TeKnocratix » mccain http://teknocratix.com The Politics of Tech Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:13:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 We’re Back! Here’s What We Missed http://teknocratix.com/2009/10/29/were-back-heres-what-we-missed/ http://teknocratix.com/2009/10/29/were-back-heres-what-we-missed/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:02:41 +0000 jcenters http://teknocratix.com/2009/10/29/were-back-heres-what-we-missed/ The site’s been stagnant for over a week now, an unfortunate side effect of a sole contributor who has a pesky thing like a day job.

Fortunately, the past week has been kinda slow. John McCain, of all people, introduced a bill to block net neutrality. If you haven’t seen it, here’s John Stewart’s take on it:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c From Here to Neutrality www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show

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]]> The site’s been stagnant for over a week now, an unfortunate side effect of a sole contributor who has a pesky thing like a day job.

Fortunately, the past week has been kinda slow. John McCain, of all people, introduced a bill to block net neutrality. If you haven’t seen it, here’s John Stewart’s take on it:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
From Here to Neutrality
www.thedailyshow.com
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And a kind soul went to the trouble of updating that old, out of date illustration of a world without net neutrality:

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Duke University and the University of Michigan performed a joint study showing that the testosterone levels of male John McCain and Bob Barr supporters plummeted after the results of the 2008 election.

Females and Obama supporters did not show a change in hormone levels.

"This is a pretty powerful result," said Duke neuroscientist Kevin LaBar. "Voters are physiologically affected by having their candidate win or lose an election."

The tests were performed on 183 college-aged men and women on election night. They each chewed a piece of

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Duke University and the University of Michigan performed a joint study showing that the testosterone levels of male John McCain and Bob Barr supporters plummeted after the results of the 2008 election.

Females and Obama supporters did not show a change in hormone levels.

"This is a pretty powerful result," said Duke neuroscientist Kevin LaBar. "Voters are physiologically affected by having their candidate win or lose an election."

The tests were performed on 183 college-aged men and women on election night. They each chewed a piece of gum and spit it into a sample tube when the polls closed. They provided a second sample after the results came in, and then two more in 40 minute span. The spit was later tested for hormone levels.

"Voters participate in elections both directly by casting their ballots, and vicariously because they don’t personally win or lose the election," said researcher Steven Stanton. "This makes democratic political elections highly unique dominance contests."

Did the guys wimp out because Obama won, or because they realized that Sarah Palin wouldn’t be on television as much anymore? I’ll let you be the judge.

]]> http://teknocratix.com/2009/10/21/mccain-barr-supporters-lost-testosterone-after-obama-election/feed/ 0 How Social Networks Won Obama the Election http://teknocratix.com/2009/10/09/how-social-networks-won-obama-the-election/ http://teknocratix.com/2009/10/09/how-social-networks-won-obama-the-election/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:43:48 +0000 jcenters http://teknocratix.com/2009/10/09/how-social-networks-won-obama-the-election/ 2849999933_28894b17c9 John Mancini, of Infonomics Magazine and Digital Landfill, has posted an interesting presentation explaining how social networks helped Barrack Obama win the White House.

"They didn’t view their online presence as an adjunct to the campaign, it was the campaign," Mancini says.

Some staggering numbers from the presentation:

    The Obama campaign owned a 100 different websites, in addition to its presence on popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. It had over 3 million individual contributors. Obama supporters organized 100,000 events.

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    ]]> 2849999933_28894b17c9 John Mancini, of Infonomics Magazine and Digital Landfill, has posted an interesting presentation explaining how social networks helped Barrack Obama win the White House.

    "They didn’t view their online presence as an adjunct to the campaign, it was the campaign," Mancini says.

    Some staggering numbers from the presentation:

    • The Obama campaign owned a 100 different websites, in addition to its presence on popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
    • It had over 3 million individual contributors.
    • Obama supporters organized 100,000 events.
    • By the end of the campaign, it had obtained 13 million email addresses.

    Here’s the video:

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