http://surprisinglyfree.com/2010/01/27/a-modest-proposal-to-improve-the-state-of-the-union-speech/ Surprisingly Free is the site of the Technology Policy Program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Here you'll find our blog and weekly podcast at the intersection of tech, policy, and economics. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://surprisinglyfree.com/2010/01/27/a-modest-proposal-to-improve-the-state-of-the-union-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-405 cordblomquist Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:20:10 +0000 http://surprisinglyfree.com/?p=896#comment-405 Perhaps a TiVo could be modified to accomplish this goal, automatically skipping over the parts of a recording that contain noises like applause. You could record the speech while you sleep and wake up the next day to watch a condensed version of the speech that would cut out as soon as the automatons in the audience popped up for applause and then cut back in as Mr. Obama directed his focus back to the teleprompter. Might be a bit jarring, but no more than watching it with the applause, and you'd still arrive at work the next day being equally informed of the substance of the previous night's speeches, if any substance existed to begin with. Perhaps a TiVo could be modified to accomplish this goal, automatically skipping over the parts of a recording that contain noises like applause. You could record the speech while you sleep and wake up the next day to watch a condensed version of the speech that would cut out as soon as the automatons in the audience popped up for applause and then cut back in as Mr. Obama directed his focus back to the teleprompter. Might be a bit jarring, but no more than watching it with the applause, and you'd still arrive at work the next day being equally informed of the substance of the previous night's speeches, if any substance existed to begin with.

]]> http://surprisinglyfree.com/2010/01/27/a-modest-proposal-to-improve-the-state-of-the-union-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-159 cordblomquist Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:20:10 +0000 http://surprisinglyfree.com/?p=896#comment-159 Perhaps a TiVo could be modified to accomplish this goal, automatically skipping over the parts of a recording that contain noises like applause. You could record the speech while you sleep and wake up the next day to watch a condensed version of the speech that would cut out as soon as the automatons in the audience popped up for applause and then cut back in as Mr. Obama directed his focus back to the teleprompter. Might be a bit jarring, but no more than watching it with the applause, and you'd still arrive at work the next day being equally informed of the substance of the previous night's speeches, if any substance existed to begin with. Perhaps a TiVo could be modified to accomplish this goal, automatically skipping over the parts of a recording that contain noises like applause. You could record the speech while you sleep and wake up the next day to watch a condensed version of the speech that would cut out as soon as the automatons in the audience popped up for applause and then cut back in as Mr. Obama directed his focus back to the teleprompter. Might be a bit jarring, but no more than watching it with the applause, and you'd still arrive at work the next day being equally informed of the substance of the previous night's speeches, if any substance existed to begin with.

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