July 5, 20223 yr comment_2882064 1 hour ago, BoloOfEarth said: Evil Does Eventually Die: a scathing obituary. waitng for the one with Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell
July 5, 20223 yr comment_2882085 17 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: A rustic private island in Maine is on the market, but the owner will only sell to someone willing to stay overnight—despite perilous weather Sounds like a premise for a horror story.
July 5, 20223 yr comment_2882088 2 hours ago, tkdguy said: Sounds like a premise for a horror story. Or an episode of Scooby doo
July 6, 20223 yr comment_2882266 For only the second time, a woman (Maryna Serhiivna Viazovska), has won the Fields Medal. Hopefully she will live longer than the woman who won the first, who succumbed to breast cancer three years after winning hers.
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882278 We are happy to report that no, sharks are not swimming in flooded Sydney train stations
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882282 16 minutes ago, assault said: We are happy to report that no, sharks are not swimming in flooded Sydney train stations Undoubtedly the salties have eaten them all.
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882297 Y'know, that very theme has been used before for the creeping and so far unlimited extension of intellectual property rights, and with it, attempted abolition of the public domain. The real creator ... Uncle Walt ... died when I was in fourth grade, 55+ years ago. I wept when I read of it then, but there's no need for the cynical, predatory corporate bloodsuckers now at the helm of the conglomerate he spawned to get to live off his genius eternally.
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882299 2 hours ago, assault said: We are happy to report that no, sharks are not swimming in flooded Sydney train stations Gee, only had one square to go for BINGO. 😢🤪
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882304 1 hour ago, Bazza said: Gee, only had one square to go for BINGO. 😢🤪 You live in a town that has salties in the harbour, don't you?
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882309 Yes. But the harbour is huge. “The catchment of Darwin Harbour occupies a total area of approximately 3,230 square kilometres (1,247 sq mi), of this 2,010 square kilometres (776 sq mi) is land based and the other 1,220 square kilometres (471 sq mi) are estuarine areas at the high water mark.” For comparison: Rhode Island 1,034 square miles.
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882315 But how many square kilometers is a saltwater crocodile? Meanwhile, Boris Johnson is apparently resigning. Finally.
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882338 Kazuki Takahashi: Yu-Gi-Oh! manga comic creator found dead in sea at 60
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882377 18 hours ago, Cygnia said: Disney in Danger of Losing Exclusive Rights to Mickey Mouse This is also the company that tried to assert they didn't have to pay royalties on properties they bought, on the worst legal argument I think I've ever heard. They'll also work really hard to limit what becomes public domain...like, it might ONLY be Steamboat Willie. The Mouse overall will be sheltered because the term for most of his appearances hasn't expired. Or something like that. I'm a fan of Dorothy Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey, ever since I saw the BBC productions back in high school. Sayers died *65* years ago, and virtually all the series was written prior to WW II. But at this point, due to the ridiculous length of copyright, only the first three are now public domain. (A couple more do so next year.) The Hobbit doesn't go public domain for another decade. LOTR...2050. Disney's often considered the driver...and specifically for Mickey, their signature creation...of copyright extensions, so I *hope* they lose all control.
July 7, 20223 yr comment_2882393 2 hours ago, unclevlad said: This is also the company that tried to assert they didn't have to pay royalties on properties they bought, on the worst legal argument I think I've ever heard. They'll also work really hard to limit what becomes public domain...like, it might ONLY be Steamboat Willie. The Mouse overall will be sheltered because the term for most of his appearances hasn't expired. Or something like that. I'm a fan of Dorothy Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey, ever since I saw the BBC productions back in high school. Sayers died *65* years ago, and virtually all the series was written prior to WW II. But at this point, due to the ridiculous length of copyright, only the first three are now public domain. (A couple more do so next year.) The Hobbit doesn't go public domain for another decade. LOTR...2050. Disney's often considered the driver...and specifically for Mickey, their signature creation...of copyright extensions, so I *hope* they lose all control. Disney will only be losing the rights to the likeness of the Steamboat Willie-era Mickey. The other iterations were copyrighted at different times, and would still be protected. I can't really see that it would hurt Disney much in the long run.
July 8, 20223 yr comment_2882440 Presented without comment Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini found not guilty in fraud trial https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62081675
July 8, 20223 yr comment_2882445 This whole bit with Disney fighting for perpetual copyright makes me think of the old Spider Robinson short story Melancholy Elephants.
July 8, 20223 yr comment_2882489 7 hours ago, Pariah said: This whole bit with Disney fighting for perpetual copyright makes me think of the old Spider Robinson short story Melancholy Elephants. What's frightening is to realize how much of that story may already be happening. In music: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190605-nine-most-notorious-copyright-cases-in-music-history Granted, these are cases where copyright would clearly still apply, even if the duration was rolled back. But it's the point that anything successful is a target. In TV and movies, it's the insane level of regurgitation...because, in part, it's SAFE to do that when you own the rights to the originals, I suspect. The flip side here is that Disney tried to assert that the rights were detachable at the same time.
July 9, 20223 yr comment_2882524 Paulie Walnuts is sleeping with the fishes. Tony Sirico who played Paulie in the Sopranos dies aged 79. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62103340
July 9, 20223 yr comment_2882532 Switzerland goes ahead with underground cargo freight system https://spectrum.ieee.org/cargo-sous-terrain
July 11, 20223 yr comment_2882791 Monty Norman composer of the James Bond theme dead at 94 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62122982 Sue Barker who won the French Open Tennis and then went on to commentate on the BBC for 30 years has retired and was given an emotional send off. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/62116017
July 12, 20223 yr comment_2882888 The National Health Service is awarded the George Cross https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62136262
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