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    HTC Magic Launches A Week Early in Spain, Just to Spite the British

    3D Laser Scanners Capture and Translate the Alhambra Fortress's 10,000 Arabic Inscriptions

    Spain Disconnecting Pre-Paid Phones in November Unless Users Identify Themselves

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/07/09

    In reply to 3D Laser Scanners Capture and Translate the Alhambra Fortress's 10,000 Arabic Inscriptions
    "There is no victor but Allah."


    Seems ironic after Ferdinand, no?

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    Image of KVirtanen KVirtanen
    04/07/09

    In reply to 3D Laser Scanners Capture and Translate the Alhambra Fortress's 10,000 Arabic Inscriptions
    Meanwhile at the laser scanner and capture facilities..


    "What's this smell? ...oh sh*t, I put this thing on too hot!!"

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/07/09

    @KVirtanen: If your laser has a setting called "too hot", you may want to invest in a different laser.
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    Image of madog madog
    04/07/09

    @KVirtanen: The laser captured some phallics? Interesting. I must find pictures...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/04/09

    In reply to Spain Disconnecting Pre-Paid Phones in November Unless Users Identify Themselves
    Farewell, and adieu, unto you Spanish cellphones

    Farewell, and adieu, cellphones of Spain

    For it's we've received orders to go to prison

    But we hope, one day, to see you again.
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    Image of Guillaume Helary Guillaume Helary
    03/04/09

    In reply to Spain Disconnecting Pre-Paid Phones in November Unless Users Identify Themselves
    The real reason behind this may not be terrorism but drug smuggling.


    Marijuana is transported from Marocco through Spain and then distributed in the rest of Europe. The transport of cocaine from South America is also passing through Western Africa at the moment (then through Morocco, and through Spain)


    For those actions, the transporters are using dozen of cell phones and SIM card replaced very regulary to fool the police. Making SIM card and Cellphone a personal thing is definitively not intended to bother the average citizen. Following and taping cell phone from criminal cost a lot of money every year to the police (Operators charge a lot for that)


    A cell phone and phone number is general is a piece of identity, it's just logical to link it with a name.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/04/09

    @Guillaume Helary: Isn't MJ practically legal in Spain?
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    Image of PeterNincompoop PeterNincompoop
    03/04/09

    In reply to Spain Disconnecting Pre-Paid Phones in November Unless Users Identify Themselves
    What's the big deal? If you are not doing anything illegal, why would you be so opposed to having your name associated with a phone number (Like some sort of book of phone numbers!!)? Just like wire tapping in America, if GW wanted to listen to my girlfriend whine at me about her boss all night, then fine, what do I care. But if my girlfriend calls a terrorist to plot some shit, then they go to jail...and I would so dump her ass.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/04/09

    @PeterNincompoop: Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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    Image of sM42 sM42
    03/04/09

    In reply to Spain Disconnecting Pre-Paid Phones in November Unless Users Identify Themselves
    I think we can all thank the Bourne Ultimatum for this one.
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    Image of Li Zhang Li Zhang
    03/04/09

    @sM42: Exactly what i was thinking.


    Wouldn't terrorists just switch to something else? Like radio transmitters.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/04/09

    @Li Zhang: Stolen phones. You could smash and grab phones out of parked cars and pretty much get a new phone whenever you needed one.
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    Image of ilikedachacha ilikedachacha
    03/04/09

    In reply to Spain Disconnecting Pre-Paid Phones in November Unless Users Identify Themselves
    i dont really see how this is going to affect 99.99% of law abiding people
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/04/09

    @ilikedachacha: Benjamin Franklin is rolling in his grave.
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    Image of Gokuhouse Gokuhouse
    03/04/09

    @ilikedachacha: I could puke...You would probably say the same thing to Hitler. He's only going after "them" and this doesn't affect the other 80%.
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    Image of kaubuchon kaubuchon
    03/04/09

    @Gokuhouse: Godwin's Law


    Overall, I can't really have much of an issue with this - can someone give me one legitimate reason to have an anonymous cell phone account? I'm all for individual rights, but I don't think this really encroaches upon any of them. (Plus, it's in Spain - which is arguably less "free" than the US to begin with)

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    Image of ★☆★　Waka　★☆★ ★☆★　Waka　★☆★
    03/04/09

    @kaubuchon: I beg your pardon? what makes you think the US is more "free" than any other country? you guys lost all your freedom with the patriot act.
    Please, be a bit more open minded and learn something about the rest of the world.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/04/09

    @★☆★　Waka　★☆★: Spain has been something of an "incognito police state" since WWII, I don't disagree with your view of the patriot act, but presuming every citizen of the USA needs to be more "open minded" really just makes you look like a jackass when said citizen turns out to know more than you do on the subject.


    Please be a bit less of a douche bag, and don't presume you're the only one who knows anything about the rest of the world.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/25/08

    In reply to Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power
    I'm pretty sure that if they'd ever plan to do this to my final resting place, I want to have part of the power go to running an LCD display on the front, so I can have it cycle through photos of my LEGO creations.
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    Image of Sora57 is rendering Sora57 is rendering
    11/24/08

    In reply to Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power
    People are dying to have this tech!


    (rimshot)

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    Image of videoCWK videoCWK
    11/24/08

    In reply to Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power
    I guess it kinda sucks for the people living there, but looking at the condition of the world right now, this is a great step forward.
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    11/24/08

    @videoCWK: Uh, they're dead.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/08

    In reply to Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power
    @Lestat:

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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/24/08

    In reply to Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power
    I'd rather have a tree planted on top of me.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/24/08

    In reply to Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power
    OK, so how will this effect the zombies ability to get out of the grave? Or are those just Vampires? Are zombies dead and buried or just life sucking brainless machines? Or are those co-workers.... I am confused....
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    11/24/08

    In reply to Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power
    Makes sense on a few fronts. First, the tombs will last longer as the panels take all the weather. Second, it helps with more power.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    11/24/08

    In reply to Spanish Town Putting the Dead to Work Generating Solar Power
    Seriously? The best tribute I can pay to my ancestors is to put a solar panel on their grave? Wouldn't a better tribute be to not defile their graves by bolting stuff to it?
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    Image of Sora57 is rendering Sora57 is rendering
    11/24/08

    @Geisrud: +1
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