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The actual incident investigation report.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/04/06/6--2nd.brigade.combat.team.15-6.investigation.pdf

Well, I read the report by the investigating officer. Where he identifies RPGs, also images taken after the fact verified the RPG. You can read the report from this PDF http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/04/06/6--2nd.brigade.combat.team.15-6.investigation.pdf

There has, to my knowledge, never been a platform or group of any appreciable size or influence that really wanted, as an end, to mess up the environment.

The Eco-Villains from Captain Planet

Anyone who'se been on the internet long enough will recall an argument or two where people got so mad at each other that they start threatening to sue or call the authorities. This is generally kind of funny - because you can sort of picture the look on the face of the cop or lawyer when you call them - "Someone has wilfully tarnished my good name by posting scurrilous insults about me on the Internets! How soon can they be clapped in irons?"

To say this exchange happens once per second in this country is probably dramatically understating it. There are days when it may happen once per second on Slashdot alone. The plain fact is, even as a civil matter, we as a society can very rarely be bothered to go through the difficult process of handling an internet libel, slander or even harassment case.

Yes, you have some theoretical recourse if someone google bombs your name with hate sites that accuse you of being an embezzling pedophile terrorist and feature your photo and home address prominently. For better or worse, even coping with such an extreme example is beyond the means of 99% of Americans - because of time and expense just for a start.

My first reaction to Ms. Cohen's plight is, how on earth is she so lucky and/or special as to be able to face her insulter in court? At least there is a vaguely plausible theory - that she has already been a crime victim and has convinced cops and courts that there may be an ongoing pattern of harassment/violence by an individual. But she is astoundingly privileged among internet insult victims.

And how lucky is she? One apparently needs to go the extremes of Pranket in order to get law enforcement to stir. In other words, 6 or 7 figures of property damage, or things like (no exaggeration, unfortunately) using social engineering to convince fast food employees to strip naked and pee all over each other).

This is the tip of a very large iceberg. Just check out any random Encyclopedia Dramatica page. Seriously. No, really.

Change of address, maybe?

The date of issue as seen in this photo looks to be 6 JUL 2007, which was about two months before he disappeared.

They sure didn't do a great job of blurring out the certificate number, did they? (Zoom in to read the print.)

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/TECH/09/11/immersive.cocoon/art.cocoon1.jpg
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2894960128/tt0091064

What makes you think Ted called this in?

I didn't write "Ted Turner," I wrote "Turner." I suppose if someone bought a Dell computer, you'd think that Michael Dell came over to set it up?

So your city has a long history of overreaction and incompetence?

My colleagues do fieldwork all over the world, so if by "your city" you mean cities all over the world including LA, San Francisco, Oakland, Chicago, Dallas, Albany and cities in Spain, France and Germany, then the answer is yes. Turns out police everywhere get twitchy about random devices left in public spaces, even before 9/11.

It's a frigging blinking sign!

Ahh, I get it. If the device looks cute, we can all safely ignore it

Sorry, but you just don't put random electrical devices in public places without telling people or leaving identifying information. I'm the first to criticize authorities for over reacting, but aside from the arrests last night, I don't see the problem. The police investigated, found out the truth, and that was it. Some roads were closed, but the city has hardly brought to a "halt".

I theorize that this is the work of Hoggish Greedly. If only Captain Planet could catch him!

Well, accoring to Jamie Kellner (CEO of Turner Broadcasting : "Anytime you skip a commercial ... you're actually stealing the programming.".

Not counting such propositions ...
it'll be there before you'll be moderated as funny.

"I'm very glad to hear that someone likes complexity, shades of motivation, adult-level emotional responses. That's been my exact goal, and if there is a market for a Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell book, there should be one for mine as well (I hope, anyway)."

It's good to hear that more people are working in this direction. When I see a real-life villain say, "I am this way because I am eeeviil! ha-ha ha-ha. And I soon my forces of doom will spread around the globe!" as he rubs his hands together in a small display of his neutoric habits--instead of "What do you mean I'm the bad guy?! You're the bad guy, here!"--then maybe I'll consider simple good vs evil stories to be satisfying.... maybe.

It can be hard for me to watch a movie or read a book in which there is lax motivation and depth and not think of Captain Planet. I don't know if I should laugh or cry half the time.

It still plays nicely.

Interesting thing though, the CD and jewel case are much thicker than contemporary CDs...

Uh, yeah, thanks, we never thought of that.

UPS's run out of juice. Generators run out of fuel. Generators turn out to be less than perfectly maintained and fail after a couple hours. Budgets get trimmed, maintenance gets overlooked, blah blah blah it's never a perfect world. If it was, engineers would be replaced by algorithms.

Companies that are dead serious about power reliability run generator tests every day, and when lightning is detected within miles we automatically start up all the generators and run off them. Yes, we actually go OFF THE GRID every time a thunderstorm rolls in, and in Atlanta that's many times a week. Of course, we've got millions of dollars an hour running through our facility so heads would roll if we weren't this paranoid.

I believe we keep our tanks fueled up for 3 days of continuous service, and we pay a premium to guarantee that when the shit hits the fan, WE get refueled first.

Of course, hardcore multiply-redundant (and *tested*) systems are something that elude the typical IT crew staffed by DeVry grads.

I can appreciate where you are coming from. I don't think that all pro-nuke/anti-environment folks are out to wipe out humanity in some evil scheme (though you'd think that was all they were interested in).

Basically we are all in this boat together and we've got to do what we can to keep it afloat. So you and me, we're on the same side, we're just arguing over implementation details. It is a far cry from us arguing over whether the correct alternative energy source ought to be nuclear or otherwise to the neocon opinion that all is right with the world and environmental action need not be taken immediately.

In the end we need to weigh the risks, as you pointed out. I don't have the stomach for the risks posed by nuclear power, and so I will continue with the NIMBY (think globally, act locally) opinions that I've got. Too often this lack of weighing the risks of things carries over into other parts of our daily lives, whether it is something comples like choosing to fluoridate water supplies instead of trying to prevent cancer in population centers or something simpler like deciding between the simple but feature-lacking vi and the buggy but feature-laden Emacs.

He is one egocentric guy, naming almost all those companies after himself...

Yeah, that's pretty unprecedented.

JOBS: We're better than you are. We have better stuff!

GATES: You don't realize, Steve ... that doesn't matter!

Microsoft: We're better than you are! We have better marketing!

Linux: You don't realize... that doesn't matter!

Does Miss Parker and the Centre know about this?

This is probably the most effective way to put pressure on this corporation to recind it's ridiculous posistion.

Here is the contact info:

Amy Stober, Publicist
CNN/Sports Illustrated & CNNSI.com Public/Media Relations
Phone: (404) 827-5538
Fax: (404) 588-2057
amy.stober@turner.com

Amy Sasser, Publicist
CNN/Sports Illustrated & CNNSI.com Public/Media Relations
Phone: (404) 827-5021
Fax: (404) 588-2057
amy.sasser@turner.com

letters@si.timeinc.com

cnnsi@cnnsi.com

This is probably the most effective way to put pressure on this corporation to recind it's ridiculous posistion.

Here is the contact info:

Amy Stober, Publicist
CNN/Sports Illustrated & CNNSI.com Public/Media Relations
Phone: (404) 827-5538
Fax: (404) 588-2057
amy.stober@turner.com

Amy Sasser, Publicist
CNN/Sports Illustrated & CNNSI.com Public/Media Relations
Phone: (404) 827-5021
Fax: (404) 588-2057
amy.sasser@turner.com

letters@si.timeinc.com

cnnsi@cnnsi.com

If Microsoft were to buy PARC, it'd likely be the end of a great thing. Remember, decades before Bill Gates had his house wired for infrared badges to customize the displays from room to room, PARC had already been doing it.

If the oil well of "cool companies to steal from" dries up, it could be like another '76 energy crisis! ;-)

Obviously, you have the series name now, but you should watch TNT on Saturday mornings - they're still showing Brisco County episodes. Back on topic, if they put Bruce on, I'd finally become a regular viewer of X-Files (just never got the habit before).

The whole 'evil biotech virus and cure' plot has been done many times before - A few weeks ago, the mighty Joe Bob of TNT's Monstervision aired Body Armor, which has the exact same plot. Perhaps not coincidently, it is currently (1:30PM EST) being shown on the local WB affiliate in Connecticut. Check your local listings. Its pretty amusing - it has Ron Perelman, a Dynasty chick, a bunch of stunt guys trying to act, and the mandatory comic relief in the form of Ron Howard's brother Clint. Also putting in a brief appearance at the beginning is John Rhys-Davies, of Sliders ?fame?. Don't waste the eight bucks - just watch Body Armor. Btw, if you can't stay up to watch Joe Bob, you should tape it. His analysis of movies is brilliant, brutal, and incredibly funny.

The program director at TNT must think like I do. TNT scheduled Red Dawn to play the same day as Y2K. Is this because they are, basically, the same movie?

America is imperiled by a terrible menace which the wise have been warning us about for years. Foolish nonbelievers are rescued by good ol' American ingenuity.

...who will manipulate the central belief of a large group, and twist it for their own benefit. It does not matter if it is about religion (Inquisition), nationality, or even economic principals (see Joseph Stalin's bastardization of Karl Marx's views).

Hasdi

PS. the pigs is in reference to ANIMAL FARM

This page is so heavily hitted that I doubt my post will be read, moderated up or down. Just want to throw in my two cents worth.

I read the comments in full nested more and I noticed that most atheist-related post are moderated like it has been in many slashdot pages. Like there is a strong correlation between geek-mentality, pure logical thinking, and atheism. I can see why: logics has nothing to do with humanity, ethics, spirituality, and emotion. To factor them in our decisions may seem illogical and wasteful but to deny them is to deny to human aspect of us. This includes the belief of a higher power.

If we continue to make policy without the human factor, I can see where this leads to:

1. Killing infants for economic reasons. We already allow abortion. Now we want to kill them because they are 'defective' and serve to purpose in a society. What's next? If we don't have enough money to spent on new Athlon, Itaniums and other precious goods, we can better finance them if we have two children instead of three?

2. Killing/Eating unproductive member of the society. Instead of spending money to put them into prisons or elderly care. Why don't we just recycle their organic material for a better model. We should take care of the homeless too... They do nothing but eat up our food supply and spreading diseases.

3. Manufacture prostitutes. forget marriage and relationships! What kind of girl you want to screw around with? Somebody with big boobs and tight openings? Doesn't that model you see on the streets really captivate you? We can have for you in a year thanks to our accelerate growth process. Do you want options? Red hair? brown hair? blue hair? Do you want it extra broad shoulders? You want her to look like your sister? Do you have gene we can base our model with?

4. Let's suck our earth resources dry... we are not going to be around forever anyway so why bother.

Maybe I need to get something eat. I'm off for lunch. Take care, yall.

Hasdi
see TNT Animal Farm, you GNU 'communist'! :)

Combine a little AFM with massively paralleled MEMS robotics, and you have your nanotech assembler.

Do it using balls instead of wafers, and you could (in theory) build an entire microfab into a rod, say 5ft high, 2" diameter. But I digress... ;-)

the link you give seems to be somewhat flawed, try this one http://tnt.turne r.com/movies/tntoriginals/pirates/img/enter-bg.jpg

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