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We really don't know what to say. We're sorry? That just doesn't seem to cut it. Maybe these captions will bring a small semblance of comprehension to this screwed-up reality we now find ourselves in. Please add your own in the comments, we can get through this together.
Josh: "The Robocop program had seen drastic budget cuts in recent years."
Chris: "iFixIt's teardown of ASIMO revealed what many had suspected all along: it's just a naked white dude with a motherboard duct taped to him." and "Please don't play Crysis - the GPU is like RIGHT on my nipple."
Joe: "Mobile computing means different things to different people."
Paul: "There are lots of great ways to stay warm this winter. This one is lame."
Richard: "Unfortunately, Jim slightly misread the TSA's new less-annoying laptop bag rules."
Darren: "Um, no -- those aren't mathematical equations written on my bedroom wall..."
Laura: "Gaultier proves, once again, that pants are extraneous."
Don: "Hello, Starbucks? Do you let folks use your power outlets? Great."
Nilay: "It's the liquid-cooling system I'm most proud of."
Thomas: "Hey ladies, watch what happens when I hit the defrag button."
["Thanks," sgt_easton]
Caption Contest: Naked man who is also a computer; eye bleach not included originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tagi: liquid cooling system, th winter, computer eye, ifixit, capti, nipe, bedroom wall, hey ladies, budget cuts, power outlets, naked man, ladies watch, gaultier, robocop, tsa, semblance, cooling system, gpu, starbucks, bleach
Posted by on under boing boing, cleanup process, hot glue, free beta, 3d printing, desktop 3d, 3d models, maltodextrin, omelettes, sci fi, time thanks, scientific american, reprap, tsa, ld, news story, pharmaceuticals, limited time, printers |
The Invision LD 3D-Modeler printer has been discontinued and is being sold off for $5,000 a throw -- it uses Laminated Object Manufacturing to produce low-rez 3D models. It's not going to let you print other printers, AK47s, high-grade pharmaceuticals, picture-perfect edible omelettes, but, as the news story notes, "this is a great system for schools or hobbyists since the cleanup process is entirely physical with no heat or chemical based secondary processing required. At $5,000 you can't do better." $5000 Printer Available Now! (For a limited time) (Thanks, Rich!) Previously:3D printer jargon in action - Boing Boing Homemade 3D printer goop made from maltodextrin costs 1/50 of the ... Candyfab 6000: latest rev of 3D sugar-printer - Boing Boing Shapeways 3D printing by Internet: 500 free beta signups - Boing Boing Sci-fi objects from a 3D printer - Boing Boing 3D printer art - Boing Boing 3D printer made from Meccano and hot-glue - Boing Boing TSA destroys the RepRap's first child - Boing Boing Scientific American: five 3D printers - Boing Boing...
Tagi: boing boing, cleanup process, hot glue, free beta, 3d printing, desktop 3d, 3d models, maltodextrin, omelettes, sci fi, time thanks, scientific american, reprap, tsa, ld, news story, pharmaceuticals, limited time, printers
Posted by on under security directives, google, subpoenas, tsa, subpoena, chr, blogger |
According to Chris Elliot, one of the bloggers involved. Link. No word on whether the TSA has also dropped the subpoena issued to the other blogger, Steven Frischling. Both subpoenas have now been dropped, Frischling's too. Previously:TSA subpoenas, threatens two bloggers who published non-classified ... Do new post-pantsbomber TSA security directives kill inflight WiFi ... Update on bloggers threatened by TSA over security directive leak Did Google get TSA subpoena over the blogged security directive?...
Tagi: security directives, google, subpoenas, tsa, subpoena, chr, blogger
Posted by on under kim zetter, airline websites, john enright, thomas cain, lger, nigerian man, google, walmart, gmail account, portis, hardball, subpoenas, december 26, december 29, wednesday morning, blogger, tsa, bloggers, tactic, hard drive |
(Courtesy of Wired: "TSA Special Agent John Enright, left, speaks to Steven Frischling outside the blogger's home in Niantic, Connecticut, after returning Frischling's laptop Wednesday." Photo: Thomas Cain/Wired.com) (Update post here, Dec. 31, 2009.) On Friday, December 25, following the incident in which a Nigerian man attempted to blow up a US-bound flight, the TSA issued an urgent, non-classified security directive to thousands of contacts around the world—airlines, airports, and so on. On Saturday, December 26, airlines and airports around the world further circulated that emailed document and began implementing the procedures described. On Sunday December 27, two bloggers published the content of the TSA directive online (some portions had already been showing up on airline websites). And on Tuesday, December 29, Special Agents from the TSA's Office of Inspection showed up at the homes of bloggers Steven Frischling and Christopher Elliott, and interrogated each on where they obtained the document. Both bloggers received civil subpoenas. Snip from Wired piece by Kim Zetter: "They came to the door and immediately were asking, 'Who gave you this document?, Why did you publish the document?' and 'I don't think you know how much trouble you're in.' It was very much a hardball tactic," [Frischling] says. (...) The agents then said they wanted to take an image of his hard drive. Frischling said they had to go to WalMart to buy a hard drive, but when they returned were unable to get it to work. Frischling said the keyboard on his laptop was no longer working after they tried to copy his files. The agents left around 11 p.m. but came back Wednesday morning and, with Frischling's consent, seized his laptop, which they promised to return after copying the hard drive. Here's Frischling's post. He says he received the document from an anonymous source known to be a TSA employee, who uses a gmail account (will Google be subpoenaed?). "I received it, I read it, I posted it. Why did I post it? Because following the failed terrorist attack on the 25th of December there was a lot of confusion and speculation surrounding changes in airline & airport security procedures." Here is Elliot's post about his visit from a friendly TSA Special Agent named Flaherty. "[T]he TSA wants me to tell them who gave me the security directive. I told Flaherty I'd call my attorney and get back to him. What would you do?" Here at Boing Boing, I linked to Frischling's leak post on Monday, December 28. Two days earlier, I'd flown home to the US on an international flight during which I personally experienced the procedures detailed in the directive. I tweeted what I experienced of those procedures before, during, and after my flight on the 26th. Thorough physical patdowns and secondary hand luggage screening pre-board, no leaving your seat or electronics or putting anything on your lap during the final hour of flight, and so on. Attendants on my flight explained that the stepped-up procedures came from a just-issued TSA security directive. As soon as airlines and airports began implementing the directive—and that began before the bloggers posted their copies—the contents of the directive were no secret. So why the strong-arm tactics? Read more: New York Times story, Wired News story, and Huffington Post. Related: Just weeks ago, a TSA contract worker posted an improperly redacted sensitive screening manual on a government website. Previously: Yo dawg, I heard you like TSA security restrictions, so I put some ...Pantsbomber psyche laid bare in messageboard archives (corrected ... Do new post-pantsbomber TSA security directives kill inflight WiFi ... Word cloud of underwear-bomber's posts at Islamic forum Fruit of the Boom...
Tagi: kim zetter, airline websites, john enright, thomas cain, lger, nigerian man, google, walmart, gmail account, portis, hardball, subpoenas, december 26, december 29, wednesday morning, blogger, tsa, bloggers, tactic, hard drive
Posted by on under public knowledge, first amendment, bloggers, underwear, tsa |
Why are TSA agents threatening bloggers like Steven Frischling? The agents are looking for the anonymous source who leaked a TSA Security Directive which contained new restrictions on passengers in the wake of the Underwear bomber. Except the document is public knowledge now since we've all heard about the new restrictions.
Tagi: public knowledge, first amendment, bloggers, underwear, tsa
