From: “i am not a number!” <geeman@best.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-09 18:27:55 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 02:27:55 +0800
From: "i am not a number!" <geeman@best.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 02:27:55 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: photographed license plates
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At 21:55 8/8/96, i am not a number! wrote:
>CBS radio news this morning: 80,000 commuters traveling the central
>f'way in SF will have information mailed to them regarding the quake
>retrofit blah blah.
>
>How? Their license plates have been photographed.
>... and the cheery "news" anchorwoman sweetly moved on to the next
>story.....
>> You *are* making this up, right? Please say you did.
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I AM NOT making this up, unfortunately.
The news story contents may be bolluxed, of course, maybe they got it
wrong.
But this is what she said, no joking.
O, and I think they're talking more about putting up cameras at some
troubling intersections to take pictures of cars running red-lights.
And cameras on transit vehicles (buses primarily).
Gee, I am starting to feel so warm and safe!
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