I thought it a bit strange that "the state police" declared something to be illegal; I didn't think they made laws, even in Arkansas. OTOH, somebody may be trying to boost sales (quick! get one before it's banned!) ... -r.w. On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Time to debunk this rumor.
I just spoke with the Arkansas state police, who told me:
"It wasn't put out by the state police. [If anything] it must be a city ordinance from some city. That state police definitely didn't do it."
-Declan
jcr@idiom.com ("John C. Randolph") quotes Charles R. Smith
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION The Arkansas Police have declared that is is illegal to own, use, or possess RSU product #11265113, a fully assembled descrambler/scrambler, in the State of Arkansas. Tandy Corporation's legal department is researching this and the product has been removed from RSU distribution. DO NOT take order or sell this product until this situation can be resolved.
I called the Arkansas State Police, 501-221-8200, to try to verify this, and they're "going to have somebody call me back." I'm not holding my breath...
If anybody has a definative source on this, I'd love to see it; it's mindboggling.
thad -- Thaddeus Beier thad@hammerhead.com Visual Effects Supervisor 408) 287-6770 Hammerhead Productions http://www.got.net/people/thad
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