From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:29:28 +0800
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: InfoWarCon V 1996: Call For Papers
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On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, jim bell wrote:

> At 11:01 PM 3/16/96 -0500, winn@Infowar.Com wrote:
> >                   C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S 
> >
> >                          InfoWarCon 5, 1996
> >           Fifth International Information Warfare Conference
> >            "Dominating the Battlefields of Business and War"
> >                         September 5-6, 1996
> >                           Washington, DC
> 
> I'm wondering if I should bother re-writing my "Assassination Politics" 
> essay into the form of a paper and submitting it to these people.  While it 
> might nominally be considered right down their alley, from a subject 
> standpoint, even a cursory look at the location (Washington, DC) and the 
> invited people (large companies and military) suggest that my ideas would be 
> just about as welcome as a yarmulke at a Nazi Party convention.

It didn't take an analysis of the sponsor or even the forum to determine 
this.

> 
> I'm not aware of the agenda (hidden or otherwise) of the sponsors, so 
I don't know whether I should even bother.  Many people aren't 
particularly appreciative of being "one-upped" (not to mention made 
obsolete) so it's not clear that they'd give me the time of day. Any 
ideas as to their receptiveness?

I think you should keep your day job.  As to "one-upping" the key figures 
in the field.  Good luck.

Hey, you asked.

> Jim Bell
> jimbell@pacifier.com
> 
> 

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