BAD NEWS :( Government amendments reinforce Big Browser

[David Hansen]

On 8 Jun 00, at 15:02, Brian Morrison wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:03:25 +0200, Adam Atkinson (ETL) wrote:
> 
> >> "telecommunication system" means any system (including the
> >> apparatus comprised in it) which exists (whether wholly or partly
> >> in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) for the purpose of facilitating
> >> the transmission of communications by any means involving the use
> >> of electrical or electro-magnetic energy.
> >
> >This would appear to include drums, church bells,
>
> Drums and church bells rely on sound waves, which are not
> electro-magnetic. Classified ads are public already aren't they?

In order to operate a church bell one needs to pull the bell rope and 
catch the sally (the fluffy bit) at the appropriate time. This catching 
involves looking at it as it flashes past and looking involves electro-
magnetic waves.

One could argue drums, but it is less convincing.



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