It, Revealed / A Personal In Jury
Dec. 2nd, 2001 10:28 pm
There's a story on Slashdot with links to some articles about It. Looks pretty neat, doesn't it? (or should that be "doesn't It"?)Too bad it's going to be $3,000. I'd be more likely to get a decentish used car for that amount of money. But perhaps in a few years the price will come down, the technology will improve, and when I have a real job I'll get one then. You have to admit, it does look pretty neat.
Well. Tomorrow I have to report in to the courthouse, at 9 a.m., for jury duty. Rah rah. It could not have come at a worse time, what with all the final projects being worked on and due and things. I'm hoping that perhaps I can convince them to put it off for a while for me. I'm so silly, I should have sent in the form asking for a six-month deferral, but at the time I thought there wouldn't be any problem, it would just be an in and out thing. I hadn't thought it through. It's more likely that this is just preliminary selection, and I'll get to go for one or two days of boring jury work.
Well, I'll go, and see what happens. Maybe there'll be a way to get out of it. Maybe I can convince them to postpone my service in person. Or maybe it'll be more interesting than I think.
Anyone know any good (legal) methods of disqualifying oneself for jury duty? :)