Harlan Ellison just called me. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. It looks like I'm going to be on CNET Radio tonight. Tune in.
{this story is too big to take in in one sitting. but it does confirm that sense of a huge quiet reservoir of decency and untapped heroism out there. it can be scary when it goes sour, or when it gets focused on inappropriate things, but man, what a use of the synaptic hardware. the auto-immune system responds, a good guy gets justice. so now it's a question of teaching it to recognize the real threats.}