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  • The amount of work actually doesn’t matter (except when it does; especially the EU may consider it). The specific wordings might matter but that’s not immediately obvious. A dictionary is at least close enough to mere database that its protected status isn’t automatic. The more selective the dictionary is the more obviously it is protected since the selection process is an expression of creativity.

    Fake entries are definitely used in practice, most likely because they move the dictionary from “probably protected but the court would have to decide” to “definitely protected”.





  • I wasn’t trying to make the point that he or the Mattachine Society didn’t matter. I merely find it very amusing that after a long and meticulously crafted campaign to make gay people as inoffensive and nonthreatening as possible, the thing that accelerated gay acceptance was when the exact opposite happened and people started showing that they didn’t have to be nonthreatening.

    The combination of a quiet composed voice and a loud angry one was more effective than either would’ve been on their own.









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    26 days ago

    All other things aside, which Logitech mouse are you talking about? Both my G Pro and my G 305 work out of the box. Logitech also advertises them as ChromeOS compatible and AFAIK the Logitech wireless dongles are USB HID compliant so seeing a Linux straight up refuse to interact with them sounds very weird.



  • All other points aside, “the show is too character-centric and a spin-off could never work” is what a bunch of trekkies said when TNG was announced. No Trek without Kirk, Spock, and McCoy had any hope of being a good show.

    Then TNG came out and it was fine.

    For that matter, Atlantis worked just fine for me, as well. Universe didn’t but that’s mainly because it had focus issues and a weird tone. There is potential for a good new Stargate.

    The question is, of course, what they’d do with it. The new Trek era has been pretty hit-or-miss and it’s hard to say whether we’d get the Stargate equivalent of Picard or Strange New Worlds.

    If it’s another badly lit attempt at making a show out of nothing but curse words and scowls I’d pass. But if it’s another fun, witty ensemble show that knows when to take itself seriously and when not to – yes, please.