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Rush Limbaugh, computer genius

Posted by mara Feb 18 '09, 08:57

LIMBAUGH: In addition, they have reformatted the bill -- they've made it a PDF file when they posted it. Now, for those of you that don't use computers, basically what that means is that it cannot be keyword searched. A PDF file is essentially a picture of a page. And, so, you can read every page, but you cannot keyword search it. It's not a text file as legislation normally is as posted on these public websites. They don't want anybody knowing what's in this; they want it happening as fast as possible so nobody can know what's in it.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200902130016 (mediamatters.org)

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FWIW, if a pdf is a scan of a paper copy of a document, then it can not, in fact, be keyword searched. - ty97 Feb 18, 09:07 12
- Can't a Microsoft Word document be converted to a PDF, and the text then be searchable? - JaxSean Feb 18, 09:12
- We have scanned versions of historical books that can be keyword searched. -- (link) - mara Feb 18, 09:10 1
  - *makes out with you* -- nm - Max Feb 18, 09:11
- A link to the pdf is provided in the story mara posted. It is text searchable -- nm - con_carne Feb 18, 09:10
- correct -- nm - Jovian Feb 18, 09:08
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  - not IME. - ty97 Feb 18, 09:09 2
    - OCR would do this. Not terribly special, many places use it, but certainly not everywhere. -- nm - Subversive Feb 18, 09:09
    - oh, he has special tools, alright... -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 18, 09:09
  - a scan is an image. Image data cannot be searched, unless you run an OCR algorithm on it. Some scanners have that built-in, some don't. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 09:09
  - and whether or not it's OCRed, I would imagine. -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 18, 09:08
  - and also correct. depends on the quality of the scan -- nm - Jovian Feb 18, 09:08
Haha, so funny. This is what it should read: "Now, for all those of you who don't use computers, - Subversive Feb 18, 09:02
Posted that yesterday. He's a tool. -- nm - TWuG Feb 18, 08:59 2
- Missed that, sorry! -- nm - mara Feb 18, 09:01 1
  - you will be! -- nm - mafic Feb 18, 09:06
Rush Limbaugh, dumb fuck. -- nm - Jovian Feb 18, 08:59 13
- *clink* -- nm - ST Swear Jar Feb 18, 09:01
- Hey look, the Sun came up in the East today! -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 18, 09:00 11
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    - Why don't you and znu just admit you love each other and get a room. Jeez. - Don Homer Feb 18, 09:03 8
      - THey should totally move in together -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 18, 09:06 6
        
        *cues odd couple theme* - mafic Feb 18, 09:11 2
        
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        I'm laughing right there with you. -- nm - znufrii, cliqueless Feb 18, 09:12
        
        Yes. And Jack should be the bottom. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 18, 09:07 2
        
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        "and there was much rejoicing" - The Calico Cat Coalition Feb 18, 09:09
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    - ~My horn can pierce the sky!~ -- nm - Princess Unicorn Feb 18, 09:02

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