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Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by cess11 »

zahrc wrote: post #15

Any image in this position would be distracting. However, I have never understood notions like this: “it is juvenile and impertinent. The Court is not a cartoon” Is like my great grandpa scolding us at the dinner table for laughing and talking.

The court is not a homely dinner between citizens, it's the pinnacle of state power and a place where people are judged by it. Even if the court would always be just and fair it would still be a place of tragedy and suffering for many of the participants.

Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by globular-toast »

zahrc wrote: post #15

Any image in this position would be distracting. However, I have never understood notions like this: “it is juvenile and impertinent. The Court is not a cartoon” Is like my great grandpa scolding us at the dinner table for laughing and talking.

A judge has the power to (effectively or actually) end someone's life. I am very glad this responsibility is taken seriously. As an adult I'm sick of memes and childish "stickers" etc everywhere as it is. It certainly doesn't belong in a court.

Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by cess11 »

rootsudo wrote: post #7

I get why furries are called that — they’re into human-animal caricatures with fur. What do you call someone who likes dragons? Scalies?

People who are into dragons are furries, it's not a literal term. Their furry subgroup is usually called scalies, which besides dragons and snakes include people who are into things like salamanders and other amphibians.

I'm under the impression that such taxonomies are less important to these in-groups than whether you're just into the aesthetic or get off on it sexually as well.

Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by orbital-decay »

demarq wrote: post #12

The whole point of a judicial process is to make judgments on the merit of a case not personal prejudice. What if someone comes to court wearing tattoos are they more guilty?

I don't see how the order is making anyone more or less guilty.

Judicial process historically has a certain seriousness flair and a code of conduct based on it. Making fun of the judge or the court of law is a quick way go get removed from the process or fined, or even jailed. As well as performing marketing stunts like this.

Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by [deleted] »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #4

Also, sometimes we (developers) like to use wacky data for testing purposes. For example, I like to put Batman as a dummy user, and my QA likes to upload cat pictures when testing uploads/images. We do it so it's obvious it's test data, and also we're lazy to think of more "real" data. Just say some users expect real(ish) data for testing. I had a client who was totally not happy when he saw Batman and Superman in th…

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Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by demarq »

_bin_ wrote: post #20
demarq wrote: post #12

The whole point of a judicial process is to make judgments on the merit of a case not personal prejudice. What if someone comes to court wearing tattoos are they more guilty?

Lawyers are held to different standards of professional conduct than defendants. This also makes it much harder to read.

I see what you are saying about there being different standards.

I would follow up with, if the shoe was on the other foot, do you believe that a lawyer with tattoos and or purple hair should be allowed to practice?

We may never agree? But I think that we should be more tolerant of individuality than prejudice.

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Post by Sharlin »

zahrc wrote: post #15

Any image in this position would be distracting. However, I have never understood notions like this: “it is juvenile and impertinent. The Court is not a cartoon” Is like my great grandpa scolding us at the dinner table for laughing and talking.

It’s just as terrible as a lawyer submitting a document written in a totally inappropriate register, like street slang littered with vulgar phrases. There’s a time and a place for cartoon dragons. A court of law is neither. If you don’t understand why, maybe it’s time for you to learn a thing or two about human communication.

Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by demarq »

demarq wrote: post #26
_bin_ wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lawyers are held to different standards of professional conduct than defendants. This also makes it much harder to read.

I see what you are saying about there being different standards. I would follow up with, if the shoe was on the other foot, do you believe that a lawyer with tattoos and or purple hair should be allowed to practice? We may never agree? But I think that we should be more tolerant of individuality than prejudice.

I change my mind. A tattoo is individuality, a purple dragon on a client document is not an appropriate place to express that.

Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by DoctorOW »

ghssds wrote: post #8
wiradikusuma wrote: post #4

Also, sometimes we (developers) like to use wacky data for testing purposes. For example, I like to put Batman as a dummy user, and my QA likes to upload cat pictures when testing uploads/images. We do it so it's obvious it's test data, and also we're lazy to think of more "real" data. Just say some users expect real(ish) data for testing. I had a client who was totally not happy when he saw Batman and Superman in th…

Your client needs to remove the broom stucks in their ass. Your story reminds me of the uptight people angry about the Anubis' catgirl.

I give Abubis a special pass, because they sell a business oriented version without the character. The true cost of using FOSS is you don't have any say in what the developer does.

Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits

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Post by thinkingemote »

zahrc wrote: post #15

Any image in this position would be distracting. However, I have never understood notions like this: “it is juvenile and impertinent. The Court is not a cartoon” Is like my great grandpa scolding us at the dinner table for laughing and talking.

> Is like my great grandpa scolding us at the dinner table for laughing and talking

It's more like a non-familial, formal dinner setting. Think about a job interview where the CEO and interviewer take you and another interviewee to dinner in a fancy restaurant. You turn up in jeans and sneakers with your buddy and you laugh and crack jokes together, the other interviewee turns up in smart clothes and talks soberly. In a few cases (and perhaps only seen in Holywood movies about the American Dream) the CEO may love the irreverence and impertinence and see it as a strength and sign of strong individuality, in almost all cases the bosses will not appreciate it and you will not get a job. Great grandpa loves you, the boss at your place of work doesn't.

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