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Message Digest Volume 28 : Issue 42 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: 911 service not prepared for new generation of pranksters Re: 911 service not prepared for new generation of pranksters TTY 33 and 35 case and cover composition? More articles on illicit cell phone picture transmission ====== 27 years of TELECOM Digest -- Founded August 21, 1981 ====== Telecom and VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Digest for the Internet. All contents here are copyrighted by Patrick Townson and the individual writers/correspondents. Articles may be used in other journals or newsgroups, provided the writer's name and the Digest are included in the fair use quote. By using -any name or email address- included herein for -any- reason other than responding to an article herein, you agree to pay a hundred dollars to the recipients of the email. =========================== Addresses herein are not to be added to any mailing list, nor to be sold or given away without explicit written consent. Chain letters, viruses, porn, spam, and miscellaneous junk are definitely unwelcome. We must fight spam for the same reason we fight crime: not because we are naive enough to believe that we will ever stamp it out, but because we do not want the kind of world that results when no one stands against crime. Geoffrey Welsh =========================== See the bottom of this issue for subscription and archive details and the name of our lawyer, and other stuff of interest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:58:34 -0800 From: John David Galt <jdg@diogenes.sacramento.ca.us> To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu Subject: Re: 911 service not prepared for new generation of pranksters Message-ID: <gmsjkk$4sv$1@blue.rahul.net> > David Lesher wrote: >> The more often they do, the more dead people.... and pets. Look at case >> in Berwyn Heights where they murdered the *mayor's* dogs. Or the one >> I just saw where the homeowner is on trial for murder after he shot an >> armed intruder... who turned out to be a cop. T wrote: > I seem to recall reading that the one who shot the cop was found not > guilty. > > The story about the Mayor's dogs was terrible though. In my opinion, the telecom aspect of this story is secondary. The important lesson to be learned here is that police in the US are becoming more and more willing to send SWAT teams to kick in people's doors in the middle of the night for trivial reasons. Even if someone at the Mayor's house really had been a drug dealer, police should make their arrests during daylight and without excessive force unless they have a good reason to believe their target is armed and would fight them. Probably the only reason our founders didn't write such restrictions into the Constitution is that they couldn't imagine the US government ever getting that out of control. But now it has, and I think we need to amend the Constitution to put a stop to it. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:01:05 -0800 From: Steven Lichter <diespammers@ikillspammers.com> To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu Subject: Re: 911 service not prepared for new generation of pranksters Message-ID: <IOmkl.20113$Ws1.5239@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com> John David Galt wrote: >> David Lesher wrote: >>> The more often they do, the more dead people.... and pets. Look at case >>> in Berwyn Heights where they murdered the *mayor's* dogs. Or the one >>> I just saw where the homeowner is on trial for murder after he shot an >>> armed intruder... who turned out to be a cop. > > T wrote: >> I seem to recall reading that the one who shot the cop was found not >> guilty. >> >> The story about the Mayor's dogs was terrible though. > > In my opinion, the telecom aspect of this story is secondary. The > important lesson to be learned here is that police in the US are > becoming more and more willing to send SWAT teams to kick in people's > doors in the middle of the night for trivial reasons. Even if someone > at the Mayor's house really had been a drug dealer, police should make > their arrests during daylight and without excessive force unless they > have a good reason to believe their target is armed and would fight > them. > > Probably the only reason our founders didn't write such restrictions > into the Constitution is that they couldn't imagine the US government > ever getting that out of control. But now it has, and I think we need > to amend the Constitution to put a stop to it. > Not saying the police were right or wrong in this case, middle of the night raids are needed for the safety of the police and for protection of others. When a person who is wanted and considered dangerous the arrest is made no matter what time it is. -- The Only Good Spammer is a Dead one!! Have you hunted one down today? (c) 2009 I Kill Spammers, Inc. A Rot In Hell Co. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:18:45 -0600 From: Michael Grigoni <michael.grigoni@cybertheque.org> To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu Subject: TTY 33 and 35 case and cover composition? Message-ID: <4991C505.1070707@cybertheque.org> In a recent post in the OpenBSD-misc mailing list, a fragment of /etc/termcap from recent OBSD releases is quoted (including the posters introduction): > Searching in /etc/termcap for "paper" yields tty33 and tty37 as options: > > #### Teletype (tty) > # > # These are the hardcopy Teletypes from before AT&T bought the company, > # clattering electromechanical dinosaurs in Bakelite cases that printed on > # pulpy yellow roll paper. If you remember these you go back a ways. > # Teletype-branded VDTs are listed in the AT&T section. > # I replied to the list that I was unaware of any Bakelite cased 33s or 35s and that the covers were made from a thermoplastic for the 33. I received a reply that someone wondered if any 'hardened' versions had Bakelite cases. I suggested a patch to /etc/termcap to correct the description. Thoughts please? Michael ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:07:58 -0800 (PST) From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com To: redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu Subject: More articles on illicit cell phone picture transmission Message-ID: <06349e04-3e6a-42ef-bdc4-c03195593477@t3g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> As discussed previously, there is more controversy over young people transmitted risque pictures of themselves. Some youths have been charged with serious criminal offenses for doing so. "Teens "sexting" charged with porn" For full article please see: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/features/high_tech/39093982.html Another article describes future adverse effects after risque pictures are circulated: "No doubt there's truth in that. But to me, the more urgent problem is that kids and even twenty-somethings don't realize how this could impact their lives years down the road. Well, kids better start thinking - whether they're shooting a video, posing for a picture, or sending an e-mail. Sure, too many young people are making stupid, shortsighted decisions. But that's nothing new. What's new are the places they'll go and the people they'll see once they hit the "send" key. They have no idea - and there's no waiting for it to blow over. Once it's out there, it "lives on in perpetuity . . ." 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