[alicebot-archcomm] budget

[Dr. Richard S. Wallace]

I'm beginning to realize that the "cooling off period" approach works really
well for some personality types, and very badly for others, like mine.

I can go along with "freezes" and "cooling off periods" if that helps the
other guy, but they almost always make it worse for me.  I would rather
fight it out, talk it out, get it off my chest, make love, or do something,
anything, than just sit on my hands and hope it goes away.

Rich

----- Original Message -----
From: "Conan Callen" <ccallen@windowpane.com>
To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] budget


> Looks complicated. Maybe things will cool down with time?
>
> "dragging the case out as long as possible" ... "Dancing with Lawyers" has
> soom good tips on working with lawyers.
>
> Conan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dr. Richard S. Wallace" <drwallace@alicebot.org>
> To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] budget
>
>
> > 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
> >
> >
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