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Wendy Seltzer Interviewed
mpawlo writes "Wendy Seltzer was recently appointed staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Seltzer is also a fellow with the Berkman Center. Greplaw has picked Seltzer's brain on her new position with the EFF, Chilling Effects and the greatest opera tunes."
Are there any pictures?
Never knew Alka had a sister....
The Bigger The Headache The Bigger the Pill
leave me alone!
Thou shall beg us pardon ya creep.
A lawyer with coding experience. Very nice selection for the EFF. She certainly seems to a very good perspective, based on the interview.
I would think her background would give her a decided advantage in court against opposition such as SCO's legal team. Non-technical lawyers I'd expect would be rather limited in their ability to see the proverbial trees as well as the forest, leading to egregious, easily-destroyable assertions such as SCO's claim that, in effect, "Linux" is one particular whole, when a moment's consideration from one with a technical background would suggest it's actually a very dynamic, variable thing, and that to claim all Linux deployments violate a given set of supposed "infringments" is rather absurd.
I'd expect Ms. Seltzer will be able to bring good arguments to the table on this and many other Open Source challenges. Kudos to the EFF's fine choice.
~ Whence do you come, slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?
How about focusing on "equal oppertunities" instead, and hire the best person for the job, with no regard to gender, skincolour, cultural background or religion? I'm sure that will work out better, while at the same time makeing sure the rest of us don't have to hear people whine about how the new co-worker was hired just because she sits down when she pees (instead of standing up, like most guys do).
Just my 2 cents.
Everything in the world is controlled by a small, evil group to which, unfortunately, no one you know belongs.
I'm sure that will work out better, while at the same time makeing sure the rest of us don't have to hear people whine about how the new co-worker was hired just because she sits down when she pees (instead of standing up, like most guys do).
i've known a few ladys who stand up while peeing. where do they fit into this?
Seltzer used to be quite active on a couple of mailing lists dedicated to preparing legal briefs in a Universal v. Remierdes Eldred v Ashcroft and similar legal cases.The lists were (and still are) idealistic and noisy, but the legal discussion (archived by Lexis-Nexis at one point) was a lot of fun.
Please don't clone her
Ick!
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Cheers.
Yeah, right.
You can't solve the social problem of sexism/racism with this, although it *sounds* ideal. People are born into categories that are inequal, and equal opportunities aren't enough to give them what they deserve - a fair chance.
I know that as a white male I'll gladly give up my spot at the state univ. if it will mean the university becomes less segregated. Then and only then, after the situation of unequal footing due to race/sex has been improved through getting to know people of other backgrounds more personally, we can say an equal opportunity is enough.
would ever work for today's SCO.
Judging by the quality of OpenServer, I'd say no one with coding experience has worked on it for a decade.
I'd post a torrent file for my SCO discs, but they aren't worth the bandwidth.
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
"rest of us don't have to hear people whine about how the new co-worker was hired just because she sits down when she pees"
Here in lies the problem, SHOULD she be hired because she takes a pi$$ sitting down?!?!?! Just give me her wage (as I`ll end up doing her job anyway to make up for her) and I`ll squat to take a pi$$ also.
Why don't you look her up on Lexis/Nexis, read her articles, and then come to your conclusions?
She has nice, pipe-fitter lips. No disrespect, but trust me, my boy. There's two things I'm good at. That's pulling dents, and spottin' good blow jobs. And that sweetie has world-class blow job lips. Am I right, skipper?
What do you expect from Michael Sims? He is the one who stole someone else's work and made it his own.
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OH NOES!!! IT APPEARS YUO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR DIS HERE PIZZA! WAHT EVER ARE YOU GOING TO DO!?!?
I get most if this information via text anyway... It doesn't matter to me if the staff attorney has their reproductive organs externaly or otherwise, nor if they can see their feet if standing upright.
There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
from the need-a-brane-for-my-master dept.
Heh, ya michael, I do think you need one.
Wendy was really sharp on the dvd-discuss mailing list. Good for her.
Big Brother Bush is doubleplus ungood.
Wendy was good at getting us to refocus without being overbearing.
Big Brother Bush is doubleplus ungood.
Here is some more background information on our new fighter:
Her BLOG
Her homepage
Her Harvard homepage
and her Picture
Head of the Dorks
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eleven plus two / twelve plus one
What sort of savage is she?
If it's not Consolidated Lint, it's just fuzz.
Well?
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Bullshit. After you have managed to equalize race and sex, I suppose that next you will tackle intelligence, beauty, weight, height, and all of the other irrelevant categories that people use to discriminate. Affimative action is nothing more than a political tool used by some to garner favor from minority groups and those who sympathize with them.
"A little song
A little dance
A little seltzer
Down your pants"
--Chuckles the Clown, Mary Tyler Moore show, funniest episode ever.
Score: -1, Tasteless
How about focusing on "equal oppertunities" instead
Damn... are those the dulcet strains of 'Dualling Banjos' that I hear being played as a soundtrack to this post?
Clearly there's no chance of *you* ever being hired over Wendy Seltzer -- unless they introduce affirmative action for hillbillies, anyway.
If she really believes that crap about things looking up in the long term, she's going to die an angry, bitter old woman waiting for that long term to come. The EFF is King Canute railing against the tide.
Here is a guide for women who want to pee standing up.
Simple: tell everywhere you are ready to switch to open source, and you will get better prices from MS. There are so many (sometimes) good free (open) OS, its hard to believe this kind of declaration. Don't trust them, it all about propaganda...
... along with some good background info.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.