[Scan-DC] Re: What would Billy Tauzin think?

[Alan]

Uhhh...if you haven't watched this video, I think maybe you should before getting too serious about this. It is kind of funny in a REAL strange way.

Alan
Maryland

This spam is making the rounds of Usenet:

Mobile Phone Hack(receive police transmissions)
http://mobilephone-guide.blogspot.com/2007/07/cell-phone-hackreceive-poli
ce.html

Let me see if I've got this straight:

Fifteen years ago, Billy Tauzin was upset that you could listen to
cellphones on a police scanner. They got rid of that, and the typical
$100 Radio Shack can't listen to cellphones anymore. Now this guy comes
along and tells me how I can use a cellphone to listen to police calls.
Uh, isn't that, like, backwards, or something?

Furthermore, I haven't seen that video, but does it not show someone
using a table knife to work on his cellphone? I mean, is that the ideal
tool for working on surface-mounted devices, or what?