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There are 62 comments about "nomen"

CartLegger: Thank you for the utterly fascinating explanation of this phenomena! I would love to see more formal studies to research this process! But all good science starts with observation! ...

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

foyertopp: Unless of course, we're talking about different nomenclature in the UK vis-a-vis teh the US....

in response to: A Happy Coincidence by Plastik.hu

Peter: now lets see who surfs in first and makes a comment about this phenomenon marking drug/gang/rip territory. that seems to be a favorite in the shoe threads, haha......

in response to: AIR- RETRO by JoeyD

Humboldt Park Dweller: "We seek to undermine the legitimacy of gentrification by challenging the logic that presents urban change as a natural phenomenon" Huh? You realize that cities aren't geological formations correct? Those posters I see with Hispanic people and......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

hottcarlson: phenomenal work, thank you....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Peter: did you see the links i posted above? in addition to those, all of the following sites appear to show the identical image (though sometimes at different resolutions)... it was posted here in 2004: [[http://www.thatsweird.net/picture37.shtml]] it was......

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

Kevin: Roamn candle fights have been around as long as i can remember....and I was a very active participant! Not condoning it....but its hardly a new phenomenon....

in response to: Victoria Day Fireworks by Gabi

CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Peter: its {smug} and {osker}. i was holding my breath trying to not be the first to mention it and out myself as the resident graf nerd fanboy, for what its worth. that photo is a great......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

Susan C. from Pueblo: I saw Bishop's Castle 2 weeks ago and was truly amazed at the work that Jim has done on the castle. He had to have God's help with this phenomenal work of art. ......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

99¢Dreams: Damn! Major props to you, Peter! An overnight photo montage after my idle posting. You've even captured the full range, from the mundane to the overWROUGHT. Couldn't have happened better or quicker had I been......

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

little ukraine: "Many of them cross the burning desert illegally to enter the [oil] rich country in search of a better livelihood." it really is amazing how this statement (particularly if you remove the word 'oil')could apply to......

in response to: Sometimes a Picture Has Nothing to Do with the Story by Sohail Moughal

EvilGentleman: I suspect this will be one of those pages that stays dormant for a long time, till finally somebody interested in meteorological phenomena happens to stumble across it, recognize it for what it is, and......

in response to: Horizontal Rainbow by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Did you not know about the new law that was recently passed requiring all non-profit performance art to follow the New National Narcoleptic Non-profit Nomenclature, or 5N for short?...

in response to: Nation of Sleepers by Andy

Vincenzo: I grew up in EO and remember when it was still a decent place to live. Of course that was during the declining years and when it was really starting to fall apart. ......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand. I think the best way to have notification on......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

KITO: Hi, I'm a long time lurker, who I'm sure none of you know. I think this is my first comment. Hello, CityNoise. I, too would like to see more photos on the front-page. No offense, but......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

anon (localhost): In the next 10 years Southeast Asia's economic growth will be as phenomenal as that of China. In fact Australia is considering to join ASEAN coz they don't want to be left behind..It is a......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

groovehouse: What an amazing phenomena! I hope to see the Aurora Borealis one day!...

in response to: Aurora Borealis by Tricky Disco

Lou: Real photos; inaccurate description. http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/storm.asp Storm Clouds Claim: Photographs show Hurricane Katrina hitting the Gulf Coast in August 2005. Status: Real photos; inaccurate description. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2005] Photos of Katrina over Mississippi (Sure......

in response to: the august 19th, 2005 tornado hoax by jeeff

colavitos ghost: Like they said, amazing! Also, those PT's seem to be an interesting counterpoint to the Western phenomenon of Graf Trux....

in response to: Metro Manila by Laura

Børge: I don't think the fact that oslo is an expensive city has anything to do with the high crime number. It's also a fact that oslo is unique in norwegian matter. I live in the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

peacefrog: As an American who has lived in Canada most of his life, visiting the US and especially NYC is a harsh reality check, and a reminder that the ravages of racism are still alive and......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

mug: yes the shoes over the powerline thing really is an international phenomenon - there are two pairs of shoes hanging high in my street in brisbane, australia, at the moment and now i some ideas......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

EvilGentleman: Yeeesh, the things I do when I am on hold. I must first correct my first comment in this article. The Voyagers are space probes, not satellites. Sorry about that. Now, on to the serious......

in response to: The Case of the Disappearing Lake by sine

joey: the innocuous resin chair made into high art. or - right from their web page - Sense of the City is a major exhibition dedicated to the theme of urban phenomena and perceptions which have......

in response to: But Is It ART? by EvilGentleman

Peter: also: i used to live up the avenue from a [[wiki:Tastykake]] factory, one which made strawberry pop-tarts. the whole neighborhood smelled like overpoweringly fresh-baked artificial strawberry tarts every morning, starting at about 5am... it always......

in response to: I Want One of These by CE

BIG PEST ONE: yeah man it's been over a year since i posted here last and portland graff is STILL by the whole...WACK!!! there of course are a few exceptions but these kids now-a-days have no respect for......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

shandy: I'm white and my place in Bushwick was the first I moved to when I came to New York. I had no idea what neighborhood meang what, I moved there firstly because my friend lived......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Peter: im so not kidding. its a phenomenon: [[img:12316]] ...

in response to: Tumbleweed Weave by Peter

EvilGentleman: First and foremost, **never, ever** walk out to the water on the tidal flats. Those mud flats can sometimes extend for miles into the bay, and the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy has......

in response to: Down Home Charm by Michelle

Chris Erb: The kid in picture one has an eery resemblance to the Moshzilla internet phenomenon. [[img:11967]] [[img:11968]]...

in response to: May 14 2006 Toronto by hool

Peter: sherri: you mean sort of like you put in your two-cents without giving any credence to the very real dangers to which the heavy-handed/overly-aggressive elements of law enforcement subject random citizens? or even better yet, the......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

EvilGentleman: Periwinkles... Sounds so familar, for some reason. Is there one in Decatur, too? I used to visit my old fiancee there when she was going to Millikin U in Decatur, back in 1989 and 1990.......

in response to: Grab A Seat by Brad

joey: Main Entry: ki·ne·mat·ics Pronunciation: "kin-&-'mat-iks, "kI-n&- Variant: also ci·ne·mat·ics /"sin-&-/ Function: noun plural but singular in construction 2 : the properties and phenomena of an object or system in motion of interest to kinematics —ki·ne·mat·ic /-ik/ or ki·ne·mat·i·cal......

in response to: We Specialize in the Unique and Unusual by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: chia: wow, this is a phenomenon id never know about if you hadnt posted it here. fascinating... now im off to google it and read about it. imagine... from the gobi desert. thats fascinating....

in response to: Yellow Sand by chiamattt

Get out of your car, buddy.: Toronto must be a tale of two cities. If you live in the inner city, it fits like a comfortable old shoe. There are few places in the world that can boast such......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: jack, there is a futuristic post-apocalyptic series of pulp fiction sci-fi novels called Deathlands (Gold Eagle Books) that I read. The character of Doc Tanner is supposed to have been kidnapped across time from his......

in response to: Love Graf Tree (Zelkova Carpinifolia) by elaine

Peter: i also like that first one of the met's glass curtain-wall. i didnt see you take that one yesterday... infallibly, every summer, while their wives peruse the art, dirty old european tourists gather on the other......

in response to: Central Park, Early Spring by Peter

Peter: heh. i cant get enough of the {anti-climb paint}. thats purely a {uk} phenomenon......

in response to: Anti Climb Paint ... by elaine

Peter: are the leaks there some well-known phenomenon or something?...

in response to: Union Station by Peter

adam: you're catching on to the cloud phenomenon i see...

in response to: Freeway Cloudage by joey

Peter: wtf! thats astonishing. someone, explain the phenomenon that is {tim horton's} to us non-canadians... ...

in response to: Rrrrrrrrrrroll Up by Mata Hari

Galaxy: I love this kind of random phenomenon! One day when humans no longer exist, some kind of species will discover the shoes over telephone wires, they'll come to believe that humans threw shoes into......

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Guy McLaren: But still, graffitti defaces buildings, costs big bucks to remove and I see in africa now fuckwits are starting to deface natural phenomena like rock faces and stuff....

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Writers Busted! by Dallas Police

GGP: the beach yesterday was full of these--iced-over sponges washed ashore (numerous) and clam shells encased in sheets of ice (not so numerous). none of the other flotsam and jetsam had this ice-glaze; I assume it......

in response to: Ice-glazed Sponge by GGP

Peter: the whole {trainspotting}/{railfan} phenomenon fascinates me... we have it here in {nyc}, too, but on a much smaller scale... i bet most people wouldnt even know what you were talking about. but, categorizing all the trains......

in response to: Peterborough and the Smells of Pollution, Etc... by Colin James Watling

Jamie: p.s. we do have some {Leningrad} representation here on citynoise. Check out **[[http://citynoise.org/hood/St._Petersburg,_Russia]]**. Citynoise; a worldwide phenomenon....

in response to: Leningrad by JayEastsider

jeeff: the 3rd one is nice. i love the phenomenon of abandoned bikes seeming to melt down onto the sidewalk over time....

in response to: Abandoned Bikes by JayEastsider

cafeconleche: I keep going thru this site and I find so much BS I was just reading some old comment from Jan from EL viejo de arriba....Yo' viejo you need to stop brown nosing the USA......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

piranha erem: the pet bird phenomenon seems interesting. what does it mean?...

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: ahh, nyc has that same phenomenon, what with the pollution/filth and the cleansing rain. in the summer, the hot, steamy rains work wonders... you can sometimes literally see the grime running off of walls and......

in response to: Seoul from hotel window by Trace

miri: si todos hicieramos como don justo y nos pusieramos manos a la obra con lo que de verdad queremos todo el mundo iria mucho mejor esto es mas que una leccion este hombre es un......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

kobe: LOL! this {cement thing} phenomenon has taken a life of its own much like a subtle inside-citynoise-joke.... as has the increased use of linking thanks to the "{ }" meme!...

in response to: Cement Thing Gets Patriotic by Peter

Peter: the uk has a much better nomenclature system for its motorways than america does. im sure ours made sense way back when, but since teh nationwide interstate highway program in the 1950s, everything got muddled.........

in response to: Motorway Haiku: UK (Part One) by Jamie

Jamie: **Recusive Street Art:** A thought occurred to me relating to graff and paste-ups and street art in general. What if a whole bunch of random individuals began colour-laser-printing photos of street art from citynoise and......

in response to: Stayhigh 149 by Godziiia

Peter: wow... what a phenomenon! i recall seeing people in those sort of buttoned outfits on tv or something, but never knew the story. thanks for sharing this bit of london lore. its nice to read......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

elaine: Re: The Touch of the Machine I agree. Plus scale. Plus the city as a machine. The scale thing - I lived in Edinburgh previously and standing underneath the Forth Rail Bridge at South Queensferry......

in response to: The Touch of the Machine by Peter

Peter: steelisreal: same thing with my treo 600. i dug around on a forum amd found a hacked replacement for the cam software that includes a zoom as well as the ability to remove dark pixels......

in response to: World Trade Center Stop: Manhattan by Peter

Tabia: This picture is phenomenal - it reminds me of a painting my father has of a street - all of the street is dark with a stretlight on and the sky is day light......the whole......

in response to: Rome by Mad Jane

Peter: maybe this will become a net phenomenon, rivalling the "no-hands kitten" in popularity, causing our site here to blow up so large that we'll have to move it's host's data-center into a giant, abandoned blimp......

in response to: NAKAHARA by My Dentist

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