Thought for the day -------------------
For the former half of next month, I'm eschewing the leaden skies of my dank scots homeland for the sunny climes of the SF Bay Area and (briefly) NYC.
Ever the dilligent photowikipedian, I sat tonight and looked for articles in the en: wiki in those geographical areas that need a basic photo but don't have one. I wrote out a list.
Uh-oh.
I'd like to posit "McWalter's 14th law":
All wikipedia photo-todo-lists read _exactly_ like terrorist (oops, sorry, militant) hitlists.
Bridges, airports, subways systems, landmarks, public buildings. I can't cross an international border with this list - I'll end up at GTMO for sure.
So if I end up on Missing Wikipedians, you'll know why. Later, FIn
Post the list on an eMail to yourself. Then when you get to SF go to an Internet Cafe where you can download and print your eMail. :-) Avoid wearing a trench-coat, wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses when you visit the cafe. Ec
Finlay McWalter wrote:
Thought for the day
For the former half of next month, I'm eschewing the leaden skies of my dank scots homeland for the sunny climes of the SF Bay Area and (briefly) NYC.
Ever the dilligent photowikipedian, I sat tonight and looked for articles in the en: wiki in those geographical areas that need a basic photo but don't have one. I wrote out a list.
Uh-oh.
I'd like to posit "McWalter's 14th law":
All wikipedia photo-todo-lists read _exactly_ like terrorist (oops, sorry, militant) hitlists.
Bridges, airports, subways systems, landmarks, public buildings. I can't cross an international border with this list - I'll end up at GTMO for sure.
So if I end up on Missing Wikipedians, you'll know why. Later, FIn
--- Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Post the list on an eMail to yourself. Then when you get to SF go to an Internet Cafe where you can download and print your eMail. :-) Avoid wearing a trench-coat, wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses when you visit the cafe. Ec
Better yet: Put the list on your wikipedia userpage. You don't even need to log in to get it. You'd have to log in to your email account.
If it's raining, you can wear the trenchcoat and hat. But not the sunglasses.
I wouldn't be worried about the Homeland Security (NSA/FBI/CIA) reading your mail in particular. They probably have resources/people already dedicated to scouring the W.
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