Re: [89attendees] Given the penalties for pocket knife carrying...

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On 7 Mar 2014, at 23:23, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I am curious as to what could happen legally to you if you logon to a free WiFi access point with the login of asdf@asdf.org password asdfasdf?
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> I've heard this was associated with a physical address of 10 downing street and Email to that address goes right into some rbl list or another.
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> On Mar 7, 2014 3:08 PM, "McDonald, Alex" <Alex.Mcdonald@netapp.com> wrote:
> Do not carry a knife in the UK in public, regardless of its size or your intent. Even the penknife-for-cutting-packing-tape variety, box cutters or anything with a sharp edged blade. 
> They are illegal and you will be arrested and charged if it's apparent you're carrying one. If you are foolish enough to use one in your defence, you will almost certainly spend a considerable time behind bars. 
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> Sent on my bb
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> From: Chris Morrow [mailto:morrowc@google.com] 
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 11:01 PM
> To: Murphy, Sandra <Sandra.Murphy@parsons.com> 
> Cc: Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com>om>; 89attendees@ietf.org <89attendees@ietf.org> 
> Subject: Re: [89attendees] unlawful in Britain to carry pocketknives that lock 
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> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Murphy, Sandra <Sandra.Murphy@parsons.com> wrote:
> >In the past I talked to people who carry these for own safety, and when 
> >taking even the shortest flight or train are surprised.  It happens.
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> "carry these for own safety" -- pocketknives are not the sort of thing you carry for your own safety.  You use them to cut the packing tape on packages, the twine on a bundle of newspapers, vacuum formed plastic packaging aka clamshells, the envelopes of the evening's mail, the stray thread on your jacket, etc.  Some pocketknives are called pen knives because they were intended to whittle down the end of a quill.  In other words, very light work.
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> it's probably just the brits trying to force you to buy british, like this:
> http://www.keepshooting.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/a/fairborn-sykes-fighting-knife.jpg
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> example...
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> This isn't the sort of thing you use as a weapon, for defense (defence) or offense (offence).
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> --Sandy
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