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blix
10/07/09

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It's a cookbook!
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lobstr
10/07/09

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but you can't write words in UPC.. Unless it's the numerical representation of the word GOOGLE encoded as individual ASCII letter codes, i call bool-shit...

The UPC has only numerals, with no letters or other characters. The first digit L is the prefix. The last digit R is an error correcting check digit, allowing some errors in scanning or manual entry to be detected. UPC data structures are a component of GTINs (Global Trade Item Numbers). All of these data structures follow the global GS1 standards.
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John Cook
10/07/09

@lobstr: From TechCrunch: "The barcode on the Google homepage is Code 128 encoded, which is a standard way of encoding ASCII character strings (ie. A-Z, a-z, 0-9, etc.) into a barcode."

[www.techcrunch.com]
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The Sneak
10/07/09

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Gah! The Mark of the BEAST!!!
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Magister
10/07/09

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Does it say "Google" or is it a representation our Google number? And why do they want me to install Chrome?
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BettyCrocker
10/07/09

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The last time I ran my butt under the scanner at Target, it showed $3,482.00.

Not sure if it's because I'm sexxxy, or it calculated the price by the pound.
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booge
09/25/09

In reply to The War Against Census Takers
Yeah, fuck voluntarily giving the government my personal information! That shit is private. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to put that on my facebook page and update my twitter. I think I'll make a YouTube video about it, some pictures for my Flickr account, comment on some blogs...
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PaisleyPajamas
09/25/09

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We've reached a brand-new low as a species.
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Mediahohoho
09/25/09

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Um, have these people been informed about Bush's warrantless wiretapping program?
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AngusAutolycus
09/25/09

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My mom was a census worker in 2000. She lives in a rural area of a mostly rural state. People shot in her direction (not so much at her, b/c if they had she'd be dead) more than once. She took to open carrying her handgun and bringing her dog after the first time.

Never underestimate people who really, really hate the idea of government. They hate it more than they care about not killing their neighbors.
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Mediahohoho
09/25/09

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The idea that liberals are cheering for this to be a politically motivated murder is ludicrous. It's not as if liberals need any proof whatsoever that dangerously unstable whackjobs are out there being inspired by the hate politics or Bachmann, Bech and company. From Oklahoma City to the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, we know exactly who's out there, what they believe and what they're capable of. Go sell your self-excusing bullshit on Free Republic. The conservative movement owns McVeigh, Rudolf, Shannon and Roeder. Deal.
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Swifter
09/25/09

@Mediahohoho: The idea that conservatives are cheering for this to be a politically motivated murder is ludicrous. It's not as if conservatives need any proof whatsoever that dangerously unstable whackjobs are out there being inspired by the hate politics of Pelosi, Olbermann and company. From 9/11 conspiracists to the depredations of ACORN, we know exactly who's out there, what they believe and what they're capable of. Go sell your self-excusing bullshit on The New Republic. The socialist movement owns Frank, Dodd, Moore and MoveOn. Deal.
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slainte_pants
09/25/09

@Swifter: Oh yeah, I remember that time Frank and Dodd teamed up to commit the at-the-time worst act of terrorism on US soil
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johnny_carsick
09/25/09

@Swifter: someone didn't do very well on the analogies portion of their SATs.
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Mediahohoho
09/25/09

@Swifter: Fail. Per usual.
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Mediahohoho
09/25/09

@johnny_carsick: apple:orange as baseball: ACORN!!!!!!! arrrrgh, sputter sputter, gasp, fart puke!
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blix
09/25/09

@Mediahohoho: Silent laughter keyboard crunches are good for the abs. Thanks!
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Mediahohoho
09/25/09

@slainte_pants: And Michael Moore--uh, uh making movies! Yeah, that's the same as shooting George Tiller in both arms. And moveon.org, with those funny Will Farrell spots--definitely the same as walking up to the same guy when he's handing out bulletins in church and shooting him in the fucking head.

Then again, this is the guy who heaped tons of scorn on me when I told him, as he was predicting a McCain/Palin landslide, that Obama was probably going to take 52% of the popular vote. My bad.
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johnny_carsick
09/25/09

@Mediahohoho: well, in all fairness, Landslide: 52% as the John Wayne Gacy: Walter Mondale.
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Mediahohoho
09/25/09

@johnny_carsick: Acorn!
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RandomLunatic
09/25/09

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This is the wrong story to use against the wingnuts like Bachmann, etc. The authorities seem to be edging further away from declaring this a homicide more each day. The guy was found in a position that isn't commonly associated with hanging from a tree, his feet still on the ground. He was certainly in a part of the country where there's a shit-ton of fed hate going on, yes, and was warned about that. Still, the authorities are usually a lot more decisive in cases like this about declaring a homicide or suicide. That they haven't done either should indicate the lefty rage about murderous wingnuttiness being behind this is premature.

Unfortunately, there'll probably be another case of totally legit wingnut-flavored homicide sooner than later.
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TheUptightMidwesterner
09/25/09

@RandomLunatic: Yeah, whenever I see some random dude hanging from a tree, I just write graffitti on the body. It is our eccentric Hillbilly way.
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BadUncle
09/25/09

@TheUptightMidwesterner: It's true. Southerners treat dangling tree bodies the way the Swiss treat fondue.
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A Message To Rudy
09/25/09

@RandomLunatic: Yeah, walking around asking census questions can drive a person to suicide on the spot. Perhaps he was trying to write "Fed Up With Doing This Damn Census Polling" on his own body but died before he could finish.
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Shawn Wasson
09/25/09

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Yes, quickly! Quickly!

We MUST turn a dead man into a political point-maker!

The fact is, no one knows what happened to this guy just yet. I'm more inclined to believe he stumbled upon an old-fashioned Kentucky meth lab or a pot farm than to think that some goons murdered him days before a 9/12 protest intending on him being found on 9/12 to prove some kind of stupid point. RUSHTOJUDGMENT.

But, hey, all's fair in political warfare, right?
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
09/25/09

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there is one underlying kernel of truth: white ghost town square states could lose representation and more populated more diverse states could gain representation
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
09/25/09

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pouring gasoline on an open fire, they are
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katekate is squared
09/25/09

In reply to The War Against Census Takers
there is a hell of a lot we don't know about the case
For instance, it happened in Kentucky.

If that was what the census was really for, I'd be the first in line to help conduct it. Ok, not really, but I can't stop laughing that someone actually thinks this is what the census is for.
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