surveillance

Surveillance on the new Mk II SkyTrain trains

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Submitted by deleted on Thu 2009-05-07 20:14 #

You took pictures of a Skytrain camera?!?! YOU MUST BE A TERRARIST

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Submitted by jmv on Thu 2009-05-07 21:49 #

Don't worry; I made sure he was on the guest list. Thus, he was professionally accredited.

For everyone else, I recommend never to attempt to do this without proper authorization. And by authorization, I mean at least have some moo cards on you!

Submitted by deleted on Sat 2009-05-09 14:45 #

lol, you rock.

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In Soviet Russia, TV watches you!

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Submitted by rocketcandy on Tue 2008-11-04 12:43 #

haha. saw these at a skytrain station yesterday too! maybe they can play candid camera reruns for us :P

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Wed 2008-11-05 12:30 #

Candid camera footage *from* the securtity cameras? Maybe they could broadcast footage from one station into another station? Then we could play inter-station games.

(And spy on people.)

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Under Surveillance with Richard Smith
The SFU professor talks to The Vancouver Observer about cameras tracking your every movement.
Project Civil City

Does being civil mean supporting the Olympics? Why have the flag in the poster without mentioning it in the text?

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Submitted by counti8 on Thu 2007-04-26 08:35 #

Maybe stopping people from throwing rocks at the clock is part of what they want to "stop."

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Submitted by Vancouver Public Space Network (VPSN) on Sat 2007-04-28 23:38 #

Actually we did it to be a bit ambiguous. We could have mentioned "the olympics" specifically, but referenced it by talking about "2010." This is similar to the Project Civil City document itself, which talks about cutting homelessness, reducing the open drug market, etc. etc. 'by 2010.' (So while it's not overtly an Olympic document, there are a lot of Olympic-related language and assumptions in its pages.)

The other thing that makes the flag itself (vs the olympics) a good image for the civility/un-civility debate in that it has itself been a flash point since it was first raised... both because it was stolen, then because of the protest at the flag-raising, and then because this issue was used to justify further action against groups that protest - e.g. the cutting of the DERA grant by City Council because of their association with the APC, etc...

(In that sense, yes, there are folks who equate civility with a lack of protest...).

Hope to see you May 1. For more info: www.civilcity.ca

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Tue 2007-05-01 12:49 #

Thanks for commenting. I'm actually a little impressed that you went through the effort to create an account to leave a comment (excuse my presumptuousness if that's not why you created the account).

I'm not able to attend, but I'm hoping that someone will document the event. I posted a listing to Urban Vancouver, a community site for Vancouverites. I'll make a blog post on the front page calling attention to the event as well as your comment. It's not often that I get an explanation as to the use of graphics on their posters.

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Tue 2007-05-01 13:04 #

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