--- begin forwarded text Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:27:12 -0800 To: telstar@wired.com (Todd Lappin -- Wired), davenetworld@wired.com, eric.alderman@hmg.com, shabbir@vtw.org (Shabbir J. Safdar), sac88867@saclink1.csus.edu (Allen Cole), nagel@applelink.apple.com (Dave Nagel -- Apple), apj7@columbia.edu (Andrew Johnston), strindberg3@applelink.apple.com, robg@prognet.com (Rob Glaser -- Progressive Networks), esp@montreal.com (David Kramer), ebelove@staff.ichange.com (Ed Belove -- AT&T Interchange) From: dwiner@well.com (DaveNet email) Subject: New Date: 2/22/96 Sender: owner-davenetworld@wired.com Precedence: bulk --------------------------------------- Amusing Rants from Dave Winer's Desktop Released on 2/12/96; 5:18:26 PM PST --------------------------------------- Rob Glaser, robg@prognet.com, was the first to question the choice of 2/12/96 for the 24 Hours of Democracy project. He said: "I think this is a very good idea overall. But I think it is unnecessarily (insanely?) ambitious to try to pull it off on Wednesday." Many more emails like that followed. As the day progressed, I realized that while I'm itching to get the ball rolling, it's taking longer than I thought it would for the pieces to come together. So we're pushing the date back. ***February 22, 1996 The start time will be: 12:01AM, Pacific, 2/22/96. The end time will be: 11:59PM, Pacific, 2/22/96. February 22 is George Washington's Birthday. A national holiday in the United States. It's a bank holiday. The post office is closed. We celebrate the birth of our founding father. The leader in our war for independence. He was the first president of the United States. The man who, according to legend, could not tell a lie. So -- instead of writing a love letter to the Internet, tell the truth about democracy. The founding principles of the United States. The Declaration of Independence. The Constitution. The Bill of Rights. How would George Washington feel about the Internet? And even though 2/22/96 is not Valentine's Day, if you want to write a love letter to the Internet, that's probably OK too! Stay tuned to <http://www.hotwired.com/userland/24/> for news on sponsorship, press information, free web posting via email, clip art, and information about how you can contribute to the success of 24 Hours of Democracy. Thanks! Dave Winer PS: Remember Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is today, and remember slavery, the Civil War, and then freedom. Can it happen here? It did! ----------------------------------------------- 2/22/96: <http://www.hotwired.com/userland/24/> --- end forwarded text -------------------------------------------------- The e$ lists are brought to you by: Making Commerce Convenient (tm) - Oki Advanced Products - Marlboro, MA Value-Checker(tm) smart card reader= http://www.oki.com/products/vc.html Where people, networks and money come together: Consult Hyperion http://www.hyperion.co.uk info@hyperion.co.uk See your name here. Be a charter sponsor for e$pam, e$, and Ne$ws! See http://thumper.vmeng.com/pub/rah/ or e-mail rah@shipwright.com for details... -------------------------------------------------