Interesting idea, though a short shelf life (due to the raw eggs), and while it might be considered buttery, eggnog does not traditionally contain butter, which might wind up in truth in labeling court. Damned laws.
It would work for a festival though, if said festival didn't interrupt some corporate wanker's concept of promotion.
Part the the problem is that butter melts at body temperature, and coagulates at anything colder. So butter beer, conceivably, would have lumps of butter in it, and that does not make like a satisfying drink. Now if butter beer were served hot, it might make a difference. Though there was a restaurant that used cold Hollandaise (a butter and egg emulsion, though warm, not hot) along with raw scallops to simulate eggs sunny side up. What can I say, it was the 70's, they also had a chocolate rabbit dish.
As an aside, one of the differences between butter and margarine is the melting point. Butter will melt at normal human body temperatures. Margarine will not. Therefore, if you have a film on your tongue after tasting something, it was likely margarine, rather than butter. Myself, I use olive oil as much as possible (unless the flavor is conflicting with the intended result) and butter only when it is necessary for the end product (heart conditions have some precedent), and then only sweet (unsalted) butter. On the other hand, I have used a 50-50 mixture of clarified (water and solids removed by melting and then chilling, and then physically separating the fat from the dregs) which give flavor, and a decreased melting point, but an increased smoke point. Any oil, butter, margarine, olive oil, corn oil, etc. will achieve a smoke point, and shortly thereafter an ignition point where the oil will self combust. The smoke point is good, generally it means the oil is ready for cooking, but it is short lived, the combustion point is shortly thereafter. It is not always necessary to achieve the smoke point for cooking, but it is beneficial in some cases.
I should mention that the only way to put out such an oil fire is to remove the oxygen. This might be done by putting a lid on the pan, or with copious amounts of salt, not usually available in a home kitchen, or with the appropriate fire extinguisher. Water will not only not work, but will make the problem worse. DON'T USE WATER.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Free Wizards
Or try The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals for a different perspective on food regulation that exists, that will kill you, after some time. Industry capture of government regulations does not just exist in the tech industry. Ever hear of Big Sugar? Or think about what it costs for Ethanol to be a regulated part of your cars consumption? That cost should be considered in both dollars and oil consumption.
I am not saying regulation is bad. I am saying that bad regulations are bad. That the continued expenditures by the recipients of government largess to continue their largess is really, really bad. Read the farm bill. How many small farmers actually make out? How many corporate farmers make out? Now that the Roundup patent is more than 20 years old, why is Monsanto (that has now renamed itself due to former shame and future profits, by allowing itself to be bought by another giant. Anyone who thinks they could not have prevented this is daft.
Which company was it that set out to patent existing plants because no one else had patented those plants and didn't want anyone else to use those plants without paying them? Of course, those patent applications made NO mention of prior art, just that they weren't already patented.
In some ways, I like corporations. Without them many things would not have been researched and/or discovered. In other ways, I really, really hate corporations. To a large degree I target Wall Street, and other exchanges, for their profits first mentalities. There should be some other values involved, the question is how to involve them when greed is so paramount?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Right. Therefore those Executive Orders were mere fiction and they didn't go through multiple judicial reviews.
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Re: Re: Re:
And it is punishment. The crime is only a misdemeanor. Misdemeanors do not 'require' incarceration.
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Re: Gravy train
Of course, there is the limited thinking possibility that you present. Only one franchise can make money at any one time. Which of course is madly insane (punily intended). -:)
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End Results
I want to see their recipe for butter beer, that is legally salable to children. I have been imagining this for as long as the books have been out. I have thought about Birch Beer and butter, Root Beer and butter, and watered down real beer and butter, and have been disgusted by them all. Even the thoughts. I hope someone has more 'beer' creativity than I. I sent my nieces copies of the books when I first heard about them, and there were only two available. My sister-in-law first congratulated me, then cursed me. I have not figured out why the curse, though it may have been related to the books.
Then, of course, there is the marketing aspect. What in the hell is Warner Brother thinking about? Free marketing? Apparently not. Control? More likely. What will they achieve? Pissed off fans. Does that make them stronger, or richer? I think not.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Ohh!!! Canada...
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Re: Re: Re: Even worse
A better question might be, what things provide longer term, or maybe wider spread economic activity? Roads support businesses that are not Internet related, which might be an argument that road infrastructure has a wider economic impact than cable or fiber or wires.
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Re: Re: Re:
Oh, and there are ways to determine if 'those kids' belong to a particular set of 'parents', which include documents as well as various tests, such as DNA. To NOT do so seems a bit authoritarian, which is the demeanor they seem to want to project. It appears that they think if they are cruel enough, and the word gets out, then others will not try illegal entry. It's the cruel part that has everyone upset.
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