From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 21:14:22 -0800 (PST)
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
Subject: Re: Debunking rumors -- Re: ARKANSAS BANS PHONE SCRAMBLERS
Message-ID: <199701170514.VAA03211@mail.pacifier.com>
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>On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>
>> Time to debunk this rumor.
>> I just spoke with the Arkansas state police, who told me:
>> "It wasn't put out by the state police. [If anything] it must be a city
>> ordinance from some city. That state police definitely didn't do it."
>> -Declan

>> >jcr@idiom.com ("John C. Randolph") quotes Charles R. Smith
>> >> IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
>> >> The Arkansas Police have declared that is is illegal to own, use, or
>> >> possess RSU product #11265113, a fully assembled
>> >> descrambler/scrambler, in the State of Arkansas.  Tandy Corporation's
>> >> legal department is researching this and the product has been removed
>> >> from RSU distribution.  DO NOT take order or sell this product until
>> >> this situation can be resolved.
>> >
>> >I called the Arkansas State Police, 501-221-8200, to try to verify this,
>> >and they're "going to have somebody call me back."  I'm not holding my
>> >breath...
>> >
>> >If anybody has a definative source on this, I'd love to see it; it's
>> >mindboggling.
>> >
>> >thad


The strangest part of this story is that I haven't even heard of the product 
they've described above.  The number given sounds like a serial number, NOT 
a product number.  Somehow, I think that it would have been covered around 
here by now if it were real.

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com