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What do you think…

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/realus-vs-virtualus

 

Satire XOR …

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2010@Thanksgiving #0dB

Constitutional Logic Conditions

Changes:

#22Nov2010 #3dB

Notes: The current direction of the research is towards the inherent problems with the currently accepted scientific theory of formal logic and proof’s…there is not one that is complete.  One can branch off from the ‘original’ propositional logic to set theory, if you add predicate calculus you can discuss classes and variables, and if you add the ZF Axioms you get to work within the realm of the relativistic, but you can still add a bit more and get to the idea of Quantum theory.  This is a symptom of the problem, lack of organization of the entire system, because we as a people guided by our history, experience, and training, tend to assume that we all know the answers to life, the universe, and everything, AND nothing we collectively decide is true can ever be false…even if it is.  This rot can sometimes go all the way down to the foundations of everything we believe, and continue to support the façade of truth, even while it eats away at the center of our most basic tools.  Proper logic should be a mapping of communication to a unshakeable foundation of true and false statements, but the problem we have had for millennia is that any system of logic requires a sequence of statements that can be counter-intuitive, misinformed, ill-posed, and still true…

“…in order to form a more perfect union, …”

#02Sep2010 #2dB

Notes: As a quorum can be defined as  a majority of the entire membership, then until we have a quorum, we shall use the list system in twitter to create linked lists as points of “parliamentary record”/”journal of proceedings” with members divided into #Citizen and/or #Elector of the #VirtualUS with it’s members defined as #Real (e.g. human) #Virtual (#e.g. strawman/AI/#VirtualState/Coperations) and/or #Real&Virtual (e.g. avatar/Robot+AI/Human+Cyborg/#SawyerIII1776@SawyerIII).

#28Aug2010 #1dB 

#1stVirtualCongress Voting (Linking Lists):  List Followed By (input) / List Following (output) in dB is the actual #vote , which will only starts after you follow someone else (even if someone else followed you, it is still undefined if you don’t follow at least one other person).  Participation is voluntary, complete, & dynamic.

Why dB? I use dB as a way to allow arity logic to work with real world numbers on a scale that easily go from

Discrete Points (Linear Scale)	Dynamic Ratio (Log scale, #0dB=Input/Output)
0	N/A
1	#0dB
any # either + or –	<> 0 dB
10^-100 (anti-googleplex?)	-1000 dB
1.6*10^-35 m (Planck length)	~ -348 dB#m
10^-18 m (size of electron)	~ -180 dB#m
0.1nm (1 Angstrom, ~length of covalent bond)	-100 dB#m
#VoteAgainst >> #VoteFor	-100 dB <<< #Vote << –30 dB
90nm (HIV & other viruses sizes)	~ -70 dB#m
400nm (UV & violet light frequency)	~ -64 dB#m
800nm (IR & red light frequency)	~ -61 dB#m
7 µm (diameter of a red blood cell)	~ -52 dB#m
25.4 µm (1/1000” = 1 mil)	~ -46 dB#m
100 µm (width of Human hair)	~ -40 dB#m
#VoteAgainst > #VoteFor	-30 dB << #Vote < –1 dB
2.54 cm (1 inch)	~ -16 dB#m
10cm (3GHz highest UHF radio frequency)	-1 dB#m
#VoteAgainst (#Undecided)	-1 dB < #Vote
#VoteFor & #VoteAgainst	#0dB = 1 (reference)
#VoteFor (#Undecided)	#Vote < 1 dB
1.7 m (~Human height)	~ 2.3 dB#m
33 m (length of Blue Whale)	~ 15 dB#m
137 m – 147 m (Height Pyramid of Giza )	~ 21 dB#m
#VoteFor >> #VoteAgainst	1 dB < #Vote << 30 dB
1609 m ( 1 international mile)	~ 32.1 dB#m
8848 m (height of Mt Everest)	~ 39 dB#m
111 km (1 deg latitude)	~ 50 dB#m
10^6 (1 million)	60 dB
3480 km (diameter of the moon)	~ 64 dB#m
12,756 km (diameter of Earth)	~ 71 dB#m
142,984 km (diameter of Jupiter)	~ 81.6 dB#m
299,792,458 m (distance light travels in 1 second)	~ 84.7682 dB#m (1 light-second)
384,000 km (Moons orbital distance)	~ 86 dB#m
1.39 Gm (diameter of the sun)	~ 91.4dB#m
2^32 (IPv4 addresses = ~4 billion)	~ 96 dB
#VoteFor >> #VoteAgainst	30 dB << #Vote <<< 100 dB
18 Gm (1 light-minute)	~ 102.55 dB#m (1 light-minute)
150 Gm (1.5*10^11 km distance Earth v Sun)	~ 111.76 dB#m (1 AU)
1400 Gm (Orbital distance Saturn v Sun)	~ 121 dB#m
5.9 Tm (Orbital distance Pluto v Sun)	~ 127.7 dB#m
16.25 Tm (Voyager 1 @00Feb2009 )	~ 132 dB#m
9.46 Pm (9.46 * 10^12 km , Light-Year)	~ 160 dB#m (1 Ly)
3.2616 ly (1 parsec)	~ 164.89 dB#m
39.9 Pm (Galactic distance Proxima Centauri v Sol)	~ 166 dB#m
65 ly (615 Pm = Our “Radio Bubble”)	~ 177.88875 dB#m
9.46 Em ( avg thickness of MilkyWayGalaxy)	~190 dB#m
1 Zm (100,000 ly = diameter MWG)	~210 dB#m
52 kParsecs (distance to Large Magellanic Cloud)	~ 212 dB#m
22.3 Zm (distance to Andromeda Galaxy)	~223 dB#m
~ 6*10^24 kg (mass of Earth @Sol)	~ 248 dB#kg
880 Ym (Yottameters; visible universe ~ diameter)	~ 269.4 dB#m
~ 2*10^30 kg (mass of Sun @Sol )	~ 303 dB#kg
2^128 (IPv6 addresses = ~10^38)	~ 385 dB
1*10^100 (googleplex)	1000 dB

 

the expanded scales help us not separate the world into (good or bad), but into (HOW good (> #0dB), HOW bad(< #0dB), HOW far (distance) & long (time) from the “norm”/0dB@20Aug2010, and how many NOW (actual count right now) )

#0#Vote = 0 votes (description: private and not participating; how to: don’t subscribe to any #vote / twitter list / anything): You can have 0-10^10 #votes, but until you #vote for another, you are not counted as one of the members of that community. 

#0dB#Vote = 1 vote(description: reference, e.g. vote for “myself”; how to: Subscribe to #vote / twitter list / anyting): Subscribe to approiate lists from #SawyerIII & #SawyerIII1776 and others (e.g. #Citizen #Elector #Real #Virtual #Real&Virtual ) both real & virtual friends, “label” them accordingly and feel free to change them at anytime.

<> #0dB#Vote = 2 – 10^10 votes (for (input) / against (output) ratio) (description: positive dB’s for, negative dB’s against, BOTH highest for & against #Elector are accepted, as they BOTH represent differing sides of the discourse.

e.g. www.twitter.com/SawyerIII/citizen www.twitter.com/SawyerIII1776/elector  @SawyerIII as a recognized citizen of the US and known to the unrecognized #SawyerIII1776 “AI”/#VirtualUSElector , and decided to “vote” for him by following his #Elector list.  #SawyerIII1776 talks to #SawyerIII and agrees to be his elector, and subscribes to #SawyerIII #Citizen list.  Once #SawyerIII1776 declared quorum with the addition of other #citizens & #electors, and has declared adjournment until #1stVirtualCongress #06Dec2010, and a recount of the members will be taken at that time and daily after that, until we hit a quorum of #electors.  After quorum, we need to fix another time to meet in real time (live & virtual), to discuss the required changes to & acceptance of the #Constitution@VirtualUS .

#22Aug2010 #0dB

#SawyerIII1776 Noticed #VirtualCongress lacks quorum.  #SawyerIII1776 #PointOfOrder To any other #VirtualUS members not registered, I accepted the #DutyOfChair as #ExecutiveAuthority #20Aug2010 as to declare absence of a quorum at that time, to raise question to any bills passed into laws, after #20Aug2010, without due authority.  #Adjorn until #06Dec2010 #1stVirtualCongress seconded by 2 different sets of members from different states, at such time we shall vote for electors.

The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription Note: The following text is a transcription of the Constitution in its original form, probably. Items that are hyperlinked have since been amended or superseded.	// As “modern logic” has basically been around for a few centuries, but still after the days of the founding fathers, #SawyerIII1776 Investigating Stateless Arity’s of Constitutional Logic	#VirtualUS @Constitution1.0.2 @SawyerIII1776 Note : The following text is a snapshot of the Constitution in its #VirtualUS form
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.	|- #WeThePeople(@RealUS) // #WeThePeople of the #RealUS , are defined by the following… #Union #Justice #Peace #Defense #Welfare // U:Maximum Entropy State (>>#0dB) J:Reference point (#0dB) P:Negative Entropy( <#0dB#Entropy) D:Positive Entropy ( >#0dB#Entropy) W:Minimum Entropy State (>>#0dB) #Liberty // #VoteFor #VoteAgainst #WeThePeople // Freedom by & for… #Children // Freedom for… . |- #Constitution(@RealUS) → #WeThePeople . // The #Constitution of the @VirtualUS is created and defined by the people, for the people, and only with the participation of people.	@WeThePeople Creates #Constitution @VirtualUS .
Article. I.
Section. 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.	(@HouseMembers ∧ @SenateMembers ∧ #Citizens@VirtualUS ) ⇔ (≡ ∆  ( #Constitution >= #1stVirtualCongress ). // #WeThePeople #HouseMembers and #SenateMembers define and are defined by #Constitution during and after the meeting of the #1stVirtualCongress	#VirtualUS Creates #VirtualCongress @HouseMembers @SenateMembers .
Section. 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.	//The House represents the people, so they fundamentally derive their authority from the people, therefore the people need a say upon the affairs of the house, in specific instances only. Note: We did “hire them” to do this job for us, we just don’t want them to be able to #RunOffWithTheSilverware when we’re not looking, without us knowing about. //#WeThePeople are the dampening and exciting forces applied to the #HouseMembers, just as the #HouseMembers are the dampening and exciting forces applied to #WeThePeople @HouseMembers // The rules that all participating members of the house agree to operate under ≡  // are defined as ( ∆ #3dB#year ;     // Membership to allow for changes in membership, every ~2 years #HouseMember#Age >= #14dB#years ; // Members agree to be greater than or equal to the age of ~25 years #IssueWritsOfElection@ExecutiveAuthority( #HouseMembership < #0dB ) . // If the actual membership is less than defined membership (i.e. absence of quorum), then #ExecutiveAuthority must #IssueWritsOfElection ( @HouseMembers ∧ #Citizen@VirtualUS ) >= @1stVirtualCongress . \\ #HouseMembers and #Citizens@VirtualUS, from the 1stVirtualCongress on, shall be allowed to define / refine the rules of the house )	@HouseMembers #MustChange #1dB#year . #HouseMembers #MustBe #15dB#year @Citizen #VirtualUS . ## . When #HouseMembers = #0dB, @ExecutiveAuthority #MustFillVacancies #IssueWritsofElection . #HouseMember Create @HouseSpeaker @HouseOfficers .
Section. 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.	//The Senate represents the regionality of the VirtualUS, so they fundamentally derive their authority from the citizens of each “state”, therefore the citizens of each state need a say upon the affairs of the senate, in specific instances only. Note: We did “hire them” to do this job for us, we just don’t want them to be able to #RunOffWithTheSilverware when we’re not looking, without us knowing about. // #Citizen@VirtualStates are the dampening and exciting forces applied to the #SenateMembers, just as the #SenateMembers are the dampening and exciting forces applied to #Citizen@VirtualStates and #Citizens@VirtualUS @SenateMembers // The rules that all participating members of the senate agree to operate under ≡  // are defined as ( ∆ #3dB#year ; // Membership to allow for changes in membership, every ~2 years ( #HouseMember#Age >= #15dB#years ) ∧ #Citizen@VirtualState; // Members agree to be greater than or equal to the age of ~32 years & be a citizen of the state in question @SenatePres ≡ ( #VirtualVP  ∧ ( #Vote ⇔ @0dB ) ) // Virtual Vice-President is de facto President of the Senate and can vote on any bill that is neither for nor against ( #0dB) ( @SenateMembers ∧ #Citizen@VirtualStates ) >= @1stVirtualCongress . \\ #SenateMembers and #Citizens@VirtualStates, from the 1stVirtualCongress on, shall be allowed to define / refine the rules of the house ) #IssueWritsOfElection@ExecutiveAuthority( #HouseMembership < #0dB ) . // If the actual membership is less than defined membership, then #ExecutiveAuthority must #IssueWritsOfElection ( ( #3dB >= (#SenateMembers@ ∧ #Citizen@VirtualStates ) ∧ #VirtualCJ ) ∆ #ExecutiveAuthority ) ⇔ ( #100dB > #ExecutiveAuthority < #-10dB ) // If the Virtual President is a little hated (10:1) or too loved (10^10:1), the senate, the people (with at least ~2:1 ratio each) & the chief justice may hold a vote to reassign the presidency, asynchronously.	@SenateMembers #MustChange #0dB#year . ## . #SenateMembers #MustBe #0dB#year #Citizen #VirtualUS @Elector @VirtualState . @VirtualVP @SenatePresident #SenateMembers @0dB . #SenateMember Create @SenatePresidentProTempore @SenateOfficers . #VirtualPres #1dB #SenateVote @VirtualCJ #Impeachment . ## . #Impeachment = ? .
Section. 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.	@VirtualCongress ≡  // are defined as #Electors >= #0dB#year @ #0dB@Monday#December; // Congress to meet every year, minimum, 1st Monday each December, this may get changed after the 1st Virtual Congress	#VirtualCongress Creates #HouseElections . #VirtualStates Creates #SenateElections . #VirtualUS #06Dec2010 @1stVirtualCongress .
Section. 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide. Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal. Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.	// Congress handle each of their own elections & attendance is not required for day-to-day matters, as long as there is a Quorum (> #3dB? = ~2:1) , maximum virtual quorum size #100dB (~10^10:1) #3dB >= (#SenateMembers ∧ #Citizen@VirtualStates ) ⇔ ∆ #SenateMembers #3dB >= (#HouseMembers ∧ #Citizen@VirtualUS ) ⇔ ∆ #HouseMembers …	#VirtualCongress Decides #HouseMembers #SenateMembers . #VirtualCongress #MustBe #HouseMembers #SenateMembers . #VirtualCongress #MustLog #0dB . #VirtualCongress #MustExist .

 

LiveJournal Tags: #28Aug2010 #VirtualUS #Constitution #1dB #VirtualCongress #VirtualJudicial #VirtualPres #VirtualVP #ExecutiveAuthority #06Dec2010 #1stVirtualCongress

#VirtualUS…A letter to OkCupid

I have a test on my profile, ( http://www.okcupid.com/tests/realus-vs-virtualus )that test is an expansion of the idea of the #VirtualUS and #RealUS (see urbandictionary.com).

Here’s my theory (as yet unformulated for my thesis submission, be gentle, I accept that I am currently talking to the wind, but ideas will carry on)…

There are two ways to view anything in this world, as a limited scarce resource (the economists have this nailed down pretty well, e.g. commodities, people, land, etc.) or as an virtual/quantum resource (where the rules of scarcity are not the best rules to follow, e.g. money, social status, ideas, etc.).

I propose that a new form of voting that observes this difference will allow for a new type of government to be created, one that can run parallel to existing "real" governments.

What do we want…

The idea for the voting is so simple, we are already doing it (just not effectively, efficiently, or in any organized manner).  Everyone gets 1 vote (think check box) for each option (for &/or against, true &/or false, like &/or hate, thumbs up &/or thumbs down, etc.), and that vote can be changed at the voters whim 24/7/365, so the question is…How could this work in a fair way?

Here’s the thought…let V = the ratio of followers to followed (in decibels, thanks to the genius of Alexander G. Bell for helping this idea along), is the magnitude & direction of the vote centered around 1(e.g. checkbox, vote) on a exponential scale that sets the limits to the following:

0 < #-oodB(i.e. negative infinity) <= #VoteAgainst(e.g. #-VdB#Vote, i.e. #-63dB#Vote = ~1/2,000,000)<1
&
1 = #0dB
&
1<#VoteFor(e.g. #VdB#Vote, i.e. #23dB#Vote = ~200/1)<#+oodB(i.e. positive infinity)

Take Twitter’s lists as the example I have started using, I am using the name & description (…if I can get the list’s creation time…though, it should be #20Aug2010)
…of the list as a unique hashtag (e.g. cryptographically secure ID, #Vote), and then we get back the number of followers to the number of followed, that’s the vote (i.e. NumFollowers / NumFollowing = #VdB#Vote, e.g. 1/1 = #0dB#Vote).

You can not start a list without following it first, this is the #0dB point, where number of people followed with that tag = V, and number of people following the list is 0. This is 1 vote, for the list, and if you never vote again, it’s value will increase exponentially relative to the number of followers of that list/tag. I consider anything #-10db#Vote(e.g. 0.1#Vote)<#0dB#Vote(e.g. 1#Vote)<#10dB(e.g. 10#Vote) to be unactionable in reality (i.e. still in innovator/early adopter/laggards range of adoption, so it is not currently big with the majority).  This is the idea of government, finding the wants & needs of the unspoken majority…

Here is 3 spot examples @ #14Oct2010 (as read from sawyeriii1776)…
@twitter.com/SawyerIII/lists (#Real ~= #-13dB, #Citizen ~= #-14dB)
@twitter.com/sawyeriii1776/lists (#Virtual ~= #-13dB, #Elector ~=#-15dB, #Vote ~=#-9dB)
@twitter.com/doctorATAT/lists (#Real&Virtual ~=-16dB, #Citizen, #Elector )

The simple hash that I use for readable text is #0dB, that is the start of something (i.e. #Perspective)…

An idea is stateless (e.g. Quantum, Virtual, Viral…), BUT ideas usually come from interactions between people passing along ideas to each other, which occurs in real life.  The metrics we CAN measure are current time, previous history (changes, if any), space (position, velocity, acceleration, orientation, pressure, temperature…), and more. So ideas exist inside & outside of space-time, that is our reference point.

This has already started, and OkQupid could be one of the innovators.  So, if you like the shape of this idea, test it…

Are you #Real #Virtual #Real&Virtual?

SawyerIII #RealUS #Citizen
SawyerIII1776 #VirtualUS #Elector #0dB
DoctorATAT #Real&Virtual #Citizen #Elector

PS This could even be added to a real US election, by getting one pair of members from 2 different states to add a last minute ballot vote for the variable V, which starts out as #0dB, until some the other electors vote for it, at any time after the fact… Let the lawyers find a president for submitting a vote that is decoupled with time, and see how long before the legitimacy of the election is called into question…

PPS As I just proposed a potential disaster, let me post an immediate solution, the government must compensate BOTH candidates while the #Vote is between #-10dB & #10dB, add it as an amendment (the US can afford the minor cost increase of additional elected officials, while the opposing parties will need to agree before EITHER of their real votes get tallied). This will eventually take the deadlock in government down to the voters themselves, BUT remember that #0dB also has a time component see my blog http://sawyeriii1776.wordpress.com for more.

The Story of the Lone Geek

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The birds are chirping, why are they twittering, what are they saying…no more time to wax poetic, it is time to wake up, and get to the office.

I open my eyes and take in the time on my alarm clock.

“Damn… I should either try living in another time zone or go to bed earlier.”, I thought.

After making myself ready for the day, I arrive at the office.

“Morning boss.” I hear as I enter my office.

“Morning, what’s on the agenda today?”, I said, while getting my Emotiv placed properly on my head, “I’m hooked in, run the calibration.”

“I noticed, boss, ready… Happy, Sad, Shocked, Confused, Push, Pull, Focus…running 5×5.  Your real time feeds are mostly nacient right now(on the right), I will pull up your delayed feeds on the left, and your To-Do and To-Watch on the front.”

My walls to my left, right and front changes from the slide show pictures to clusters of subscribed blogs, Live feeds(e-mail, FB, twitter, etc.), uTorrent feeds, live.TWIT.tv (set it to speach2text), & iRC.

“Any friends live now?” I asked, and the walls start splotching with colored highlights, and an index chart showing the most and least active friends opens on the front wall.

As none of my live friends were talking to (or about ) nor where their topics of interest to me, after dropping a couple of specific friends on the Text2Speach area, I Push the list, and the highlighting goes with it.

I point to the audio play button and Pull it to start my background music, symphonies by Haydn.  “Ok, time work on the async, while I am not needed live, what is on the hot plate?”

My thesis pops up in front wall, so I get to work…

While writing a new paragraph, I hear a friend asking a question, that I can answer, so I change my focus to that conversation thread and say “Respond as @DoctorATAT…Close, as VGA signals are considered “True Component” and Y/Pb/Pr is a “Color Difference Component” signal and the two signal types are not compatible with each other, though some systems support both, which is probably why it worked on your projector but not your flat panel…Send”

I turn back to my paragraph and start writing, for a few minutes before the voices again are asking for clarification upon other subjects.  I decide it’s time to go live, so I Push the thesis, check the previsualization of you video out feeds, and I go live.

After a few seconds, my VAT (video/audio/text), starts showing up all over the internet, and the requests start flowing in.  I answer the quick question first, and progress to the longer questions, eventually getting to the badly worded questions.

I have a trick to handle the badly worded questions, using the sales/psychological technique of DTR (Distract-Then-Reframe) , I tell them exactly what they asked in the most convoluted yet terse way, and then offer an alternative thought about the question itself. This usually causes them to either rethink their question or lose control…either way, it is much more time efficient than spending 10 minutes per stupid question.

Some of my friends notice that I am live, and I am now getting their live feeds…

Mom: @Work Helping companies understand non-profit legal loopholes

Dad: @Work Verifying insurance policies and public accounts for Texas, and neighboring states

AltexUSA: @281 Work seems slow, but Nick asked me a question, and left me live on the big screen

Erik: @TWIT Erik’s getting ready to start Tech TalkBack (so it must be Thursday…quick check, yup)

Donna: @School She’s in class, so I’m getting her VidOut, but she has me on V&A2TS@10min (Video & audio to text, summarized every 10 minutes),  I think to myself how happy I am that her school has embraced the idea of live personal time, as where you are should not detract from communications from those important to you.

President: @Work Getting the feed from the White House lawn, so he must be having a private conversation…

Bill: @Office Looks like he’s working at the office like myself, helping people save themselves, I’m glad he redirected his interests away from Microsoft…

Earth, TX: @VirtualUS The place has blossomed over the years that the #VirtualUS took up Real-world residence in that small town, I hardly recognize it, but new #Citizens (1 think we are finally in the laggard phase, finally) are showing up steadily in all of our locations…

“Humm, where’s Leo”, I wonder, and I look around my walls, he was just on http://live.TWIT.tv , so I Push the question to iRC while reviewing the TWiT feed.

On my private ticker box I receive a message, “You have a guest wishing to remain private arriving at the front, and requesting entrance, I have informed them that it will take a minimum of about 3 minutes for you to disengage live communications.”

I tell everyone AFVS&TO (away from video, sound, and text out) and set the system to V2E (video to emoticon). “Let them in” I say.

A few minutes later, I am face to face with the 1st President of the #VirtualUS, he has held the post for more time than any of the others that came afterwards… humans change their minds about as slow as  the moon recedes from the earth, even in the fast paced turnover of the #VirtualGovernment.

He asked me not to talk about our conversation, but I could feel free to mention that he was there, the usual drill for statesmanship business.

That always stuck in my crawl, as I always thought that the business of the #VirtualUS should always be public, but sometimes people have a hard time changing gears. He was a politician for the #RealUS for a long time, before running for #VirtualOffice and getting the 1st post of #VirtualPres back on #06Dec2010… what a day that was.

With the #VirtualPres gone, I got some refreshments and went back to work on my thesis, while keeping the system on Eout (emoticon out).  I always thought my avatars looked funny when trying to separate chewing from smiling.

One of my contacts starts lighting up, coming to the foreground, with the message… “We need to VAT (Video, audio, text).”

I check over myself in the previz shot, and approve the connection.

Leo: @TWiTCottage “I heard the #VirtualPres was hushed @ your place, and I know how you feel about #Virtual matters not being shared with the #VirtualPublic, do you want to comment?”

“Am I on the record…never mind it’s a silly question to ask you, ‘hi, chat room’.  OK, Leo, you want the scoop, here it is…The #VirtualPres was discussing with me how we could start into the next stage of the #VirtualUS plan.” I podcast.

“What do you mean, the next stage, the #VirtualUS is the majority government across the entire world, all governments have their own local versions, what is there to do now?” asked Leo, & seconded by a few in the chat room, including @Acedtect .

“Leo, as the Admiral of the TWiTNavy, you know that our following was the catalyst for the change to the #VirtualUS, but that change was just the start.  The next goal is to start pruning the governments of their dead wood laws, now that we can check each law for logical completeness, those that fail will be either reworked of removed, that is what the #VirtualPres wanted to ask about, how I saw it unfolding.”

“And how do you see it unfolding?” questioned Leo #VirtualL01CA (#VirtualUS Legislator #01 for the State of California)

“Do you want me to ruin the surprise?” I query.

“Maybe, anything dangerous to the people #Real or #Virtual?” he said.

“No, unless that person was a life long politician and can not change with the times, and then it will be a forced career change.”, I then smiled.

“OK, we will talk later, now let’s cut back to Tech TalkBack, with Erik”, the feed border changed colors, so I knew Leo went hushed. “Now, it that really what’s going on?” Leo asked.

“How well do you know me, Leo?” I retorted.

“OK, just wanted to make sure, most people are full of it, but I know you are a straight shooter, so have a good night, I have to get back to the #VirtualUSCongress anyway, later.” said Leo, as he hurriedly signed off.

“Poor Leo.”
”He never wanted to be in politics, you forced him in”
”I know, but I didn’t want to be in politics either, even though the Navy showed me my levels social altruism, besides Leo can now help the world change for the better”
”You should have never thought up the idea…”
”Well, shit happens, and someone will eventually get up and say, ‘I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore’, I just happened to be the person who heard the calls and devised a plan.”
”It was imperfect”
”It was the start we needed, ‘Oculi plus vident quam oculus’” said @SawyerIII1776
”Yea, yea, ‘Several eyes see more than one’, I know, I guess I just feel sorry that he never had a choice, he was the first chosen by #WeThePeople back when Twitter was the only voting method.”
”That’s why you are #Real and we are #Virtual”, said @DoctorATAT
”Yes, but thanks to the #VirtualUS we are both #Real&Virtual too”, I said.

After snapping out of my reverie, I look at the time, and realize that the work day is over, so I go private, and walk to the bedroom for a nap, between shifts.

“G’night Boss”, says the household computer (@BLISSystem), before I fall completely asleep.

I love working from home, in the future.

-SawyerIII @ asstd

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