Comments on: Quote du jour http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/ Same old blog, brand new place Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:14:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Big Numbers, Better Context Redux « mere pixels http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/comment-page-1/#comment-90193 Big Numbers, Better Context Redux « mere pixels Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:30:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/#comment-90193 [...] hey, it’s cool. There’s sweeteners to make it all go down better. And if that’s not good enough for you, maybe you better head [...] [...] hey, it’s cool. There’s sweeteners to make it all go down better. And if that’s not good enough for you, maybe you better head [...]

]]> By: Doc Searls Weblog · A diet of raw pork http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/comment-page-1/#comment-90011 Doc Searls Weblog · A diet of raw pork Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:25:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/#comment-90011 [...] reading the entire 451 page (yes, as in Fahrenheit) bailout bill (amended and revised), which he calls porkolicious. I read the first few dozen pages, and what sticks out for me is that it gives the Treasury [...] [...] reading the entire 451 page (yes, as in Fahrenheit) bailout bill (amended and revised), which he calls porkolicious. I read the first few dozen pages, and what sticks out for me is that it gives the Treasury [...]

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/comment-page-1/#comment-90007 Doc Searls Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:12:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/#comment-90007 Stephen, it kind of reminds me of the original subtitle for this blog, which was taken from Cluetrain: "the continuing end of business as usual." Stephen, it kind of reminds me of the original subtitle for this blog, which was taken from Cluetrain: “the continuing end of business as usual.”

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/comment-page-1/#comment-89705 Stephen Downes Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:26:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/#comment-89705 The only thing I don't understand is why he puts the decline of journalism into the present tense, not the past tense. Well, I do understand. But I think he shouldn't. Journalism As We Know It is long past due. The only thing I don’t understand is why he puts the decline of journalism into the present tense, not the past tense. Well, I do understand. But I think he shouldn’t. Journalism As We Know It is long past due.

]]> By: David Taht http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/comment-page-1/#comment-89677 David Taht Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:51:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/#comment-89677 The text of the bailout bill has been published: http://senateconservatives.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/bailouttext.pdf It's 451 pages long! Not for the first time, I wish that legal matters went under git source code control and we had committer logs. I actually bothered to read (it took me 3 days) and report on the 100+ page original bill at length in <a href="http://the-edge.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">my blog</a>. I'm too tired and ill to take this one on. Wasn't the Senate supposed to be that staid, solid, and deliberative body of wise old men? I'd love a filibuster right around now - someone just reading the whole bill aloud would be great entertainment. A few of the earmarks stuffed in the bill (via <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/01/read-the-senate-bailout-bill-here/" rel="nofollow">michelle malkin</a>) It's PORKOLICOUS: - Film and Television Productions (Sec. 502) - Wooden Arrows designed for use by children (Sec. 503) - 6 page package of earmarks for litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, Alaska (Sec. 504) Tax earmark “extenders” in the bailout bill. - Virgin Island and Puerto Rican Rum (Section 308) - American Samoa (Sec. 309) - Mine Rescue Teams (Sec. 310) - Mine Safety Equipment (Sec. 311) - Domestic Production Activities in Puerto Rico (Sec. 312) - Indian Tribes (Sec. 314, 315) - Railroads (Sec. 316) - Auto Racing Tracks (317) - District of Columbia (Sec. 322) - Wool Research (Sec. 325) The text of the bailout bill has been published:

http://senateconservatives.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/bailouttext.pdf

It’s 451 pages long!

Not for the first time, I wish that legal matters went under git source code control and we had committer logs.

I actually bothered to read (it took me 3 days) and report on the 100+ page original bill at length in my blog. I’m too tired and ill to take this one on. Wasn’t the Senate supposed to be that staid, solid, and deliberative body of wise old men? I’d love a filibuster right around now – someone just reading the whole bill aloud would be great entertainment.

A few of the earmarks stuffed in the bill (via michelle malkin)

It’s PORKOLICOUS:

- Film and Television Productions (Sec. 502)
- Wooden Arrows designed for use by children (Sec. 503)
- 6 page package of earmarks for litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, Alaska (Sec. 504)

Tax earmark “extenders” in the bailout bill.
- Virgin Island and Puerto Rican Rum (Section 308)
- American Samoa (Sec. 309)
- Mine Rescue Teams (Sec. 310)
- Mine Safety Equipment (Sec. 311)
- Domestic Production Activities in Puerto Rico (Sec. 312)
- Indian Tribes (Sec. 314, 315)
- Railroads (Sec. 316)
- Auto Racing Tracks (317)
- District of Columbia (Sec. 322)
- Wool Research (Sec. 325)

]]> By: franKnarf’s bloGolb » Blog Archive » Hmmm. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/comment-page-1/#comment-89658 franKnarf’s bloGolb » Blog Archive » Hmmm. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:01:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/#comment-89658 [...] RTWT. Doc Searls Weblog · Quote du jour [...] [...] RTWT. Doc Searls Weblog · Quote du jour [...]

]]> By: Mike Warot http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/comment-page-1/#comment-89611 Mike Warot Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:35:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2008/10/01/quote-du-jour-18/#comment-89611 Doc, I like the Giant Zero idea, the Internet has pretty much made the cost of instant communication affordable for most of humanity (as evidenced by the fact that more than half of all people alive have a cell phone, made possible my networks). The cost of communication effectively reaches zero, which means something new has to be the limit... it's the human attention which now can't be commodified or mass produced. It can only be used more efficiently. We're learning as blogs help us to channel our energies into more productive use and we do have a lot to learn, but it's encouraging. Jeff's latest piece says that the story is no longer the basis of Journalism, and I think it's no longer the basis of blogging either. We're evolving networks in our own mind of experts, sources we turn to for information on a specific topic, people we can trust to save our attention for things we really need to deal with. The future looks bright, and it's wide open. 8) Doc, I like the Giant Zero idea, the Internet has pretty much made the cost of instant communication affordable for most of humanity (as evidenced by the fact that more than half of all people alive have a cell phone, made possible my networks).

The cost of communication effectively reaches zero, which means something new has to be the limit… it’s the human attention which now can’t be commodified or mass produced. It can only be used more efficiently.

We’re learning as blogs help us to channel our energies into more productive use and we do have a lot to learn, but it’s encouraging. Jeff’s latest piece says that the story is no longer the basis of Journalism, and I think it’s no longer the basis of blogging either.

We’re evolving networks in our own mind of experts, sources we turn to for information on a specific topic, people we can trust to save our attention for things we really need to deal with.

The future looks bright, and it’s wide open. 8)

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