Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-11-19 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:11:51AM -0800, Tim May wrote: Alice uses a laptop or beltpack machine, with a Webcam or DV camcorder. (Minor details of using the laptop while closed...some laptops support this, others shut down. Hence the mention of beltpack/gargoyle machines.) [...] Alice

Re: Flight security analysis (was Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video)

2002-11-01 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 01:35:06PM -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 02:45 PM 11/1/02 -0600, Jim Choate wrote: On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 30K feet, you have about half a minute before you pass out Which isn't the problem it's the -40F that kills you. You freeze

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-31 Thread John Kelsey
At 12:01 PM 10/28/02 -0800, Tim May wrote: ... By the way, there are perfectly good fixes to the current hysteria about things carried on board planes. Besides the obvious absurdity of issuing alarms when fingernail clippers are found (but ignoring razor sharp edges in things like laptops with

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-31 Thread Bill Frantz
At 1:52 PM -0800 10/31/02, Steve Schear wrote: At 11:37 AM 10/31/2002 -0800, you wrote: Another fix that is being used is passengers who will act to keep the plane from being used as a weapon. If the hijackers have to kill people with small sharp objects that they can smuggle on board, instead of

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-31 Thread Steve Schear
At 04:28 PM 10/31/2002 -0800, Bill Frantz wrote: At 1:52 PM -0800 10/31/02, Steve Schear wrote: At 11:37 AM 10/31/2002 -0800, you wrote: Another fix that is being used is passengers who will act to keep the plane from being used as a weapon. If the hijackers have to kill people with small sharp

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-30 Thread Sunder
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Adam Shostack wrote: (Changing the rules on a regular basis has some security value, as it makes it likely that plans will be ruined. But it has the cost that passengers can't plan..) Some animals are more equal than others. It's interesting to look back in these past

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-30 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:32:17AM -0500, Sunder wrote: | It's interesting to see how much stuff that was in the interest of | national security being declassified and available after 50 years. Lots | of cool stuff on the history channel lately. I wonder what evil will | surface fifty years

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-29 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Marcel Popescu wrote: 3. Put it between brackets: [http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInfo rmationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1471,1888,00.html] Ok, I'm not very sure about the last one... but I read that it works. Angled brackets,

Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Tyler Durden
In antoher context I've wondered about the possibility of wireless, near-real-time video upload. With 3G this will cetainly be easy, but I'm wondering if there are soft/hard gadgets that can auto-upload stuff.(In addition, 3G looks like it's going to roll out in the US only in fits and starts

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Optimizzin Al-gorithym
At 10:08 AM 10/28/02 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: In antoher context I've wondered about the possibility of wireless, near-real-time video upload. With 3G this will cetainly be easy, but I'm wondering if there are soft/hard gadgets that can auto-upload stuff. Plenty of webcams come with software to

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Mike Rosing
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Tyler Durden wrote: In antoher context I've wondered about the possibility of wireless, near-real-time video upload. With 3G this will cetainly be easy, but I'm wondering if there are soft/hard gadgets that can auto-upload stuff.(In addition, 3G looks like it's going to

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Tyler Durden
think that's a 3G-type application, but it of course doesn't have to be. From: Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:11:51 -0800 On Monday, October 28, 2002, at 08:44 AM, Optimizzin Al-gorithym wrote: At 10:08

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Tim May
On Monday, October 28, 2002, at 08:44 AM, Optimizzin Al-gorithym wrote: At 10:08 AM 10/28/02 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: In antoher context I've wondered about the possibility of wireless, near-real-time video upload. With 3G this will cetainly be easy, but I'm wondering if there are

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:01 PM 10/28/02 -0800, Tim May wrote: It's going to be interesting to see how airlines and other security narcs deal with fuel cells. The energy content of a small canister/container of the fuel can be high. Given that butane lighters are now banned... Based on personal experience (e.g.,

RE: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Trei, Peter
Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: On Monday, October 28, 2002, at 11:08 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: Batteries are becoming the main drag on this stuff. Hopefully, fuel cells will be available soon. It's going to be interesting to see how airlines and other security narcs deal

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 04:13:31PM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: | Actually, the DoT has already ruled positively that one fuel cell from | Polyfuel | can be carried on board. They appear to have a cartridge for the methanol, | similar to a ink cartridge. It's a pity it's methanol - I want to be able

Re: 3G (Was: Confiscation of Anti-War Video)

2002-10-28 Thread Mats O. Bergstrom
Tim May wrote: 3G is having problems, according to a news item I saw this weekend. Apparently a bunch of analysts and journalists were invited to Helsinki or somesuch to get a demo of the 3G and video capabilities. The demos failed, and Nokia and others were forced to show simulated

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Morlock Elloi
My notion was that Bob, who receives Alice's WiFi signal, is also using a laptop, which he simply walks off with. He doesn't need a DSL or cablemodem or whatever. Could be an interesting exercise for the next cpunk meeting. The goal is to leave the meeting with some content on the laptop