RE: Big Brother is listening

[Charles PICKENS <charles.pickens () itergy com>]

(spits drink on keyboard and screen)

"sinko-de-mayo"...

Man, I am honestly stunned. I know most people in the U.S. think that spelling phonetically is a god-given-right, but 
seriously. You live in a place where there is a very high concentration of Spanish-speaking people.

Cinco = five
de = of
Mayo = May

Effectivly Mexico's national holiday celibrating the successful fight against the french invasion of Mexico City (but 
the French came back the next year an won round 2). It is not Mexican Indipendance Day however.

Other great moments on Cnco de Mayo:

First U.S. astronaut in space! Alan Shephard! 1961 (goes well with today's 50th anniversary of Sputnik)
The Canucks and the Brits free (officially) the Netherlands and Denmark from the Nazis! 1945 (we have quite the 
celibration here in Ottawa... lots of tulips)
America invades the Dominican Republic (republic in name only) 1916.
Cy Young pitches the first "perfect game" in baseball history! 1904 (back when people really, REALLY loved the game...
Columbus "discovers" Jamaica... gets hammered on rum, thinks he's back in Spain and calls everyone "my best friend for 
life <burp>"

I guess I needed a little more "fun" in my "sec" today...

No disrespct intended to anyone... except Columbus

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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Brian Loe [knobdy () gmail com]
Sent: October 4, 2007 9:31 AM
To: rms () computerbytesman com
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Big Brother is listening

On 10/4/07, rms () computerbytesman com <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:

> "We're hoping to stop gunfights and people using guns in the city of
> Boston," Linskey said at Blackstone Park before the test. "We're hoping to
> do that by showing up on crime scenes in a timely fashion."


Dream on - LA has had these sensors in place for what has to be almost
10 years now, think they don't still have gun fights in East LA?

The most effective use of the system would appear to be cutting down
on celebratory gun firing - firing a gun into the air on the 4th and
sinko-de-mayo... The offenders are generally too drunk to run or
they're at home and not wanting to move - therefore, when the cops
show up to the spot indicated by the sensors, there they are.
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