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- miloez, on 10/11/2007, -3/+238digg will kill his site, then the FBI will nab him.
:( - blapierre, on 10/11/2007, -5/+92This is terrible reporting. Neither boingboing nor Wired has a link to the subjects website which is what the entire article is about. WTF is the World Wide Web for? Hyperlinks are the whole point of the WWW, linking one document to another. You would think an organization such as Wired would understand that. Instead I have to look at Digg comments to get to the guy's site.
- Cutkomp, on 10/11/2007, -1/+84If he really feels threatened he may feel the need to make parts of his life available in the public domain so that if something happens to him someone will notice and look into it. Covering your own ass isn't really a sign of insanity. The article says that he's doing it to show that he has nothing to hide, after the gov't put him on a terrorist watch list. Who knows... if that is what he feels is the right thing to do then so be it, he's not hurting anyone.
- Monstradamus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+65hes been sitting out in the parking lot for quite some time now....
- xTRUMANx, on 10/11/2007, -6/+68@alternateheaven
i hope you're not implying that even if he's innocent you would support the government should 'nab' him.
Btw, forget about being in the terrorist watch list. The scary part is that being on that list is the first step to ending up in Guantanamo Bay, where international law has no meaning. - weeeeeeee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+62GPS of where he is:
http://www.trackingtransience.net/
His main site:
http://elahi.rutgers.edu/ - Cutkomp, on 10/11/2007, -2/+56@jeffjiek
"Sounds a bit wacky to me.But what do I know? I've never been on a terrorist what list."
Exactly. What sounds wacky to one person may be just what another person needs to do. As long as he isn't infringing on your life, it doesn't matter. He's ***** with the state, not the people. - mrASSMAN, on 10/11/2007, -2/+54"'ve never been on a terrorist what list."
as far as you know... - jeffiek, on 10/11/2007, -7/+49Sounds a bit wacky to me.But what do I know? I've never been on a terrorist what list.
- lyphstylz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you...
- misfit410, on 10/11/2007, -2/+21Damn, wish I lived close to him, I'd put on a nice black suit, an earset and chase the ***** around.
- EmileVictor, on 10/11/2007, -3/+20If that was satire it was a poor attempt.
- m0nk, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18Why not link to the full article that this snippet came from??
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-06/ps_transparency - alternateheaven, on 10/11/2007, -10/+26@ xTRUMANx
I don't support tossing his ass in some dark hole but lets face facts, if the government wanted to do that to him they could and would without anybody ever stopping them. They do what they want, when they want, how they want; its the way its been and its the way it will stay even if we don't like it. Dude is just overly paranoid... - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -8/+24I actually had to read that twice to make sure that what I thought I read was in fact correct. Jesus ***** Christ, YOU are what's wrong with America on every ***** level of society.
- tagerton, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18"It's not paranoia if they're really after you."
-Enemy of the State - qualish, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16Buried. His site tried to resize my browser... I don't come into your house and rearrange your furniture.
- kylesiue, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15FBI: Your live tracking website was down from 10 to 2 because of the digg effect? THE PERFECT ALIBI HOW CONVENIENT... BOOK HIM DANNO
- SickFinga, on 10/11/2007, -9/+221. Just because that arrow on google maps shows his house doesnt actually mean that it is HIM at that location.
2. What are those countless pictures of food about? How is that gonna help him?
Guy is definitely craving for some attention. - andshewas, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I can tell you, if I were told in an airport by the FBI that I am on a "terror watch list" or what have you, I would most certainly be paranoid. Many people are commenting that he must be simply paranoid. Well, no kidding. I would do everything within my power to lose my one-way ticket to Guantanamo. That's all he's trying to do. This is a frightening statement of what our United States have become.
- PueSi, on 10/11/2007, -4/+16I bet the FBI submitted this to digg, that way the site goes down an nobody will now what he had to say.
- ChrisAlbon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12maybe
- rabidbob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11Well I chuckled; but then one of my favourite lines is "I'm not a bigot, I just hate bigots".
- Chakz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10All signs point to yes.
- evilregis, on 10/11/2007, -6/+16@wisie (#6845592)
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. - bo0m, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Actually this is a lot like a lesser known film, Freeze Frame. Guy tapes every aspect of his life after he's wrongly convicted of a crime. Decent watch, but the ending is a bit odd.
- Murdats, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9yes
- youngandwise, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Hes lucky.. At least hes not being chased by the Illuminati who wield electromagnetic weapons that can control your mind... Digg users, beware.... If you know too much, they will stalk you...
***** the New World Order!
Constitution 4 LYFE! - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8depends
- LethalAmbition, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9@ mahler
On the first paragraph of the news article within the digg article
""It'll go public in a few seconds." Sure enough, a moment later the shot appears on the front page of his Web site, TrackingTransience.net." - captaincoconut, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8misfit410 does.
- SpaceMonkeyZero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7but but but he's an artist!
- ajgv, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7it's possible
- fantasticjon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9No.
- o0o0steve, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7In case you don't wish to click the link:
"Hasan M. Elahi is an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on technology and media and their social implications. His research interests include issues of surveillance, simulated time, transport systems, and borders and frontiers. He has had numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally in venues such as PS122 and Exit Art in New York; the Kulturbahnhof in Kassel, Germany; the BBC Big Screen in Manchester, UK; and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has also lectured at the American Association of Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University and the Tate Modern in London. His work has been supported with significant grants and numerous sponsorships from the Ford Foundation/Philip Morris, Creative Capital Foundation, DuPont Industries, the West Virginia Cultural Center and the Asociación Artetik Berrikuntzara in Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country/Spain among others. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey." - Eastlygod, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10Blogspam - article copy and pasted in it's entirety from Wired. Including the pic.
If you're going to submit it, submit the original. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8It's a damn crime our own Government puts innocent people through the ***** they do.
- D4RKSIDE, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9I have to be honest, I think this guy might be schizophrenic, a kind of paranoia, but if he is truly in danger I sympathize for him.
- Pic0, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7you get a memo
- EtherGnat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5That'll teach me to refresh the page before I comment. Sorry Misfit.
- mahler, on 10/11/2007, -4/+9It looks like he is is scared that the world would not care if he was arrested for something he didn't do. Just because being on the terrorist watch list, makes you a supect for society aswell. Trying to prove to the world that he is not a terrorist, can make it harder for the FBI to question him without a good cause. Because there will be questions and people responsible etc.
- dasaroth, on 10/11/2007, -2/+71 down, 299,999,999 more to go......
- Chakz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5If you move the red arrow around on his site he gets tossed around like a ragdoll irl.
- Ashex, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6I've been on the terrorist watch list since 2001!
It's not exactly the most entertaining thing. Although i think I've been removed, I haven't had to go through the body search at the airport for awhile... - chronusmcgee, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5They probably don't care. But this publicity is probably going to get him way too much unwanted attention. Anybody can get on the watch list, and nobody can get off. With the current circumvention of the Constitution in place, he, and anyone else, is in very real danger of disappearing, and the government doesn't really care who knows. In fact, publicity like this is helping their effort, since fear and suspicion always work in the favor of totalitarianism.
- oMeSSiaHo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6"What is with all the conspiracy loons recently?"
Did you RTFA? He is on the watch list. He found out that he can fly much easier if he calls the FBI to let them know what he is doing. He decided to carry that over to all aspects of his life, just in case. He probably read stories about the government capturing and torturing innocent people and he doesnt want that to happen to him. - appleswitch, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Crack me open and see what the blue stuff tastes like.
( you know you want to ) - BoneheadFarker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3@jim1977
People don't tend to "smoked and snorted their way into psychosis". It's more likely that they are already like that and are trying to self medicate. Paranoid schizos tend not to like the herb anyways since it increases the paranoia they are trying to escape. Coke, on the other hand, tends to make people feel good and self-confident, so they may snort their way into self-medication. In any case, I don't think the guy is schizo. Paranoid, definately, but chances are it's warrented... - Error601, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6Does he have "take drugs to manage mental illness" in that list anywhere?
- EtherGnat, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7Anybody else think it'd be fun to follow this guy around, dressed in a dark suit and sunglasses, occasionally whispering into your wrist?
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