Even the arresting officer agreed that this wasn't defacement.
Quote from the article: "When Kinberg showed the police sergeant how the bicycle used a non-permanent spray chalk, the sergeant seemed to agree that it wasn't defacement, at which point Kinberg asked, "am I free to go?" After conferring about it, officers decided to call superiors, then came back moments later to place Kinberg under arrest and confiscate the bicycle."
And from bikesagainstbush.com: "Bikes Against Bush will utilize a water-soluble chalk mixture. It is the same material used for marking athletic fields. It is environmentally safe and removes easily with water, or naturally biodegrades within 15-30 days. Thus, while the messages may have the appearance of graffiti, this is certainly not an attempt to damage or deface property."
In Hedwig and the Angry Inch there is a running joke about the bands manager (played by Andrea Martin of SCTV fame having a mobile phone in her head. She has to dial the phone by pressing different teeth with her tongue and can never get it right.
There was a great scene in a laundrymat (a deleted scene on the DVD I think) where she gets a hit on the head and loses control of it. In the movie it was a joke about how phones keep getting smaller so, as a status symbol, she gets hers implanted. It's kind of eerie to see if becoming a reality.
John Cameron Mitchell (the writer/actor/director) talks a little about it here.
Thanks for the link! I've been unsucessfully looking for a local timetable for a half an hour. I should have known to check the slashdot story in the first place.
I used to use a program called ansiterm on the SGIs at school that had pretty good ANSI support (though I don't know what differences between Sco-ANSI and "regular" ANSI are.) I'm pretty sure I had a version running under slackware about 5 years ago, but when I search for it now all I find are links to an Apple IIgs program of the same name. Does anyone else out there remember this beast?
Maybe I'm missing the point, but hasn't Gator been doing this for years? I'm not sure about it's backend and whether it encrypts your data or not, but it keeps your information on your computer and fills in forms semi-automagically. Despite it's reputation as spyware I know a lot of people who use it to simplify their online lives.
The "exclamation point" shown on http://www.metaresearch.org/solar%20system/cydonia/asom/artifact_html/slide.asp?image=18 is clearly not "!" but "/." Someone on the surface obviously created a giant palm robot running on parrot and driven by a mutant hamster
I've been thinking about it all day and I've finally figured out the root of the election problems in Florida: The Elian Factor. By my count* Elain recieved over 500,000 write in votes for President, despite being 6 years old. His underground campaign rallied around the slogan "Disneyworld for everyone!" Apparently some of the same far-sighted seniors that voted Buchanan instead of Gore also voted Celine Dion instead of Elian.
* Count verified by My-Uncle-Herb-Who-Heard-It-From-Gladys-Down-The-St reet, inc.
Combine this with the Moon radio repeater reported here and we could have Villa Straylight from Count Zero by William Gibson. But who would be the Tessiers and Ashpools? Gates and Ballmer?
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Even the arresting officer agreed that this wasn't defacement.
Quote from the article:
"When Kinberg showed the police sergeant how the bicycle used a non-permanent spray chalk, the sergeant seemed to agree that it wasn't defacement, at which point Kinberg asked, "am I free to go?" After conferring about it, officers decided to call superiors, then came back moments later to place Kinberg under arrest and confiscate the bicycle."
And from bikesagainstbush.com:
"Bikes Against Bush will utilize a water-soluble chalk mixture. It is the same material used for marking athletic fields. It is environmentally safe and removes easily with water, or naturally biodegrades within 15-30 days. Thus, while the messages may have the appearance of graffiti, this is certainly not an attempt to damage or deface property."
I'm a little relieved I'm not the only one who made the connection. :)
Yeah, it was a good movie. Sometimes when plays are made into movies it's a little awkward but he really made it work.
In Hedwig and the Angry Inch there is a running joke about the bands manager (played by Andrea Martin of SCTV fame having a mobile phone in her head. She has to dial the phone by pressing different teeth with her tongue and can never get it right.
There was a great scene in a laundrymat (a deleted scene on the DVD I think) where she gets a hit on the head and loses control of it. In the movie it was a joke about how phones keep getting smaller so, as a status symbol, she gets hers implanted. It's kind of eerie to see if becoming a reality.
John Cameron Mitchell (the writer/actor/director) talks a little about it here.
Thanks for the link! I've been unsucessfully looking for a local timetable for a half an hour. I should have known to check the slashdot story in the first place.
I used to use a program called ansiterm on the SGIs at school that had pretty good ANSI support (though I don't know what differences between Sco-ANSI and "regular" ANSI are.) I'm pretty sure I had a version running under slackware about 5 years ago, but when I search for it now all I find are links to an Apple IIgs program of the same name. Does anyone else out there remember this beast?
Maybe I'm missing the point, but hasn't Gator been doing this for years? I'm not sure about it's backend and whether it encrypts your data or not, but it keeps your information on your computer and fills in forms semi-automagically. Despite it's reputation as spyware I know a lot of people who use it to simplify their online lives.
The "exclamation point" shown on http://www.metaresearch.org/solar%20system/cydonia /asom/artifact_html/slide.asp?image=18 is clearly not "!" but "/." Someone on the surface obviously created a giant palm robot running on parrot and driven by a mutant hamster
Probably the Techno Talking Babes or Neil & Bob
I've been thinking about it all day and I've finally figured out the root of the election problems in Florida: The Elian Factor. By my count* Elain recieved over 500,000 write in votes for President, despite being 6 years old. His underground campaign rallied around the slogan "Disneyworld for everyone!" Apparently some of the same far-sighted seniors that voted Buchanan instead of Gore also voted Celine Dion instead of Elian.
t reet, inc.
* Count verified by My-Uncle-Herb-Who-Heard-It-From-Gladys-Down-The-S
Combine this with the Moon radio repeater reported here and we could have Villa Straylight from Count Zero by William Gibson. But who would be the Tessiers and Ashpools? Gates and Ballmer?
The Man wins again. *sigh*