Re: [UC] Antenna? We love the Digital box

2009-01-07 Thread Cindy Miller
I'm not real comfortable about the privacy issues-- however not being a Constitutional scholar or a lawyer or anything--I can't put my argument into flowing prose. But something about it just doesn't feel right. Like cameras at stoplights, or in elevators--or Ez-Pass--the argument that

Re: [UC] Antenna? We love the Digital box

2009-01-07 Thread Brian Siano
Cindy Miller wrote: I'm not real comfortable about the privacy issues-- however not being a Constitutional scholar or a lawyer or anything--I can't put my argument into flowing prose. But something about it just doesn't feel right. Like cameras at stoplights, or in elevators--or Ez-Pass--the

[UC] 2 dogs

2009-01-07 Thread David Toccafondi
There were 2 big dogs wandering around on the 4300 block of Spruce this morning around 9:20-9:30. I don't know enough about dogs to know what kinds they were, but they were clearly together, and they were clearly not with their owner. They looked too nice to be strays, but they were big enough

Re: [UC] Antenna? We love the Digital box

2009-01-07 Thread Dan Widyono
Privacy isn't always about authorities. It's also about keeping your snooping neighbors from knowing everything about you, for example. Another example of privacy that doesn't involve authorities, is that bad guys should not have easy access to identifying information about myself. A more

Re: [UC] Antenna? We love the Digital box

2009-01-07 Thread Brian Siano
Dan Widyono wrote: Privacy isn't always about authorities. It's also about keeping your snooping neighbors from knowing everything about you, for example. Another example of privacy that doesn't involve authorities, is that bad guys should not have easy access to identifying information about

Re: [UC] Antenna? We love the Digital box

2009-01-07 Thread Jim Cummings
1. For a sense of how EZ-pass can be used aginst you (and a great read): http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brother-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765319853/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1231348626sr=8-1 Little Brother by Cory Doctorow gives a frightenly plausible description of Homeland Security gone amuck. 2.

[UC] FW: Production Begins on Baltimore Avenue Pedestrian Lighting

2009-01-07 Thread KAREN ALLEN
FYI Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:48:12 -0500From: u...@ucityphila.orgto: Subject: Production Begins on Baltimore Avenue Pedestrian Lighting You are receiving this email because of your relationship with University City District. Forward email This email was sent to

Re: [UC] Antenna? We love the Digital box

2009-01-07 Thread Dan Widyono
You just side-stepped my whole point that it's not always about authorities. Giggling along to the silly-ness on the mailing list, Dan W. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see

Re: [UC] Antenna? We love the Digital box

2009-01-07 Thread Brian Siano
Dan Widyono wrote: You just side-stepped my whole point that it's not always about authorities. What do you mean _your_ whole point? I was the one who brought up the marketing issue in the first place. I claim ownership of the Point. And I think it's silly to worry about _that_ as well.

Re: [UC] Antenna? We love the Digital box

2009-01-07 Thread Cindy Miller
I'm not afraid. I'm annoyed. There's a difference. -cm `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸º On Jan 7, 2009, at 12:01 PM, just...@ucr.edu wrote: The government (and it isn't one Big Brother sitting in a dark room watching your every move) has already won. It has you afraid, even afraid of street

[UC] WEEKLY Recycling starts this week

2009-01-07 Thread Lewis Mellman
Here is the scoop from Maurice Sampson on what to recycle. -Lew Begin forwarded message: Greetings, Starting January 5th the City of Philadelphia will be collecting recyclables every week, on the same day as your trash collection rather than bi-weekly as it has been. This should make it a

[UC] Re: A Legacy of Suspicion

2009-01-07 Thread Joe Clarke
Cindy, I agree. We've seen at the top how these powers of surveillance can be abused. I'm sure that within the corrupt ranks of partisan government that they are ripe to be abused some more. Remember that watching the citizenry (and Mexicans) is a convenient distraction while you are not

Re: [UC] Re: A Legacy of Suspicion

2009-01-07 Thread Anthony West
Better yet -- to report suspicious behavior, just call 311. Let the poor sods in the call center sort it all out. The net activity creates good jobs with civil-service benefits. I'll rat you out, Joe, if you agree to reciprocate by ratting me out. If we all pitch in on UC-list, together we