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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 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, 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 behemoth.</ref> and several thousand members of ISDA’s document working group, seconded by their employers to contributing their “clarifications” and [[For the avoidance of doubt|doubt-avoidances]] for the greater good of the standard form simply vanished. | 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 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, 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 behemoth.</ref> and several thousand members of ISDA’s document working group, seconded by their employers to contributing their “clarifications” and [[For the avoidance of doubt|doubt-avoidances]] for the greater good of the standard form simply vanished. | ||
All — the document, the personnel, and the drafting miscellania and 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 — | All — the document, the personnel, and the drafting miscellania and [[Tedium|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 — | ||
Well, speaking of robots, it is said that Roy Batty’s speech from the original ''Blade Runner'' (1982) fell through a | Well, speaking of robots, it is said that Roy Batty’s speech from the original ''Blade Runner'' (1982) fell through a rent in the fabric of the [[space-time continuum]] created by 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 mutilated psyche away from the smoking ruins of his employer: | ||
“You thought you knew ''everything'', didn't you,” [[sneered]] the hapless futures specialist. “And ''now'' look at us. ''You'' did this. You have no idea.” | “You thought you knew ''everything'', didn't you,” [[sneered]] the hapless [[futures]] specialist. “And ''now'' look at us. ''You'' did this. You have no idea.” | ||
The CDO man turned, a replicant glimmer in his eye, and said: | The CDO man turned, a replicant glimmer in his eye, and said: | ||