Sunday, February 22, 2009

PIRACY


To discuss one term is quite intriguing. That term is piracy. When thinking of the word “piracy” we might briefly depict Johnny Depths in the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean” and how they swash-buckled all over the movie screen. Or, something that is a little more typical to modern standards such as hijacking a plane like the tragic event that took September 11, 2001. We cannot forget about auto theft and car burglary. In those cases, victims were physically roughed for their possessions. When the word was presented to me, I decided to discuss the term “piracy” with a couple of my buddies. Through our countless quarreling, we finally came to mutual agreement that the term means a couple of thing such as illegal copying written material and software. I will also discuss why certain inventions should not be subjected to become patents; we need to advance those services to enhance humanity.

Going to Disney World can be Flabbergasting because of the illusion it creates for people. The person who visualized this wonderful place did not exactly come up with all the ideals. He took the character, Steam Boat Willy and changed his name to Mickey Mouse. A lot of people are unaware of that. Walt Disney (creator) also took Fairy Tale Stories such as The Jungle Book, Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella and dubbed them as Disney product. Around that time, copyright started to be utilized by many, including Walt Disney. He didn’t want anybody using any of his product or concepts for their personal gain.

Another form of piracy is hijacking software for your computer. The specific software applications are very useful to whoever is utilizing them. Usually, students in graphic design or photographer would burn their friend’s original copy of Photoshop. A musician and producer might require a bootleg version of the Fruity Loops Suit to be able to create beats and things of that nature. A more common application that is used for multi tasking and various job descriptions is Microsoft Word. Amateur graphic designers and photographers, musicians, and Microsoft users don’t really think about illegally using these software applications, but after create a project or product, these same individuals run and get their work copyrighted and whoever use their creation without permission will be penalized. That’s the irony of how people don’t think that there is anything wrong with that concept.

With that said, readers could agree with me when I say some devises should not have a patent to regulate the product because these entities helped developed today’s civilization. Top inventors like the Wright Bros. who invented the first airplane and Thomas Edison who created Direct Current (DC) electricity and various other contraptions contributed powerful devises that are vital to humanity. Even though those inventors created these contraptions, it wouldn’t help humankind if patents were restricted these devises. Now there are many kinds of jets that are safer than the Wright Bros. version of the plane. I can say the same thing about lights. There are different types of lights that are used for multiple reasons.

In conclusion, piracy is not an easy topic there are so many components to have under consideration. Walt Disney was deviously creative when he took Fairy Tales Stories and Steam Boat Willy and put a Disney Corporation twist on it, but what made him clever was getting his material copyrighted. Even though a product was copyrighted, it still does not mean that people are not going to illegally use it. Photoshop, Fruity Loops, and Microsoft Office are all prime examples. Some people think that when someone besides the actual creator reproduces a product, it is a copyright or patent violation. But to me, those devises are used to improve mankind

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

SEEK YOUR OWN FORTUNE!!!


Once upon a time, there was a nymphomaniac by the name Hazelnuts Cumalot who slept around with all the men in the neighborhood and ended up giving birth to three bastard half brothers (Iwonna, Ivonaa, and Juanna). After getting the third eviction notice she couldn’t afford to provide for her infants and she ran off with a Native American money-grubbing preacher, Rev. Wakinho. He converted into the religion of pimping and is, now, referred to as Rev. Wackaho. The last thing the whoring mother said to her sons was, “Go seek your own fortune fools!”
With nowhere to go, the brothers knew they had to stick together no matter what decision they might have made individually. Luckily, they were able to stay with a generous old lady in the neighborhood, by the name of Hilda, who watched them from time to time. She figured since she was old, they could be helpful in the house and in return they would have a place to rest their heads. But, there comes a time when all good things come to an end. The old lady was getting too old so her family sent for her, henceforth, the brothers had to find a place of their own. Besides, they were now of age. Before the old lady departed from them, she quoted the same thing their mother had told them when they were just infants, “Take heed to what I say,” the old lady continued, “Go Seek Your Own Fortune Fools!”
Iwonna, the oldest, was very lazy and didn’t want to accomplish anything out of life, leaving it up to his brothers to fend for themselves. Ivonaa, is the second to oldest, took the fast route by selling drugs. Then there’s Juanna who is the youngest. He was hard working with two jobs and also attending the local college as a part time student. They obviously had different personalities.
Iwonna was very lazy. He went to the bank and borrowed a loan to purchase a piece of property and simply put the biggest cardboard box he could find over his head and deemed it his home. He didn’t take what anyone said under consideration, and he also lived his life on a day-to-day basis. First of all, he did not have a job, he dropped out of high school and even though, he wasn’t working, he still never took the time out to clean up his cardboard box. The only thing he would do was station himself on his dirty ass sofa, eat food, and pickup his right arm just to flip the channels with the television remote. Iwonna was truly a parent worse nightmare.
Ivonaa, on the other hand, purchased a beaten up wooden stick home down the block from his lazy ass older brother where he sold dope. He was also out on the street every night serving all kinds of paraphernalia known to man, trying to make a quick buck. He did not learn anything from observing what his mother went through (at least when she was around). He justified what his mother had last said to him and ran with it, conceptually and not morally. Iwonna never made good financial decisions. As soon as he made his fortune, he would spend it on material things, such as, clothing, shoes, and apparels to make his self look good. He also took arbitrary females out to eat and partied like a rock star every night with his so-called friends; leaving his broke-ass broke.
Fortunately, the mother did not only produce all socially challenged off springs, as well as the old lady who took care of them. Juanna, the youngest took heed to what his mother and the old lady said. Not only that but he also looked at the direction, in which his brothers were going and made his own trajectory. He had two jobs, saving every penny he could afford to put in the bank and graduated from the University of the District of Columbia; getting his bachelors in architecture, and he also obtained a Law degree from UDC’s David and Clarke Law School this pass year (2008). Afterwards, he bought a brick house at the top of the hill in the same neighborhood his brothers lived.
All the brothers were doing fine individually, but one day all their fortune came to a halt. There was this Big Bad Corporation called “WALLY MART”. The CEO was an old hairy bitch by the name Ms. Wolfe (she actually looked like a wolf) who would strong arm poor people out of their homes and businesses and capitalize from the properties.
Ms. Wolfe had just finished building a WALLY MART in the same neighborhood, in which the brothers lived in and she realized that store’s parking lot was too small and then noticed an open piece of property with a cardboard box standing upside down. She walked over to the box and banged on it. Iwonna lifted up the box saying, “Can I help you?” Ms. Wolfe replied, “Move your Box or I’ll move it for you”. Iwonna afterwards stated, “Not if I can help it” and he dropped the box down. THUMP! The angry CEO ferociously staggered away. She ended up finding out that Iwonna was not paying his property taxes so she purchased the property, went over to Iwonna and gave him the eviction notice, then soccer kicked his cardboard home from over his head. Iwonna had to go stay with brother, Ivonaa.
After Ms. Wolfe built a parking lot where the cardboard once stood, she realized that it wasn’t big enough so she wanted the piece of land where a wooden home stood. She walked over to the home and stated to Ivonaa that she wanted the land and he told her, “Not if I can help it.” The angry CEO marched away. She then realized that the wooden shack was a dope-spot so she vindictively called the police and reported the illegal activities that took place on the property she wanted. The police came and barricaded Ivonaa’s home. Luckily, Ivonaa and Iwonna was able to escape to their little brothers home.
Business was going according to plan after Ms. Wolfe purchased her second piece of property that she finagled from the unfortunate drug dealer. She realized that she wanted to live nearby to be able to check on her prospect “cashing crop”. Then, she noticed a nice brick home with a little white picket fence. She walked over to the house, knocked on the door, and told Juanna that she wants to buy his house. But, he simply replied that he just moved there and it wasn’t for sale. Ms. Wolfe was livid and told Juanna to sell the house or else and Juanna replied, ”Or else what. You can’t get my home. Not if I can help it.” Wolfe stormed off in fumes.
She tried every legal action to get him out of there, she checked his background and it was clean so she resorted to hiring a hinch-man to kill Juanna. The hinch-man broke into the brick house and snuck through the living room where was confronted by three brothers who beat the living “Be Jesus” out of him. Then, they called the police and got the man arrested. Being afraid of the maximum consequences the hinch-man snitched on the Big Bad Wolfe. She got arrested and the brothers took over the Wolfe’s empire. The End….

Friday, January 16, 2009

Initial Essay

Dem shoulda neva let mi inna dis blogging sinting. (English translation: The should have never let me in this blogging thing!). Now, I'm going to tear the place up. Thank God I am in this 21st century because modern technology empowers me say, write, record and now blog my royal perogative, where you can get a reallll yawd mon point of view.

I know quite a few people blog, but since I wasn't expose to this form of presentation I overlooked it. Now, you will hear more from me .
,Royal Perogative