So is there a way to make encrypted traffic appear to be (perhaps unintelligible) unencrypted traffic?

[...] defeating BoingBoing's censorship policies [...]

It's pretty obvious, really: just don't use any vowels in your rude comments. Tht'll lrn thm!

Just the essentials on that website, eh?

Frames, a Google Analytics "Urchin" counter, and even a touch of content.

Just what the world needs, a new "red menace".

I'm really impressed that the publisher released these images into the public domain. Kudos to them!

I don't suggest that this work (and it looks like a lot of work!) is crappy or that people shouldn't enjoy it. I'm just observing that I can get a very similar result with much less effort: call it a DIY suggestion.

To my eye, a photo-realistic image like this has more probative value as evidence of an Obsessive-Compulsive spectrum disorder rather than as evidence of artistic insight or talent. And, no, I'm not a clinical psychologist with a degree in art history. "I don't know much about art, but I know what I like."

Quite right! The OED also corrected me, albeit belatedly. Sadly I can't find the "edit my comment" feature so I can correct my spelling.

Even if rounded edges are safer, where would the staple go?

Bart Simpson's Cypress Creek teacher to her 'remedial' class: "Okay. Now, everyone take out your safety pencil and a circle of paper. This week, I hope we can finish our work on the letter 'A'."

I have an inkjet printer that produces similar art. Oops, I guess I should call those "giclée prints" for that extra imprimatur of artsy caché. They're easy to make, too. I just feed in a digital photo, and the, um, high-tech art-making machine quickly prints out a stochastically dispersed stippled image--so beautiful!

Antinous, yes, that's the one. I hope it wasn't too hard for you to find: I did link to it directly.

The most interesting thing about this chart is how much attention it's getting. The "International Journal of Charts" offers a guess as to why we even noticed this thing.

Good point, WWEBoing: there's no immediate calamity and the problem isn't that humans are destroying their only habitat; the world probably has good odds to outlast humans.

The problem is that human action is making the Earth less and less suitable for human life. As WWEBoing points out, this doesn't mean we should feel guilty about being "bad"... we should feel stupid for being shortsighted.