Is this the AM reflector --or a political convention enough allready
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in Cincinnati > > You're right on the money, Don. As one of our Founding Fathers said: > "Those willing to sacrifice their essential liberty for safety deserve > neither." I may not have quoted Mr. Franklin exactly, but his idea of > liberty is what sets America apart from all other nations. > > It's an on-going battle to preserve our liberties in this age of > technology > with all the do gooders who would use that technology to opress us in the > name of "safety." > > 73, > Ed N3CMI > > > > > "Merz Donald S" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > om> To > Sent by: "Discussion of AM Radio" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[email protected]> > ailman.qth.net cc > > Subject > 07/23/2004 01:30 RE: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware > PM on utility poles in Cincinnati > > > Please respond to > Discussion of AM > Radio > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > qth.net> > > > > > > > Sheesh. Maybe you should move to Russia. They already have all these great > innovations implemented years ago--along with ID cards for every citizen > and friendly troops with submachine guns on every street corner to help > ensure your safety. > > 73, Don Merz, N3RHT > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Markavage > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in > Cincinnati > > > "When I went to get a cell phone for my daughter about 2 months ago, I > was shocked to discover that cell phones now come with GPS locators. This > is ostensibly a "service" so the company can find your phone if you lose > it. But, of course, this means that they can also find YOU. And it is > galling that only the company can use the GPS feature, not the cell phone > user." > > This should have been done years ago. Some lives might have been saved > had this feature been available. > > "and we think it's so cute when CSI uses pictures from a camera at a > random intersection to help solve a crime." > > Cameras should be installed at all traffic light and major stop sign > intersections. > > "The Amish life style is looking better and better. Can you have > boatanchors and be a ham if you are Amish?" > > No, you have to give all your boatanchors to us. > > Pete, wa2cwa > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:09:55 -0400 "Merz Donald S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > When I went to get a cell phone for my daughter about 2 months ago, I > > was shocked to discover that cell phones now come with GPS locators. > > This is ostensibly a "service" so the company can find your phone if > > you lose it. But, of course, this means that they can also find YOU. > > And it is galling that only the company can use the GPS feature, not > > the cell phone user. > > > > So if we value our privacy, cell phones have joined the lengthening > > list of things we have to guard ourselves against. Banks are free to > > read your checks to mine data about your buying habits. Grocery > > chains now use ID cards (for "valuable savings") to track what you > > buy. Only the courts prevented the lets-legislate-morality loonies > > from letting our ISPs check and block what we access on the web. > > RF-ID tags now report when we use EZ-Pass going through a toll > > booth. Surveillance cameras have become universal since the > > technology is now so cheap--and we think it's so cute when CSI uses > > pictures from a camera at a random intersection to help solve a > > crime. And who doesn't want a car with On-Star? What the heck is > > next? > > > > The Amish life style is looking better and better. Can you have > > boatanchors and be a ham if you are Amish? > > > > 73, Don Merz, N3RHT > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George > > Pritchard > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:26 AM > > To: 'Discussion of AM Radio' > > Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in > > Cincinnati > > > > > > Gentlemen, > > How long will it be before the govt' adds "interface devices" to the > > "BPL > > home internet connection" to further invade in on our privacy. I > > feel very > > uncomfortable with potential broadband "utility monitoring" of my > > electric > > meter! It opens the door to much invasion. > > Live Free or die. The 20 gauge and bird shot is interesting. > > George AB2KC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donald > > Chester > > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:17 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in > > Cincinnati > > > > > > > > > > >Actually this provides additional advantages to the Utility > > Companies > > >even if you don't subscribe to the internet service. A modem could > > be > > >hung on your electric, gas, or water meters, plugged into an AC > > outlet, > > >and now all meter readings could be done back at their facilities > > via > > >the BPL internet connection, eliminating the services of electric, > > gas, > > >or water meter readers. > > > > Wonder how long before some would develop and put on the market > > bootleg > > "brown boxes" -remember the "blue boxes" in the 80's that allowed > > one to > > illegally bypass the phone co.'s billing and make free phone calls? > > These > > things would take over and alter the data stream to the utility > > company and > > illegally reduce your bill. Or if you happened to transmit over the > > air at > > the critical moment and your signal caused data loss and scrambled > > the data > > so that you or a near by resident erroneously got a ridiculously > > high > > utility bill for services you did not use. > > > > Incidentally, Apple Computers got its start as a garage enterprise > > that > > produced blue boxes, and once they gained some capital, decided to > > go legit > > and put together the first personal computer, that started a > > technological > > revolution, even though the machine was extremely crude by today's > > standards. > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is > intended solely for the use of the named addressee. > Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained > therein by any other person is not authorized. > If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by > returning the e-mail to the originator.(B) > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] >
