Re: Noodle Agreement Contract
 

I feel I should respond to this now.

For the record, I actually had read the Team Update, but decided to post the "Contract" I had written for fun anyways. I had written the "Contract" a few days prior as I had about an hour to spare and wanted to work on my LaTeX skills. I just hadn't gotten around to actually posting it and decided to post it anyways despite the Update.

Obviously I made a mistake in not mentioning that I had read the Update haha. Thanks for those who looked past that faux pas, and I have now learned that I can edit my posts soon after posting them.

As for the contract itself, I plan to read through Tristan's post and learn about how to improve my methods of writing a contract. Thanks, Tristan! :)

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Thanks everyone. It's nice to be Karthik's hero.

No problem—I find this stuff legitimately interesting, and am happy to discuss anything you'd like clarified, or to which you might take exception. As much as I'd like to have the last word, many of the things I articulated are a balance between competing factors, and it's entirely possible that further discussion might reveal a better solution.

Also, I think this is a good opportunity to point out that there is real value to having a solid technical foundation when approaching legal questions: for me, computer science classes and competitions made for an excellent practical introduction to the fundamentals of logic. This in turn makes it much easier to break legal questions down into what are effectively subroutines, and analyze them critically and (somewhat) objectively.

I have to admit I'm a little past the stage where pre-law would be a reasonable option—my academic background is in engineering and public policy. Though that often involves law, it is frequently combined in interesting ways with technology, quantitative social science, finance and management. And my brother is the lawyer¹ in the family, so it's he you'll need to watch out for in the courtroom.

¹ Well, almost—he will be called to the bar shortly.

Re: Noodle Agreement Contract
 

A Tortellini Tribunal, if you will.

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The Macaroni Magistrate could preside.

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Minutes are kept by the Spaghetti Secretary.

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I was so concerned that this thread was still alive, and yet I do not regret opening it. Not one bit.

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Better Call Lall