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Virginia Senate drops droopy-pants bill

Virginia lawmakers dropped their droopy-pants bill Thursday after the whole thing became just too embarrassing.

The bill, which would have slapped a $50 fine on people who wear their pants so low that their underwear is visible in "a lewd or indecent manner," passed the state House on Tuesday but was killed by a Senate committee in a unanimous vote.

Hmmm ... embarassing ... 'ya think?

Here's what burns my britches.

The bill's sponsor, Democratic Delegate Algie T. Howell, declined to answer reporters' questions Thursday but issued a statement saying the bill "was in direct response to a number of my constituents who found this to be a very important issue."

He has said the constituents included customers at his barber shop who were offended by exposed underwear.

How many constituents? Probably no more than the 3 people that complained about Fox's, Married by America.

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I was IMing with Dan this morning about the rate of Netflix returns. Netflix needs more local partners rather than larger regional distribution centers. Here's the jist of our conversation.

The trick is just that someone who NF trusts has to take the return from you and do the scan. There are lots of people who NF would trust, so how about....

Starbucks? You give your return to the clerk as you pay for your morning mochachino, and behind the counter is a little barcode reader. Your return gets scanned and dropped into a bin, and goes out with Starbuck's normal USPS mail, but now NF knows about it early.

Worst case is that Starbucks updates Netflix on a nightly basis, but wait -- the Starbucks all have internet access anyway! The message to Netflix could be damn near instantaneous, and your next disc could ship the SAME DAY.

Starbucks would love this, because it gives people another reason to go into their stores, and God damned if a high percentage of them aren't going to buy a latte at the same time. People would love this because I'm sure there's a high overlap between the people who use Netflix and the people who buy a daily coffee at Starbucks, and so it is convenient and gets them their next movies faster. Netflix would love this because their customers love it.

Are you listening, Netstarflickbux?? Heh..... no, probably not.

Neither of us expect to be compensated for this idea. I don't even know if it's original or not. But, if you're feeling generous and you'd like to comp our Netflix accounts free for a year, let me know (my e-mail is over there on the side) and I'll get you mine and Dan's Netflix account IDs. And hey, I'd be happy to go 50-50 with free Netflix for half a year and free Starbuck's lattes for half a year. Remind you of a Seinfeld episode?

MR STAR: Gentleman come in. Now we don't want to take up much of your time. Let's make this short and sweet. We're prepared to offer you all the free coffee you want in any of our stores throughout North America and Europe, Plus..
KRAMER: (Interrupting) I'LL TAKE IT!!
(Scene ends)
[Setting: Jackie and Kramer in the back of a cab]
JACKIE: I'll take it? Who told you to take it? Did I tell you to take it?
KRAMER: No.
JACKIE: I know the Maestro didn't tell you to take it, he wasn't there.
KRAMER: Well I thought we were lucky to get anything.
JACKIE: Free coffee?
KRAMER: Yeah.
JACKIE: I don't want free coffee. It's not hard to get coffee. I can get my own damn coffee. I wanted to hear what came after that "Plus".
KRAMER: Well I didn't hear any Plus.
JACKIE: 20 years practicing law I've never experienced anything like this.
(Kramer spots a Java World)
KRAMER: Look, Java World. (To cabbie) Hey listen I'm gonna get out here. I'm gonna get myself a free cafe latte.

Are you listening, Netstarflixbucks??

Who's to say there aren't more blojsom company usage announcements like the one this morning about Cisco using blojsom? You'll just have to wait I guess.

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Cisco's High Tech Policy Blog - Government Affairs is now online. I'm told there are other groups at Cisco interested in starting their own blogs as well.

Welcome to Cisco Worldwide Government Affairs' (WWGA) High Tech Policy Web Log ("Blog"). WWGA started this blog in an effort to share the public policy expertise and opinions of our team members. We hope that you find it useful.

It was also announced via the Government Affairs eUpdate for February.

CISCO GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS HAS ENTERED THE BLOGOSPHERE!!! – Note from John Earnhardt, Policy Communications at Cisco Government Affairs - I recently overheard someone comment that they really think that this internet thing is taking off - which now compels me to make the same comment about blogging. Cisco’s Worldwide Government Affairs blog is the first external blog at Cisco – believe it or not. We are a small team dispersed from California to DC to Brussels to Paris to Beijing and the only way we can really leverage our expertise, analysis and insight is through the internet. We can only do so many meetings, attend so many conferences and present so much. The blog will be an attempt to give you some insight from a policy expert’s point of view on what he or she finds interesting or compelling from a policy standpoint on a regular basis. Our bloggers are, of course, speaking for themselves and not for Cisco, but their background, experience and access make them compelling enough figures, I think. So, check out our new blog. Let us know what you think. Post some comments. I think this blogging thing might take off. Our first blogger is Adam Golodner, Director of Global Security Policy, and he will be blogging on…security.

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