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Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:24:49 GMT
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Harri 'Junkarn' Manni <junkarn@wombat.ludvika.(stopspammers)se>
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On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Eric Brok wrote:
What I have heard and read somewhere was that the FBI or similliar banned
furby because of it supposed learning capabilities..
Made a quick search on the internet..
http://www.newstrolls.com/news/dev/troll011399.htm
Seems to be a "news troll".
More:
"Plain Dealer ( Cleveland Ohios News Paper) :
----FBI and CIA are band from bringing to work, in the matter of that
Furby could repeat secret
codes and more.So Furby is not aloud at work.------ "
From: http://people.goplay.com/furbylova/page7.html
> I heard a rumour about the FBI not wanting to have Mindstorms around the
> office. Sounds weird, especially because I would expect such rumours to hear
> inhere first.
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> Does anyone hear about this?
>
> (My only source is someone who thougth she heard it mention somewhere; so
> this may be very well be based on a mistake or a joke).
>
> Eric
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
//Harri Manni - 070-5850517
-"Do not take life too seriously.You will never get out alive."
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) Here is a more authoritative version of the story (from the Washington Post). As you can see, it appears to be truthful but is obviously written to be humorous: (URL) Robert Munafo (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I heard a rumour about the FBI not wanting to have Mindstorms around the office. Sounds weird, especially because I would expect such rumours to hear inhere first. Does anyone hear about this? (My only source is someone who thougth she heard it (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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