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[VonDaab]

You people are talking about this like you would really do it...


I mean, I'm completely broke right now, no wait, I've always been. So no chance I'll be travelling anywhere.

[Toki]

I already go to most of the big conventions so it just makes me happier when there are people I actually know there even if it's internet aquaintances... Going to KatsuCon and not knowing anyone... kinda scary ._.

[Smokey]

Well, i'm in dire need of a vacation, so i'll be willing to save up for something like that...

Added after 15 minutes:

Oh, BTW... Got my Powerbook 190 a brother... A powerbook 5300... ^_^
With 230MB MO-drive and LAN/Videocard...

[IanDanKilmaster]

You people are talking about this like you would really do it...

They are, but I'm not.  I just don't see it happening, for the same reasons you had listed.  The only cons I could reasonably foresee myself attending would be in Texas - I would've thought there was a con in Austin in the what, two or three months I spent there.  A little disappointing...

Going to KatsuCon and not knowing anyone... kinda scary ._.

I'd imagine going to any con and not knowing anyone would be scary.  I mean really, a bunch of weirdos wearing costumes and creeps not wearing costumes - I'd be scared too.  Rather be around strange people you kinda know than just strange people, ne?

[Smokey]

Heh, well, you can put joining the airforce in a different light aswell;
You'll be putting your life in the hands of a couple of gun-wielding maniacs you don't or barely know...

[NejinOniwa]

I usually go to cons on my own...however, swedish cons are so damn small and have such a relatively small audience so you can't escape meeting acquaintances. -.-

[IanDanKilmaster]

Changing gears now... I feel like I've gone ten rounds with mighty Thor, and then mauled by Jesus.  Well, not really, I felt a lot worse yesterday - I'm just tired now.  Could still use some "miracle cream" now... or some equally miraculous substance.

[Seamore]

You're not the only one feel tired. The last two weeks really busy for me. Even busier than working.
My big sister have to be hospitalized because of her eye and have to get a surgery, thank goodness her surgery went fine and she is on the way to recovering. Although I'm the one who have to help her recover (all my family member busy right now). And just not long after that, my little sister have to be hospitalized. But not because sick, she is pregnant. It's just because her husband on duty far from home, I also have to take care of her for a while.
And to make matter worse...WHY ON EARTH THEY CHOOSE THE SAME LAME HOSPITAL WHEN I'M HOSPITALIZED? They don't have connection (connection if for VIP only), and the doctor and nurse have no sense of humor. I kinda feel sick of that hospital and kinda want to nuke it to oblivion ;006
Well, at least both my big sis and little sis are fine.

[NejinOniwa]

Today, /osc/, I have lost faith.
In my nation, that is. And the judicial system.
What is a nation worth if it cannot stand against the interest of the entertainment industry? I mean - Entertainment Industry. Just those words make me laugh inside thinking they would have any sort of power anywhere. Irony is enormous, making them a power large enough to steer an entire continent towards censorship, restriction and abolishment of freedom - of speech, of information exchange.
Read this and this and grieve with me.

But naturally, there are upsides too.
January last year we (The Pirate Party of Sweden, of which I am a member) had around 7000 members, making us the largest party outside the parliament. However, the last year has held a lot of controversial anti-piracy, anti-freedom of speech and so on laws, which have worked the populace greatly in our direction. As of yesterday we had over 14k members - way above the well established Left party (11k) and Green party (9.5k), making us the 6th biggest party in the nation.
However, the TPB trial scandal has wielded a greater impact than anything else - perhaps except the equally controversial TPB raid in the summer of 2006 which led to this, and gave us 3800~ new members in a short time. Today at 11.00 the TPB team were sentenced - together, despite their varying amount of actual relation to the crimes they're accused for - to 1 year in prison and total fines of 30 million swedish kronor (3,547,237.08 USD). Compare that to 250k and 8 months for gangrape and lower for other crimes, and you get the outrage of this. The swedish people feel the same - and as I post this we have 17502 members. (we had 17400 some ten minutes ago, btw. Shit is going LIGHTSPEED, on crack.) The majority of the party's homepage servers are so heavily loaded they're down - but a small backup page that allows for some basic functions (and most importantly becoming a member) is still up.

The Liberals have 17800 members, and the Conservatives have some 22500. I've got few doubts that we'll be marching away from them quite soon. And what more, the elections to the EU parliament is coming up very soon (7/6), and next year holds the public elections to the Swedish parliament. The strategic importance of these events cannot be stressed enough.

Or to cite The Flight of the Conchords:
It's business time.

*bows*

Added after 11 minutes:

This statement is now incorrect. The current member count is 17629.

LIGHTSPEEDOOOOOO~

Added after 8 minutes:

Now it's over 17700.

Srsly when one can just sit on the webpage and update and every like 5 seconds at least one new member trickles in, something's screwed up...^^

[VonDaab]

yarr.

[NejinOniwa]

BRB, FIFTH LARGEST PARTY OF SWEDEN COMING THROUGH
>:3
17802

[Smokey]

Right, as i said it is more of a political statement than an actual act of justice, but you can expect such things if you cost the industry millions and millions of dollars... And although Sweden is lax in such laws it can't protect it's residents from the international laws forever, because they will be as a nation be reprimanded for it...

So yeah, even though the (term used liberally ->) wrong people were sentenced (they should have gone after those at home who share tons of material and/or sell it, BTW i also read that TPB was making profit), it was to be expected when you're ripping the industry off...
Hell, i've seen class/schoolmates getting sentenced for high-profiling their illegal warez, and i didn't shed one tear for them, nor did i lose any sleep over them, even though they were bankrupted before they were adults...

And if your party does acuire power in sweden, that doesn't mean that i won't be opening a beer and toasting to ya... Because that would just be funny as hell...

[NejinOniwa]

Thing is, right now it's Brussels we're aiming for.

And that's just even more awesome.

Add in the usual slouch around the EU elections among the old people, to the fact that LOADS of young people are gonna go vote and vote pirate...

IT'S BUSINESS TIME.

Oh and 17918 btw. Did I mention lightspeed?

[Smokey]

Yes you did, and i think Brussels may be a bit out of your reach, since they'll come up with a way to outlaw your party... Been done in our country too with the pedo-party...

[NejinOniwa]

Well, if they outlaw a party promoting freedom of speech and integrity...then Europe needs some remedy for the corruption that's risen...

AND THE BRUSSELSPROUTS WILL BE EXTINCT.