dkhusema@faui45.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Dirk Husemann) (12/19/88)
miket@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Mike Trout) writes: >In article <204@imspw6.UUCP>, bob@imspw6.UUCP (Bob Burch) writes: >> From: Anna Kochanowska: Visual Edge Software, St. Laurent, PQ >> >(Do you know that it is forbidden in USSR to make a picture of any post >> >office, bridge, railway station etc.? You may simply loose your camera >> >and have a lot of troubles. >> Do you know that the street signs on the Dutch-West-German border are all >> deliberately misleading, presumably to buy the dutch a few extra hours the >> next time Hitler or someone like him comes along? This - simply said - is garbage! Where did you get this kind of stories? National Enquirer? Gimme a break! Just how much *do* you believe? By the way, we are working on establishing an ARPANET access for the Central University of Mars - but we'll make this link appear to come from Moscow, because in case they ever try to retail for getting dump mail, Moscow will be the one how gets it ... (Clever, hu?) >> A very great deal of what we might see as paranoia on the Russians' part, >> they must see as a normal healthy adaptation to reality after 800 years of >> dealing with Subudai, Batui, Toqtamesh, Tamerlane, Charles of Sweden, >> Napolean, Hitler, etc. etc. etc. >Excellent point. Who could blame them? Invading Russia is almost a Planet > ... > >-- >NSA food: Iran sells Nicaraguan drugs to White House through CIA, DIA & NRO. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Michael Trout (miket@brspyr1)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >BRS Information Technologies, 1200 Rt. 7, Latham, N.Y. 12110 (518) 783-1161 >"God forbid we should ever be 20 years without...a rebellion." Thomas Jefferson ------------------ Smile, tomorrow will be worse! -------------- Email: dkhusema@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de Or: {pyramid,unido}!fauern!faui44!dkhusema Mail: Dirk Husemann, Aufsess-Str. 19, D-8520 Erlangen, (Home) West Germany (Busi- University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Computer Science Dep., ness) IMMD IV, Martensstr. 1, D-8520 Erlangen, West Germany Phone: (Home) +49 9131 302036, (Business) +49 9131 857908 -- Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here! -- --------------- My opinions are mine, mine, mine ---------------
childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) (12/22/88)
>>> From: Anna Kochanowska: Visual Edge Software, St. Laurent, PQ > >>> >(Do you know that it is forbidden in USSR to make a picture of any post >>> >office, bridge, railway station etc.? You may simply loose your camera >>> >and have a lot of troubles. That's funny. Right here in the Bay Area, there's a little building just off of the Golden Gate Bridge ( Coming across from Marin, take the very first right, into the toll-taker complex. Go straight, the road curves up to the left, then comes to a stop sign across from some barracks, adjacent to the rifle range. Turn right, go about a hundred feet, turn right, you're right there ... ) that has a sign on it saying very clearly that anyone caught taking pictures or making drawings of the building or surrounding area will be prosecuted to the full extent of federal law. Kind of silly, everyone who's ever taken a picture of the Bridge is a felon. In any case, you don't have to travel far to encounter draconian behavior. It's all about you. -- richard -- * "... where there is no movement, there is no perception." * * Ribot, _The Psychology of Attention_ * * ..{amdahl|decwrl|octopus|pyramid|ucbvax}!avsd.UUCP!childers@tycho * * AMPEX Corporation - Audio-Visual Systems Division, R & D *
davef@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Dave Fiske) (12/24/88)
In article <336@avsd.UUCP>, childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers) writes: > >>> From: Anna Kochanowska: Visual Edge Software, St. Laurent, PQ > > > >>> >(Do you know that it is forbidden in USSR to make a picture of any post > >>> >office, bridge, railway station etc.? You may simply loose your camera > That's funny. Right here in the Bay Area, there's a little building just off > of the Golden Gate Bridge ( Coming across from Marin, take the very first ....... > there ... ) that has a sign on it saying very clearly that anyone caught > taking pictures or making drawings of the building or surrounding area will > be prosecuted to the full extent of federal law. I went on a cruise boat which toured Charleston (SC) Harbor in October, and they went up the river to where there are a lot of U.S. Navy ships docked. When we got near that area, the captain warned us over the loudspeaker that we were entering a "restricted" area, and that the Navy only permitted them to do this if they made sure no passengers took pictures. He said that Navy patrols monitored the tour boats, and that if they saw anyone taking pictures, they would board us, and confiscate the camera and film. He also said that even when the patrols weren't out, that they watched the boats constantly. I basically think this is a bunch of malarky designed to make the trip more exciting for the tourists, but I didn't feel like testing it myself. I'm sure they wouldn't be able to make anything stand up in court, since we hadn't agreed in any way not to take pictures. Actually, one guy did snap a few shots, and nothing happened. -- "JUNGLE GUIDE IS EATEN Dave Fiske (davef@brspyr1.BRS.COM) BY 9-FOOT-TALL ANTS!" Home: David_A_Fiske@cup.portal.com Headline from Weekly World News CIS: 75415,163 GEnie: davef
jacka@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Jack C. Armstrong) (12/28/88)
>Actually, one guy did snap a few shots, and nothing happened.
You may THINK nothing happened... but has anyone seen this guy since? 8-}ben@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth) (01/06/89)
> Any reasonably competant weapons specialist can convert the perfectly > legal semi-automatic AR-15 to a fully automatic M-16 with a fairly > simple cam (or so I've been told). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Go directly to talk.rumors. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. > You can bet your bimmer that the > drug peddlers have that one figured out! When importing tons of contraban, why not import a few weapons? High quality machinists the drug peddlers aren't. > Curt Charles ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Ellsworth | ben%hpcvlx@hplabs.hp.com | INTERNET ----------------------------------------------------------------------- All relevant disclaimers apply. -----------------------------------------------------------------------