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    How to steal an election

    tried posting under technology, but perhaps this is a more suitable place for this: A Princeton study of Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machines. Scroll down for the video. http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting/ Courtesy of John Menicks blog: http://www.johnmenick.com/blog/
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    malicious code

    independent security study of a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine: http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting/
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    favourite headline ever

    Bin Laden Coke Plot
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    epidemic

    It doesn't really matter if it was a box-office success or not, as neither of his films were ever intended to be blockbusters, but i think its one the films where we get to see him struggle with nearly everyone of his phobias, including big budget commercial filmmaking, as seen in the 'movie...
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    epidemic

    Has anyone seen Lars Von Triers film 'Epidemic'? I saw the world premier of it in new york a few years back, and couldnt quite understand the one scene where the cabbie says "all a nigger needs is a loose pair of shoes, a tight pussy and a warm place to shit", then i read this today and somehow...
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    'good' americans

    even though its well known by now, but have you've seen this yet? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879 a good and funny example to both your query and to how such events rarely stimulate any significant, or atleast immediate change. Sarandon/ Tim Robbins, George Clooney...
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    David Lynch Thread

    I think Zizek perfectly described Lynch's whole affect as "ridiculous sublime". The more terrifying scenes such as these always seem to be preceded by seemingly senseless, soap-opraesque drama and cheap dialogue about impossible love and hope, which is quickly destroyed by what follows. But I...
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    My Bloody Valentine thread

    Steven Shaviro wrote an essay on MBV and androgeny in DOOM PATROLS, which he very generously posted online here: http://www.shaviro.com/Doom/ch03.html has anyone heard the 'Geek' 12-inch they released in 1986? ive found a few tracks on limewire, very odd surf-rock stuff..
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    Biology without Biopolitics?

    I understand how the preservation of life is a priority for both hospitals and the State alike, but I can’t see how a medical procedure that requires artificially induced sedation necessarily reduces a patient to ‘bare life’ in the same manner as the Sovereignty that flexes its power under the...
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    Zizek C4 Thurs Mrch 16th

    cant seem to sign up over at UKnova... what gives? any other sources?
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    The Hater's Thread

    I think a friend of mine actually took this course over at San Francisco Art Institute, except it was called something like 'Hip-Hop Histrionics' and was a performance-art class...
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    Ballard / Super Cannes

    I also read parts of SC and couldnt tell if he was actually trying to write a serious thriller or just working reflexively in the genre, but i assumed the later. I havent read many of his other novels, but i could recommend War Fever, a perfect sampling of why he is such a great short-story...
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    Hot Old Skool Babes

    Not sure if she was mentioned alreay, but I remember seeing Charlotte Rampling in The Nightporter when i was way too young and feeling both terrified and impossibly attracted to her (for such an age). Did anyone see Steve McQueen's (the artist ) film installation titled "Charlotte", where he...
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    Cache/Hidden (spoilers)

    right, but if you wanted an easy explination, as many do, then the last scene could just be one of two possibilities: a regular long-shot of the two boys meeting and plotting to kill the father, the end. Or, if it is to be read as surveillance, then it opens up the possibility of someone else...
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    Cache/Hidden (spoilers)

    For those of you inquiring about Hanekes earlier works, check out Der Siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent) This will most likely answer some questions concerning why he does what he does, or will atleast supply you with some footing to further appreciate, or atlest understand, his methods...
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