16 Jan
2002
16 Jan
'02
7:12 a.m.
Is anybody able or willing to help them?
Where does Qatar stand in current politics? (what do they want to do with
that disk???)
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Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:49:20 +0300
From: MICROSERVE <microgrp(a)qatar.net.qa>
To: info(a)xenosoft.com
Subject: Please Help
Dear Sir,
I have very important 8" Floppy Disk and I need to make 20 copies
Duplicate the floppy have very
Old System used in Alpha LSI Naked Mini (4/90) Manufacture by Computer
Automation in 1976
And this system used for Training Shooting Range
Please inform me if possible for any cost?
Best regards,
Adnan Khanfer
MICROSERE
Doha - Qatar,
Po Box 22904
Tel: + 974 4438779 - 4438767
Fax: + 974 4438710
Email: microgrp(a)qatar.net.qa
16 Jan
16 Jan
8:03 a.m.
I've never heard of it. Where is it? Depending on where it is, you
might consider checking with the CIA. Wouldn't that be something,
member of Classiccmp helps stop terrorist threat :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
Is anybody able or willing to help them?
Where does Qatar stand in current politics? (what do they want to do with
that disk???)
--
Fred Cisin cisin(a)xenosoft.com
XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
8:28 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
I've never heard of it. Where is it? Depending
on where it is, you
might consider checking with the CIA. Wouldn't that be something,
member of Classiccmp helps stop terrorist threat :-)
It's apparently a tiny country surrounded on three sides by water
(SALT-water), and Saudi Arabia.
I did a google.com search, which brought up the CIA world factbook,
(otherwise I wouldn't know where it was, either), but no immediate info
about where it stands in current politics.
".QA" was a country code that I could not recall having seen
before. ".TO" OTOH makes a tidy profit just from domain registrations.
In terms of shooting range usage, ...
The Dell Dude would make a better target.
In terms of his request, I don't think that I can help much with that disk
format, so I don't have a dilemna about XenoCopy sales (I got and ignored
requests from Iraq for XenoCopy during "dessert storm")
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
10:38 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
We're on fairly good terms with Qatar, though it's possible there might
be some elements there that aren't terribly fond of the U.S., not unlike
our situation with Saudi Arabia. Here's what I can find about the
country on the U.S. State Department's website-- but it's from 1997:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/index.cfm?docid=5437
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
I've never
heard of it. Where is it? Depending on where it is, you
might consider checking with the CIA. Wouldn't that be something,
member of Classiccmp helps stop terrorist threat :-)
It's apparently a tiny country surrounded on three sides by water
(SALT-water), and Saudi Arabia. I did a google.com search, which
brought up the CIA world factbook, (otherwise I wouldn't know where it
was, either), but no immediate info about where it stands in current
politics. ".QA" was a country code that I could not
recall having seen
before. ".TO" OTOH makes a tidy profit just from domain registrations.
Or more significantly, .TV which is for the island nation Tuvalu.
They've got a 12 year deal with Idealabs (spawner of some of the biggest
dotcom era flops) where Idealabs will be paying the country $1
million/quarter for registration privs on .tv domains. So... $48mill
over the 12 year period. Given that their GDP was estimated at a little
over $11 million in 1999, $12 million/year in revenue for .TV is pretty
big.
In terms of his request, I don't think that I can
help much with that
disk format, so I don't have a dilemna about XenoCopy sales (I got and
ignored requests from Iraq for XenoCopy during "dessert storm")
Mmmmm... dessert storm. That was the really big pie fight we had with
the Iraqis back in the early 1990s, right? Hopefully "The War Against
Tiramisu" will leave less of a sticky mess in its aftermath.
-brian.
1:55 p.m.
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
Thank you
I wasn't sure whether anybody would pick up on that one.
ignored
requests from Iraq for XenoCopy during "dessert storm")
Mmmmm... dessert
storm. That was the really big pie fight we had with
the Iraqis back in the early 1990s, right? Hopefully "The War Against
Tiramisu" will leave less of a sticky mess in its aftermath. 
11:03 a.m.
I just spoke with the local FBI agent here in San Jose,
He did not know if Qatar is a "bad" country. I faxed the
first message (sorry Fred, should have probably asked you)
to him.
He suggests that before one of us do help this fellow that
we check with Customs or Department of Commerce.
Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
I've never heard of it. Where is it?
Depending on where it is, you
might consider checking with the CIA. Wouldn't that be something,
member of Classiccmp helps stop terrorist threat :-)
It's apparently a tiny country surrounded on three sides by water
(SALT-water), and Saudi Arabia.
I did a google.com search, which brought up the CIA world factbook,
(otherwise I wouldn't know where it was, either), but no immediate info
about where it stands in current politics.
".QA" was a country code that I could not recall having seen
before. ".TO" OTOH makes a tidy profit just from domain registrations.
In terms of shooting range usage, ...
The Dell Dude would make a better target.
In terms of his request, I don't think that I can help much with that disk
format, so I don't have a dilemna about XenoCopy sales (I got and ignored
requests from Iraq for XenoCopy during "dessert storm")
--
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