Comments on: Another trog spotted in the wild http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/ A barrister gossips & rants on intellectual property law, the legal system and civil liberties. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Martin http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-808 Martin Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:52:01 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-808 Don't worry, Charon, Fermat's Last Theorem was solved a good few years ago by a very bright English chap called Andrew Wiles. Just have a flick through his nice, simple solution, and I'm sure all your questions will be answered. @geeklawyer, that's a strange limitation. Can you not simply go to Dashboard>Options>Date and Time Section>and offset it so that it falls back in line with UK time? Don’t worry, Charon, Fermat’s Last Theorem was solved a good few years ago by a very bright English chap called Andrew Wiles. Just have a flick through his nice, simple solution, and I’m sure all your questions will be answered.

@geeklawyer, that’s a strange limitation. Can you not simply go to Dashboard>Options>Date and Time Section>and offset it so that it falls back in line with UK time?

]]> By: Geeklawyer http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-807 Geeklawyer Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:51:26 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-807 I had a choice of either a maths test or a spelling test ... I had a choice of either a maths test or a spelling test …

]]> By: Alex http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-806 Alex Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:26:03 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-806 This new spam protection is good Geeklawyer - it's testing my mathematical skills to the extreme! This new spam protection is good Geeklawyer - it’s testing my mathematical skills to the extreme!

]]> By: Geeklawyer http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-805 Geeklawyer Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:56:32 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-805 You are right. The blog operates on accursed continental time & it is outwith my powers to make an adjustment. I have noticed this for a long time and hoped no-one else would. Curses. You are right. The blog operates on accursed continental time & it is outwith my powers to make an adjustment. I have noticed this for a long time and hoped no-one else would. Curses.

]]> By: Charon QC http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-796 Charon QC Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:17:19 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-796 I have just noticed that my last post records 05:06:32.... I can't believe it took me an hour to type my comment..... Has the government put the clocks forward while I have been out? It cannot be that Geeklawyer has not dealt with the time settings on his blog. It would be ironic if this is the case...given his proficiency and expertise with blog technology.... It is, of course, quite possible that geeklawyer is operating one hour ahead of the rest of us - must be quite useful for predicting the results of horse races, cricket, rugby matches etal - but not so convenient when it comes to welcoming the grim reaper. Well..there we are. yet again... I have managed to blog on someone else's website and add, not one thing, to the wealth of human knowledge.... Perhaps I am doomed to have no legacy... but...at least I will not be angst driven about legacy... unlike our Prime Minister... Hello...hello...hello... sorry to wake you so early Guv... but.... We would like to ask you a few questions about the Knights of Malta, and have a look at your hard drive....before jack STraw abolishes the House of Lords and we have to change the name of our enquiry to 'Cash for Senators." I love the idea that future members of the 'second chamber' will be called 'senators'.... Et tu...Geeklawyer? I'm off now... I have just noticed that my last post records 05:06:32…. I can’t believe it took me an hour to type my comment…..

Has the government put the clocks forward while I have been out?

It cannot be that Geeklawyer has not dealt with the time settings on his blog. It would be ironic if this is the case…given his proficiency and expertise with blog technology….

It is, of course, quite possible that geeklawyer is operating one hour ahead of the rest of us - must be quite useful for predicting the results of horse races, cricket, rugby matches etal - but not so convenient when it comes to welcoming the grim reaper.

Well..there we are. yet again… I have managed to blog on someone else’s website and add, not one thing, to the wealth of human knowledge….

Perhaps I am doomed to have no legacy… but…at least I will not be angst driven about legacy… unlike our Prime Minister…

Hello…hello…hello… sorry to wake you so early Guv… but…. We would like to ask you a few questions about the Knights of Malta, and have a look at your hard drive….before jack STraw abolishes the House of Lords and we have to change the name of our enquiry to ‘Cash for Senators.”

I love the idea that future members of the ’second chamber’ will be called ’senators’….

Et tu…Geeklawyer?

I’m off now…

]]> By: Charon QC http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-799 Charon QC Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:06:32 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-799 Just thought I might pop in at 04.00 hrs to see if I could still count... it seems that I am able to do so. I have, as it happens, spent a most enjoyable evening discussing many matters - and now... a touch of sleep. Normally I get up at this time. Refreshing to find myself going to bed at this hour... I shall, of course, be up for espressos and the tabloids at 8.000 and have breakfast at a cafe in Chiswick. geeklawyer: still having a problem solving this... Fermat's Last Theorem states that xn + yn = zn has no non-zero integer solutions for x, y and z when n > 2 One day I will catch up with you all.... do you numbers people like Carol Vorderman on Countdown? I wish you well for the weekend... I will, of course, be reflecting and doing my best to ensure that global warming does not cause flooding in West London this weekend. a piu tarde Just thought I might pop in at 04.00 hrs to see if I could still count… it seems that I am able to do so.

I have, as it happens, spent a most enjoyable evening discussing many matters - and now… a touch of sleep. Normally I get up at this time. Refreshing to find myself going to bed at this hour… I shall, of course, be up for espressos and the tabloids at 8.000 and have breakfast at a cafe in Chiswick.

geeklawyer: still having a problem solving this…

Fermat’s Last Theorem states that

xn + yn = zn
has no non-zero integer solutions for x, y and z when n > 2

One day I will catch up with you all…. do you numbers people like Carol Vorderman on Countdown?

I wish you well for the weekend… I will, of course, be reflecting and doing my best to ensure that global warming does not cause flooding in West London this weekend.

a piu tarde

]]> By: Charon QC http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-800 Charon QC Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:47:01 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-800 Alex - fair point - but most people on Consilio know I write Charon - and I am quite happy not to be anonymous (Although I deluded myself into believing that MSP and Charon were different for years! - been doing Charon since 2001) I used to be a regular poster on Roll on Friday and even went to quite a few drinks events - I had another alter ego then - linked to grappa It was a good video ! Alex - fair point - but most people on Consilio know I write Charon - and I am quite happy not to be anonymous (Although I deluded myself into believing that MSP and Charon were different for years! - been doing Charon since 2001)

I used to be a regular poster on Roll on Friday and even went to quite a few drinks events - I had another alter ego then - linked to grappa

It was a good video !

]]> By: Alex http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-797 Alex Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:50:09 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-797 "I think the reason that trainee blogs are invariably crap is becuase the writer cannot be honest, indeed is compelled to lie, since their job, future and blog writing position is entirly dependant on them saying nice things about their employers. So these trogs are in fact not blogs at all but marketing produced on the cheap by trainees who ought to be employing their time more usefully actually doing some law." Ruthie's hit the nail on the head. Whilst the Charons and Geeklawyers of the legal blogging world can anonymously rant about whatever they think, those of us blogging under a corporate identity don't have that luxury. Or at least we don't without becoming part of the Roll On Friday weekly news. So you're unlikely to be seeing IMPACT's "we've had a few bottles of wine Christmas song" video any time soon. I've destroyed all copies, you see. “I think the reason that trainee blogs are invariably crap is becuase the writer cannot be honest, indeed is compelled to lie, since their job, future and blog writing position is entirly dependant on them saying nice things about their employers. So these trogs are in fact not blogs at all but marketing produced on the cheap by trainees who ought to be employing their time more usefully actually doing some law.”

Ruthie’s hit the nail on the head. Whilst the Charons and Geeklawyers of the legal blogging world can anonymously rant about whatever they think, those of us blogging under a corporate identity don’t have that luxury. Or at least we don’t without becoming part of the Roll On Friday weekly news. So you’re unlikely to be seeing IMPACT’s “we’ve had a few bottles of wine Christmas song” video any time soon. I’ve destroyed all copies, you see.

]]> By: Root http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-801 Root Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:14:52 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-801 What is worse is that the putative blogger is either unlikely to have been a willing volunteer, or possibly - did volunteer without a clue as to what they were doing. Blogs without humour and honesty are just never going to get off the starting blocks. Now if these people hired ME................ What is worse is that the putative blogger is either unlikely to have been a willing volunteer, or possibly - did volunteer without a clue as to what they were doing. Blogs without humour and honesty are just never going to get off the starting blocks. Now if these people hired ME…………….

]]> By: Ruthie http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2007/02/08/another-trog-spotted-in-the-wild/#comment-798 Ruthie Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:42:27 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=231#comment-798 On a more serious note, whilst there is clearly a contratural duty on firms to provide for the legal education of their trainee, there is, I would veture to suggest, at the very least, a moral obligation on a principal to take care for the overall welfare of their trainee. It seems to Ruthie that pressures on trainees, finanacial, academic, emotional..are greater than ever. Incredible but true, some trainees might be reluctant to admit that they are having problems for fear of jeopardizing their future employment prospects. For the purely mercenary there are also good reasons for looking after your trainee. A happy trainee is likely to be a productive one, and in due course a loyal employee. Therefore Ruthie dares to suggest that firms should encourage trainees to dicuss any problems they may have. As Charon notes, no trainee passes through two years with no problems at all. The Winckworth Sherwood blog as marketing is counter-productive. Everyone knows that real life is not like that. Trainees are not stupid. Therefore one wonders what they have to hide that they need to try so hard to pretend that everything is wonderful. Chances are nothing...so then, why do it? On a more serious note, whilst there is clearly a contratural duty on firms to provide for the legal education of their trainee, there is, I would veture to suggest, at the very least, a moral obligation on a principal to take care for the overall welfare of their trainee.

It seems to Ruthie that pressures on trainees, finanacial, academic, emotional..are greater than ever. Incredible but true, some trainees might be reluctant to admit that they are having problems for fear of jeopardizing their future employment prospects.

For the purely mercenary there are also good reasons for looking after your trainee. A happy trainee is likely to be a productive one, and in due course a loyal employee.

Therefore Ruthie dares to suggest that firms should encourage trainees to dicuss any problems they may have. As Charon notes, no trainee passes through two years with no problems at all.

The Winckworth Sherwood blog as marketing is counter-productive. Everyone knows that real life is not like that. Trainees are not stupid. Therefore one wonders what they have to hide that they need to try so hard to pretend that everything is wonderful. Chances are nothing…so then, why do it?

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