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Talk To an Astute IT Industry Observer

Posted by Roblimo on from the swamis-of-silicon-valley dept.

Dan Gillmor is about as high on the IT journalist and industry pundit "respect" totem pole as you can get. Slashdot has linked to hundreds of his articles. What do you ask this veteran observer of the Silicon Valley scene? Whatever you like, one question per post. We'll email 10 of the highest-moderated questions to Dan 24 - 36 hours after this post goes up, and run his answers shortly after he gets them back to us.

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  1. Your last name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you get upset when people spell it Gilmore? It just seems kinda... incomplete without the e at the end.

  2. first question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Did you know that Slashdot [slashdot.org] has linked to hundreds of your articles?

  3. Sad day - Stephen King dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  4. Hundreds of Articles? by paulcammish · · Score: 0, Troll
    Slashdot has linked to hundreds of his articles.

    Errmmm, I followed the link, and saw (counts quickly) 33... Including this one.

    Hmm, hundreds in what numbering system exactly?

    (And yes, I know, its not a question - what you gonna do, mod me down? - See, thats a question!)

  5. Larry King Dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I dont understand the strange, strange postings that get put up on this site.

  6. Q's for Industry pundit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    1) Why does santa cruz county have the WORST traffic management/highway maintenance program in the entire western world?

    2) How many san lorenzo valley rednecks does it take to run a stop sign?

    3) How many ineffectual SC county sheriff deputies can fit inside the donut shop on Mt. Hermon Road?

    3a) How many CHP officers does it take to fulfill the speeding ticket quota on Mt. Hermon road?

    4) How many SLV redneck FREAKS does it take to start a forest fire? I can answer this one for you: ONE - the one lighting the fuse of the illegal fireworks during the worst fire season in decades.

    5) How long is highway 9 going to be torn up?

    6) When is SC county going to implement alternate traffic throughways from SLV into the silicon valley and santa cruz?

    7) Why would anyone pay half a million dollars to live here?

  7. Silicon Gulch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why do you folks have such a high regard for the denizions of the gulch? Why do polluters of the environment get such high regard? When are the people going to wake up and kill all the dot com wannabe's?