I read the article last night, and something's been troubling me. Perhaps a lawyer type could clear it up for me.
The little I know about trademarks has led me to understand that if a trademark becomes diluted, that is if they the holder of the mark fails to prevent the word from becoming commonly used, they lose their right to it. This is why the Kleenex folks are always ranting and raving about using generic terms such as "tissue." They are doing the legally required trademark protection so as not to lose it.
So it might seem that even if Fandom.com does have a trademark on the word, which the article casts as unlikely, that the word has been so heavily used that they have ground to stand on to claim it as a trademark.
Well I'm not going to speak for you, but I don't like being thought of as a passenger of a parachute. I like flying my body. Parachutist implies that the primary thing we do is to ride under canopy. But, for a lot of us, it's about freefall. Not about the thing that allows freefall to happen. Canopy rides are fun, but the point is body flying! Feel free to disagree, tho.
Yes, but would you go so far as to say you get pissed off when a whuffo fails to use proper terminology?
Joseph Kittinger was his name. And if you're not freefalling when you're under a drogue shoot, than anyone who's ever made a tandem skydive hasn't freefalled, as those are made with drogues every time.
This would be an amazin accomplishment, but it should be noted that this would not be the first dive from an altitude high enough to require a pressure suit. Forty years ago Joseph Kittinger made a succesfull jump from 103,000'. A quick google search turned up some sites with info on him and his jump. Check some of them out:
Bacteria? How's that going to make a profitable amusement park on a lush, tropical island? Sure, if it got out of control it might kill people, but not in the exciting, fun, bitten in half sort of way. Please get back to dinosaurs, people.
Wow, I had no idea this stuff had a following. I'm sitting here munching on some right now for the first time. (Girlfriend's on a study abroad and mailed me some candy.)
Quite tasty stuff.
Dan
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Far be it from me to imply that he is. Hail Xenu.
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From this interview, I agree. However, he has made more incidiary comments in articles he has written for Mormon publications. If there is interesting, I'll dig up a source.
I love Ender's game. I read it in one sitting when I was a freshman in high school. For a few years I read everything of his I could get my hands on.
Sadly, in recent years I've learned things about Orson Scott Card that make him rather hard to enjoy. Specifically, he has advocated keeping sodomy laws on the books in order to allow the jailing of homosexual community leaders.
The following interview has its flaws, namely the self-obsessed interviewer. However, it will give you a pretty good idea of why I have trouble stomaching Card these days.
Dan (Note, I understand others may be able to look past his political views, or even agree with them. I just can't and don't.)
If memory serves, and it so often doesn't, this argument was one of the principal ideas laid forth in the CDA court battles. The existence of censorware was one of the main thrusts in the court cases, with the plaintiffs arguing that it could take the place of government regulations.
Nope, I'm afraid not. The moment that Zoid leaves id at the end of this month, Capture the Flag and the Linux ports of Quake revert to him. If you're a windows user like me, you'll just have to delete all instances of CTF in the game directory, but poor linuxs users are going to be Quakeless. Dan
Actually, something very similar happend several years ago in a case involving the Church of Scientology, in which some of their secret "scriptures" were entered as evidence and therefore freely available in any government office. I believe the case took place in Sweden.
Check out this link for the story. It's a rather amusing read. Dan
Here's the text of the letter I sent to CDuniverse
Greetings,
I recently read about the violation of CDuniverses security in regards regarding the credit card theft. I am displeased, as a customer of CDuniverse, to have heard about this from an online media source rather than your company. I would like to know if my billing information has been compromised.
My order was placed under the address druid@phreebyrd.com, and my full name is Daniel C. Bennett.
I of this practice... what I meant is to be worried about the danger of search engines actually blocking search results that would lead to the competitors of those companies who have paid them for a prominent position.
Can you see, months or years from now, "We know you're looking for Amazon.com, but Barnesandnoble.com has offered a large sum of cash to beg, prod, and, if need be, insist that you consider them first."
It seems to me that this is the next logical step from search engines charging for preferential listings. It could get ugly.
Check out the book the movie is based off of, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." It goes off on some length about the empathy tests used to detect Replicants. Dan
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I read the article last night, and something's been troubling me. Perhaps a lawyer type could clear it up for me.
The little I know about trademarks has led me to understand that if a trademark becomes diluted, that is if they the holder of the mark fails to prevent the word from becoming commonly used, they lose their right to it. This is why the Kleenex folks are always ranting and raving about using generic terms such as "tissue." They are doing the legally required trademark protection so as not to lose it.
So it might seem that even if Fandom.com does have a trademark on the word, which the article casts as unlikely, that the word has been so heavily used that they have ground to stand on to claim it as a trademark.
Dan
"The food here is so terrible."
"Yes, and such small portions."
Dan
What can I say? I've seen them all and man they're all the same.
Sorry.
Dan
Well I'm not going to speak for you, but I don't like being thought of as a passenger of a parachute. I like flying my body. Parachutist implies that the primary thing we do is to ride under canopy. But, for a lot of us, it's about freefall. Not about the thing that allows freefall to happen. Canopy rides are fun, but the point is body flying! Feel free to disagree, tho.
Yes, but would you go so far as to say you get pissed off when a whuffo fails to use proper terminology?
Blues yourself,
Dan
Joseph Kittinger was his name. And if you're not freefalling when you're under a drogue shoot, than anyone who's ever made a tandem skydive hasn't freefalled, as those are made with drogues every time.
Dan
BTW - the article mentions that she's a parachutist. Skydivers get pretty pissed off when you call them "parachutists"
Umm, we do?
This would be an amazin accomplishment, but it should be noted that this would not be the first dive from an altitude high enough to require a pressure suit. Forty years ago Joseph Kittinger made a succesfull jump from 103,000'. A quick google search turned up some sites with info on him and his jump. Check some of them out:
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Plus they don't have World Freefall Conventions. :)
(sorry, it's the only thing I know about Quincy.)
But... but... "rad" is so much cheesier! Don't mess with memories!
For the record, yes, it was "The Wizard." Talk about your insidious marketing campaigns.
Dan
"I love the Power Glove. It's so rad."
Place that quote!
Dan
Bacteria? How's that going to make a profitable amusement park on a lush, tropical island? Sure, if it got out of control it might kill people, but not in the exciting, fun, bitten in half sort of way. Please get back to dinosaurs, people.
Dan
Wow, I had no idea this stuff had a following. I'm sitting here munching on some right now for the first time. (Girlfriend's on a study abroad and mailed me some candy.) Quite tasty stuff. Dan
Far be it from me to imply that he is. Hail Xenu.
Dan
From this interview, I agree. However, he has made more incidiary comments in articles he has written for Mormon publications. If there is interesting, I'll dig up a source.
Dan
I love Ender's game. I read it in one sitting when I was a freshman in high school. For a few years I read everything of his I could get my hands on.
Sadly, in recent years I've learned things about Orson Scott Card that make him rather hard to enjoy. Specifically, he has advocated keeping sodomy laws on the books in order to allow the jailing of homosexual community leaders.
The following interview has its flaws, namely the self-obsessed interviewer. However, it will give you a pretty good idea of why I have trouble stomaching Card these days.
Dan
(Note, I understand others may be able to look past his political views, or even agree with them. I just can't and don't.)
Or he could have infused their minds with his nam-shub, like the crazy Sumerian god he is.
Dan
If memory serves, and it so often doesn't, this argument was one of the principal ideas laid forth in the CDA court battles. The existence of censorware was one of the main thrusts in the court cases, with the plaintiffs arguing that it could take the place of government regulations.
Ahh, the lesser of two evils...
Nope, I'm afraid not. The moment that Zoid leaves id at the end of this month, Capture the Flag and the Linux ports of Quake revert to him. If you're a windows user like me, you'll just have to delete all instances of CTF in the game directory, but poor linuxs users are going to be Quakeless. Dan
Actually, something very similar happend several years ago in a case involving the Church of Scientology, in which some of their secret "scriptures" were entered as evidence and therefore freely available in any government office. I believe the case took place in Sweden.
Check out this link for the story. It's a rather amusing read.
Dan
Greetings,
I recently read about the violation of CDuniverses security in regards regarding the credit card theft. I am displeased, as a customer of CDuniverse, to have heard about this from an online media source rather than your company. I would like to know if my billing information has been compromised.
My order was placed under the address druid@phreebyrd.com, and my full name is Daniel C. Bennett.
Sincerely, Dan Bennett
I of this practice... what I meant is to be worried about the danger of search engines actually blocking search results that would lead to the competitors of those companies who have paid them for a prominent position.
It seems to me that this is the next logical step from search engines charging for preferential listings. It could get ugly.
Dan
Check out the book the movie is based off of, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." It goes off on some length about the empathy tests used to detect Replicants. Dan