Saturday, January 15, 2005
Res ispa loquitur
Consumer choice run wild
Waddling Thunder at 08:20 PM writes:
I'm taking a course in food and drug law this semester, which has turned out to be a lot of fun. Reading the casebook, I came across this excerpt from a deposition. I think it speaks for itself
Q. Mr. Konicov, does your firm still market a tape called "Astro Sounds"?
A. Yes, we do.
Q. How does it differ from the other tapes?
A. It's just a bunch of loud, squeaky noises.
Q. And what is it supposed to do?
A. I don't know.
Q. Why do you sell the tape if you don't know what it does or purports to do?
A. Why?
Q. Yes.
A. To give people a choice to buy it or not to buy it.
Stuff I've been listening to tonight:
the radar log of the huygens titan probe, expressed as a sound file.
a band called peelander-z, a sort of hentai punk rock thing, songs like ninja high school.
this was at the punk rock prom, where i got kudos for being the only guy in the mosh pit with a brooks brothers suit. "loud squeaky noises" indeed.
i didn't understand it much, but i had fun.
Consumer choice run wild
Waddling Thunder at 08:20 PM writes:
I'm taking a course in food and drug law this semester, which has turned out to be a lot of fun. Reading the casebook, I came across this excerpt from a deposition. I think it speaks for itself
Q. Mr. Konicov, does your firm still market a tape called "Astro Sounds"?
A. Yes, we do.
Q. How does it differ from the other tapes?
A. It's just a bunch of loud, squeaky noises.
Q. And what is it supposed to do?
A. I don't know.
Q. Why do you sell the tape if you don't know what it does or purports to do?
A. Why?
Q. Yes.
A. To give people a choice to buy it or not to buy it.
Stuff I've been listening to tonight:
the radar log of the huygens titan probe, expressed as a sound file.
a band called peelander-z, a sort of hentai punk rock thing, songs like ninja high school.
this was at the punk rock prom, where i got kudos for being the only guy in the mosh pit with a brooks brothers suit. "loud squeaky noises" indeed.
i didn't understand it much, but i had fun.
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