Back.
I’m back. I tried using Twitter, I really did, but thumb-typing snarky updates on my phone is painful, and 802.11 service was spotty. (Clearly, this is a way of communicating that was made for the iPhone.)
What’s more, there wasn’t really a lot to be snarky about, at least not a lot that fits into 140 chars. To wit:
Daniel Sandler: I’d like to draw your attention to one piece of prior art for Auditorium: the papal conclave. The election of the Pope occurs in proceedings that are closed to outsiders, in which ballots are cast in plain view of all electors, but are kept secret. These are properties that are in a sense shared by voting in the Auditorium.
Peter Neumann: You need to add white smoke!
Daniel Sandler: In my experience with electronics, if white smoke comes out you’ve done something wrong.