[OT] TV, Internet, and Democracy

[JoeHill]

Christopher Browne left a post-it on the fridge:

> On 5/29/07, Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 5/29/07, JoeHill <joehill-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:  
> > > Agreed, though we might disagree over the value of senior bureaucrats,
> > > beyond being a good source of protein ;)  
> >
> > Being a good source of protein is important.  Biological entities -
> > such as mammals - require a regual intake and processing of
> > proteins... non?  
> 
> I have to take exception; my father used to be a senior bureaucrat (in
> Ottawa, of course), and if you regard yourself as *so* different from
> them that they seem like a different species, I have to wonder who's
> the oddity.
> 
> Come on - they're people too.  The association with political process
> and with particular parties may introduce some level of distaste, but
> they do NOT have two heads.

Sorry about that, usually that is a joke made at the expense of the truly
dispensable: lawyers ;)

> > Not I.  From my perspective, I'd think both the Penguin People and the
> > Penguin Politicians are necessary for us to have any chance of
> > success.  
> 
> The overall model is one where the total effect is the sum of all of
> the components.
> 
> My "wild guess" is that the multipler on "ice house"-like events is pretty
> low.
> 
> In contrast, I'm not sure quite how to evaluate my conversation today;
> if it turns out I helped with that sale, it's probably on the order of
> a few million dollars that travelled around.  The more curious
> question would be what happens next, where it conceivably influences
> further sales strategy.
> 
> If it gets the sales guys thinking more creatively, I'm pretty happy :-).
> 
> My (probability-adjusted :-)) share of the $millions seems likely to
> be more than the "ice house."

Historically, the most important and revolutionary events generated absolutely
no revenue.

Conversely,... ;)

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