1997-01-16 - Re: ARKANSAS BANS PHONE SCRAMBLERS
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From: thad@hammerhead.com (Thaddeus J. Beier)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-01-16 21:21:37 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 13:21:37 -0800 (PST)
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From: thad@hammerhead.com (Thaddeus J. Beier)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 13:21:37 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: ARKANSAS BANS PHONE SCRAMBLERS
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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
-- Thaddeus Beier thad@hammerhead.com
Visual Effects Supervisor 408) 287-6770
Hammerhead Productions http://www.got.net/people/thad
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- 1997-01-16 (Thu, 16 Jan 1997 14:47:08 -0800 (PST)) - Debunking rumors – Re: ARKANSAS BANS PHONE SCRAMBLERS - Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
- 1997-01-17 (Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:28:07 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Debunking rumors – Re: ARKANSAS BANS PHONE SCRAMBLERS - Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
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- 1997-01-16 (Thu, 16 Jan 1997 14:47:08 -0800 (PST)) - Debunking rumors – Re: ARKANSAS BANS PHONE SCRAMBLERS - Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>