On 8/28/06, David Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 29 August 2006 10:10, JD Fenech wrote: > > How compatible is flightgear with US homeland security? > > When I asked Mid-American Energy (or should it be Mid-CCCP Energo now?), > > I was refused any real information, being cited that it was for > > security. Fast forward about two weeks, and I'm getting a call from the > > Iowa State Police wanting to know why (and how I feel about the US). Has > > anyone else had a similar experience to this, how did they deal with > > that, and how does one express disapproval with a corporate entity which > > acts in this manner (without getting further attention from the usual > > parties). > > Haven't had similiar experiences, but many years ago, about 1998 I wrote to > the Brisbane Airport Corporation and the Gateway Bridge Management group in > Brisbane Australia asking for diagrams to use in MSFS scenery creation, and > was sent entire plans for the domestic and international terminals, as well > as complete plans for the bridge. Quite stark contrast to what would happen > now. While I'm sure they had other info on him, a person in Australia was > recently convicted of terrorism charges for asking similiar questions. So > expect to have them watching you if you ask for info. I'd hope though that > they wouldn't lay charges solely on the basis of asking for such information. > Thanks,
yet another example of why the my country is destined to get smacked again with an attack, because our government just can't seem to learn ... anybody with some common sense in these matters could immediately determine the following : a) a terrorist isn't going to call the power company and ask for sensitive information, and surely the aren't going to give out their contact information for a callback ! b) an 8th grader can triangulate large objects on the ground with a little bit of effort (google maps ? compass ? GPS from best buy ?) but there they go, calling JD up and sniffing around like he's a suspicious ... searching grandma at the airport ... ... and all the while our enemies laugh at us and plan their next attack. > > David Tony -- X-SA user ? 0.5.1 is out ! XData 0.1 for X-SA is out ! http://x-plane.dsrts.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
