This is insanely stupid I would walk up and play with the box. ( As if a terrorist would make such a device ) The city of boston should apologize to these guys I sent a letter to the Boston Mayor suggesting prosecuting anyone for a felony is asinine. cedric On 2007-Feb 01, at 13:12hrs PM, Martin Klingensmith wrote: "BRB" I'm going to buy some LEDs. -- Martin K James Newtons Massmind wrote: >> Wow, >> >> The photos are hilarious. Viral advertising gone bad, I guess. >> Although how the authorities in Boston could be this stupid, >> I don't know. >> > > It does seem like they could have handled that without locking down > the > city... > > ..and still have been overly cautious. > > 1. restrict pedestrian access to the area > 2. get the hiway patrol in place > 3. stop traffic > 4. blow the box up > 5. let the traffic go > > What should that take? 1/2 hour soup to nuts? > > >> http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/31/boston.bombscare/ >> >> Of course CNN themselves did a nice job of spreading the >> panic. You can see that if you watch the video. It sells >> commercial time, I guess. >> > > Anything that makes news is worth blowing out of proportion when your > business is selling the news. > > >> All these Jack Bower wanna-bees treating a box with LED's on >> it in the shape of a cartoon character saying a phrase that >> character says all the time... like it was a bomb. >> > > True, although I'm not sure I would be willing to walk up to a box > like that > and prove to anyone it wasn't a bomb, assuming I didn't know for > sure in > advance. I wonder if the company that made them and put them out > had their > phone number / address on them so that people could look and know > who to > call. > > >> Because you know, Fox shows us each week on "24" that all >> bombs will have pretty LED count-downs and blinky lights... >> > > Anything that is sitting in a public place and hasn't been claimed or > identified could be a bomb. Worth caution, but not necessarily > bringing a > city to a stop. > > --- > James. > > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AGSC Augustus Gustavius Salvatore Calabrese 4337 Raleigh Street Denver, CO 720 222 1309 303 908 7716 cell adding " spam2006 " bypasses my spam blocker. Please place in the text or at the END of the subject line. ( i am hard to reach by phone ) All ideas, text, drawings and audio , that are originated by me, and included with this signature text are to be deemed to be released to the public domain as of the date of this communication . AGSC ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist