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Old 02-12-2011, 08:13 AM   #1
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Feb 12, 2011: Egyptian laptop flock in the middle of revolution



From the Boston Globe's Big Picture comes this shot of anti-government bloggers, working from Tahrir Square. The official caption says "Despite government attempts to shut down the Internet and limit communications, organizers have been adept at using a variety of media and electronic workarounds to coordinate the rallies."

It looks like they've been using the cell network to do tethering; despite government's attempts to shut off the net, somebody left the lights on... and somebody managed to get power and outlet strips so this group could charge up and get word out to the world.
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Old 02-12-2011, 08:18 AM   #2
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Old 02-12-2011, 08:57 AM   #3
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Amazing paradigm shift...
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Old 02-12-2011, 09:07 AM   #4
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Was the second one taken in Egypt?
It should be scorching out there this time of year, instead it looks more like England
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Old 02-12-2011, 09:49 AM   #5
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Amazing paradigm shift...
Not really. The death toll for these protests is over 200, with over 1000 injured. Had he elected to stay in power, the people would have stormed the palace and killed him, and his wife. Mubarak knew this all too well, which is why he fled the palace by helicopter last week. Social media and the internet just gave status updates to the world, like a virtual tv new reporter- They were not an influencing factor in anything, nor did they displace traditional weapons in any way.

But it does make for a clever sign.

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Old 02-12-2011, 09:55 AM   #6
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In the middle of all that, they're taking time to play a multiplayer first person shooter. Amazing!
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Old 02-12-2011, 10:05 AM   #7
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Not really. The death toll for these protests is over 200, with over 1000 injured. Had he elected to stay in power, the people would have stormed the palace and killed him, and his wife. Mubarak knew this all too well, which is why he fled the palace by helicopter last week. Social media and the internet just gave status updates to the world, like a virtual tv new reporter- They were not an influencing factor in anything, nor did they displace traditional weapons in any way.

But it does make for a clever sign.
Not really. While the sign is a clever sales pitch for social media, the media itself allows numbers to organize replacing fire-power when conditions permit.
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Old 02-12-2011, 01:09 PM   #8
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Was the second one taken in Egypt?
It should be scorching out there this time of year, instead it looks more like England
I have a friend in Glasgow. Apparently there were enough Arabs there to put on a pretty good demonstration in support of the revolution. I believe it. I'd imagine there were quite a few such demonstrations throughout England, not to mention the rest of world -- especially in university towns with high numbers of international students.
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Old 02-12-2011, 01:32 PM   #9
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I have a friend in Glasgow. Apparently there were enough Arabs there to put on a pretty good demonstration in support of the revolution. I believe it.
Egyptians. They're geographically Africans y'see.

But thanks for the possible answer. It makes sense to me.
And yes, London is full of Arabs (Elvis Costello)
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Egyptians. They're geographically Africans y'see.

But thanks for the possible answer. It makes sense to me.
And yes, London is full of Arabs (Elvis Costello)
What you call them can vary, but Arab is not incorrect in general.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_people
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Old 02-13-2011, 05:12 AM   #11
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Now let's all hope it doesn't turn into another inept "student", enabling radical religious dominated government.

Iran comes to mind... They kick out someone undesired and eventually end up with a pathological idiot who's religiously backed as a President for Life - who's much worse.
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Old 02-13-2011, 05:38 AM   #12
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In the middle of all that, they're taking time to play a multiplayer first person shooter. Amazing!
hehe I see what you did there :-)
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Old 02-13-2011, 05:40 AM   #13
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What you call them can vary, but Arab is not incorrect in general.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_people
Good point well made.
I was just showing off because I've been there.
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Old 02-13-2011, 11:00 AM   #14
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Nice, Egypt is on my list one day.
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Old 02-13-2011, 12:58 PM   #15
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What makes me chuckle is that just about every sign you see held up in the crowd is in English .... and if there is Arabic on it, it is smaller and almost a subtitle ... So all the signs are just made for the journalists and CNN, not for the people of Egypt.
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