What, and that thing about the SS was for real. Guess us Brits live a sheltered life!! Will -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 July 2001 00:11 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: SS He did apologize to the list and I got him right in touch with the SS guy. All wrapped up. > thanks judith. eeek! boy this guy just went off the deep end on that > one > didn't he? > ~~ > Stephenie Hamilton > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Professional > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Judith Dinowitz)> > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:49 PM > Subject: Re: SS > > > > Shasta, > > > > Check out the CF-Talk archives > > (http://www.houseoffusion.com/archive/). It > > ran at 5:43 this morning -- a very provocative message with the > title > > "Kill > > the President." Suffice it to say that the Secret Service caught on > > and > > became concerned. > > > > I don't want to repeat the message again -- the thread has since > been > > killed. But you can see it in the archives if you want to know what > > the fuss > > was about. > > > > Judith > > > ok, wait! what cf-talk thread about the president?? (just left > > former > > > employer and had to resubscribe with new email addy) > > > > > > > > > ~~ > > > Stephenie > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2:18 PM > > > Subject: RE: SS > > > > > > > > > > > Well, there are US gov employees on the lists and I believe > they > > > are > > > > > required to report these things > > > > > > > > Even if they didn't report it, I would think it's much more > likely > > > > that once > > > > mail reaches a .mil or .gov address, it's scanned "Echelon > style". > > > > The rest > > > > of us might or might not be "watched" by Echelon, but I would > hope > > > > that the > > > > .mil and .gov networks are VERY watched. > > > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > > > -------------------- > > > > Cameron Childress > > > > elliptIQ Inc. > > > > p.770.460.1035.232 > > > > f.770.460.0963 > > > > -- > > > > http://www.neighborware.com > > > > America's Leading Community Network Software > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:55 AM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: Re: SS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, there are US gov employees on the lists and I believe > they > > > are > > > > > required to report these things. Could have been Echelon but > > based > > > > on > > > > > the > > > > > speed of the call and some recent articles I've been reading > on > > > the > > > > > NSA and > > > > > data processing, I don't think they would have heard so fast. > > > > > Remember that > > > > > the amount of data going around then net is insane and even > > such a > > > > > clear cut > > > > > subject has to be processed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Makes you wonder whether someone reported the incident or if > > > > Echelon > > > > > > picked > > > > > > it up automatically, some of its key words were certainly in > > the > > > > > > message - > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/19347.html > > > > > > > > > > > > If you don't know about Echelon there is some good info at > > > > > > http://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/faq.html > > > > > > > > > > > > It's a scary big brother world we are living in. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:43 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: SS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I got into work and had a few phone messages from my wife > > who > > > > was > > > > > > > quite > > > > > > > concerned. It seems that the secret service called her > about > > > the > > > > > > > thread. > > > > > > > That's all I need. Macromedia AND the US government upset > > with > > > > me. > > > > > > :) > > > > > > > Actually, they just wanted the headers from the post. I > sent > > > > them > > > > > > the > > > > > > > posters apology as well. Hope it's all ok. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That president thread in CF-Talk reminded me of > something > > I > > > > > heard > > > > > > > > ages ago. > > > > > > > > A friend of mine, in his freshman Comp Sci year in > Dublin > > > > > Ireland, > > > > > > > > told me a > > > > > > > > story of two classmates. The first was this clueless > girl > > > who > > > > > > knew > > > > > > > > nothing > > > > > > > > about computers and the other was this guy was helping > her > > > out > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > labs > > > > > > > > etc. Anyway he knew all her passwords and thought it > > would > > > be > > > > > > funny > > > > > > > > to send > > > > > > > > an email death threat to Clinton (~1994/5). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course who arrives the next day but the police aiding > > two > > > > FBI > > > > > > > > agents! > > > > > > > > So they grill her a while, she maintains she knew > nothing > > > > about > > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > The guy > > > > > > > > eventually fesses up to say it was just a prank. The > net > > > > result > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > both of > > > > > > > > them were blacklisted ! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bearing in mind this was in a foreign country and we're > > not > > > > even > > > > > > > > members of > > > > > > > > NATO. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Gilchrist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Senior Consultant > > > > > > > > RedSiren Technologies Inc. > > > > > > > > 412 281 4427 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
