A remixed piece based on Cory Doctorow’s ‘Makers’

By Supreet Kaur

nameSpace Remixing “Makers”;

Content.Story = “Makers”;

Original.Content.Creator = coryDoctorow

Content.Remixer = supreetKaur

IsTextVisible = true;

Part = 1;

// var = variable;

Texture3D new Character1;

var suzanneChurch;

suzanneChurch = Content.Load <new Character1>(“Suzanne Church”);

spriteBatch.Begin();

spriteBatch.Imagine(new Character1, new Outfit(1, 1), Color.Any);

spriteBatch.End();

suzanneChurch.blueBlazer.wear();

if (dotboom > height)

{

suzanneChurch.blazer, blueSailclothShirt, khakiTrousers, loafers.wear();

}

isSuzanneChurchVisible = <“splashy pressconferences”>

“splashy pressconferences” == highflying IPOs + mergers;

if (suzanneChurch works)

{

these.days = workAtHome

}else{

sanJoseMercury.newsOffice

}

if(suzanneChurch = sanJose.newsOffice)

{

this.comfortableLightSweaters, looseCottonPants(wear);

}

// var comfortableLightSweaters;

// var looseCottonPants;

// var forYoga;

Texture3D new Character2;

var Reedy;

Texture3D new Character3;

var Tribbey;

Texture3D new Character4;

var ratToothedJumpedUpGossipColumnist;

Texture3D new Characters;

var other characters += 1;

if(state == “NASDAQ breaks 5000”)

{

this.blueBlazer.wear();

}

if(state == “NASDAQ does not break 5000”)

{

blueBlazer.guardedBy.drycleaningBags();

}

Texture3D new Character5;

var landonKettlewell;

landonKettlewell = Content.Load <new Character5>(“Landon Kettlewell”);

spriteBatch.Begin();

spriteBatch.Imagine(shrewd, ethical(twisted, way), Despicable.Brit);

spriteBatch.End();

landonKettlewell.asks “Why the hell have you done this, Landon?” (into tiemic);

landonKettlewell.asks “Why buy two dinosaurs and stick ‘em together? Will they

mate and give birth to a new generation of lessendangered dinosaurs?”

shakes(head);

this.walk(differentPartofStage);

this.thumbs(toNextSlide);

landonKettlewell.says “Probably not. But there is a good case for what we’ve

just done, and with your indulgence, I’m going to lay it out for you now.” ();

ratToothed.hisses “Let’s hope he sticks to his cartoons” (beside her);

ratToothed.Breath.Smells(garglingTurds);

if (ratToothed.has(crushOnSuzanneChurch)

{

state = “demonstrate alpha-maleness” = makes-Halfwitticisms

}

if (state = “demonstrate alpha-maleness” = makes-Halfwitticisms)

{

suzanneChurch.Hunches(overComputerScreen);

}

// suzanneChurch.tapes.polarizedPlastic();

// suzanneChurch.computerScreen = polarizedPlastic;

// isComputerScreenVisible.shoulderSurfing = false;

if (suzanneChurch = halfwayAttractiveWoman)

{

state = “more of a pain in the ass than she’d expected”;

}

var worst part;

var lack of ethics in boardrooms;

ratToothed.reportage = spleenfilled.editorializing.lackOfEthics (inBoardrooms);

suzanneChurch.favoriteSubject = “lack of ethics in boardrooms”;

// fellowfeeling = “lack of ethics in boardrooms”;

landonKettlewell.Crux.Shtick = “lack of ethics in boardrooms”;

var Spectacle;

if (executive.talks(ethics))

{

ratToothed = enraged;

}

landonKettlewell.says “I’m not that dumb, folks,” ();

ratToothed.laughs(stagey);

landonKettlewell.says “Here’s the thing: the market had valued these companies

at less than their cash on hand. They have twenty billion in the bank and a 16

million dollar marketcap. We just made four billion dollars, just by buying up

the stock and taking control of the company. We could shut the doors, stick the

money in our pockets, and retire.” ();

suzanneChurch.took (notes);

suzanneChurch.knew (all this);

landonKettlewell.gave (goodSoundbite);

landonKettlewell.talked (slow);

// var reporter;

// reporter.preferred notebook > recorder;

landonKettlewell.hunkeredDown(onHaunches);

landonKettlewell.stares(spacily);

this.says “Kodacell has goodwill. It has infrastructure. Administrators.

Physical plant. Supplier relationships. Distribution and logistics. These

companies have a lot of useful plumbing and a lot of priceless reputation.”();