Profanity, PCS phones, and FCC

Well I went and got a PCS phone (Ericsson), and was pilfering through the 
manual, and came across this amusing text in the "Operating procedures"
section of the "Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use":

  Portable PCS telephones are subject to the rules and regulations
  of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Following
  these rules will help eliminate confusion, ensure the most efficient
  use of the existing frequencies, and result in a functioning
  radio network. The following offenses are punishable by fine,
  imprisonment, or both:

   o Use of profane, indecent, or obscene language while using your
     phone.

   [a bunch more snipped but somewhat more sane regulations]

Joy. More laws to break.

Jeremey.
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Jeremey Barrett                                BlueMoney Software Corp.
Crypto, Ecash, Commerce Systems               http://www.bluemoney.com/
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Jeremey Barrett <jeremey@bluemoney.com> writes:

>
> Well I went and got a PCS phone (Ericsson), and was pilfering through the
> manual,                                             ^^^^^^^^^

Are you a native speaker of English, Jeremy?

---

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

At 7:03 AM -0700 6/4/97, Ryan Anderson wrote:
>On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Jeremey Barrett wrote:
>
>> Well I went and got a PCS phone (Ericsson), and was pilfering through the
>> manual, and came across this amusing text in the "Operating procedures"
>> section of the "Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use":
>[snip]
>>    o Use of profane, indecent, or obscene language while using your
>>      phone.
>> Joy. More laws to break.
>
>I believe this has been true about your regular phone line for years as
>well.  It's unenforceable, and as a practical matter the FCC isn't going
>to care, *EVER* about it.

I notice that a *lot* of just such "unenforceable and they don't really
care" things got added to the laundry list of thought crimes in Jim Bell's
case.

Lots of laws ensure that citizen-units are always guilty of something.


--Tim May

There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
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At 10:03 AM -0400 6/4/97, Ryan Anderson wrote:
>On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Jeremey Barrett wrote:
>
>> Well I went and got a PCS phone (Ericsson), and was pilfering through the
>> manual, and came across this amusing text in the "Operating procedures"
>> section of the "Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use":
>[snip]
>>    o Use of profane, indecent, or obscene language while using your
>>      phone.
>> Joy. More laws to break.
>
>I believe this has been true about your regular phone line for years as
>well.  It's unenforceable, and as a practical matter the FCC isn't going
>to care, *EVER* about it.

A 'nudda example of unenforceable laws which undermine respect for lawfull
autority by making all bruddas criminals.

--Steve

On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Jeremey Barrett wrote:

> Well I went and got a PCS phone (Ericsson), and was pilfering through the 
> manual, and came across this amusing text in the "Operating procedures"
> section of the "Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use":
[snip]
>    o Use of profane, indecent, or obscene language while using your
>      phone.
> Joy. More laws to break.

I believe this has been true about your regular phone line for years as
well.  It's unenforceable, and as a practical matter the FCC isn't going
to care, *EVER* about it.


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