"Straydog" <asd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0707190954250.28959@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, BC wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Thank you so much for all the interesting replys. I appreciate the
>> numerous
>> responses.
>>
>> Please allow me to respond to my original post.
>>
>> I am curious if some of the "cell-phone jamming devices "actually work
as
>> the various manufacturers say they do.
>
> You might have a difficult time getting credible re****ts. After all,
many
> who might use a jammer might not want to self-incriminate themselves or
> reveal themselves to just everyone.
>
>> I have seen myriad different devices advertised for sale claiming
>> various
>> areas of effective attenuation for diameters ranging from , some claim
>> 30,
>> 50 meters and more.
>> Does anyone have any firsthand experience with any of these devises and
>> which ones if so?
>
> Not firsthand, but one newspaper article I read years ago said some
pastor
> in a church got pissed off with cps going off during services and he put
> in a jammer, told all of the congregation about it, and nobody came to
> arrest him and he said no more cp problems. And, I doubt if those
> irresponsible-inconsiderate members who came to church with their cps
> turned on actually changed their ways.
>
That was, I beleive, in Mexico that happened.
Very few laws there, and the ones they do have are not enforced very
often.
>> I of course would want this information for educational purposes only,
>
> Ohhhhhhh....of course we believe you!
>
> as I
>> understand they are illegal to operate in my country, the US.
>
> The key idea is what are the enforcement patterns like, what are the
> chances of prosecution, and chances of punishment/penalty/etc/etc/.
>
>> If anyone has any first hand experience with these devices and would be
>> kind
>> enough to share the type, brand name model or whatever you wish, it
would
>> be
>> appreciated.
>
> I have a feeling that they really do work, and are being used in many
> cir***stances (eg. anti-industrial spying, anti-cp at classified defense
> instalations, and to foil IED control in Iraq).
>
>> Again, let me thank you for all the responses, and I apologize for any
>> breach of netiquette in advance.
>
> No problem as far as I'm concerned.
>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> bc
>>
>> meters,etc
>> "Kurt" <labolide@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:labolide-22A85D.19393118072007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.0707182214540.478@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> Straydog <asd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, I have one. It is always turned off. I call it my
>>>> heart-attack-car-
>>>> accident-emergency phone.
>>>>
>>>> I can think of no drug, no behavior, no alcohol, nothing illegal,
>>>> nothing
>>>> unhealthy that is as addicting as cell phones. And, people have no
>>>> courtesy, consideration, or forsight.
>>>>
>>>> I think the idea that it is OK with THEM to force me to listen to
their
>>>> conversations, their ringtones while they are on MY property, or in
my
>>>> presence without my permission, is a personal offense against me.
>>>
>>> Straydog,
>>>
>>> You may be of a 'certain age' as I am, and I am often bemused with all
>>> you speak of.
>>>
>>> I was watching "The Devil wears Prada" the other night. There was a
line
>>> in the movie (and very true) where the Meryl Streep character states
>>> something to the effect that the Target/Ross/JCPenney/Sears clothes
that
>>> the assistant was wearing were a direct retooling for the m***** of
>>> former fa****on trends that the high fa****on industry (she) had
created.
>>>
>>> So true.
>>>
>>> Cell phone are exactly the same. No one would care about cameras in
>>> phones had the Japanese youth culture not embraced it as they ddid a
few
>>> years ago.
>>>
>>> Cell phone mfrs had a tough time selling them to US market -took a
>>> couple years of hard sell (and huge ad budgets) to finally get youth
>>> market here on board.
>>>
>>> If I were you, I'd buy one of those prepaid emergency phones you see
in
>>> back of Sunset Magazine. These guys hit the nail on the head with the
>>> niche market they are targeting- a phone with simple features and
large
>>> display.
>>>
>>> The irony is that these phones will come back in a few years as hip
>>> retro accessories, but then again today, little is truly new, only
>>> recycled (don't get me started about music - you'll never see another
>>> Doors)
>>>
>>> --
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