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Boston police close river, bridges in possible college hoax
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Words can't describe how much I love the Internet.
jamesinclair
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Ha, I was right. Menino is cracking down
" The man who sent city and State Police rushing to defuse what they believed were explosive devices around the Boston region was arrested tonight.
Attorney General Martha Coakley scheduled a 9 p.m. press conference to announce the arrrest of Peter Berdvosky, an Arlington artist.
On his personal website, he posted pictures of a small group installing the figures -- little square-shaped men frowning and making an obscene gesture -- on the exterior wall of a hospital, on the awning of a Cambridge bar, at an Urban Outfitters, and a bridge.
On another website, he describes himself as adroit at painting, animation, video and sound design, sculpting and installation art.
Berdvosky's lengthy resume boasts a 2005 bachelor's degree "completed with distinction" at the Massachusetts College of Arts, his second place finish at the 2004 Massachusetts College of Art All School Show, and a merit scholarship he received from MassArt in 2000.
On his website, he also lists several authors who have inspired him, including Douglas Adams and Leo Tolstoy, and included passages that moved him. One sentence from Tolstoy's "Confession" was underlined:
"It became clear to me that art is an ornamentation of life, something that lures us into life. But life had lost its charm for me so how was I to charm others?"
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/01/artist_arrested.html
" The man who sent city and State Police rushing to defuse what they believed were explosive devices around the Boston region was arrested tonight.
Attorney General Martha Coakley scheduled a 9 p.m. press conference to announce the arrrest of Peter Berdvosky, an Arlington artist.
On his personal website, he posted pictures of a small group installing the figures -- little square-shaped men frowning and making an obscene gesture -- on the exterior wall of a hospital, on the awning of a Cambridge bar, at an Urban Outfitters, and a bridge.
On another website, he describes himself as adroit at painting, animation, video and sound design, sculpting and installation art.
Berdvosky's lengthy resume boasts a 2005 bachelor's degree "completed with distinction" at the Massachusetts College of Arts, his second place finish at the 2004 Massachusetts College of Art All School Show, and a merit scholarship he received from MassArt in 2000.
On his website, he also lists several authors who have inspired him, including Douglas Adams and Leo Tolstoy, and included passages that moved him. One sentence from Tolstoy's "Confession" was underlined:
"It became clear to me that art is an ornamentation of life, something that lures us into life. But life had lost its charm for me so how was I to charm others?"
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/01/artist_arrested.html
jamesinclair said:But as I said before, there are places for this kind of thing. Scroll up. The lightbright on a vallet parking sign? Harmless.
Under a busy bridge which just so happens to be over a busy avenue? Not so smart.
Note that the reported ones were all attached to bridges. Nobody called in about the ones stuck to walls, even though on of them was at fenway.
Look where this one was, on a column holding a highway
Not just stuck on, but wedged in
Also note that by that point police simply grabbed it, knowing it was not a bomb
It was stuck to a magnetic surface. They all were.
They were not "wedged in" anything. They are graffiti (did you not click on the link I posted above to see what they were?)
Plain and simple. They are not suspicious looking at all. They have been all over Boston for 3 weeks, and they have been other places for years.
Never in a million years did I think people would be this stupid, and you are obviously still not grasping what these things were, and why they would be on bridge overhangs.
Christ I've made them myself (not ATHF, but other things), and stuck it to the bridge down the street from me.
ConfusingJazz
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Is anybody else just really amused that every single news site is now flicking off its readers?
Cause I know it makes me happy.
Cause I know it makes me happy.
jamesinclair
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omg rite said:
Hell yeahs
jamesinclair
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The Fox blur!
Smiles and Cries
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jamesinclair said:
God this is stupid! Let him go dumbasses
Phoenix
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jamesinclair said:
Because Turner Broadcasting is in Atlanta, not Boston. So by the time the story hit the news - escalated to CNN and then someone had a chance to actually watch the news at work (people do have other things to do... I know we don't, but some people do work at work)... then find the people who actually even knew about the marketing campaign... it had already gone to shit.
Smiles and Cries
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jamesinclair said:The Fox blur!
Why does need a blur?
:lol :lol :lol OMG! this artist is a genius
jamesinclair
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GhostSeed said:
jamesinclair
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Menino"my lawyers are working overtime to put a lawsuit on this case"
jamesinclair
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Holy crap more blur
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Greenpanda
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So where can I get some of these?
I hope I wake up tomorrow and Mooninites are papering every city in America.
I hope I wake up tomorrow and Mooninites are papering every city in America.
Sirpopopop
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In 50 years this case will be a joke that people use to poke fun at the paranoia that exists in this time.
jamesinclair
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Oh oh, they forgot to blur this one
Segata Sanshiro
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Awwwwesome.
It's cliched up the wazoo by now, and it has already been said in this thread, but it needs to be said again. The terrorists won. Authorities are actually listening to the people that are afraid of their own shadows.
It's cliched up the wazoo by now, and it has already been said in this thread, but it needs to be said again. The terrorists won. Authorities are actually listening to the people that are afraid of their own shadows.
omg rite said:
It looks odd, but it obviously isn't a bomb...christ has the entire world gone friggin mad? I could look at that thing from 50 feet away and tell you it wasn't a bomb. In fact I could look at it from 50 feet away and tell you exactly what it was. Just friggin look at the thing! It's lights and a battery!
Smiles and Cries
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Fox is full of shit
CNN.com does not have a blur
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/31/boston.bombscare/index.html
this Menimo needs to be fired
CNN.com does not have a blur
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/31/boston.bombscare/index.html
this Menimo needs to be fired
jamesinclair
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gohepcat said:
People that dont know what it is see an object, with a black pack under it flipping them off under a bridge
Its not that off to think its a bomb (local, not al queda of course)
Remember smiley faced pipe bomber?
Oh yeah, not that we'll ever hear it, but I bet arrests of middle easterners in Boston increased by at least a factor of 4 today. I can picture Jack torturing someone, shoving a picture of Err in their face, demanding answers. Then he saws off the dude's head and finds out there were no bombs. Or terrorists.
Smiles and Cries said:
Actually it's hardly an original idea. LED "throwies" as they are called started a number of years ago in NY. They sprouted out the abundance of LED technology and a social commentary on both technology and the steel cities we construct. This is just Turner taking the idea and applying a character to it. Genius marketing, yes; genius idea for the concept, eh. I love it none the less.
at the seal.jamesinclair
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omg rite said:
Which one will be best? CBS, ABC or NBC?
Wait, WTF, why is the CW news now 7 news?
Shogmaster
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I was on the road back from work listening to the radio and LAUGHING MY ASS OFF at this news! I was totally picturing the big moon dude saying "I totally shut down Boston with my powers" and the little one going "YEAH! What joo gonna do about it!" and flipping us finger. :lol
Greenpanda
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Smiles and Cries said:
fixed.
Sirpopopop
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Shogmaster said:
:lol :lol :lol
Quoted for emphasis.
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