Frivolous ASB thread

[mullauna]

I was considering Sir Humphrey's reaction to FU from House of Cards, given FU is a Scotsman.

In the Yes Prime Minister computer game, Bernard Woolley warns Hacker not to choose Scotland the Brave as a song for his Desert Island Discs radio interview as it might imply support for devolution. Judging from Sir Humpy's comments in the Yes Minister episode, The Official Visit, he has a low opinion of Scotland and its people so i would wager that he didn't support the 1979 referendum on a Scottish Executive and Assembly, either

[Zyobot]

How about '1 Modern Smartphone ISOTed to 1969?'--which happens to be the same year as the first moon landing and therefore, the use of NASA's then-state of the art computers that pale compared to modern game consoles, of all things.

Or maybe a similar ISOT could take place in the late 1950s, around the time when Sputnik was launched by Soviet Russia, or when its unmanned Luna 2 craft made it to the Moon two years later.

[lordroel]

Apr 17, 2019 2:05:38 GMT Zyobot said:

How about '1 Modern Smartphone ISOTed to 1969?'--which happens to be the same year as the first moon landing and therefore, the use of NASA's then-state of the art computers that pale compared to modern game consoles, of all things.

Or maybe a similar ISOT could take place in the late 1950s, around the time when Sputnik was launched by Soviet Russia, or when its unmanned Luna 2 craft made it to the Moon two years later.

Is that with manual and charger also.

[Zyobot]

Apr 17, 2019 2:43:32 GMT lordroel said:

Apr 17, 2019 2:05:38 GMT Zyobot said:

How about '1 Modern Smartphone ISOTed to 1969?'--which happens to be the same year as the first moon landing and therefore, the use of NASA's then-state of the art computers that pale compared to modern game consoles, of all things.

Or maybe a similar ISOT could take place in the late 1950s, around the time when Sputnik was launched by Soviet Russia, or when its unmanned Luna 2 craft made it to the Moon two years later.

Is that with manual and charger also.

Sure, why not?

[lordroel]

Apr 17, 2019 2:50:05 GMT Zyobot said:

Apr 17, 2019 2:43:32 GMT lordroel said:

Is that with manual and charger also.

Sure, why not?

I would guess it will become a super advance pocket calculator, also what app would be on it they people of 1969 can use.

[Zyobot]

Apr 17, 2019 3:17:03 GMT lordroel said:

Apr 17, 2019 2:50:05 GMT Zyobot said:

Sure, why not?

I would guess it will become a super advance pocket calculator, also what app would be on it they people of 1969 can use.

I dunno how useful any apps the smartphone has would be if it were sent back to 1969. Besides, only one got sent back--meaning the US government is probably the most likely and only one with access to them anytime soon.

[stevep]

Apr 17, 2019 12:36:52 GMT Zyobot said:

Apr 17, 2019 3:17:03 GMT lordroel said:

I would guess it will become a super advance pocket calculator, also what app would be on it they people of 1969 can use.

I dunno how useful any apps the smartphone has would be if it were sent back to 1969. Besides, only one got sent back--meaning the US government is probably the most likely and only one with access to them anytime soon.

  That might depend on who actually found it 1st.  Possibly a scientist or even young technology student who realises how powerful it might be, some crime lord or private businessman?  Of course once the government found out about it they would want it, as would a lot of other people, so possessing it could become rather expensive in life insurance!

[Zyobot]

'WI The Sun Suddenly Went Supernova?'. This would be a mass death scenario that annihilates the entire human population.

[lordroel]

Apr 18, 2019 17:01:24 GMT Zyobot said:

'WI The Sun Suddenly Went Supernova?'. This would be a mass death scenario that annihilates the entire human population.

And would destroy the entire Sol System, if I recall correctly it has been a theme in many books, movies and TV series if I am correct.

[Zyobot]

Apr 18, 2019 17:08:22 GMT lordroel said:

Apr 18, 2019 17:01:24 GMT Zyobot said:

'WI The Sun Suddenly Went Supernova?'. This would be a mass death scenario that annihilates the entire human population.

And would destroy the entire Sol System, if I recall correctly it has been a theme in many books, movies and TV series if I am correct.

I don't disagree with you there. Heck, there'd be no one to even investigate why the Sun suddenly exploded, because the entire human population would've been annihilated in the sudden supernova. Maybe it'd warrant the attention of any aliens out there, but not us by that point.

Another frivolous ASB I've been thinking of is 'WI Improperly Using Trademarks Incapacitated You?'. To clarify what I mean by that, Google doesn't like its name being used as a verb (i.e. "to Google" or "Google it"), for example. I also predict that governments would swiftly genericize them all so that people don't suffer ill affects, assuming that rightsholders (who'd piss off tons of people by retaining their trademarks anyway) don't give them up first.

[lordroel]

Apr 18, 2019 17:14:58 GMT Zyobot said:

Apr 18, 2019 17:08:22 GMT lordroel said:

And would destroy the entire Sol System, if I recall correctly it has been a theme in many books, movies and TV series if I am correct.

I don't disagree with you there. Heck, there'd be no one to even investigate why the Sun suddenly exploded, because the entire human population would've been annihilated in the sudden supernova. Maybe it'd warrant the attention of any aliens out there, but not us by that point.

Another frivolous ASB I've been thinking of is 'WI Improperly Using Trademarks Incapacitated You?'. To clarify what I mean by that, Google doesn't like its name being used as a verb (i.e. "to Google" or "Google it"), for example. I also predict that governments would swiftly genericize them all so that people don't suffer ill affects, assuming that rightsholders (who'd piss off tons of people by retaining their trademarks anyway) don't give them up first.

So no use of words like Coca Cola, Microsoft and such online.

[Zyobot]

Apr 18, 2019 17:17:55 GMT lordroel said:

Apr 18, 2019 17:14:58 GMT Zyobot said:

I don't disagree with you there. Heck, there'd be no one to even investigate why the Sun suddenly exploded, because the entire human population would've been annihilated in the sudden supernova. Maybe it'd warrant the attention of any aliens out there, but not us by that point.

Another frivolous ASB I've been thinking of is 'WI Improperly Using Trademarks Incapacitated You?'. To clarify what I mean by that, Google doesn't like its name being used as a verb (i.e. "to Google" or "Google it"), for example. I also predict that governments would swiftly genericize them all so that people don't suffer ill affects, assuming that rightsholders (who'd piss off tons of people by retaining their trademarks anyway) don't give them up first.

So no use of words like Coca Cola, Microsoft and such online.

No, no, you'd be fine so as long as you referred to the companies themselves when you used those words, as well as in the ways that they're alright with. It'd be supremely disadvantageous to the rights-holders if these words couldn't be used online at all.

To prevent this fate from befalling the web and its users, the trademark holders and/or governments would loosen up acceptable use enormously--maybe even completely declare trademarks generic in order to ensure that no one else suffers ill affects. The former would be seen in an exceedingly negative light if they didn't do such, and the latter would step in if the former were too stubborn to.

[Zyobot]

'1950s Reaction to Alex Jones'. Way too political for the ASB forum, but I do wonder how Red Scare-era people--namely Joe McCarthy--would react to the guy. It'd be hella' fun, that's for sure.

[stevep]

Apr 18, 2019 17:24:51 GMT Zyobot said:

Apr 18, 2019 17:17:55 GMT lordroel said:

So no use of words like Coca Cola, Microsoft and such online.

No, no, you'd be fine so as long as you referred to the companies themselves when you used those words, as well as in the ways that they're alright with. It'd be supremely disadvantageous to the rights-holders if these words couldn't be used online at all.

To prevent this fate from befalling the web and its users, the trademark holders and/or governments would loosen up acceptable use enormously--maybe even completely declare trademarks generic in order to ensure that no one else suffers ill affects. The former would be seen in an exceedingly negative light if they didn't do such, and the latter would step in if the former were too stubborn to.

  Apart from anything else there's probably a lot of terms that many people don't realise are/where trademarks, such as hoover so you could have a lot of people affected without even realising why.

[stevep]

What if the original Cassius_Marcellus_Clay, the Kentuckian supporter of abolition of slavery, meant the more famous Cassius Marcellus Clay, i.e. Muhammad Ali?  Preferably while both were at the height of their powers.  I wonder how Ali would react to the man his father was named in honour of?