On 9 Apr 2013, at 16:01, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Police called in to defuse a dangerous solargraphy camera. Now looking > for photographer to charge ... > > http://petapixel.com/2013/04/08/bomb-squad-called-to-bridge-to-deal-with-a-solargraphy-pinhole-camera/ > > Hint to bomb-makers: clearly mark your package as a harmless pinhole camera. > ;-) > That was the right thing to do in the circumstances. My father was in charge of security at one of the RAF bases where he was stationed for a while and had to call in the bomb squad once for a bag of laundry that someone had left at the gates. You don't know it's harmless until someone, or a robot, has actually checked it, and sometimes it's best just to blow the damned thing up. Saves on laundry bills too. During the Cold War he was also once asked to look after the visit of some Soviet inspectors looking for undeclared nukes. His responsibilities included choosing the menu. So for dessert he ordered Bombe Surprise... B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
