>> ^radx:

It's from Blotto, if I'm not mistaken.


Cool! thanks, will add to the tags

>> ^PlayhousePals:

>> ^Yogi:
Just moved to Seattle, I feel like I missed out on something.

He really was a huge Seattle icon since the 1950's. You should go and check out his statue located in Fremont [and don't forget the Fremont Troll under the Aurora Bridge if you do].
Each channel had their own kid's show. KOMO had Captain Puget [he was a bit dry for my taste]. KING had Stan Boreson who played the accordion and had pets [basset hounds Slo-Mo and No-Mo]. KSTW had Brakeman Bill who had sidekick named Crazy Donkey. It was fun growing up here. =o)


I live in the U District so I'll have to bike on over...too bad I missed the Solstice Nude thingie.

>> ^Yogi:

Just moved to Seattle, I feel like I missed out on something.


He really was a huge Seattle icon since the 1950's. You should go and check out his statue located in Fremont [and don't forget the Fremont Troll under the Aurora Bridge if you do].

Each channel had their own kid's show. KOMO had Captain Puget [he was a bit dry for my taste]. KING had Stan Boreson who played the accordion and had pets [basset hounds Slo-Mo and No-Mo]. KSTW had Brakeman Bill who had sidekick named Crazy Donkey. It was fun growing up here. =o)

Awww, there's Stan Winston

I have Iron Man on DVD... Have I never watched it and discovered these special features? Shame on me.

I vote against this ridiculous channel, who needs something like this? Madness I say, madness!

*Quite whispers*

Oooooh, mine you say?

I see, that's a touch awkward.




A vote for this channel is a vote for freedom, if you vote against this you love the enemy. And the enemy is a robot call Stan who likes to eat babies.

>> ^Skeeve:

Stan Rogers deserves less begging and more promotes. RIP Stan.


Thank you kindly Skeeve, me old son

Stan Rogers deserves less begging and more *promotes. RIP Stan.

First response I found was this :

" Its a reference to Jason Russell who made the invisible children/KONY video. He was found drunk and masturbating in the streets of San Diego in march 2012.
Stan is like Jason Russell who makes a video to help a cause but is enjoying the fame it brings him more than he actually cares for the cause."

>> ^Warmth-:

I agree, with your example, that would be somewhat unfair, especially since Stan is a small time artist.
But then, this is not the example given in the talk?
Equivalent would be something like Stan's neighbor buying Stan's comics, and thinking that they're great, he'd go to the BakeCo and order a customized cake with ArachnidMan[tm] on top of it. Now, if he just ate it with his son and his birthday guests, I can't see anything wrong with that?
Now if anyone started mass producing and selling those ArachnidMan[tm] cakes for profit, without a share going to Stan, that's when I think it starts to get in to the gray areas of morality..

That's actually pretty much what I was saying. Apologies if I phrased it badly. I realise that wasn't the example given in the talk, I was turning the example around to give an example of where protecting IP is moral.

Essentially what I am saying is that there is a difference between a commercial enterprise exploiting someone else's IP for profit, and a consumer using someone's IP for personal use.

>> ^ChaosEngine:

[..] we have Stan. Stan is a small time artist who one day creates a cartoon character (let's call him arachnid-man) that becomes kinda popular.
BakeCo sees this and starts selling ArachnidMan cakes without paying Stan any money.
Most people would agree that this is unfair.
Now if you can't tell the difference between that, and a small company allowing people to print their own designs, your thinking is broken.


I agree, with your example, that would be somewhat unfair, especially since Stan is a small time artist.

But then, this is not the example given in the talk?

Equivalent would be something like Stan's neighbor buying Stan's comics, and thinking that they're great, he'd go to the BakeCo and order a customized cake with ArachnidMan[tm] on top of it. Now, if he just ate it with his son and his birthday guests, I can't see anything wrong with that?

Now if anyone started mass producing and selling those ArachnidMan[tm] cakes for profit, without a share going to Stan, that's when I think it starts to get in to the gray areas of morality..

I actually believe in protecting intellectual property, but some of this stuff is ridiculous.

Let's take the very first example. We have BakeCo, an faceless corporation that makes generic Cake-like Edilble Party Treats(tm).

Now let's imagine, we have Stan. Stan is a small time artist who one day creates a cartoon character (let's call him ararcnid-man) that becomes kinda popular.

BakeCo sees this and starts selling ArachnidMan cakes without paying Stan any money.

Most people would agree that this is unfair.

Now if you can't tell the difference between that, and a small company allowing people to print their own designs, your thinking is broken.

I dont understand what overthrowing Mongolian rule after over 2 centuries of rule has to do with it being European? If anything this would be a pre-requisite for being considered asian i.e. China,parts of India and the various 'stans etc (all of which kept their own unique cultures)........

Russia is as culturally distinct from the narrow minded stereotype of Asians (i.e. the Chi-panese Kung-fu people) as are the indians and 'stanis. Are the Kazakhistanis asian? Uzbeks? Tajiks? They were all part of the USSR until its collapse. Does this mean that they were European and are now Asian because they were dropped by Russia?

Russia is just as out of place in Europe as it is in Asia but saying that it is not Asian just as saying that it is not European is wrong and is essentially reinforcing the racist stereotype that all asians are chinese.

Asia is a big continent it holds much more than just chinese people and shaolin monks.


>> ^ghark:

>> ^Confucius:


>> ^Shepppard:
Asian channel description:
"This channel is dedicated to the ancient cultures and traditions of Eastern Asia, particularly China and Japan, that began thousands of years ago and continue to this very day only slightly if at all affected by the modern world. It covers everything from period Shaolin martial arts videos in China to wacky reality Japanese shows of today"
so, I'm going to say this one doesn't belong.
Nochannel
wtf
drugs
dance


I dunno, I mean they got beaten up pretty badly over the centuries by raiding armies from areas such as Mongolia, but they kept their own unique culture through all that, rather than being assimilated as happened in other countries that experienced similar defeats. Russia was just too big, vast and harsh to conquer permanently, so I think that it deserves to be considered as an entity outside what might be defined culturally as Asia, regardless of geographic location. To further confuse things, it was apparently pretty popular historically amongst Russians to consider Europe as extending to the Urals, and also part of Siberia is on the North American plate.

>> ^BoneRemake:

fucking stupid.
That was the nice reply.


Merry Christmas to you too, BR!

>> ^ant:

>> ^Phreezdryd:
All the republican debates look like this to me.

Not just Republicans. EVERYONE including you and me!

Maybe its those funky compound eyes of yours. Or maybe it's like what Stan went through on South Park when everything looked like shit to him.