Imagine if you will, an estate's Executor reading a will:
It is my wish that my only son shall inherit this portfolio of IP from which to profit as he sees fit. It is my further wish that upon his demise, his first born child shall inherit the same portfolio, again to profit therefrom as he or she sees fit. Upon my grandchild's demise, .....
“As COVID has undermined the livelihoods of creators around the [globe emoji], you want to further expand their precarity—in the name of justice?” Turkewitz wrote.
Excuse me, but creators weren't, and still aren't, the only ones in the world whose livelihoods were undermined - what makes them so special, all of a sudden? And since when do we equate the concept of 'justice' with the concept of 'humanity'? That's conflation of the first order, and it should be called out for the base hypocrisy it is. (Of course, we are calling it out here on TD, but it needs a $10,000 full-page ad in the NYT to really get the word out.)
Further, it is my understanding that the WHO can force the IP to be released under controlled conditions - why are these assholes thinking that Congress or the Whitehouse can block it? Could it be that they also believe that #45 is actually still running the show? Or do they really want us to pull out of all similar agreements, and leave us to hang separately? (hat tip to B.F.)
Final word:
.... claiming it will harm musicians, performers, and other cultural workers who are already struggling.
At least those creators are alive to struggle! Creators will continue to create, whether or not there are consumers to absorb their creations. But if all the consumers are dead, or very nearly all of them, then the creators will, by definition, be struggling. Yet again proof that 1A protects stupidity. I don't mean the kind that idiots like this are spouting, I mean the bastards that are publishing it in the name of diverse opinions and robust public discourse. Used to be, back in the day, that misfeasant or malfeasant discourse was at least frowned upon, or more often, rejected out of hand. But that was before the days of indoor plumbing, so I'm dating myself, aren't I.
Thank you, nasch. I agree, it's hard to keep quiet when someone is begging to be 'corrected'. My "mantra" is coming out of frustration that these asshats don't understand that they are being laughed at - they just keep on being ignorant, come hell or highwater. My second-grade teacher Mrs. King would've had some choice words for the parents of such people.
But as others point out, I'm not in charge, so my choices are still the ultimate ones: love it or leave it. ;)
OK, OK, I've read your comments, thank you one and all (even you, the flagger). And I hope you are reading this reply.
Essentially, we can't use emoticons of any sort here, or I'd've plopped down the sarcasm jobbie, trust me. This was both a venting, to be sure, and a plea for others to do as I asked. But the mood I was in at the time, that lead my reply to be based on
This life is just a drill. Had it been a real life, you would've been given instructions on where to go and what to do.
I simply riffed on that. Most of you took it another way, and I'm sorry that I did't make it more plain. But in my defense, you should recall that I usually say something like "If I were Mike" or "If I were in charge...", that sort of thing. This time I didn't, and I have to pay the consequences. Mea culpa.
But let me finish with just one question: Why in Gawd's name would anyone want to feed any kind of troll???? (Per Thad's reply below.) Oh, wait... I have a potential answer - to clean up the mess left by the trolls, is that it? But if feeding them just leads to further messes, we're stuck in a 'lather, rinse, repeat' cycle, aren't we?
And to keep it all in one post: No, Stephen, I don't have power here, I'm done with that after 15 years of being the SysGod of another forum, TYVM. But like I did there, I was attempting to guide others into a more productive channel, that's all. (And yes, even after all that time, I still stumbled on occasion.)
I'm pretty sure that being able to turn a grand into a hundred grand will earn you a Master's degree in any business school. My investments in the stock market should bring me so much ROI....
But your observation about voters, that was spot on. So here's an idea. Question: What would it take to wake up voters, and make them start thinking about their choices? My guess would be term limits.
OK, boys and girls, this is it, the shit is now hitting the fan.
Unless you are masochistic (and if you are, then take it offline!), then here's the new policy. And yes, it's not even a restatement of the old policy, it is the old policy. But somehow, many of you have forgetten it.
Do fscking NOT fscking feed the fscking trolls!!!!
If you think you're reading Bagdhad Bob, blueballs, or someone of simliar nature, then STOP! Think about it.... he (or she, or it) has never before exhibited any kind of working brain cells, so why in the world would you suddenly be capable of bringing them to Jeebus???
Even postings like "Assumes facts not in evidence" or "Show me where in the article it says...." or anything else like that, all of those responses are simply feeding the troll(s). And you just know that's what they'are here for, to agitate you no end. That's the only thing they live for, period.
Remember this above all else - if you engage a troll, you are stooping to their level, and they are going to beat you with experience. Think about it the next time you're tempted to hit the 'reply to this' button.
That is all, thank you for your attention to this matter.
... attack the LGBT community as being "political"
To be fair, the queer community has been depending on politicians to defend them from persecution, for decades. In my book, that's about as close to the word "politics" as you can get, in both senses of the word.
Ah, yes, the walking poster-boys for neonatal abortion, who aren't fit to be considered as even sitting the bleachers/cheap seats of right field... they're not even in the ball park, they're out in the parking lot, tailgate partying and telling each other that the losers are the ones inside the ballpark. We can thank Kelly Ann Conway for "alternate facts", which lead to "alt right", which is about as close to a correct label as one can get.
In a statement to the media outside of the court house, the sphincter was quoted as saying "I'm already full of shit, I can't handle any more, dammit!"
Define "emergency". So far, I've been asked to keep an eye out for a lost little girl - in another county; a stolen Honda - that just crashed 125 miles away from me, in a police chase; and an escaped convict - on the other side of the state (some 300 miles from me). Do those count as emergency alerts? Not in my book they don't. Not even a tsunami alert, because I live more than 100 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, with a full set of mountains between me and the coast.
But otherwise, I agree with you in that the default setting should be that the user is fully opted out, and needs to jump through a hoop or two in order opt in, and this is important: to any part of the system, not just all or nothing.
Not only has he tried it, he not only inhaled - deeply - he's now addicted to it. It being self-proclaimed fame. Of course, the public in general views it more as 'notoriety' than as fame, but that's not gonna stop him.
Well, that's interesting. Too bad I've never seen the movie.... but I can tell you with an almost-unbelievable amount of sincerity that I first heard the term while in basic training in the US Army, sometime in the 1960s. And I'd bet my Drill Instructor wasn't the first to come up with the term.
At its core, it was a term of derision to describe quitters. In today's society, the term has somewhat morphed, I agree, but the underlying assumption that the so-named person can't cope with his/her surroundings, that's still a good foundation for calling someone a snowflake.
As you said with it not being Splinter/Gizmodo's responsibility, It's also not the court's job to determine the truth of a filing at the time of that filing - any truths or falsehoods will be determined later in the proceedings.
In the days of 2015 & 2016, all we heard was "but what about Hilary, yadda yadda", which gave a massive rise in popularity to "the What-About effect". But more correctly, this is also known as "The Red Herring effect", defined as an attempt to distract from logical reasoning, with the eventual goal of completely derailing the original intent of the conversation.
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Imagine if you will, an estate's Executor reading a will:
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Excuse me, but creators weren't, and still aren't, the only ones in the world whose livelihoods were undermined - what makes them so special, all of a sudden? And since when do we equate the concept of 'justice' with the concept of 'humanity'? That's conflation of the first order, and it should be called out for the base hypocrisy it is. (Of course, we are calling it out here on TD, but it needs a $10,000 full-page ad in the NYT to really get the word out.)
Further, it is my understanding that the WHO can force the IP to be released under controlled conditions - why are these assholes thinking that Congress or the Whitehouse can block it? Could it be that they also believe that #45 is actually still running the show? Or do they really want us to pull out of all similar agreements, and leave us to hang separately? (hat tip to B.F.)
Final word:
At least those creators are alive to struggle! Creators will continue to create, whether or not there are consumers to absorb their creations. But if all the consumers are dead, or very nearly all of them, then the creators will, by definition, be struggling. Yet again proof that 1A protects stupidity. I don't mean the kind that idiots like this are spouting, I mean the bastards that are publishing it in the name of diverse opinions and robust public discourse. Used to be, back in the day, that misfeasant or malfeasant discourse was at least frowned upon, or more often, rejected out of hand. But that was before the days of indoor plumbing, so I'm dating myself, aren't I.
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Thank you, nasch. I agree, it's hard to keep quiet when someone is begging to be 'corrected'. My "mantra" is coming out of frustration that these asshats don't understand that they are being laughed at - they just keep on being ignorant, come hell or highwater. My second-grade teacher Mrs. King would've had some choice words for the parents of such people.
But as others point out, I'm not in charge, so my choices are still the ultimate ones: love it or leave it. ;)
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OK, OK, I've read your comments, thank you one and all (even you, the flagger). And I hope you are reading this reply.
Essentially, we can't use emoticons of any sort here, or I'd've plopped down the sarcasm jobbie, trust me. This was both a venting, to be sure, and a plea for others to do as I asked. But the mood I was in at the time, that lead my reply to be based on
I simply riffed on that. Most of you took it another way, and I'm sorry that I did't make it more plain. But in my defense, you should recall that I usually say something like "If I were Mike" or "If I were in charge...", that sort of thing. This time I didn't, and I have to pay the consequences. Mea culpa.
But let me finish with just one question: Why in Gawd's name would anyone want to feed any kind of troll???? (Per Thad's reply below.) Oh, wait... I have a potential answer - to clean up the mess left by the trolls, is that it? But if feeding them just leads to further messes, we're stuck in a 'lather, rinse, repeat' cycle, aren't we?
And to keep it all in one post: No, Stephen, I don't have power here, I'm done with that after 15 years of being the SysGod of another forum, TYVM. But like I did there, I was attempting to guide others into a more productive channel, that's all. (And yes, even after all that time, I still stumbled on occasion.)
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I'm pretty sure that being able to turn a grand into a hundred grand will earn you a Master's degree in any business school. My investments in the stock market should bring me so much ROI....
But your observation about voters, that was spot on. So here's an idea. Question: What would it take to wake up voters, and make them start thinking about their choices? My guess would be term limits.
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Nicely put, but I'd've added.... "or things that they think hurt them".
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Now tell us how you really feel....
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Hoser!
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Ah, but you repeat yourself.
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T, FTFY
Yes, I have to give them credit for this competency, they're at the Master level in this game. Sad that I have to say that.
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Ultimate Policy Statement
OK, boys and girls, this is it, the shit is now hitting the fan.
Unless you are masochistic (and if you are, then take it offline!), then here's the new policy. And yes, it's not even a restatement of the old policy, it is the old policy. But somehow, many of you have forgetten it.
If you think you're reading Bagdhad Bob, blueballs, or someone of simliar nature, then STOP! Think about it.... he (or she, or it) has never before exhibited any kind of working brain cells, so why in the world would you suddenly be capable of bringing them to Jeebus???
Even postings like "Assumes facts not in evidence" or "Show me where in the article it says...." or anything else like that, all of those responses are simply feeding the troll(s). And you just know that's what they'are here for, to agitate you no end. That's the only thing they live for, period.
Remember this above all else - if you engage a troll, you are stooping to their level, and they are going to beat you with experience. Think about it the next time you're tempted to hit the 'reply to this' button.
That is all, thank you for your attention to this matter.
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To be fair, the queer community has been depending on politicians to defend them from persecution, for decades. In my book, that's about as close to the word "politics" as you can get, in both senses of the word.
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Ah, yes, the walking poster-boys for neonatal abortion, who aren't fit to be considered as even sitting the bleachers/cheap seats of right field... they're not even in the ball park, they're out in the parking lot, tailgate partying and telling each other that the losers are the ones inside the ballpark. We can thank Kelly Ann Conway for "alternate facts", which lead to "alt right", which is about as close to a correct label as one can get.
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In a statement to the media outside of the court house, the sphincter was quoted as saying "I'm already full of shit, I can't handle any more, dammit!"
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Define "emergency". So far, I've been asked to keep an eye out for a lost little girl - in another county; a stolen Honda - that just crashed 125 miles away from me, in a police chase; and an escaped convict - on the other side of the state (some 300 miles from me). Do those count as emergency alerts? Not in my book they don't. Not even a tsunami alert, because I live more than 100 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, with a full set of mountains between me and the coast.
But otherwise, I agree with you in that the default setting should be that the user is fully opted out, and needs to jump through a hoop or two in order opt in, and this is important: to any part of the system, not just all or nothing.
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Not only has he tried it, he not only inhaled - deeply - he's now addicted to it. It being self-proclaimed fame. Of course, the public in general views it more as 'notoriety' than as fame, but that's not gonna stop him.
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It's been doing that to me recently, too. Maybe the electrons in the system are all agitated because you and I don't worship at the alter of #45?
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Well, that's interesting. Too bad I've never seen the movie.... but I can tell you with an almost-unbelievable amount of sincerity that I first heard the term while in basic training in the US Army, sometime in the 1960s. And I'd bet my Drill Instructor wasn't the first to come up with the term.
At its core, it was a term of derision to describe quitters. In today's society, the term has somewhat morphed, I agree, but the underlying assumption that the so-named person can't cope with his/her surroundings, that's still a good foundation for calling someone a snowflake.
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As you said with it not being Splinter/Gizmodo's responsibility, It's also not the court's job to determine the truth of a filing at the time of that filing - any truths or falsehoods will be determined later in the proceedings.
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In the days of 2015 & 2016, all we heard was "but what about Hilary, yadda yadda", which gave a massive rise in popularity to "the What-About effect". But more correctly, this is also known as "The Red Herring effect", defined as an attempt to distract from logical reasoning, with the eventual goal of completely derailing the original intent of the conversation.
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