Harold Feld's Tales of the Sausage Factory

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Tales of the Sausage Factory: The Future of Open Source Politics

Posted By: Harold

I very much liked Micah Sifry's article in the Nation magazine called The Rise of Open Source Politcs. The article nicely captures the growing frustration of many of us with our clueless elders.

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Posted: 11/11/04 18:22:27 - 1 comment

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Action Alert on Broadband

Posted By: Harold

I've been distributing this for anyone interested in using unlicensed spectrum in the broadcast bands.

BTW, due to major issues going on at work (we are losing one of our three attorneys and reorganizing), I'm likely to post terse, infrequent things over the next month or two. Sorry. I swear I'll keep trying.

Stay tuned . . . . [Read More!]

Posted: 11/11/04 18:05:01 - No comments

So much for my career as a professional prognosticator

Posted By: Harold

Well, the only thing I can say in my defense is that a fair number of oher folks believed the same thing on Tuesday afternoon. At 5 p.m., exit polling looked very good for Kerry in almost all battleground states.

While something may turn around in OH, I admit I don't expect it. It appears that a small but sizeable majority don't care about economic issues nearly as much as keeping gay people from marrying. Not sure how we survive the next four years economically, but right now, I'm off to get some sleep.

Posted: 11/03/04 06:38:42 - 8 comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: All Quiet on the W. Va Front

Posted By: Harold

Live from the W.Va Voter Protection Project in Wheeling, W. Va. The big news is- no news. So far, no one has called to complain about any sort of voter supression or inappropriate behavior.

No word on other states. W. Va was likely to be quiet, given that the local government is Dems not Republicans (unlike FL and OH). Still, it's good to be bored. As they said in the training: we're in the recount prevention business.

Stay tuned . . . .

Posted: 11/02/04 16:19:21 - No comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Predicting A Kerry Landslide

Posted By: Harold

In any honest election (which this may not be), I predict a Kerry landslide tomorrow. Why? See below. [Read More!]

Posted: 11/01/04 12:24:21 - 2 comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Homeland Security and the Rubik's Cube

Posted By: Harold

While busier than I could have imagined, I just have to share this.

According to the Daily Oregonian, the Department of Homeland Security is now keeping us safe from Rubik's Cube Knock-Offs. What next threat to our national security will they foil? Perhaps they will save us from those counterfeit “Garfield” dolls with suction cups? (Does anyone even _buy_ Rubik's Cubes anymore?)

Stay tuned . . .

Posted: 10/29/04 09:51:09 - 2 comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Your vote and more Buffy

Posted By: Harold

Sorry I've been absent so long, and unlikely to have time for any real lengthy stuff until after election day. But my friend Carol passed this on to me and I need to share.

Nothing new here for anyone who has read my previous stuff, but I'm pleased to see Joss Whedon selling it.

Stay tuned . . . .

Posted: 10/26/04 10:39:45 - No comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Alert on INDUCE

Posted By: Harold

I am reproducing below a legislative call to action from the Association of American Law Libraries. You can find similar alerts and more infromation at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge.

Remember — if we do not act, we get the legislation we deserve. Pick up the phone and call these folks!

Stay tuned . . . . [Read More!]

Posted: 09/28/04 14:07:14 - 1 comment

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Live at Cool Conference

Posted By: Harold

What a blogging cliche! I am posting from the excellent Bellhead v. Nethead conference at Cardozo Law School, put together by my friend Susan Crawford (which explains why I am on a panel with such luminaries as Eli Noam).

But what is this conference and what makes it cool? And why are such things the life blood of public policy? My humble opinions below . . . [Read More!]

Posted: 09/28/04 12:49:02 - No comments

Tales of the Sausage Factory: UTX, OTARD, UH-OH!

Posted By: Harold

As readers of Slashdot may have seen, The University of Texas at Dallas has prohibitted students in certain dorms from setting up wireless access points. If you read the policy, you will find out that the University is not simply amending its acceptable use policy (AUP), it prohibits setting up access points using residential DSL or cable.

Rather than break into the raging debate in the comments on how this policy meshes (as it were) with the FCC's recent ruling prohibiting landlords from mandating such things, I'll use Wetmachine to say what I want (but feel free to refer anyone from Slashdot over here to our humble corner of the internet if they would like to hear from a lawyer who dabbles in such things). [Read More!]

Posted: 09/09/04 17:38:09 - 6 comments