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MP3s From The Phone Box
An Economist writes "The .com bubble has come and gone, but the great ideas and implementations are starting to come through thick and fast now. The BBC reports on a planned development in the UK - download MP3s (or the like) from the phone box. Walking along the street and fancy a song - just plug in your iPod/MuVo/iRiver/whatever... awesome! Perhaps the lauded benefits of eCommunication are just beginning to be felt - plus it increases the viability of old-tech phone boxes, which are socially beneficial but financially challenged."
Including this abhorrrent call for the assassination of Pres. Bush:
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"On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?"
from:http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/tvradio
(Note: The Guardian has taken down their offensive page now...)
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The music on those mp3s might be sound of a sniper cocking his riffle. Do you remember Phone-Booth?
Why doesn't that apply to the Americans regarding Iraq's own affairs?
Because we're top dog. I'm not saying it's right, but that's how it is. When you're number one, you get to do what you want. Even if half of you doesn't want to do it.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the next two weeks. I'm hoping the Supreme Court will have to "elect" us a President again. And of course, the decision will be 5-4 for Bush, straight down party lines like it was last time. Partisan politics, even at the very top...especially at the very top. *sigh*
What's worse? Americans telling Iraq what to do, or liberal whiners like you telling everybody how to think?
When I read "Phone box", I pictured the big type of "phone box" that I used to hook my beige box up to before blue boxing.
I'm in the states and here we call it a Phone 'Booth'. A phone box here is a junction box outside of a building (or better yet, a neighborhood).
Fun times... but damn, I think I'm getting old.
Don't think that a small group of dedicated individuals can't change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.
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