Off-switch

More fic. Approx. 1300 words of it. Amy falls deeper down the rabbit hole and Brian asks a very relevant question.





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I've got a bit of a scrambled up belief system, but the multi-verse as presented by Discworld suits me well. The idea that there is a multi-verse and that anything CAN happen, but not everything DOES happen, because we make the choice between can and does. I believe that there is a place somewhere where all of the ideas and possibilities gather and sleep and give out inspiration to anyone who bothers to listen. And I believe that belief itself can sometimes make the unreal real.

Which is all just prologue to me noticing last night that Night Watch by Terry Pratchett and Life on Mars share several spooky plot similarities, and wouldn't it be fun to have Sam Vimes and Sam Tyler meet up on the beat one night and have a chat?

The Rules of The Internet tell me that this must exist somewhere, because the Internet is the multi-verse personified. So... does anyone know of the existence of such a fic?

(and bonus points if the Brig is involved.)

http://www.youvebeenowned.org/

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/06/if-youve-ever-sold-a-used-ipod-you-may-have-violated-copyright-law/258276/

http://ownershiprights.org/kirtsaeng-vs-wiley

http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/ViewNews.aspx?id=45093&terms=@ReutersTopicCodes+CONTAINS+%27ANV%27

I'll leave you all to do your own reading and draw your own conclusions, but in a nutshell:

When it's digital product I understand stripping the right of resale. It doesn't mean I like it, but it makes sense given that you can essentially make unlimited copies.

But when that logic jumps onto physical objects like clothing, phones, books and CDs it stops being logic. I do not have a magic replicator. I cannot clone my possessions. However, I do occasionally accumulate too many possessions and, rather than throw them out, I like to donate stuff I don't use anymore to charity, give it to friends, or even sell it. Depending on the court decision here we all might end up living in a world where the only legal thing you'll be able to do with stuff you don't want anymore is put it in the trash. Now, this would only apply to things which were made outside of the United States, but since we live in a global economy putting this into practice means that you wouldn't be able to resell anything - including cars and houses - without getting permission from people who probably have a vested interest in not giving you permission.

And just like that, libraries, Ebay, and giving away Christmas presents all may become illegal. < at least this is how I'm interpreting the potential end results. I have no legal background and, to be totally honest, I've only really been skim reading. This is why I invite you all to read and draw your own conclusions because mine may well be wrong.

Luckily I'm not American so I can still recycle if this goes through (hurrah!). Unluckily my government has a rather monkey-see, monkey-do approach to whatever America does. Also America has a tendency to try and enforce its copy-right laws across international boundaries: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2087574/Richard-ODwyer-extradition-A-naive-British-student-facing-10-years-chains.html

So, Flisters who live in the USA, if you would be kind enough to tell your government that you think this is a stupid idea I would be much obliged.

Flisters who don't live in the USA, feel free to pass the message on and to tell your own governments not to monkey-see, monkey-do if this comes to pass

I have been asked to spread the word about a 4 year old male orange tabby cat in North Bay Ontario who is looking for a good home. His owner can no longer keep him due to territorial issues with another cat. If any Flisters are looking for a cat and willing to make a bit of a drive for it (I don't think I've got any one on here in Northern Ontario?) I'd be happy to forward you the owner's contact details.

If you know any one who might be interested please let me know. It's probably a long shot since unwanted cats are, sadly, very common. I don't know the cat in question so I can't tell you what they're like personality-wise, but after losing Obo I want to do the best I can to give this kitty some publicity.

I feel like an absolute idiot. The highest class of idiot. I've been crying all day and feeling generally miserable, which I honestly deserve. But maybe something can be salvaged from this if I can information share and prevent this from happening to other people.

( Please don't let this happen to your kitties )

Bottom line: get your pets fixed.

Also, please give good thoughts to Pebbles.
( Here she is being a beauty queen three days ago )

Time for you to hustle on over to eleven_romana to Claim-a-Day on the 2nd annual ficathon.

Come on. You know you want to.

:D

After a great evening out I came home and went to check the DbyA for new posts/spam/unwhited spoilers. People had left messages in the C-box. I sort of skimmed them but my eyes caught out the words "will miss the SJA" and all I could think was: "Damn! It's been cancelled? But I loved that show! I love Clyde/Rani and Sarah-Jane and K-9/Mr. Smith"

If only.

It's not really sticking yet. Reading various posts, I think it's a big shock to everyone in fandom. No one knew she was sick. She always looked so young. All I can think now is that 63 is my mum's age, which I generally forget because she looks so young too. My sympathies and prayers are going out to Lis Sladen's friends and family tonight.

Good bye Sarah-Jane, we won't forget you.

I've apparently also succumbed to the March Madness bug. I'm not sure where poor Eleven's going to dig up 200-odd votes in the next 16 hours (I did that math right? right?) but I'm hopeful none the less... okay, not going to lie, I just think it would be fun to have Eleven win in 2011. I've never participated in this thing before or even been aware of its existence, but baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Sheep.

VOTE FOR ELEVEN

And as a side note, I won't be displeased if the competitor wins. I've only seen a handful of episodes of his show, but it's not bad.

Here's my contribution to the eleven_romana  ficathon.
It will probably be up on the teaspoon at some point as well, but for now it's here.



Title: Glass of Water
Word Count: 2223
Warnings: None

( Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a big, empty house... )