Brb.

A levels. Brb. cya. bbl. ttyl.

Prioritize.
Do not procrastinate.
Hard work.
Discipline.
No complacency. (I have nothing to be complacent about anyway).
Time management.
Stress management.
Good balance of sleep and study.

Chiong.

Will be jotting my ideas on a book, developing them after A's.

Each idea like a photograph, to be developed. A picture paints a thousand words; An developed idea, like a picture, can speak a thousand words too.

Dane Cook- Joke Thief?

In response to a video posted on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz3_ZYYE9II

Indeed Louis CK 2001 and Dane Cook 2005 (lazy to include full album details) has similar themes, such as naming kids and car accidents, but that does not mean that these themes cannot be used again. Firstly, these "themes" are merely ideas, ideas that belong to no one. They cannot be patented, and people cannot lay claim to it. Ideas can be similar, thought by different people at different places. Should they accuse each other of theft?
Undeniably, Dane Cook's presentation, exaggeration improves the 'same' joke that Louis CK told. If inventions can be improved upon, upgraded, modified and sold as a different products, why should this be an exception? Considering it as "plagiarism", which involves copying wholesale, doesn't give Dane Cook any credit for his improvements.

While it is suspicious that these same themes from Louis CK 2001 were in the same Dane Cook 2005 album, but I doubt that any comedian is free of 'joke theft'. Themes and jokes are bound to repeat, now it is up to creativity of the comedian/comedienne to prove his/her originality.

An article about joke theft, for your reading pleasure.
http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/02/take_the_funny_and_run_1.php




A relatively short post. I'll make it up with another post another day. GP prelims over, don't feel an urge for critical thinking about issues. But I felt like penning this thoughts down before I forget them. To all Meridians (and other JC students taking prelims): GLHF xD