[alicebot-archcomm] budget

[Dr. Richard S. Wallace]

I have tried numerous approaches to back-door, front-door, trap-door,
back-channel, sideways mediate the problem with Berkeley, none of which has
panned out.  I've tried Goldberg's friends, colleagues, and his academic
advisor.  I even tried contacting a Rabbi and a U.N. Ambassador.   They all
say Goldberg doesn't want to talk, and Berkeley won't negotiate.

The problem with lawyers is, they get dollar signs in their eyes too.   They
make money by dragging the case out as long as possible, billing as much as
possible.  And the damages, whatever they are, keep getting bigger the
longer we wait.  It's sort of like investing in the stock market.  Timing is
everything.

You can read about all the gory details in my Slashdot interview at
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/1344245&mode=flat&tid
=99




----- Original Message -----
From: "Conan Callen" <ccallen@windowpane.com>
To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] budget


> This is not legal advice.
>
> What are your damages? Did you see the recent Washington Civil action
where,
> amongs other things, the plaintif claimed damages because his story was
> balsted in the media. It turned out that it was his own (actually his
> mothers) attorney who negotiated the contract with the media.
>
> What are the demands of the plaintif? I'm not to fimilar with all the
> details. As I understand it, he orginally contact you after watching "A
> Beautiful Mind". Somehow you guys ended up in court and it sounds like he
> has a restraining order to keep you away from him and the UC campus. Is
> there some way you can get back to the point when he orginally called you?
> For instance if you relaxed your position, would he relax his? Could the
two
> of you then pursue a more peaceful (non-judicial) solution?
>
> Myself, I shiver at the prospect of litigation and paying huge sums of
time,
> money, and emotional energy when I could possibly work the problem out
> myself.
>
> Conan