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Commented on Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
And the sad thing is already the Bushies are working on having us forget just how awful the terrorist attack was. Dana Perino yesterday to Hannity: "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term"...
Commented on NYT and Jimmy Wales worked together to keep kidnapping news off Wikipedia
Speaking of always freely reporting on people and events, even if they involve the newspaper/website directly, how is Violet Blue doing? You also seemed a bit miffed that Wikipedia was behind the scenes editing the site's content. May I ask...
Commented on Khaan! The Greatest Syllable Ever Told
Reminds me of Martin Arnold's films. Or at least the one I saw so long ago: "passage á l'acte". Involved stretching out a simple scene from "To Kill a Mockingbird" a few seconds long into a 12 minute film. Here...
Commented on UAE royal caught torturing man on video
As Mr. Nabulsi was trying to leave the country, he was arrested. FTA: "They would keep him from sleeping, deny him his medications, tell him they were going to rape his wife, kill his child. They made him pose naked...
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Commented on Nikon's AF-S f/1.8: a fast, cheap lens for DSLR newcomers
@coop and @kukkurovaca, Thanks for your comments. I looked it up; seems the Wired article got it wrong. I must now go and retreat into the woods to come to peace with this new knowledge: not everything I read on...
Commented on Nikon's AF-S f/1.8: a fast, cheap lens for DSLR newcomers
"And the 'G' means no manual focusing ring." So how do I manually focus this lens? I use my 50mm prime for low-light photography. I have to be able to physically focus the lens. I think this new 35mm, as...
Commented on The Strange Realm of Infra-Red: 4
@dainel (#14) I'll do your full-color IR one better. How about a IR Luminosity channel full-color HDR image? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngp/3245793830/ I just got my Hoya R72 filter in the mail yesterday and did my first experiment with it today. Sorry it...
Commented on Video of happy man vigorously swinging baby around room
"the contents of an infants stomach are regurgitated with infinitely less provocation than that" So I get my son from the daycare center at work and we hang out at my office. We have a great time playing with my...
Commented on Man lip syncs "Be My Baby" while getting hair cut
I wonder how many takes that took?...
Commented on Why is the TSA taking out nipple rings and pantsing amputees?
Why is the TSA taking out nipple rings and pantsing amputees? Because they can....
Commented on Bad Questions to Ask a Transsexual + "Stunning": Calpernia Addams.
@Takuan "you're a moron" Ouch! Maybe I should have included a </sarcasm> tag. My experience has been that the alt community has a sense of humor. I sure did not mean to make light of Ms Addams. But can't I...
Commented on Bad Questions to Ask a Transsexual + "Stunning": Calpernia Addams.
I understand the idea of bad questions, but I am sure this doesn't apply to me. So please excuse me if this might be offensive, it is not meant to be. But what is "Calpernia Addams" real name? I have...
Commented on Fully Loaded chair made of shotgun shells
It's Dick "Shotgun" Cheney's favorite chair!...
Commented on Burma: internally displaced demonstrate in rural areas
"Reports from Rangoon suggest soldiers are mutinying. It is unclear the numbers involved. Reports cite heavy shooting in the former Burmese capital... "Soldiers in Mandalay...are also reported to have refused orders to act against protesters..." http://www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk/2007/09/army-mutiny-rep.html...
Commented on Burma: 'net cut as brutal crackdown worsens
"Reports from Rangoon suggest soldiers are mutinying. It is unclear the numbers involved. Reports cite heavy shooting in the former Burmese capital... "Soldiers in Mandalay...are also reported to have refused orders to act against protesters..." http://www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk/2007/09/army-mutiny-rep.html...
Commented on Burma: 'net cut as brutal crackdown worsens
I know short notice. But if you are in the Washington DC area: DC Area Solidarity with Burma March at 4pm today from Burmese to Chinese embassies....
Commented on Yankee Stadium squirrel linked to Norse mythology
Well, thats explains it! Getting towards the end of Gaiman's American Gods. The squirrel in the tree that Shadow is tied to during Wednesday's vigil makes so much more sense now....

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jjasper commented on Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
Daniel @ 47 - Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean it has nothing but positive consequences, and that anyone upset by it is just a whiner. There is such a thing as compassion, and you're severely deficient....
verde commented on Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
Wow, I am surprised by the fact that this much/type of info has been collected. It certainly has been analyzed and will continue to be. Someone is watching out there and is not just google anymore....
EasyE commented on Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
Someone was watching and collecting long before Larry Page and Sergey Brin were a twinkle in their moms eye. This needs to be shared and needs to be saved. If nothing more than to use to offset those who are already trying to minimize and alter this events historical record....
enkiv2 commented on Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
Doesn't this essentially represent sousveillance? The problem with lacking privacy is usually that it's single-sided. This is a direct dump of pager messages (some encrypted, some not, some private citizens, some government employees) from a single area, from a single day eight years ago. What is important (imo) is not that we have access to this info now -- after all, it's been eight years -- but that 1) all this was being logged (including the stuff that SHOULD be encrypted) prior to the attack (which was ostensibly the push behind the whole movement), and 2) that it took eight...
teapot commented on Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
#40 - that is an automated astrology send-out (I believe most of them originated from Yahoo, as well - denoted by the 'Y!' at the start of the message). Previous the the bit you copied was most likely the name of a star sign (I saw many of these for Leo in the texts). The biggest clue is at the end: 'Astro' cross reference some more and you will see what I mean....

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