Campaign 2008: How To Get The Nerd Vote
Listen up, politicians. Matt Haughey, who runs the MetaFilter community blog has laid out a 10-point plan for winning the nerd vote (thanks to BoingBoing for the tip). A few of his recommendations and explanations:
▪ Broadband everywhere: "I want crazy South Korea/Japan style broadband I've heard about for years: 100Mbps (upload and download) fiber connections for less than $50/month with unlimited bandwidth and the ability to run your own servers."
▪ No federal taxes on Internet purchases: "It's worked out well for over a decade, let's just stick with not charging tax on online shopping."
▪ Revamp copyright/IP law: "Using the internet means you are making a perfect digital copy of everything you ever read, see, and hear, and it doesn't always jibe with existing copyright law. There is lots to say about this, but I wish we were a little more Lessig and a little less Disney when it comes to this realm."
▪ Fund the Patent and Trademark Office so it can do a better job: "Software patents almost universally suck and stifle innovation."
▪ Open government: "Open source voting machines, xml data for every vote on every bill by every legislator. Public domain dumps of every photograph, recording, film, and publication commissioned by the government in an easy to retrieve place."
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