Re: Delta airlines doesn't allow sick person to carry their meds

2001-12-06 Thread Peter Capelli
Yes, but every travel magazine, travel agent, and even the airlines tell you not to put medications you rely on in your checked luggage, for fear of losing them, or losing short-term access to them. It's not like it would be easy (legally anyway) to refill that prescription while on the road

'Privacy Council' in defense of M$

2001-10-25 Thread Peter Capelli
http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO65026,00.html This guy (Ponemon) needs a basic math lesson ... ... Ponemon criticized the federal government for not doing enough to ensure the FTC could enforce privacy infractions. Recent increases in the FTC's budget aren't enough, he said,

DOT proposes 'voluntary' prescreening of passengers

2001-10-22 Thread Peter Capelli
I'm assuming that it's only voluntary to the airlines, and not the passengers ... http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO64966,00.html Pete Capelli[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.capelli.org PGP Key ID:0x829263B6 "Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety des

Re: How-to be a sheep article on the WSJ

2001-10-04 Thread Peter Capelli
in a world with freedom, liberty, and personal responsibility. It's much easier to just relinquish control to a higher power and accept what fate comes to you. But that's not the spirit that made this country great, and it's not the attitude that will pull the US out of this jamb. - -

How-to be a sheep article on the WSJ

2001-10-04 Thread Peter Capelli
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Subscription required; i couldnt find it on their free opinionjournal site, where it should have been. At first I thought it was satire, but after reading it twice realized it wasn't. http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1002146366879715800

Re: Jim Bell arrested, documents online

2000-11-25 Thread Peter Capelli
Well, I suppose you could always go to work for the NYPD ... -p "Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@cyberpass.net on 11/25/2000 04:05:14 PM Please respond to David Honig

Re: A secure voting protocol

2000-11-15 Thread Peter Capelli/Raleigh/Contr/IBM
>Also, the day-to-day business of running the government (The Commerce >Department today announced a comprehensive new study of blah...) will >happen no matter how controversial the election process is. > >-Declan Well, thank God for that! We wouldn't want the inner workings of a republic

RE: U.S. Census question

2000-03-14 Thread Peter Capelli
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim May wrote ... > On another note, there has never been a prosecution for failure to > completely fill out the Census form, at least none that has > received any publicity which reached me and those I trust to hear > about such things. Given tha