Comments on: Beautiful World 18: Challenge http://nail.prismaticmedia.com/settings/irokai/beautiful-world/beautiful-world-18-challenge/ Flights of fancy from the digital desk of Kristina Tracer Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cobaltie.livejournal.com/ http://nail.prismaticmedia.com/settings/irokai/beautiful-world/beautiful-world-18-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-163 cobaltie.livejournal.com/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:40:24 +0000 http://nail.prismaticmedia.com/?p=787#comment-163 I have to agree with you somewhat. The residents do seem to have a bit of a shaky ground to stand on...and especially the AIs like Mitsuko who can't ever exist outside the system. So the folks like John say 'we'll just stop paying', and the Company just says 'okay, we'll stop running you'. Simple as that. For a moment I thought that had happened to Mitsuko. o.O It does make me wonder, though, how this whole scenario might be different if the Company was run from the inside of Irokai by uploaded residents. They'd care a little bit more about upload rights and contracts, I'd think. I wonder at the percentage of those working for Tadashiissei /are/ uploaded or native citizens. I have to agree with you somewhat. The residents do seem to have a bit of a shaky ground to stand on…and especially the AIs like Mitsuko who can’t ever exist outside the system. So the folks like John say ‘we’ll just stop paying’, and the Company just says ‘okay, we’ll stop running you’. Simple as that. For a moment I thought that had happened to Mitsuko. o.O

It does make me wonder, though, how this whole scenario might be different if the Company was run from the inside of Irokai by uploaded residents. They’d care a little bit more about upload rights and contracts, I’d think. I wonder at the percentage of those working for Tadashiissei /are/ uploaded or native citizens.

]]> By: Channing http://nail.prismaticmedia.com/settings/irokai/beautiful-world/beautiful-world-18-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Channing Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:08:48 +0000 http://nail.prismaticmedia.com/?p=787#comment-156 Iiidunno. The Company has shown itself to be horrible, stupid and asinine, but that doesn't mean that they too don't have rights. If you really wanted the inalienable right to collectively bargain, maybe you shoulda secured that before uploading yourself, is all I'm saying. Probably gets old hearing me constantly rattle off this same screed, or its variations, but there you have it. :) Iiidunno. The Company has shown itself to be horrible, stupid and asinine, but that doesn’t mean that they too don’t have rights. If you really wanted the inalienable right to collectively bargain, maybe you shoulda secured that before uploading yourself, is all I’m saying.

Probably gets old hearing me constantly rattle off this same screed, or its variations, but there you have it. :)

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