note old scifi ref IP address typo leads to a false arrest in Kansas [priv]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Ross Stapleton-Gray <ross () stapleton-gray com>
Date: September 13, 2005 2:44:37 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net, 'Declan McCullagh' <declan () well com>
Subject: Re: [IP] IP address typo leads to a false arrest in Kansas  
[priv]


At 11:14 AM 9/13/2005, David Farber wrote:

> From: Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com>
> To: 'Declan McCullagh' <declan () well com>
>
> http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/local/crime_courts/12620843.htm
>
> Brian and Sarah Doom were shocked when police showed up at their  
> Wichita
> home accusing them of child pornography.

It could have been worse... a little Googling by the police might  
have revealed that the Dooms possessed numerous exotic weapons,  
including a so-called "Big F***ing Gun," and spent their time blowing  
up barrels of toxic waste and head-shooting anyone who came at them...

The story of the poor Dooms recalls Gordon R. Dickson's "Computers  
Don't Argue," first published in 1965 in "Analog," and available to  
read here: http://atariarchives.org/bcc2/showpage.php?page=133 (pages  
133-137).

Ross


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Stapleton-Gray & Associates, Inc.
http://www.stapleton-gray.com
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