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Whether HTML to XML shouldn't matter, some webpage is modifed into another in some not too difficult way. I therefore assume the universal translator is prior art, and, much more fun:

http://www.psyclops.com/translator/

The linked article translated into

pcworld article in skinhead

Much better!

Whether HTML to XML shouldn't matter, some webpage is modifed into another in some not too difficult way. I therefore assume the universal translator is prior art, and, much more fun:

http://www.psyclops.com/translator/

The linked article translated into

pcworld article in skinhead

Much better!

For all the gang-bangers that read /.

I found the translator at http://www.psyclops.com/translator/.

Gangs Use Internet to Showcase Exploits

Jul 6, 4:08 PM (ET)

By ANDREW GLAZER

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some of da country's most notorious street gangs has gotten Web-savvy, showcasin' illegal exploits, makin' threats, 'n honorin' killed 'n jailed members on digital turf.

Crips, Bloods, MS-13, 18th Street 'n others has staked claims on various corners of cyberspace n' shit. "Web bangers" be postin' potentially incriminatin' photos of members holdin' guns, messages tauntin' otha gangs 'n boasts of illegal exploits on personal Web sites 'n social networkin' sites.

"I'm just bein' real 'n Ah ain't gots nothin' to hide," said Kristopha "Kasper" Flowers, 30, a professed memba of da 18th Street gang wid facial tattoos of "18" 'n "666." Da main 18th Street gang Web site has a link to "Kaspers World."

Gangs once only roamed da streets of big ass cities but now can be found in 2,500 U.S, man. communities, accordin' to da FBI, man. Police departments suddenly faced wid da unwelcome arrivals be lookin' fo help anywhere they can get it, includin' da gangs' own easy-to-find Web sites.

George W, man. Knox, director of da National Gang Crime Research Center, said tha dude has trained hundreds of police officials in how to cull intelligence on gang membership, rivalries, territory 'n lingo from these Web pages.

"In orda to understand any subculture, be dat shit al-Qaida, witches, devil worshippers or gangs, yo' ass has to be able to know they own language," Knox said.

Da tendency fo gang members to brag about they exploits on Web pages such as da popular networkin' site Myspace.com has in some cases helped investigators make arrests.

Chicago police recently arrested a teenaga accused of sprayin' tha dude's gang nickname on a church by tracin' da monika to tha dude's Myspace.com account n' shit. Tha dude's online profile included tha dude's address, photo 'n real name.

A Northern California judge ruled earlia dis month dat two teens charged wid beatin' a boy into a coma could be tried as adults afta prosecutors showed photographs of da two from Myspace.com, know what I'm sayin'? In da images, they flashed da hand signs of a local gang.

(AP) Kristopha "Kasper" Flowers, 30, works on a tattoo Tuesday, June 20, 2006, in da Hollywood section...
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Deputy Tom Ferguson of da Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's gang investigation unit has identified a numba of graffiti writers who posted to a public Web site photos of themselves in front of they work.

"Maybe they think we don't look at it," Ferguson said n' shit. "But we're out there gleanin' information on them."

Knox said it be important fo police to learn how to read between da lines on gang Web sites 'n blogs n' shit. Just as time on da streets has given gang investigators da ability to read da hieroglyphics of wall graffiti, time on da Web helps 'em understand arcane Web clues, man. Gang identifiers, such as tattoos, graffiti tags, colors 'n clothin' often be embedded in each site.

" Yo' ass can study gang blogs and, an hour or two into it, pick up on subtle word choices," Knox said n' shit. "These be holy words to them."

Knox 'n others fear gangs be usin' da Internet to recruit new members, who can be influenced by da secret handshakes, clothin' 'n slang of gang cultures.

"There may be a lot of wannabes out there," said Kenneth Davis, a school resource offica fo da Yonkers Police Department in New York 'n an expert on gang graffiti 'n Web sites.

Flowers, a Hollywood tattoo artist who says tha dude has sworn off violence, said tha dude gets e-mails from wannabe gangbangers from far reaches of da Web but usually does not respond.

"If Ah do, Ah tell 'em to get a life 'n do yo' own thin' 'n don't try to be part of somethin' else," tha dude said.

Exactly what "conclusion" have I jumped to?

In case there are any pimps out there having trouble with the standard English version of the talk, don't wory. It's been translated into Pimp for you!

The Dancing Wu Li Masters: Gary Zukav" A book about the dynamics of new physics without mathematics.
The Elegant Universe: Brian Greene" Again, another new physics book with neat pics and no mathmaticas. Specific to Superstrings mostly.
A Brief History of Time: Stephen Hawking" A good book about allmost everything between classical physics and the physics of the last few years. I.E. Relativity, quantum mechanics etc.

Do you think a great scientist like Stephen Hawking would ever get "bought" (as you put it) by a company like Microsoft?

According to this CNN interview his son works for Microsoft. I haven't looked to see if he still does.

I gave my scripts for The Universal Translator to the Rinkworks guy a couple of years ago for him to use in return for a credit. Well, he dropped the credit, passed it off as his own, and started selling advertising on the pages, so I for one am not too sad that he's been bhut down. The Universal Translator remains available, free and unhindered by advertising...... I have also added several new languages, including h@kK3r and Cockney rhyming slang. Suggestions for new filters always welcome! cheers, nick.

I gave my scripts for The Universal Translator to the Rinkworks guy a couple of years ago for him to use in return for a credit. Well, he dropped the credit, passed it off as his own, and started selling advertising on the pages, so I for one am not too sad that he's been bhut down. The Universal Translator remains available, free and unhindered by advertising...... I have also added several new languages, including h@kK3r and Cockney rhyming slang. Suggestions for new filters always welcome! cheers, nick.

I gave my scripts for The Universal Translator to the Rinkworks guy a couple of years ago for him to use in return for a credit. Well, he dropped the credit, passed it off as his own, and started selling advertising on the pages, so I for one am not too sad that he's been bhut down. The Universal Translator remains available, free and unhindered by advertising...... I have also added several new languages, including h@kK3r and Cockney rhyming slang. Suggestions for new filters always welcome! cheers, nick.

Personally, I like Pimp-Speak.

Everyone start writing in Ebonics... run your text through The Universial Translator.

Clown da guvment.