Eutopia's Central Asylum, West Wing (for OOC-talk)

[von Streusser]

You're chasing after a dude who has killed how many people so far, and wondering if you'll be endangering yourself at all? I think we're well past that point.

Why, we're almost to the part where- *Gets slapped by heagarty*

Oh, right, forget I said anything. You'll be fine. *gnaws on fish head*

 

[I Killed Kenny]

Ah martinezs favorite enemy is back!

you really think that? And didn't you try to save me once? :rofl:

 

[unmerged(4021)]

I am glad to see IKK around these parts again. Gives me someone to plug in at MHES after ML gets killed .

 

[unmerged(4271)]

Heagarty... when?

When I get back from Canada

...and when I figure out who did it!

You didn't make it very easy for me.

 

[I Killed Kenny]

I am glad to see IKK around these parts again. Gives me someone to plug in at MHES after ML gets killed .

ML will be killed?

 

[unmerged(11366)]

When I get back from Canada

...and when I figure out who did it!

You didn't make it very easy for me.

First I go on vacation to North Carolina...

...then heagarty goes to Canada?

 

[unmerged(4271)]

Look who's Lurking!

Heya Hajji, too bad you found out I'm coming up there with a net and tranq gun to bring you back to Eutopia.

 

[unmerged(11366)]

Shields up!

 

[Amric]

Having read the cabinet thread recently, I have NO idea what FREE is really all about. Confused the hell out of me...Other than taxes and education, what is the fundamental difference between being a state versus a province?

 

[Voshkod]

I guess with heagarty out all weekend, the warehouse shall have to wait. That's actually best for me. I'm stuck as duty officer for the holiday, and it looks to be a busy weekend, so I fear I will not be able to post too much.

 

[Estonianzulu]

Having read the cabinet thread recently, I have NO idea what FREE is really all about. Confused the hell out of me...Other than taxes and education, what is the fundamental difference between being a state versus a province?

Nothing, but a name, unless of course I am missing something as well. They also get their own constitution.

 

[unmerged(4271)]

I miss the listing of who's on-line in the forum at any given time.

Probably some other way to know ("Click HERE to see who's on-line" button or something ) that I've missed.

Just checking in one last time, but it looks pretty dead.

I'm off to capture the wild Hajjicus Girrayscum in the Great White North, unless the rumors are true that all the herds have migrated to Indiana. In which case I'll just drink a lot of beer instead.

Tried this "Raftman" stuff. Nice, had a smooth malt taste to it, almost like Scotch. I'll be looking for that and whatever else I can bring back legally across the border. Just in case our old friend UberYuber is working customs....

 

[unmerged(4021)]

States can do stuff provinces can't like tax. They also get control over the cops and courts. Provinces have to do whatever the Federal Gov/Direct Gen (who the Prez appoints) tells them to do. States are somewhat analagous to US states, where as Eutopia currently uses a more French model of centralized control.

 

[von Streusser]

I Did It!!!

I finally, just now, at 3:48 AM in the morning, finished my undergraduate thesis. It is approximately 50 pages in bulk and took the better part of this last school year to write. And I get to hand it in in just 6 hours.

It is titled Revolution and Evolution: File-Sharing and Intellectual Property Law.

And thank God it's all done with.

*collapses into exhausted heap*

So now, now your little events intern has so much more time on his hands to make things....shall we say...interesting? upon you players.

 

[unmerged(4021)]

Congrats. I know how good it felt when I finished my senior thesis.

 

[unmerged(18797)]

you really think that? And didn't you try to save me once? :rofl:

I tried to save MORGAN!If you mean that Tulp and Haynes coup attempt

 

[Blade!]

...

It is titled Revolution and Evolution: File-Sharing and Intellectual Property Law.

And thank God it's all done with.

*collapses into exhausted heap*

...

Congrats! What was your thesis and/or conclusion?

Extra fish heads for you!

 

[von Streusser]

...that the recording industry would have to fundamentally change the way they do business if they wanted to come out on top.

People have come to demand their music digitally. If the RI doesn't want them to file-share, they must offer reasonable alternatives ala iTunes - 99 cents a song flat fee, no subscription, good selection, generous rights of use upon download. They also have to improve their PR image, primarily by changing the way they deal with artists (suspect accounting, debts, etc). Launching an education initiative about copyright law and lowering the price of CDs by 5-10 dollars would go a long way to help too.

Or, they can let illegal file-sharing flourish. Their call. But people are willing to pay for their music to get a good copy legitimately and support the artist. iTunes has proven as much with 70 million songs sold last year. So why not use it to their advantage?

That's the Cliffs Notes version.

YUM! MORE FISH HEADS!!!

 

[The_Hawk]

Ah, an entertainment law junkie. I almost went the IP route myself. Then one of my friends told me about a patent law conference she'd attended, where all of the attorneys were so pale and thin that they appeared as the walking dead.

 

[von Streusser]

*lumbers towards Hawk*

Braaaainnnns....

Well, you see, I can be the exception then, and all the hot lawyerettes will then want to sleep with me.

I don't know if I'll do IP yet...I'm thinking I will, but my other possible course is Constitutional law.