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I agree, very ballsy art. I don't believe I have ever explicitly seen a law here in the US (I know this is UK, just comparing) forbidding cameras within a package, but I would think there would be some law on the books somewhere they could apply (not saying that is a good thing, esp in light of recent events).
CFAA, wire fraud. It fits any crime.
How does it holds internet connection? Police will definitely notice it for Julian - and will x-ray it. Then they'll see wires and circuitry inside. Bomb? Would be interesting to see progress...
Alternatively, it is a bomb, and one cleverly prepared to maximize the likelihood that it is opened by its intended target. (Somehow I imagine Mr Assange is careful about opening unsolicited packages these days -- but if he becomes aware of this one, he might relax that standard). Perhaps my tinfoil hat needs adjusting.
At least now we all know who gave this crazy idea to some secret agent agencies if this indeed happens.
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What an excessively bad idea as well as a diplomatic gaffe! I am pretty surprised that Her Majesty's government has not been able to negotiate a deal that is acceptable to both Assange and the Ecuador final authority on their involvement in this matter. Assange may want to close the case too. There are offers possible that he will accept.
The British government has no authority to negotiate. It is not up to them to talk to Assange. The UK has legally binding treaty obligations to enforce the European Arrest Warrant that Sweden issued. It is up to Sweden, not the UK, to decide whether it wants to negotiate or not.
"!Mediengruppe Bitnik @bitnk moving again. but: USER IS over daily photo limit: bitnik!"
edit: Nvm, seems it was only a photo limit on the pic.twitter.com service.
Can anyone explain the URL to me?
It's a normal URL, but with an IP address in the domain part. Your browser normally uses a DNS server to resolve the domain name portion of a URL to the hosting server's IP address — news.ycombinator.com resolves to 174.132.225.106, for example — but it skips that step if it sees something that looks like an IP address itself. (In either case, it tells the server what the original hostname was, so that it's possible…
You've only got to look at the xray image on the bottom of this site to see why - http://archive.is/lIwe8
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The diplomatic fallout in the event of a raid would be huge. There was a meeting of all foreign ministers of South America who issued a joint statement to condemn the UK for threatening to raid the embassy.
Would it be that big of a deal? South America (with the possible exception of Brazil) isn't exactly that economically or politically influential.
Definitely think this is a bad idea. If the Royal Mail find out they might destroy the package.
And that's a bad thing? I don't think they're concerned about property damage. They're doing it to see what happens.
Anyone else want to see assange giving a thumbs up and rapping at the end of this?