Obama sought out Lessig for his technology policy! If Lessig gives him a reasonable road map to implement the FCC-related portions of the technology plan, he can easily get an appointment, and there is NOW WAY the democratic congress is going to reject his appointment...unless his nanny is an illegal immigrant.
I think he can do more work as an outsider than an insider. This is also the reason I was disappointed that Al Franken decided to run for Senate. I was of the opinion he can do more work, reach more people, and effect greater change on the radio than in the Senate.
This also makes him available for appointment to some post in the White House. Imagine the work he could do in Commerce, overseeing the Internet, at the FCC overseeing information flow, or at Justice, overseeing IP-related enforcement.
Every election is run this way. You can always run as an independent if you get enough signatures or pay the "in lieu of filing" fee. You can run RIGHT NOW if you want. You don't have to have a run-off election for this.
Lessig has no chance in Lantos' district. He would not be the Democratic nominee, that would most likely be Jackie Speier, and she is a lock to win the seat. She will win by at least 60%.
Lessig will have a better chance if he tries for Anna Eshoo's seat when she retires, but he would have a lot of work to do to win a Democratic nomination out of the blue. In this area, there is a very active and strong Democratic party infrastructure and the path to that seat is usually via the state assembly/senate or San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.
If Lessig really wants in to congress, he should run for local office first.
Gibert: I just wanted to say that I'm a nerd, and I'm here tonight to stand up for the rights of other nerds. I mean uh, all our lives we've been laughed at and made to feel inferior. And tonight, those bastards, they trashed our house. Why? Cause we're smart? Cause we look different? Well, we're not. I'm a nerd, and uh, I'm pretty proud of it.
Lewis: Hi, Gilbert. I'm a nerd too. I just found that out tonight. We have news for the beautiful people. There's a lot more of us then there are of you. I know there's alumni here tonight. When you went to Adams you might've been called a spazz, or a dork, or a geek. Any of you that have ever felt stepped on, left out, picked on, put down, whether you think you're a nerd or not, why don't you just come down here and join us. Okay? Come on.
Gibert: Just join us cos uh, no-one's gonna really be free until nerd persecution ends.
I know of people instantly fired for doing such things. There is an unwritten IT code and the vast majority of IT people I have known or ever come in contact with follow it.
They can go in and undercut everyone to bring some sanity to the cellphone market.
Paying to text is absurd. Paying to send email is absurd.
They will probably come in with some kind of deal where you pay for voice and everything else is free. Given their infrastructure, they can probably pull that off.
If they go GSM with some advanced, high-speed data underneath. They will win, big time.
Get the google quint-band phone with GSM (700Mhz, 850 MHz, 900Mhz, 1.8Ghz, 1.9Ghz), bluetooth, cameraphone with automatic youtube and picasa updates. Total market ownage.
$29.95/mo 3G wireless internet w/ basic voice plan. Free text. because paying for text when it costs the telco so little needs to stop. Bluetooth data access that actually works.
If they can achieve that (by 2009, not too hard), the phone system is done.
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Don't you get banned from eBay for doing that?
Obama sought out Lessig for his technology policy! If Lessig gives him a reasonable road map to implement the FCC-related portions of the technology plan, he can easily get an appointment, and there is NOW WAY the democratic congress is going to reject his appointment...unless his nanny is an illegal immigrant.
If he is in with Obama, and Obama becomes president, perhaps Lessig can win an appointment as Chairman of the FCC.
...but was never popular.
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It is going to be more of a coronation than an election. She has no real opposition in the race. I bet she will get at least 60%.
I think he can do more work as an outsider than an insider. This is also the reason I was disappointed that Al Franken decided to run for Senate. I was of the opinion he can do more work, reach more people, and effect greater change on the radio than in the Senate.
This also makes him available for appointment to some post in the White House. Imagine the work he could do in Commerce, overseeing the Internet, at the FCC overseeing information flow, or at Justice, overseeing IP-related enforcement.
Every election is run this way. You can always run as an independent if you get enough signatures or pay the "in lieu of filing" fee. You can run RIGHT NOW if you want. You don't have to have a run-off election for this.
Even better, Lessig should work for Obama AS HEAD OF THE FCC!
Lessig has no chance in Lantos' district. He would not be the Democratic nominee, that would most likely be Jackie Speier, and she is a lock to win the seat. She will win by at least 60%.
Lessig will have a better chance if he tries for Anna Eshoo's seat when she retires, but he would have a lot of work to do to win a Democratic nomination out of the blue. In this area, there is a very active and strong Democratic party infrastructure and the path to that seat is usually via the state assembly/senate or San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.
If Lessig really wants in to congress, he should run for local office first.
I want to clear up a misconception about the Wha-Cha-Ma-Clone Sandwich. I used non-cloned meat from cloned animals!
Exactly. Also, there is no way Ramis and Akroid are not WGA members.
Since video games manufacturers are not under WGA contract, they can write video game scripts but not movie scripts.
I've seen Scotty create beams of antimatter with two phasers and a tricorder, big whoop.
Too many choices between languages, where in many of them the pros and cons balance and cancel for your particular application, can be deadly.
Gibert: I just wanted to say that I'm a nerd, and I'm here tonight to stand up for the rights of other nerds. I mean uh, all our lives we've been laughed at and made to feel inferior. And tonight, those bastards, they trashed our house. Why? Cause we're smart? Cause we look different? Well, we're not. I'm a nerd, and uh, I'm pretty proud of it.
Lewis: Hi, Gilbert. I'm a nerd too. I just found that out tonight. We have news for the beautiful people. There's a lot more of us then there are of you. I know there's alumni here tonight. When you went to Adams you might've been called a spazz, or a dork, or a geek. Any of you that have ever felt stepped on, left out, picked on, put down, whether you think you're a nerd or not, why don't you just come down here and join us. Okay? Come on.
Gibert: Just join us cos uh, no-one's gonna really be free until nerd persecution ends.
They are a Santa Cruz Operation!
...I thought this turkey could fly.
Funny, I don't see an apology. Just complaining about the pile of....feedback he is receiving from the community.
I think these numbers are bogus.
I know of people instantly fired for doing such things. There is an unwritten IT code and the vast majority of IT people I have known or ever come in contact with follow it.
Here's another revelation...
There is a magnetic force so powerful it creates a magnetic field the size of the universe and galaxies align to it.
EXACTLY! This is the first example I thought of... Although, it doesn't meet all of the criteria.
They have the money to be the loss leader.
They can go in and undercut everyone to bring some sanity to the cellphone market.
Paying to text is absurd. Paying to send email is absurd.
They will probably come in with some kind of deal where you pay for voice and everything else is free. Given their infrastructure, they can probably pull that off.
If they go GSM with some advanced, high-speed data underneath. They will win, big time.
Get the google quint-band phone with GSM (700Mhz, 850 MHz, 900Mhz, 1.8Ghz, 1.9Ghz), bluetooth, cameraphone with automatic youtube and picasa updates. Total market ownage.
If they build the container datacenters at the cross-connects of the dark fibre they own, as has been rumored, put the rural tower on that.
Done.
Google should hire us.
Here's what I want:
$29.95/mo 3G wireless internet w/ basic voice plan.
Free text. because paying for text when it costs the telco so little needs to stop.
Bluetooth data access that actually works.
If they can achieve that (by 2009, not too hard), the phone system is done.
Only problem? the cell towers.