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As it was, the challenge was just too big. The project expanded — at first gradually; in the closing stages at breakneck pace — and in the final days is believed to have exceeded its [[Schwarzschild radius of document comprehension|Schwarzschild radius]] altogether. There was a sudden, catastrophic implosion, and everything associated with the project — all traces of the agreement, earlier drafts, the firm {{ISDA}} engaged to coordinate the drafting (Messrs [[Tubb Fuller Breaden Potter Bacon]])<ref>[[TFBPB]] has never been heard of since, and curiously, no record now exists of this firm before 2008, even though it was apparently a global bemoth</ref> and several thousand members of ISDA’s document working group seconded by their employers to contributing their “clarifications” and doubt-avoidances for the greater good of the standard form. All — the document, the personnel, and the drafting tedia — have been lost to history, and we now do not know what the agreement said, how it said it, or indeed whether the agreement really existed at all. And the robots — | As it was, the challenge was just too big. The project expanded — at first gradually; in the closing stages at breakneck pace — and in the final days is believed to have exceeded its [[Schwarzschild radius of document comprehension|Schwarzschild radius]] altogether. There was a sudden, catastrophic implosion, and everything associated with the project — all traces of the agreement, earlier drafts, the firm {{ISDA}} engaged to coordinate the drafting (Messrs [[Tubb Fuller Breaden Potter Bacon]])<ref>[[TFBPB]] has never been heard of since, and curiously, no record now exists of this firm before 2008, even though it was apparently a global bemoth</ref> and several thousand members of ISDA’s document working group seconded by their employers to contributing their “clarifications” and doubt-avoidances for the greater good of the standard form. All — the document, the personnel, and the drafting tedia — have been lost to history, and we now do not know what the agreement said, how it said it, or indeed whether the agreement really existed at all. And the robots — | ||
===The shoulders of Orion 2006-1 CDO=== | ===The shoulders of Orion 2006-1 CDO=== | ||
Well, speaking of robots, it is said that Roy Batty’s speech from Blade Runner (1982) fell through a hole in the [[space-time continuum]] created by shockwaves from the | Well, speaking of robots, it is said that Roy Batty’s speech from Blade Runner (1982) fell through a hole in the [[space-time continuum]] created by shockwaves from the implosion. Rutger Hauer adapted it, but only slightly, from this exchange, between an ETD negotiator and a mortally injured {{tag|CDO}} lawyer as he dragged his wrecked psyche away from the smoking ruins of his investment bank: | ||
“You thought you knew everything, didn't you,” said the hapless futures expert. “And ''now'' look at us. You did this. You have no idea.” | “You thought you knew ''everything'', didn't you,” said the hapless futures expert. He [[sneered]]. “And ''now'' look at us. ''You'' did this. You have no idea.” | ||
The CDO man turned, a replicant glimmer in his eye, and said this: | The CDO man turned, a replicant glimmer in his eye, and said this: | ||
{{box| | {{box| | ||
:''I’ve seen things you people | :''I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.'' | ||
:''Attack-ships on fire off the | :''Attack-ships on fire off the red-herring of Orion 2006-1 hybrid CDO.'' | ||
:''I watched mezzanine-tranches glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.'' | :''I watched mezzanine-tranches glitter in the dark near the [[Tannhäuser Gate]].'' | ||
:''All those moments will be lost in time, like | :''All those moments will be lost in time, like payments in kind.'' | ||
:''Time to retrain as a primary school teacher.'' | :''Time to retrain as a primary school teacher.'' | ||
}} | }} | ||