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Emacs now has graphics in it. (Crappy graphics, to be sure, but pictures nonetheless.) Surely this is a sign of the end times...
Jan. 7th, 2008
Emacs now has graphics in it. (Crappy graphics, to be sure, but pictures nonetheless.) Surely this is a sign of the end times...
Obama and the youth vote
Jan. 7th, 2008 10:13 pmOne of the effects that may happen (that I actually hope will happen in the coming weeks):
Say that Obama wins in NH. Say that (as in Iowa) he is apparently pushed over the top by the young first-time voters. What's the effect?
If Obama is smart, he plays that to the hilt. The youth vote is traditionally one of those great hopes that doesn't quite play out. Everyone wants to marshal that force, and get them to the polls, but success is rare. Everyone tells them, "You can make the difference", but many remain disaffected, and convinced that they don't really count.
But what if Obama can say, "You *did* make the difference"? That's intriguingly different: it's a very empowering message. Played right, it could turn into -- well, if not a tidal wave, then at least enough of a swell to win the primary...
Say that Obama wins in NH. Say that (as in Iowa) he is apparently pushed over the top by the young first-time voters. What's the effect?
If Obama is smart, he plays that to the hilt. The youth vote is traditionally one of those great hopes that doesn't quite play out. Everyone wants to marshal that force, and get them to the polls, but success is rare. Everyone tells them, "You can make the difference", but many remain disaffected, and convinced that they don't really count.
But what if Obama can say, "You *did* make the difference"? That's intriguingly different: it's a very empowering message. Played right, it could turn into -- well, if not a tidal wave, then at least enough of a swell to win the primary...
Obama and the youth vote
Jan. 7th, 2008 10:13 pmOne of the effects that may happen (that I actually hope will happen in the coming weeks):
Say that Obama wins in NH. Say that (as in Iowa) he is apparently pushed over the top by the young first-time voters. What's the effect?
If Obama is smart, he plays that to the hilt. The youth vote is traditionally one of those great hopes that doesn't quite play out. Everyone wants to marshal that force, and get them to the polls, but success is rare. Everyone tells them, "You can make the difference", but many remain disaffected, and convinced that they don't really count.
But what if Obama can say, "You *did* make the difference"? That's intriguingly different: it's a very empowering message. Played right, it could turn into -- well, if not a tidal wave, then at least enough of a swell to win the primary...
Say that Obama wins in NH. Say that (as in Iowa) he is apparently pushed over the top by the young first-time voters. What's the effect?
If Obama is smart, he plays that to the hilt. The youth vote is traditionally one of those great hopes that doesn't quite play out. Everyone wants to marshal that force, and get them to the polls, but success is rare. Everyone tells them, "You can make the difference", but many remain disaffected, and convinced that they don't really count.
But what if Obama can say, "You *did* make the difference"? That's intriguingly different: it's a very empowering message. Played right, it could turn into -- well, if not a tidal wave, then at least enough of a swell to win the primary...
Okay -- just got my final panel list for Arisia, and it's better than the first draft. Five panels, covering my range of interests reasonably well (two LARP, two comics, one online). I am amused at the degree to which I'm on the usual panels with the usual people -- I could almost have predicted who I'd wind up on which panels with, since we often wind up together year after year.
All look interesting, but the winner is probably going to be the "LJ and the Nature of Community" panel: it's a *great* topic and a fine list of people to hash through the topic with. Pity that I have another panel right afterwards, because I'd bet that this is one that we could easily continue for hours...
All look interesting, but the winner is probably going to be the "LJ and the Nature of Community" panel: it's a *great* topic and a fine list of people to hash through the topic with. Pity that I have another panel right afterwards, because I'd bet that this is one that we could easily continue for hours...
Okay -- just got my final panel list for Arisia, and it's better than the first draft. Five panels, covering my range of interests reasonably well (two LARP, two comics, one online). I am amused at the degree to which I'm on the usual panels with the usual people -- I could almost have predicted who I'd wind up on which panels with, since we often wind up together year after year.
All look interesting, but the winner is probably going to be the "LJ and the Nature of Community" panel: it's a *great* topic and a fine list of people to hash through the topic with. Pity that I have another panel right afterwards, because I'd bet that this is one that we could easily continue for hours...
All look interesting, but the winner is probably going to be the "LJ and the Nature of Community" panel: it's a *great* topic and a fine list of people to hash through the topic with. Pity that I have another panel right afterwards, because I'd bet that this is one that we could easily continue for hours...