The Isolated Blurt Thread VII: 7th Heaven

[Super-Surprise]

http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/b2311f3c6c5e6e0550b24d4d7f51d0ab59b5ccc2_m.jpg.

 

[phantom4533]

http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/b2311f3c6c5e6e0550b24d4d7f51d0ab59b5ccc2_m.jpg.

Ahh. An autopsy photo from The Strain.

 

[eyer]

What the Internet Can See From Your Cat Pictures

Your cat may never give up your secrets. But your cat photos might.

Using cat pictures — that essential building block of the Internet — and a supercomputer, a Florida State University professor has built a site that shows the locations of the cats (at least at some point in time, given their nature) and, presumably, of their owners.

Owen Mundy, an assistant professor of art who studies the relationship between data and the public, created “I Know Where Your Cat Lives” as a way of demonstrating “the status quo of personal data usage by startups and international megacorps who are riding the wave of decreased privacy for all,” Mr. Mundy wrote in a post about the site.

Using images of cats uploaded to photosharing services, including Flickr, Twitpic and Instagram, Mr. Mundy extracted latitude and longitude coordinates that many modern cameras, especially those in smartphones, attach to each image. His site displays random images from a sample of one million of what Mr. Mundy estimates are at least 15 million pictures tagged with the word “cat” online.

The images are displayed on a map using satellite imagery, with nearby cat photos also visible. Specific street addresses are not displayed, but the geographic information can leave few details to the imagination in rural areas.

Full piece here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/upshot/what-the-internet-can-see-from-your-cat-pictures.html?_r=0

 

[Sean]

Alex Kane ‏@alexbkane 6h

For past 20 minutes, Jewish New Yorkers have occupied the Friends of the IDF office in Manhattan, reading the names of those killed in #Gaza

 

[Lorilei]

What does the "Sir" title really mean, historically?

 

[Sean]

What does the "Sir" title really mean, historically?

A knight.

 

[RobDownSouth]

A knight.

I knew that, but what's the deal with German knights?
Some use "Ritter", some use "Von" in front of their surnames?

 

[Noor]

I can't play that game, I try to read it, but it goes flat on me.

I think swimming would be a good thing right now, but there would be people.

 

[RobDownSouth]

You are so helpful. I don't have a smart phone, as I am not smart enough to operate it. I miss rotary phones.

I bet you have a flip phone.

 

[Sean]

I knew that, but what's the deal with German knights?
Some use "Ritter", some use "Von" in front of their surnames?

von in German names means "of the", like "de" in French. Doesn't necessarily mean from one of the chivalrous orders.

 

[Lorilei]

A knight.

Is it a hereditary title? My 9th, 10th, and 11th great-grandfathers were all "Sir"s, so they were all knights? Nifty!

 

[Sean]

Is it a hereditary title? My 9th, 10th, and 11th great-grandfathers were all "Sir"s, so they were all knights? Nifty!

Were they English? English knighthoods aren't hereditary. I think some of the continentals are.

 

[Lorilei]

Were they English? English knighthoods aren't hereditary. I think some of the continentals are.

Yep, they were English. Yorkshire.

 

[Sean]

Yep, they were English. Yorkshire.

Unlucky.

 

[Lorilei]

Unlucky.

LOL. And of course, this is according to ancestry.com, so it could be bullshit. One of them apparently emigrated to Virginia in 1663 when he was 13, so I don't really see how he could be a knight.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Yep, they were English. Yorkshire.

You are the descendent of the legendary Pudding Knights?

 

[Wings]

Not sure what set my mom off but she's currently listening to her Christian channel at a very high volume.

Is the summer over yet?

 

[Sean]

LOL. And of course, this is according to ancestry.com, so it could be bullshit. One of them apparently emigrated to Virginia in 1663 when he was 13, so I don't really see how he could be a knight.

"Emigrated" back then is pretty much a euphemism for deported. We used to ship our convicts off to the Americas before we decided Australia was more fun.

 

[Saint Peter]

Those convicts bitch slapped your ass all the way back to the island.

 

[Lorilei]

"Emigrated" back then is pretty much a euphemism for deported. We used to ship our convicts off to the Americas before we decided Australia was more fun.

Don't fuck with me.

Hell, for all I know, Sir is part of their name. "George Sir of Beeford, Yorkshire Carlton"
What does that even mean?

 

[Sean]

Those convicts bitch slapped your ass all the way back to the island.

I think we're overdue for burning Washington to the ground again. And I'm guessing these days the vast majority of septics would cheer us on.

 

[Sean]

Don't fuck with me.

Hell, for all I know, Sir is part of their name. "George Sir of Beeford, Yorkshire Carlton"
What does that even mean?

Beeford is a little place near Bridlington. Pretty part of the country.

 

[Lorilei]

Beeford is a little place near Bridlington. Pretty part of the country.

Well, maybe I'll have to visit my ancestors' graves someday.

 

[Fata Morgana]

Yorkshire is bloody fabulous. And they make the best tea ever.

 

[Lorilei]

Sir Richard "High Sheriff of London" Wyatt. Y'all crack me up with your crazy names.