AOL Journals: Magic Smoke

Monday, November 7, 2005
11:55:00 AM EST So, I was a little surprised to find out this morning that my picture was on the People Connection main screen:

Ron and company chose the photo (which I had used to illustrate a blog entry about Talk Like a Pirate Day) to anchor (ugh) a story about a cruise ship that escaped a real-life pirate attack.

Updated: The story gets even more interesting -- the writeup in BoingBoing links off to a Sunday Times (U.K.) article, which says that the cruise ship used a sonic weapon to repel boarders:

"The liner used a sonic blaster to foil the pirates. Developed by American forces to deter small boats from attacking warships, the non-lethal weapon sends out high-powered air vibrations that blow assailants off their feet. The equipment, about the size of a satellite dish, is rigged to the side of the ship."

Arr. -- Joe

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• #9 Comment from lurkynat 
  11/8/05 12:24 AM | Permalink

  Wow! Is that what you mean by secret weaponsof misinformatin??? No kidding youare Kidding right???
  and then I am with Paul that Poof! stuff they say happened is magical huh?
  natalie
• #8 Comment from sepintx 
  11/7/05 11:00 PM | Permalink

  I hope they bought you lunch. Too funny.
  
  On another note, is it ethical of AOL to use member photos submitted in one context, like a feature, elsewhere at a later date? I'm thinking of one certain animated GIF I see when I visit the Journals page when not logged onto AOL.
  
  I understand the usage agreement, I'm just wondering about the ethics of reuse or repackaging of member submitted photos.
  
  
• #7 Comment from deslily 
  11/7/05 8:53 PM | Permalink

  this is too weird.. i just wrote that i still don't see the photos.. just because "i am always wrong".. after i closed this journal i went there to "make sure".. still no pics.. just a ghost outline.. i can click on each one and get the persons Info though! but no pictures!  Whats the story with that?
  http://journals.aol.com/deslily/HereThereandEverywhere/
• #6 Comment from deslily 
  11/7/05 8:47 PM | Permalink

  I still don't see pictures there.. the "ghost" of where they go.. but no pictures!  
• #5 Comment from plittle 
  11/7/05 3:36 PM | Permalink

  "the non-lethal weapon sends out high-powered air vibrations that blow assailants off their feet."
  
  And I thought the movie Minority Report was science fiction...
  That is sooo cool!
  -Paul

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