| Lachlan Brown on Mon, 21 Jan 2002 19:48:01 +0100 (CET) |
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Lets wait till the War is over first. Lachlan -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Sterling <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 17:02:47 -0600 To: [email protected] Subject: <nettime> Let's Tell War Stories! > *I often wonder about this new space-time continuum > we blundered into, after September 11. Surely there's another time-line > for 2002 where Americans simply buy dotcom stock and impeach > one another, rather than going through these bizarre dystopian rituals. > bruces > > > > *"The Elderly Cyborg Politician Has To Strip For > the Security Scanners" > > Mich. Congressman Forced to Strip > > January 8, 2002, 10:18 AM EST > > DETROIT -- Security guards at Washington's Reagan National Airport forced > U.S. Rep. John Dingell to strip to his underwear before boarding a flight to > Detroit. > > The guards at the Northwest Airlines terminal did not believe the > 75-year-old congressman's explanation about his metal hip, which he received > after a horse fell on him 20 years ago. > > "They felt me up and down like a prize steer," Dingell, D-Mich., said. "I > was very nice, but I probably showed I was displeased." > > The private security guards made him take off his overcoat, then his suit > coat, then his shoes and socks on Saturday. When he still triggered metal > detector alarms, the guards took him to a back room and asked him to remove > his trousers. > > U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta heard about the incident and > said he would look into it, Dingell said. > > "I asked Norman to check to see if they treated me like they do everybody > else," Dingell said. "I just wanted to be sure that what they did was > necessary, that I got the same treatment, no better or no worse, than anyone > else." > > > *"The Consumer Goods Are Electronically Fried By the > Bioterror Prevention Machines" > > Anthrax mail cleaning zaps digital gadgets > > Digital dream gadgets are being irreparably zapped by an irradiation process > the U.S. Postal Service has used since October to sanitize mail against > anthrax threats, an electronics trade group said on Tuesday. > > Compact flash memory cards used to store data on many name-brand digital > cameras and handheld computers face not just data loss but become entirely > inoperable when subjected to electron beam irradiation, the CompactFlash > Association said. --Reuters > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] > > -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http://www.getpennytalk.com _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold