[Mishmash] FW: [ulysses] It's a Cell-Phone-Gun!!!!

[David Brown]

I brought my old lap top over here with me.  The battery no longer works and
I was concerned that if asked to fire it up so to speak I would not be able
to so I packed it in my suitcase. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net 
> [mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net] On Behalf Of Fred Atkinson
> Sent: Monday, 2 July 2007 9:16 AM
> To: Mishmash
> Subject: Re: [Mishmash] FW: [ulysses] It's a Cell-Phone-Gun!!!!
> 
>     Back when I was working for SkyTel, someone had made a 
> small gun that looked like a pager.
> 
>     Every time I went through airport security with all of my 
> pagers (I had about five of them), they would freak out.  I'd 
> have to turn on every one of them and demonstrate them.
> 
>     Once I was leaving Columbia to return to D.C..  The 
> security guard wanted to know why I had so many pagers.  I 
> explained to her that I worked for a rather large paging 
> company and gave her my business card.  She asked if she 
> could keep the card.  I didn't care if kept it and told her 
> she was welcome to keep it.
> 
>     She was training a new guard and babbled on and on about 
> being suspicious of pagers.
> 
>     Now, I guess the cell phones will be subject to the same scrutiny.
> 
>     When I took a deaf friend to the airport with her 
> MacIntosh, she took it in the cabin with her.  They made her 
> power up the MacIntosh at the security gate and prove it 
> really was a computer.
> 
>     Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Fred
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Brown" <krasney at k-ow.net>
> To: "'Mishmash'" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 3:02 AM
> Subject: [Mishmash] FW: [ulysses] It's a Cell-Phone-Gun!!!!
> 
> 
> > After seeing the clip I am not so sure I would ask the owner to
> demonstrate
> > that the cell phone works ;-)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Chuck Coull
> > Subject: [ulysses] It's a Cell-Phone-Gun!!!!
> >
> >
> > Subject: Yes- it is a cell-phone gun!!!!
> >
> > Read this and then watch the video clip.
> > Most see airport security as a pain. Some deal better than 
> others. Some
> > Feel violated, when you watch this movie, you'll understand why they
> > Want your cell phone through the x-ray machine.
> >
> > If you get asked to test your cell phone at the airport, this is the
> > Reason. Because cell phone guns have arrived. They are real. The
> > Attached video clip shows how cell phone guns operate. 
> These phones are
> > Not in the U.S. Yet, but they are in use overseas. Beneath 
> the digital
> > Phone face is a .22 calibre handgun capable of firing four rounds in
> > Rapid succession using the standard telephone keypad.
> >
> > European law enforcement officials are stunned by the 
> discovery of these
> > Deadly decoys. They say phone guns are changing the rules 
> of engagement
> > In Europe .
> >
> > "Only when you have one in! your hand do you realize that they are
> > Heavier than a regular cell phone."  Be patient if security 
> asks to look
> > At your cell phone or turn it on  to show that it works. They have a
> > Good reason!
> >
> > Welcome to the world terrorism has created
> >
> 
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