From rssfeeds@jmason.org Sun Oct 6 22:54:34 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A57716F74 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 22:52:52 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 06 Oct 2002 22:52:52 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g96808K15190 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 2002 09:00:08 +0100 Message-Id: <200210060800.g96808K15190@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@example.com From: aaronsw Subject: to the courthouse Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 08:00:08 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-892.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,T_NONSENSE_FROM_40_50 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: URL: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000637 Date: 2002-10-05T21:15:55-06:00 I guess it's time to reveal the incredibly kind invitation I received[1]. As many of you may have found out or guessed, I will be attending oral argument for the Eldred case[2] before the Supreme Court. I'm incredibly excited, as you might imagine. Visiting the Supreme Court would be quite enough, but seeing such an important case...Dayenu! When Lessig asked me if I was free that day to come, I laughed because I couldn't (and still can't) think of anything I'd rather do than attend. I am eternally grateful to Lessig for the chance to attend. On the other hand, I'm sort of embarassed to have the opportunity, when there are surely others who deserve it far more than me. Luckily, it seems that such deserving others will be able to get seats by camping in line with us. So, I'll be arriving in D.C. on Tuesday, attending an Eldred/Duke/EPIC/Bookmobile superparty, and then camping in line with Seth Schoen[3], Lisa Rein, Jace Cooke but unfortunately not Cory Doctorow. If you'd like to come with us, let me know. I was hoping I'd be able to take notes and post them to my weblog for those who couldn't make it, but as I read in today's Times, only lawyers and those with official press credentials are allowed to take notes![4] I think this is outrageous, but hopefully I will be able to remember enough to provide an interesting account. In a related irony, today was "Disney Day" at Borders[5], where they played Disney rock songs with the volume turned up too loud, disturbing my usual habit of reading a book there. However, I did manage to skim through _The Practice of Programming_. In an unrelated note, if you haven't been electrocuted by a Model T spark plug, I highly recommend it. [1] http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000609 [2] http://eldred.cc/ [3] http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/2002-10-02.html [4] http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/05/opinion/05AMAR.html [5] http://www.bordersstores.com/events/event_detail.jsp?SEID=15127444