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Saving Lives with Design
valdean writes "Last year, the White House declassified an August 2001 intelligence brief entitled: 'Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.' Among other things, the brief mentions that Bin Ladin 'wanted to hijack a US aircraft.' So why was it ignored? Graphic designer Greg Storey thinks part of the reason is poor design. He set out to modify the format of the original document into a more legible one."
In related news, the declassified document now shows Laden originally planned to use spoons isntead of box cutters to hijack the planes...
/who came up with that anyway? I've never picked up a spoon and thought, "wow that's a pretty input device.."?
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(O.o) This is Bunny. (> <)
While a better designed document might not save the world, I believe it would help the President (Bush or otherwise) to quickly and more effectively discard the facts and act the way he would have otherwise.
No wonder no one paid any attention to the report! Judging by the new document, the whole thing was just full of gibberish beyond the headline!
Remember these are busy politicians. A simple one page graphic of a plane exploding, people on fire, politicians getting blamed, etc. might have better conveyed the message, since apparently the headline "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US" didn't instill the proper amount of concern.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Presidential memos don't support the BLINK tag.
I fail to see how this has anything to do with Slashdot.
Obviously, it has everything to do with Slashdot! As you pointed out, the articles posted here aren't interesting, relevant, or timely, ergo geeks pay attention to Slashdot for the design and wise colour choice!
That, or I'm smoking crack!
Be relentless!
Fifteen minutes after this was posted, it was red-flagged by Carnivore. The President has approved $1 billion for a Lorem Ipsum task force. Monday morning Congress will pass the Lorem Ipsum Homeland Patriotism Act, which will impose a $100,000 fine and 10-year federal prison sentence for distribution or use of p2p software. Entertainment industry spokesmen hailed the new legislation as a step forward in the fight against terrorism.
As a Neocon overload myself, I can attest to truth of your statement.
In our defense, the whole "Kill 3,000 Americans and Take over the World" plot came out of a focus group held in Delwa, North Dakota.
If you've ever been to Delwa, you'd be thankful that the number of deaths was under 3,000 - some of those people are even too crazy for my taste.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some babies to kill and some trees to cut down. I think I'll make the clowns sad again as well - you know, you got to put in extra effort if you want to get anywhere.
Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.
I thought he used Lorem Ipsum because the "target audience" (W.) wouldn't read the big wordy part anyway...
GWB isn't the only person who doesn't read the big wordy part. This is a common problem in all people.
Even on websites targeted towards the intelligent, people post replies to news items without bothering to read the article. Additionally, users won't read replies past the second paragraph; anything after that may as well be lorem ipsum.
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