The International Court of Justice
Joined: 06-Jan-2005
Really off topic, but OTIS have you gone to the International Course of Justice. The building, the proceedings, etc.
Guess, it is like asking NYorkers about UN but....
(I was a lawyer in my last life....).
balu. 
My name might not be Frans or "Otis" but I live in the same country where this court is based and I must say I have never been there. It might be because I am just a student in the beginnings of his live, althought that should increase the change of a visit to the court as I have schooltrips (long live school 
). When people come here they tend to visit Amsterdam, Rotterdam and the Kinderdijk (where the windmills are) more then any other place. I think I know for sure Frans has visited the court more then once, as he lives in the darn city.
Joined: 06-Jan-2005
May be I should go to UN, NYork. And of course, take pictures....
ICJ is a very unusual place. Sovereigns plead there....even though they are sovereigns.... 
School trips - The most I visited in my life was through a 3 day school trip. It was good. They are good.
Is it true that they reclaim land from sea using windmills ?
balu.
Joined: 08-Jan-2004
I think Otis is an old metalhead so, he's probably been to a court or two in his younger years.
I don't know Mr. B. personally or anything. It's just a hunch 
The international court of justice is just a couple of miles away from my home in the Peace Palace: http://www.vredespaleis.nl/showpage.asp?pag_id=1. The yugoslavia tribunal is also there.
I've never been inside though, but the building is impressive (but not as old as it looks ).
Heh altough I'm a metalhead now, I wasn't in the early days. Before 1994 I was mainly into dancemusic, so really, I have never seen a court from the inside
Joined: 26-Jun-2004
Otis wrote:
Heh altough I'm a metalhead now, I wasn't in the early days. Before 1994 I was mainly into dancemusic, so really, I have never seen a court from the inside
How can someone who's into dance music switch to metal.. and why 
???
Joined: 18-Aug-2003
just a couple of miles away from my home in the Peace Palace.
You live in the Peace Palace? Har har! 
swallace wrote:
just a couple of miles away from my home in the Peace Palace.
You live in the Peace Palace? Har har!
haha I made a typical englification of a dutch scentence
Marcus wrote:
Otis wrote:
Heh altough I'm a metalhead now, I wasn't in the early days. Before 1994 I was mainly into dancemusic, so really, I have never seen a court from the inside
How can someone who's into dance music switch to metal.. and why
Let's just say that in 1994 my gf at that timeleft me (which turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me ) after 6 years and I started to play guitar. I still composed trance/hardcore house at that time but after some time, dancemusic is pretty dull And being in a rockband is much cooler than being on your own in some musicprogram fiddling with blips and 303/909 beats . Starting with playing guitar offered me the oppertunity to really learn music composition and after I took the musical journey from aerosmith -> Guns & roses -> metallica -> megadeth -> dream theater -> symphony X -> Epica, I know it was all worth it
I mean if you listen to the last piece of trance-house I ever made:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/Otis-glTrancelatef.mp3
and the guitar MP3 I really put a lot of effort into:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/otis_growingolder.mp3
you have to agree with me: house is pretty boring and guitars rock
Otis wrote:
Let's just say that in 1994 my gf at that timeleft me (which turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me
Been there!
Otis wrote:
I mean if you listen to the last piece of trance-house I ever made: http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/Otis-glTrancelatef.mp3 and the guitar MP3 I really put a lot of effort into: http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/otis_growingolder.mp3 you have to agree with me: house is pretty boring and guitars rock
WOW... what a talent!!!
Do you have links to other mp3s? http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/ only has mods, don't know what they are. The http://www.mp3.com/otis link is broken.
On which is best... I have to say I appreciated the guitar track but loved the dance track... Commercial quality! I've been into dance music since late 80s and I don't think that's going to change anytime soon
Joined: 08-Jan-2004
Otis wrote:
Heh altough I'm a metalhead now, I wasn't in the early days. Before 1994 I was mainly into dancemusic, so really, I have never seen a court from the inside
I was hoping you'd say that you were into all the bitchin dutch punk that's been coming out of there since the early 80s before the metal BGK, No Pigs, Larm, even The Ex...
I've since started liking alot of the scandinavian metal bands too. But, not the cheesy black metal bands.
Joined: 08-Apr-2004
Do you have links to other mp3s? http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/ only has mods, don't know what they are. The http://www.mp3.com/otis link is broken.
You don't know what mods are? Sheesh, I can tell you never owned an amiga
I would post my own attempt at a dance track, based on the theme tune to the xfiles (when I was 14), but I reallllly dont think its a good idea!!!!
MattWoberts wrote:
You don't know what mods are? Sheesh, I can tell you never owned an amiga
Before my Amiga I had the Commodore 64... Still don't remember mods...
Marcus wrote:
Otis wrote:
Let's just say that in 1994 my gf at that timeleft me (which turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me
Been there!
heh
Otis wrote:
I mean if you listen to the last piece of trance-house I ever made: http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/Otis-glTrancelatef.mp3 and the guitar MP3 I really put a lot of effort into: http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/otis_growingolder.mp3 you have to agree with me: house is pretty boring and guitars rock
WOW... what a talent!!!
Thanks!
Do you have links to other mp3s? http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/ only has mods, don't know what they are. The http://www.mp3.com/otis link is broken.
The mp3.com link is indeed down. CNet bought mp3.com and threw out all the mp3's unless you signed some contract that they could sell your music to pubs etc. and you not getting anything so I refused. Mods (the .mod files) are 4-tracks and sound pretty bad if you don't play them in mono. The .XM mods are 12-32 tracks and sound great. You can play both with winamp
I don't have the mp3's online anymore, the rest were mp3-ed versions of the .xm's anyway.
On which is best... I have to say I appreciated the guitar track but loved the dance track...
Heh cool, I was into dancemusic since the late 80's as well! When the real acid came up, belgian newbeat, chicago deep house... hiphouse... oh the nostalgia!
cmartinbot wrote:
Otis wrote:
Heh altough I'm a metalhead now, I wasn't in the early days. Before 1994 I was mainly into dancemusic, so really, I have never seen a court from the inside
I was hoping you'd say that you were into all the bitchin dutch punk that's been coming out of there since the early 80s before the metal
no no punk for me... To me punk is one of the worst possible way of making music, along with britney s. and other children.
I've since started liking alot of the scandinavian metal bands too. But, not the cheesy black metal bands.
therion and the like? Some are good, but often their exceptional great music is disrupted by a completely out-of-tone dork who thinks grunting is still 'it'.
Joined: 08-Jan-2004
Otis wrote:
cmartinbot wrote:
Otis wrote:
Heh altough I'm a metalhead now, I wasn't in the early days. Before 1994 I was mainly into dancemusic, so really, I have never seen a court from the inside
I was hoping you'd say that you were into all the bitchin dutch punk that's been coming out of there since the early 80s before the metal
no no punk for me...
pffft
I've since started liking alot of the scandinavian metal bands too. But, not the cheesy black metal bands.
therion and the like? Some are good, but often their exceptional great music is disrupted by a completely out-of-tone dork who thinks grunting is still 'it'.
Therion is ok sometimes. I'm really into Opeth a LOT. Although I think they're getting too big for my tastes. I like the earlly days of a good band when you can still see them at a small club. I totally agree with the out-of-tone dork thing though.