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Vaguely RL updates
Aug. 30th, 2013 10:59 am1) I'm getting an RT Surface. Well, it was part of Microsoft's writedown so it's really cheap? On the other hand I do not understand why MS wants to writedown the thing; I've mostly heard good things about it from other people (aka early adopters who got it at the full price). Whatever, I'll know when it's finally delivered. I've been wanting a tablet that isn't an iPad, and I have an Android phone. Should be interesting to see how it compares.
2) Not been reading a lot of fic or been fandomly because school started and also to my surprise, I've been social: a couple of old classmates, old colleagues, a girl I met at my internship... Let's hope it all settles down soon; I can see a lot of unfinished reading waiting for me.
3) Also because I've been having an urge to write original fic, which feels sort of like an urge to throw up when you've eaten something disagreeable. Either to suppress or to give in and write, eventually.
4) Blind Go or not?
5) I will just go ahead and express the xenophobic view that I do not care for a couple of international students in my intellectual property law class, because up to now every comment that they have made in class is "I think" and "from my viewpoint" and "in my country" without the actual use of logic.
Query in IP class: Do you think a website like "Nokiasucks" is infringing on the trademark?
Student: Yes, I think so because it's very rude and they shouldn't say that without constructive reasons.
Query: But I understand that when you say something sucks, it usually means you don't like it. What if I had a T-shirt that said "I hate Facebook"?
Student: From my viewpoint that should be okay because it's just an opinion.
!!!
And then of course, they mansplain trademark law to the rest of the class. ETA: I should explain that the reason their identity as international students comes under focus (by me) is that their views seem to be formed entirely by their discomfort with trade mark law as practiced outside their country. (Is that what trade mark law in their country is like, that it's infringing because it's rude? It could be defamatory, yes, but that's a different matter.)
2) Not been reading a lot of fic or been fandomly because school started and also to my surprise, I've been social: a couple of old classmates, old colleagues, a girl I met at my internship... Let's hope it all settles down soon; I can see a lot of unfinished reading waiting for me.
3) Also because I've been having an urge to write original fic, which feels sort of like an urge to throw up when you've eaten something disagreeable. Either to suppress or to give in and write, eventually.
4) Blind Go or not?
5) I will just go ahead and express the xenophobic view that I do not care for a couple of international students in my intellectual property law class, because up to now every comment that they have made in class is "I think" and "from my viewpoint" and "in my country" without the actual use of logic.
Query in IP class: Do you think a website like "Nokiasucks" is infringing on the trademark?
Student: Yes, I think so because it's very rude and they shouldn't say that without constructive reasons.
Query: But I understand that when you say something sucks, it usually means you don't like it. What if I had a T-shirt that said "I hate Facebook"?
Student: From my viewpoint that should be okay because it's just an opinion.
!!!
And then of course, they mansplain trademark law to the rest of the class. ETA: I should explain that the reason their identity as international students comes under focus (by me) is that their views seem to be formed entirely by their discomfort with trade mark law as practiced outside their country. (Is that what trade mark law in their country is like, that it's infringing because it's rude? It could be defamatory, yes, but that's a different matter.)