Oct
20th
Tue
20th
Internet Court?
- Adam: is there some reason why we can't just make a district court for the district of the internet?
- me: hm
- where
- Adam: um
- on the internet
- lawyers could sign in
- me: because then you have to force all litigants to travel there
- ahhhhhh
- Adam: have a little chat room
- maybe video chat
- me: doesn't that violate some basic principles of the judicial system
- Adam: some judges already videoconference in to some proceedings
- me: /impose technological requirements
- everyone involved, even the jury, has to have videochat
- witnesses
- how do you introduce evidence?
- Adam: everything you're saying just makes this idea seem more awesome
- me: make sure it isn't doctored
- /photoshopped
- Adam: okay so maybe there are some details that would need to be worked out
- me: i mean, i guess it would mean internet lawyers wouldn't need pants
- which would be nice
- i could just buy a bunch of blazers
- and wear gym shorts on the bottom
- Adam: no one would know!
- me: ahahaha
- there are some serious kinks to work out there
- Adam: but think about the upsides
- you could put INTERNET ATTORNEY on your business card
- member of the internet bar
- me: ballin
- Adam: the internet bar exam available in english, spanish, and 1337
- me: The WWW Circuit Court of Appeals
- yesssss
- also in c++ or binary
- Adam: you could do your cross exam entirely through pictures of animals with questions written on them
- me: wow
- oh just wow
- only lolcats
- you can haz murder weapon?
- OBJECTIONZ!
- Adam: lol j/k
- me: instead of innocent/guilty you get a verdict of :) or :(
- ok, this is getting blogged
- Adam: the court reporter would of course be tweeting the record
- me: yesssss
- Adam: @judge objection h34rs4y
- @counselor lmao overruled
- me: YES
