23 Jul
2005
23 Jul
'05
12:13 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Joe R. wrote:
At 04:51 PM 7/22/05 -0500, John wrote:
I remain an innocent bystander for now but at the rate that our rights are
being stripped away I expect soon to be deemed an enemy combatant by
default.
Enjoy your "freedom".
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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At 04:36 PM 7/22/2005, Vintage Computer Festival
wrote:
Oh, oh! Sellam's in trouble! AGAIN! Sounds like some sort of coded Al Qaeda message to
me.
There's a new provision of the renewed Patriot Act that says
you're a terrorist if you use a non-DRM-protected CPU to
decode encrypted messages like palindromes. In other words,
antique computers are now outlawed as terrorist devices.
Especially if you have a funny name.