>From: hal@finney.org
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: extropians@extropy.com
>Subject: Gargoyles in court
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:16:19 -0800
>
>Slate.com writes at
>http://slate.msn.com/code/explainer/explainer.asp?Show=11/28/2000&idMessage=6571:
>
> Why won't the Supreme Court allow TV cameras at Friday's hearing
> on George W. Bush's appeal of the Florida Supreme Court ruling?
>
> Because it won't allow cameras at any of their hearings. It allows
> reporters to take notes but not tape proceedings, and members of
> the viewing public who try to take notes will have their pencils
> confiscated.
...
>
>Confiscating pencils to stop people from keeping notes! How dare they!
>My memories, my experiences, are my own, and whether my memories are
>stored in neural synapses or scribblings on paper is irrelevant. It's sad
>to see the court clinging to a 19th century model of information when so
>many important 21st century issues, from IP protection to crypto rights,
>will turn on exactly that issue.
>
>Hal
That is pretty stupid. I hereby issue a challenge to everyone in the world
to try to nullify it. First person who comes up with an illegally shot video
of a supreme court proceeding, I will give you 5$.
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