RoHS => tin whiskers?

Didn't the Canadians just intercept three tons of ammonium nitrate?

Three tons.

John

On 7 Jun 2006 09:46:43 -0700, " snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com" Gave us:

Wow. Interesting story.

One thing:

On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:52:10 -0700, Jim Thompson Gave us:

On *YOUR* phone/system/plan. On others, it can be active at any time.

There's a two-way link between your phone and the nearest (or optimum) cell tower, whether you're talking or not. That's how they find you for an incoming call.

If they (the telco, the gummit, etc) want to know exactly where you are and your phone is GPS-enabled, do you really think that they have to wait until you dial 911 to find you?

Why would any honest man/government *need* that information in the first place?

Exactly; so the thieves will know when to burgle your house.

so

warrants.

Actually the European countries want to archive all electronic traffic for up to seven years - just in case - and are passing laws to that effect. One wonders what the point was in removing the Berlin wall when all we will achieve is to move it more to the west.

Same here - HOWEVER - the present corporate phone is SonyEricsson K600i; which happens to have one decent camera in it and a second "web-cam" quality for video telephony.

stuff

SyncML was standardised by a consortium, toolkits produced, much hype generated and in the end it just fell flat on it's face - most of the telephones use their own, proprietory protocol.

DRM is also there to sabotage file transfer - so "they" need the geek stuff to talk about something else when they are pushing a new phone upon you. The icing on a crap cake if you prefer - but at least the icing is real choccolate ;-)

What are they working on- a new and better smoothie? Looks like the whiskers will be around for a long time.

It *IS* pathetic, and if the weak-minded poofs, pseudo-intellectuals, and other assorted non-producers have not reached square one in over 60 years of study, testing, and experimentation, then they are pathetic. Oh yeah- and I like the glob of conformal coat idea- that's original- typical Boeing...

Paging Stacy and Clinton...

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

One report I read said that the RCMP substituted harmless powder in the bags. If true, this means that the surveillance was in place well in advance of the order being placed. In any case, my wife, who works in the building adjacent to the Toronto Stock Exchange, is very glad that this plot was not successful.

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Greg Neff VP Engineering

My cousin is a farmer in Minnesota, and he can go down to the fertilizer store and pick up three tons of NH4NO3 any time he wants to.

IT'S FERTILIZER!!!!!

Cheers! Rich

It wouldn't have fertilized much, except maybe the parks of Toronto, with shredded human bodies. When your cousin buys ammonium nitrate, nobody notices. But when a bunch of urban muslims, who are are already on record as making threats and attending military training camps do, it attracts attention. And their privacy was indeed invaded.

John

The only thing you can order is Call From / Call To data pairs.

...Jim Thompson

I was referring to Spehro's statement:

"Why would any honest man have any problem with the phone company, government etc. knowing their location 24/7? I can also order this information over the net without warrant or other such legitimate reason.. "

Sounds quite a bit different from turning it on voluntarily in an emergency. Especially the second sentence sounds like this is already going on.

- YD.

Well, anyone fool enough to carry a Trojan phone deserves it. Still, I believe it's mandated (s)he to be informed about it.

- YD.

It's also stuff of bombs.

Sure they do. The transaction is recorded and you can bet someone notices and it's filed away in some database. 'Tis the law, and all that:

Grease's cousin's "privacy" is similarly invaded. ...and a good thing too.