The Trash Heap of the Heapers' Hangout

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  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Aww...
  • edited 2013-02-20 03:55:59
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i wonder if there's a way to change the copyright licence of a work in a will?  i'm guessing not.

    On the off-chance that i made something that became popular, i'd be perfectly happy for people to make derivative works for free.  There's no higher compliment.  As far as i'm concerned, the laws are there to protect small businesses from having their ideas stolen, not to protect things that are sufficiently commercially successful on their own terms that they inspire derivative works.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    They're supposed to give creators a way to derive value from the work and defend it, but they've been co-opted by profit-loving enterprises.
  • edited 2013-02-20 03:59:30
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    Yeah...

    i wouldn't mind so much if it was the original creators who owned the rights, but it usually isn't.

    But personally i feel that ideas ought to be free anyway, as far as possible without disincentivising new creators.
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    a8 said:

    i wonder if there's a way to change the copyright licence of a work in a will?  i'm guessing not.

    On the off-chance that i made something that became popular, i'd be perfectly happy for people to make derivative works for free.  There's no higher compliment.  As far as i'm concerned, the laws are there to protect small businesses from having their ideas stolen, not to protect things that are sufficiently commercially successful on their own terms that they inspire derivative works.

    See, I mostly feel the same way, but I see kind of a dilemma with that.

    If writing were to become my livelihood, I would need to at least exert enough level of control over it to make sure I have an income. As much as I would love to be able to give stuff away for free, if I'm doing it as a full-time career, I'll still need a way to support myself and my theoretical family, you know?
  • edited 2013-02-20 04:05:32
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    i guess if it was your full-time career i can see how that would be a problem.

    i wonder if there's a way to retain exclusive rights to reproduce a work itself while freely allowing derivative works?  That's what i'd want to do, i think.  At least at first, i wouldn't mind relinquishing the rights later.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I feel kind of hypocritical saying this stuff, considering that I am using an avatar of a Disney character and that one of ABC Inc's favorite things to do is buy up more copyrighted material
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    a8 said:

    i guess if it was your full-time career i can see how that would be a problem.

    i wonder if there's a way to retain exclusive rights to reproduce a work itself while freely allowing derivative works?  That's what i'd want to do, i think.  At least at first, i wouldn't mind relinquishing the rights later.

    Maybe release the characters and setting into the public domain while holding onto the stories proper?
  • edited 2013-02-20 04:33:47
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    That would work for books, yeah.

    Ideally i'd want to also permit the use of snippets longer than (specific figure) x words but shorter than (specific figure > x) y words, but that might overcomplicate things.

    Taking the time to draft an elaborate licence like this seems like it would be rather presumptuous...
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    a8 said:

    i wonder if there's a way to retain exclusive rights to reproduce a work itself while freely allowing derivative works?  That's what i'd want to do, i think.  At least at first, i wouldn't mind relinquishing the rights later.

    I was thinking that, too.

    I'm sure that, given enough lawyers, you could make it work. :P
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Weird confession: At some point I would like the opportunity to direct traffic.

    'Course, I really shouldn't do that, since I've never been trained and as such I'm not qualified to do it safely.
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.

    And yes, I am THE METAL GUY. Fuck you if you hate it.

    I tried to like it once, I really did. I listened to several black/doom/etc metal bands until I realized that what I was listening to was noise accompanied by some guy doing his best to destroy his vocal cords
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.

    Weird confession: At some point I would like the opportunity to direct traffic.


    'Course, I really shouldn't do that, since I've never been trained and as such I'm not qualified to do it safely.
    The one time I directed traffic, I saluted Arnold Scwharzenegger and then was subsequently chewed out by my gunnery sergeant for that
  • I'd say maybe 5% of the metal I've listened to I've found incredibly interesting and atmospheric.

    The rest is well....yeah.

    I imagine it's like trying to get someone into hip-hop and the first record you give him is Kool Keith's Dr. Octagonecologyst.

  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    Listening to a podcast about old video game systems and the mention of how something like the Atari 7800 was something your well-meaning but clueless grandmother bought you back for Christmas 1986

    "Atari? That's what all the kids like now, right?" and then all your friends at school mock you mercilessly while they trade tips about Castlevania and Super Punch-Out

    Anyway that reminded me that this sort of thing actually has a market now what all with Branscome International and all their horrible Pixar knockoffs
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    ...and it turns out the Triforce that animates in on Zelda: Link to the Past (SNES) were actually simple polygons
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

    Weird confession: At some point I would like the opportunity to direct traffic.


    'Course, I really shouldn't do that, since I've never been trained and as such I'm not qualified to do it safely.
    The one time I directed traffic, I saluted Arnold Scwharzenegger and then was subsequently chewed out by my gunnery sergeant for that
    That's awesome.
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.


    That's awesome.

    What happened was is I was still pretty new as a Marine and I radioed in, "Do I salute the Governor when he passes by?" and I got the reply to do so, so I did

    then I heard someone yelling at me back all DID YOUR STUPID ASS SALUTE HIM

    yes gunny

    ARE YOU IN THE NATIONAL GUARD

    no gunny

    so that day I learned only the Army National Guard for that state salutes the Governor
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    ^ Huh. Well, I learned something new today.
  • The sadness will last forever.
    Same.

    Also, I should have slept..but I couldn't since I was too depressed.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.

    And yes, I am THE METAL GUY. Fuck you if you hate it.

    I tried to like it once, I really did. I listened to several black/doom/etc metal bands until I realized that what I was listening to was noise accompanied by some guy doing his best to destroy his vocal cords
    You say "noise" like it's a bad thing
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.

    Listening to a podcast about old video game systems and the mention of how something like the Atari 7800 was something your well-meaning but clueless grandmother bought you back for Christmas 1986


    "Atari? That's what all the kids like now, right?" and then all your friends at school mock you mercilessly while they trade tips about Castlevania and Super Punch-Out

    Anyway that reminded me that this sort of thing actually has a market now what all with Branscome International and all their horrible Pixar knockoffs
    This kind of thing pissed me off back in the day, now I am just sort of amused.
  • edited 2013-02-20 11:56:35
    THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    We actually did get an NES at our house, but not until Christmas 1988.

    Also, I looked up Branscome International, and it turns out they're just a distributor; the films in question were made by Video Brinquedo in Brazil. Incidentally, probably the funniest thing about the English dub of Ratatoing is the voice work; the same dub crew that did Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! for 4Kids worked on it, and it's just as hammy as you'd expect.
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    She opened her eyes. The sea glowed red in the setting sun. They used to come here all the time, before. She had thrown herself into combat in a bid to forget. But, in the end, it never worked. Seven years, and yet her mind was still clouded with regret. With anger. At herself, and at her. She had let her leave, let her abandon her. Maybe it was irrational. But by now, it didn't matter. The choices that had lead to this point were long since past. Closing her eyes again, she whispered two words. "I'm sorry". She jumped.

    Spontaneous acts of storytelling. Truly a terrifying epidemic.
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    lee4hmz said:

    We actually did get an NES at our house, but not until Christmas 1988.

    same
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    WHO'S GOT DEM MUDBUGS

    I got dem mudbugs

    And will every wednesday until crawfish season ends around april
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    We actually did get an NES at our house, but not until Christmas 1988.

    Also, I looked up Branscome International, and it turns out they're just a distributor; the films in question were made by Video Brinquedo in Brazil. Incidentally, probably the funniest thing about the English dub of Ratatoing is the voice work; the same dub crew that did Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! for 4Kids worked on it, and it's just as hammy as you'd expect.
    For some reason I'm thinking of Dan Green's Knuckles voice

    It always reminded me of Spike from Tom and Jerry for some reason
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    are those Carl's Jr./Hardee's burgers
  • perhaps


    i dunno
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    Naney said:

    imageimageimage

    this is actually what I was looking for

    nice find 
  • everyone needs seamlessly tiling transparent hamburgers


    some just don't realize it yet
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    ahahah there's a watermark in there

    not for long
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    ....actually, that's not a watermark at all. It's uhm

    something went wrong with the alpha channel. Nothing that can't be fixed though
  • You know, my inherent boredom with my humdrum schedule (that, and my intense inner hatred of it) has given me new insight as to why people like stuff like Call of Duty.

    It's mindless, yes, but it's an escape. That's what all gaming is for the most part but really, why else would we make such booming, bombastic portrayals of war the norm? It's such a way away from the 9-to-5 most of us are used to, or the 7:25-to-2:18, in my case. (In other news, whoever came up with the high school schedule for Raleigh is... well, let's just say they don't possess a valid comprehension of the teenage mindset.)
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    You think that's odd? I was out on an exercise at zero dark stupid one morning and the Marine next to me was all "man I can't wait  to get back to the barracks to play some more Halo"

    Also from what I understand, several places nationwide are considering having school start at 9am because they say that student's brains are more awake by then, but that just means they'll sleep in later. My day starts at 3:30am every day because mornings are nice and quiet
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    When I was in middle school it started at like 6:45 AM

    7:25-to-2:18 sounds okay

    That means you probably have plenty of time to enjoy the sun in the winter months

    Also, bwahaha

    I took over Lions Gate a year ago

    HEEHEEHEE
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    image

    oh man the glasses they're furnishing to recruits are Deco style

    STOP FUCKING WITH MY BELOVED CORPS 
  • Marines playing Halo, eh? Curious. (Understandable that it isn't Call of Duty though, I could imagine that those would probably be laughed off or thrown out of windows.)

    Also, that'd give me a valid excuse for staying up until 3:30. :P
  • better than the old GI glasses
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Pretty much every school in England starts at 9.
  • Lucky ducks.
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    dammit, about half of the crayfish died before I can cook them again. 
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    pizza
  • Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    wondering if I'll get this comic out today 
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