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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @brianlittlejohn
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      @brianlittlejohn said in Non-IT News Thread:

      This happened about 4 hours away from me...

      Two freight trains collided head on....
      http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/28/freight-trains-collide-in-texas-triggering-massive-explosion.html?intcmp=hphz10

      We had already been talking about that here. Pretty huge collision.

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      • MattSpellerM
        MattSpeller @coliver
        last edited by

        @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

        http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/attention-us-bound-tourists-social-media-accounts-subject-to-inspection/#p3

        Insteresting.

        I would have chosen a different wording but I don't like to make Gene work too hard on the moderation 😉

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        • coliverC
          coliver @MattSpeller
          last edited by

          @MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

          http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/attention-us-bound-tourists-social-media-accounts-subject-to-inspection/#p3

          Insteresting.

          I would have chosen a different wording but I don't like to make Gene work too hard on the moderation 😉

          Haha, everyone else does why not you?

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          • MattSpellerM
            MattSpeller @coliver
            last edited by

            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

            http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/attention-us-bound-tourists-social-media-accounts-subject-to-inspection/#p3

            Insteresting.

            I would have chosen a different wording but I don't like to make Gene work too hard on the moderation 😉

            Haha, everyone else does why not you?

            Honestly on this one I'm not sure I should post my real thoughts on it. Maybe I'm just paranoid this afternoon.

            As a non-American citizen who would like to travel and explore your country further your country's thought police tactics give me pause.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
              last edited by

              @MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

              @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

              @MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

              @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

              http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/attention-us-bound-tourists-social-media-accounts-subject-to-inspection/#p3

              Insteresting.

              I would have chosen a different wording but I don't like to make Gene work too hard on the moderation 😉

              Haha, everyone else does why not you?

              Honestly on this one I'm not sure I should post my real thoughts on it. Maybe I'm just paranoid this afternoon.

              As a non-American citizen who would like to travel and explore your country further your country's thought police tactics give me pause.

              New US passport requirements in effect now as well.

              http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36228034

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              • coliverC
                coliver @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/attention-us-bound-tourists-social-media-accounts-subject-to-inspection/#p3

                Insteresting.

                I would have chosen a different wording but I don't like to make Gene work too hard on the moderation 😉

                Haha, everyone else does why not you?

                Honestly on this one I'm not sure I should post my real thoughts on it. Maybe I'm just paranoid this afternoon.

                As a non-American citizen who would like to travel and explore your country further your country's thought police tactics give me pause.

                New US passport requirements in effect now as well.

                http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36228034

                Did NYS ever update their ID requirements?

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  No idea. I don't use a NY ID.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    We were just there nine days ago. This is our main airport these days!

                    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36658187

                    Bombing and gun shots at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmD9dPtWYAAE8-4.jpg:large

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by DustinB3403

                        @scottalanmiller What are we looking at here?

                        Nevermind, its an airport.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                          last edited by

                          @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @scottalanmiller What are we looking at here?

                          Nevermind, its an airport.

                          that's OUR airport, the one that we just flew out of to get to Rochester.

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                          • RojoLocoR
                            RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            @scottalanmiller What are we looking at here?

                            Nevermind, its an airport.

                            that's OUR airport, the one that we just flew out of to get to Rochester.

                            Well, you left it a mess!

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @scottalanmiller What are we looking at here?

                              Nevermind, its an airport.

                              that's OUR airport, the one that we just flew out of to get to Rochester.

                              You guys got lucky to avoid that attack.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                At least ten dead.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  Up to three bombings and 28 dead, 60 injured at Ataturk. And @Jaguar is trapped in Amsterdam having JUST missed being at Ataturk for this. He was trying to get an earlier flight and could not get one and would have been there. But now he is stuck in Amsterdam unable to get back home.

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                                  • MattSpellerM
                                    MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    Up to three bombings and 28 dead, 60 injured at Ataturk. And @Jaguar is trapped in Amsterdam having JUST missed being at Ataturk for this. He was trying to get an earlier flight and could not get one and would have been there. But now he is stuck in Amsterdam unable to get back home.

                                    Suppose there's occasions to be glad you missed a flight. Worse places to be suck too all things considered.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.

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                                      • thwrT
                                        thwr @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.

                                        This would be my very last problem in such a case. Better celebrate an additional birthday per year.

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                                        • coliverC
                                          coliver
                                          last edited by

                                          http://www.popsci.com/ai-pilot-beats-air-combat-expert-in-dogfight

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @thwr
                                            last edited by

                                            @thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.

                                            This would be my very last problem in such a case. Better celebrate an additional birthday per year.

                                            Not having his laptop meant that he couldn't rent a long term place and work from Europe, so not getting back home means he was burning his vacation / holiday time stuck in a hotel sitting by the phone waiting to hear if they got him a flight. If he had had his laptop, he could have used the time as work time and it would not have been too costly of a problem.

                                            He got lucky, some Dutch friends managed to get him a flight back to Atlanta. he should be there tonight.

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