PAID lawyers do whatever stupid crap their client wants them to do. Billable hours is billable hours.
Not. GOOD lawyers are cognizant that reputation is all they have, and refuse to do stupid stuff just because their client wants. They convince the client to do something other.
That's just silly. But then, if Taster's Choice had tried to keep Anthony Steward Head from playing Giles on Buffy, I'd be super pissed. That would be like the suckiest alternate universe...
Oh, and there's the part where young Bobby Zimmerman (from Hibbing, MN - played there; tiny; any reason is good reason to leave) borrowed his stage surname from the poet Dylan Thomas ...
But the truth is, any customer that reaches out to us . . . we’re going to offer them help the exact same way."
I was suddenly reminded of the scene in a Dirty Harry movie where Harry's racist remark is defended by noting he's an equal-opportunity racist.
I was also reminded of Brando ... "Get the butter" ... as that's essentially what TWC is telling it's customers.
Here in San Diego, half the city hasn't seen a Padres game all year because Fox Sports and Time Warner can't work a deal for the broadcasting. Not me, but I feel my neighbors' pain in the Twitter feeds.
"I doubt they'll be able to put a transmitter of any kind in something that weighs as little as a medium Aero bar."
Deferring to Fenderson, I add that if GPS+Cell are anything like the candy bars they will be found in, they will keep getting smaller and smaller in order to retain somewhat comparable pricing. (Wait, that was Hershey who invented making chocolate smaller to keep the price stable... nevermind.)
I think the general consensus is that this "Producer" makes hacks and rank amateurs look good. Guessing not a lot of effort/smarts went into the talent release forms either (if any).
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Re: Boring news?
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Re: These guys can't keep anything straight.
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Not. GOOD lawyers are cognizant that reputation is all they have, and refuse to do stupid stuff just because their client wants. They convince the client to do something other.
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...to paraphrase ...
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Unintentional Pun?
From Newman's tone, I'm wondering if he caught that at all.
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What's in a name?
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Re: Hilarious
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Amphiboly Alert:
People were having sex with web cams? Ewww.
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Also, Picard and The Doctor are currently fighting Borg and Cybermen in the Assimilation comics, so he gets another shot at it.
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I was suddenly reminded of the scene in a Dirty Harry movie where Harry's racist remark is defended by noting he's an equal-opportunity racist.
I was also reminded of Brando ... "Get the butter" ... as that's essentially what TWC is telling it's customers.
Here in San Diego, half the city hasn't seen a Padres game all year because Fox Sports and Time Warner can't work a deal for the broadcasting. Not me, but I feel my neighbors' pain in the Twitter feeds.
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Re: Re: Oi! Techdirt writers.
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Deferring to Fenderson, I add that if GPS+Cell are anything like the candy bars they will be found in, they will keep getting smaller and smaller in order to retain somewhat comparable pricing. (Wait, that was Hershey who invented making chocolate smaller to keep the price stable... nevermind.)
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Still not as scary as Willy Wonka ...
Because of that film, I do NOT want prizes in my chocolate, thank you.
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