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Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 18:01:27 -0400
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Stephen's Secure Blog #329
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's after
2018, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 17 in this story, in the Fall of year 8 of his special
school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #329 "Networked"
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Bill called, and got through to Chad. They had a good time laughing
in each other's ears about my announcement regarding approval of
politicians. He even made it a new rule in his show. We haven't heard
from any politicians who want to go through the approval process. No
more requests for endorsements have come in, so something good came out
of it.
Rose and I did the music and dance show, studio recorded for network
TV. They promoted it, but decided not to air it when they said they
would, and wouldn't tell us if they would ever air it. We had the
rights to it, so we asked them to give it back, or delete it. They
didn't. Chad told them I was very displeased about that. No reply. I
deleted all their copies of it, even where they probably didn't think I
would find them, which included an executive's home, in his personal
computer. Then Chad offered it to other networks, and included the
story of what happened before, without telling them I had deleted their
copies. Fox took it, and promoted it heavily, playing up our romance
and pending marriage, and funds for charity, and aired it, to great
ratings. The other network sued us and Fox. Our lawyers conferred with
Fox's, and agreed we couldn't lose, even though I had removed the
files. We countersued, and announced it all over that if we won the
countersuit, the money would go to charities of our choice.
The trial was covered in the media. The network didn't have a legal
leg to stand on, but instead tried to claim that I broke into their
computer system and stole the files. That was a mistake. Even if they
could have proved that, it had no place in their suit. Their complaint
was that we broke our contract in giving it to another network, when it
was they who had broken the contract in not airing it when they agreed
to, and not telling us, despite inquiries, when, or even if, they would
air it in the future. All that, Chad had written in the fine print. We
won. And they lost in the eyes of the public. My reputation for
honesty and fairness really hurt them, in going against me, which they
then tried with another tactic. They filed a criminal complaint against
me, charging theft, and breaking and entering, and cyber crimes.
In the Grand Jury hearing, I was asked, "Have you ever been on any of
the properties in question?" I said "I have not. But if they would like
to invite me, I might consider it." That drew some smiles. He said
"Have you ever stolen anything from the complainants?" I said "No, I
have not. In fact, what they say in regard to that, is not even
possible." He said "How is that?" I said "I can't steal what I already
own and have never lost possession of. I have the file of the show,
because I made it, and it never left my computer since it was created.
They had a copy for them to use as specified in the contract, that I
had absolutely no use for, myself." Their lawyer said "Did you delete
the file the network had?" I said "We asked the network to delete or
return the file we sent them, and any copies, according to the
specifics in the contract they had signed. We asked many times, and
never received a reply. Then I felt a strong wish that all copies of
this particular work, but mine, no longer existed. DO they exist now?
Do YOU still have my file?" He said "I am not authorized to disclose
that." I said "You have no evidence that a crime was committed, much
less that I, or any of my people did anything wrong. In my situation,
if you were my legal council, would you advise me to seek a criminal
complaint against those you represent, and YOU, for harassment, and
filing false claims with the police, and false prosecution?" He said
"I'm through with this witness." The prosecutor said, "I agree with the
defense witness. Charges will be filed."
Then we had a big conference with all concerned. Chad proposed a
compromise. We wouldn't support criminal charges, if they didn't
appeal the large judgement of our countersuit, and paid right away.
They said only if all the proceedings and judgements had nondisclosure
clauses. Chad said "I was hoping you would refuse Stephen's offer."
Very cautiously, the opposing lawyers said, "Why?" Chad said, "Because
I want to drag your ass kicking and screaming through the mud. Right.
I'm not as nice as he is. We are going to go after you for defamation
of character, and not just breach of contract, and the pending criminal
charges. You hurt Stephen's untarnished reputation with false
accusations. While he doesn't really want to own a major TV network,
there is a very good possibility he might have one, eventually. Yours.
We will NOT countenance any nondisclosure stipulations. We don't intend
to broadcast any of this after we have the agreement we want, and
won't, if you don't, but you will just have to take our word for it."
He thought it over, and said, "I need time to confer with my people."
Chad said, "How many minutes do you need?" He was outraged, and said,
"Now see here!" I said "Where?" That stopped him with confusion, and
Chad succeeding, just barely, in not laughing.
I said "Chad, why don't we try this. They agree to pay for the
countersuit we already won, to the charity we specify, and to avoid you
making them mud wrestle each other in prison, well, they did commit
some crimes, they give an equal amount of money to PBS, on the sly if
they want, and we don't shout it all from the rooftops, but THEY can,
saying it's in the spirit of generosity and good will. Oh, and they pay
our lawyers the commission they would have earned. That way we all win.
The charities I support get lots of money, and the network doesn't get
gigantic fines imposed, and their executives don't go to prison, and
they even manage to look nice to the public who doesn't follow these
things too closely, anyway." He said "That's reasonable, which is why I
don't like it." The Network boss in the room, said to the head of his
legal team, "If it's real, take the deal." The lawyer said, "I'll work
it up." The boss said to me, "Stephen, I apologize for my people, for
getting us all into this mess. Your proposal is more than fair. I have
to say my people failed on more than one level. The ratings showed we
should have run it ourselves. If you want to give us something in the
future, anything, we'll do our best for you. It's just good business
sense." I said "Thank you. To be helpful, I should point out that their
mistake, and yours, was in considering me just a performer, and
treating me as badly as you usually do to mostly powerless performers."
He looked at me oddly, and said, "What do you mean?"
I said "I think you know what I mean. The arrogance of power isn't
very pretty, particularly when it resorts to pettiness." He sighed and
said, "Yes, I do know. A common failing in our business. But that
doesn't fully explain your comment." I said "You didn't have a legal
leg to stand on, but you thought you could roll right over me. I would
not allow anything unjust to happen. How, is simple. I don't work to
lose, and I have resources you can't imagine. You didn't stand a
chance." He looked very interested, and said, "What resources?" Chad
said "He's too modest to tell you, so I will. The law requires us to
have lawyers to represent us, but Stephen doesn't actually need their
help. His intelligence is 24 times the average. He has total recall,
and that goes back 74,000 years. He can read an entire library in a
second, from the other side of the world, and he's done that, to the
largest law library. Devout Buddhists, and some of other faiths, would
gladly defend him with their lives. There is much more, but I think you
get the picture."
He said "Wow!" Chad said, "He hears that a lot. But there is
something else I want to say. While I'll go along with his deal, I
really don't want to. You HURT him! Of all the things he's done for
public consumption, this is the only one he actually wanted to do. All
the other ones, I asked him to do, and he did them only to support
Tibet, and I have to admit, to please me, but this one was also for his
future children. It was VERY personnel to him, and he asked me to
you hurt him, to have this trouble for his gift, that he made for his
children." I put my hand on Chad's shoulder and said, "I didn't need to
be reminded of that. And it doesn't change anything here. Please let it
go." He nodded, and wiped his eyes.
The network boss was very surprised. So were the others. He said "I
didn't know. I'm VERY sorry! What can I do to make it right for you?" I
said "You can't. What is done is done. The past is beyond us, so we
move on. In any case, you know what you are able to do, more than I do.
In general, those who want to please me, do things to help the less
fortunate. That's most of what I do in this life. What I value the most
after sharing love. I am finished with this. You all know now what
should be done. Chad can stay and work things out with you now, or some
other time. Before I go, if you permit, I will share myself with you."
I stood, and they all did. I opened my arms, and because my Ki was
flowing fully, they didn't think twice about coming into my arms for my
hugs with my VERY enhanced love. Then I ported away.
I cried in the loving arms of Rose and Hawk. I said "Sometimes I
don't know why I should keep doing this. Does humanity really deserve
all we are trying to do for them?" Hawk said "No. That's why we should
help them to become better, so they CAN deserve it." I said
"Interesting twisted logic." Rose said, "And from him, too." He poked
her, and they both laughed. I said "Well, I think I should accept it,
for now." Rose said, "Have you been watching them?" I said "Absolutely
not!" She said "That network boss just doubled the money he's giving to
PBS, and said he plans to encourage the other networks to match it, and
set up something for annual contributions." I said "Interesting, even
if it doesn't happen." Hawk said, "Oh, now they did it! Going to name
said, "I just told that to Chad. He's trying not to laugh." We laughed
for him.
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