Jon Elson wrote: > JD Fenech wrote: > > >> Well, a new update on finding the positional data on those wind turbines >> in central Iowa to put into FG. >> >> 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). >> >> >> > Oh, sure! Given what the original hijackers did to prepare for 9/11, no > doubt it will > become illegal to posess a flight simulation program within the next > couple of > years. Just an oversight by a very busy congress that they haven't > gotten around to > this detail yet. Cell phones were apparently used by the hijackers in > some of the > preparations, at least, so they will have to go next! > > You might want to advise a lawyer about this, you are probably being > watched, > at some level, by security organizations. They may have already > discounted you > as any real threat, but you never know what happens when you get onto > one of these > lists. If you travel by air, you may get special scrutiny on your next > flight. > > Jon > Good thing I try to avoid flying anymore. It's an awful lot of fun being able to see everything from 5 miles up, but its getting to the point where you have to strip down for internal cavity searches just to get near the terminal.
You have any idea if there are any legal organisations who help with stuff like this on a pro-bono basis? I'm jobless at the moment, and very nearly broke. JD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
