tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post6076227431921859978..comments2023-12-01T11:40:00.045+11:00Comments on Dikkii's Diatribe: Pants!Dikkiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-13371903797225365202007-07-05T18:16:00.000+10:002007-07-05T18:16:00.000+10:00Pants??Didn't know about the English slang.I just ...Pants??<BR/><BR/>Didn't know about the English slang.<BR/><BR/>I just used it because the word is far funnier than "trousers".Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-8206484521322723262007-07-05T14:26:00.000+10:002007-07-05T14:26:00.000+10:00I'm surprised it got as far as it did. How much of...I'm surprised it got as far as it did. How much of other people's time and money was wasted before it got before a judge who could officially declare him a jerk?<BR/><BR/>If he'd sued for the price of the pants plus, say, a hundred bucks time/pain/suffering, you'd say fair enough, - maybe.<BR/><BR/>Dikkii, was there a double meaning in your heading "Pants!"? When I first saw it, I thought it was to do with the English slang term: if something is "pants" it's crappy, feeble, weak, as in "That's so pants!"KitKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731254751735634267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-68438476845265153772007-07-05T12:10:00.000+10:002007-07-05T12:10:00.000+10:00That's good news, and I hope that they succeed.The...That's good news, and I hope that they succeed.<BR/><BR/>The only problem is that I suspect that Pearson is close to insolvent. Which means that they won't see a cent.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-38512716455869592872007-07-05T10:04:00.000+10:002007-07-05T10:04:00.000+10:00New news: the Chinese couple is suing Pearson for ...New news: the Chinese couple is suing Pearson for damages. If the forceful ruling against his insanity is any indication, he will probably be forced to pay them.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661441668625677468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-78366360465309587482007-07-05T00:31:00.000+10:002007-07-05T00:31:00.000+10:00The worst part about this was that Pearson is a ju...The worst part about this was that Pearson is a judge himself.<BR/><BR/>I know that judges aren't supposed to sympathise with small fish (or anyone) and are supposed to, ideally, be as objective in applying the law as a cyborg, but this was appalling. Pearson essentially attempted to abuse the law to further his own financial wellbeing.<BR/><BR/>Big fish shouldn't get away with this.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope that your enterprise stays out of harms way, legally. Common law favours the rich.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115935.post-25255441525837085502007-07-04T20:51:00.000+10:002007-07-04T20:51:00.000+10:00The bad news is that, as I understand it, the poor...The bad news is that, as I understand it, the poor emigrant Asian couple that owned the dry cleaners were functionally bankrupt thanks to legal fees long before the damn thing even made it to trial.<BR/><BR/>This is an even more dispicable use of the legal system, and one of which, as an entrepreneur in the geek recreational business, I am all to aware: big fish, so to speak, have the ability to sue smaller folk knowing they will lose and still ruin the competition anyway. Your only chance at that point is to get a judge good enough to cause the Big Fish to pay your legal fees for wasting your time and money.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661441668625677468noreply@blogger.com