[deleted]
Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
71–80 of 297 posts
Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
#72Does purchased for $20 online imply the dragon is an NFT?
I bet the lawyer could flip it now if yes.
Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
#73I used to put a diagonal light gray huge "DRAFT" across pages of certain documents for which it was important that a working draft not be interpreted as final. What would've been a great use for the lawyer's dragon documents would be to clearly mark incomplete/unapproved drafts, for internal review only. Because, obviously, there was no way that you would accidentally submit a filing to the court with a huge purple c…
Text watermarks can be a PITA when they cover the page and the PDF reader prioritizes them for text selection rather than the top layer text.
Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
#74Any 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. I…
I would say that job interview in the fancy restaurant is the first "unprofessional" step in this chain. The place to conduct serious interviews is called the office.
Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't like the idea that one should be excluded from doing a type of work because of something arbitrary like hair color or skin markings.
If you were facing the death penalty would you pick a lawyer with purple hair and face tattoos to defend you?
I would if they were the best lawyer available? Their personal appearance is going to be pretty far down my list of concerns. See also Taleb’s Surgeon Paradox: https://medium.com/incerto/surgeons-should-notlook-like-surg...
Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
#76The 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 want to make two observations here. First, the order being reported is made against the lawyer, not against the lawyer's client - And it is in order not to do this in future. So, while your observation is good I think the conclusion you draw from it doesn't follow. Secondly, one aspect of your good point is that arguments are filed in a very plain format. The point being that the format does not detract from the me…
> First, the order being reported is made against the lawyer, not against the lawyer's client…
I suspect the client will be billed for the revisions, though.
Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
#77Question - is watermarking legal filings even common? How about the law firm logos in the footer?
Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Au contraire, FOSS allows you to fork and make modifications.
Re: Don't watermark your legal PDFs with purple dragons in suits
#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
For example, I like to put Batman as a dummy user I can't remember the details, but I've heard a story multiple times about a fake-sounding name being used in testing -- I think US military payroll? -- and causing problems when a real person had that name. Can anyone here remember this? In any case, "batman" is just about plausible enough that it could be real. I tend to use names like "Mr. Testy Testalicious" which…
I used to use Test T. Testerton until coworkers critiqued that "Test T" reminded them of male genitals.
Our first user at one company was Richard Test. He had user ID 1001. Well-meaning people deactivated his account several times over the years because it looked fake to them.
Sorry, Richard. I hope you were more amused than annoyed.