PA Supreme Court Decides if Reading Email==Wiretap

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PA Supreme Court Decides if Reading Email==Wiretap

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 20, 2002 @03:34AM from the this-won't-stop-here dept.

An anonymous reader noted that "Excite is reporting that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is taking up a case to decide the question may police look at a suspect's email and instant messages without first obtaining a court order. The defendant, a former police officer, is also claiming his Fourth Amendment privacy rights were also violated. The outcome will only affect Pennsylvania but the issues at hand may eventually reach the US Supreme Court." Umm... Duh?

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2 0 0 2 by analemma · 2002-02-20 03:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

As the clock ticks over from 8:01PM on Wednesday,
February 20th, 2002, time will ( for sixty seconds only ) read in perfect symmetry.

To be more precise: 20:02, 20/02, 2002. It is an event which has only ever happened once before, and is something which will never be repeated.

The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long before the days of the digital watch (or the 24-hour clock ): 10:01AM, on January 10, 1001.
And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is
something that will never happen again
1. Re:2 0 0 2 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  It will happen again, moron. Try December 21st, 2112, at 9:12 PM.
2. Re:2 0 0 2 by harryk · 2002-02-20 03:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Couldn't the same thing be achieved using other months, ie 21:12, 21/12, 2112. this is just an example, it would apply... harryk -nuff said
  
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  think before you write, it'll save me moderator points.
3. Re:2 0 0 2 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I beat you to it, homeslice. BLING BLING!
4. Re:2 0 0 2 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  What about 20:02 30/03 2002 - that is next month
5. Re:2 0 0 2 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 04:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  It still works if you swap the month and day.
  
  Bloody yanks, can't even get their dates right.
frost by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

sillyness

:p
What about FP? by PhipleTroenix · 2002-02-20 03:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Is reading a FP a violation?

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When VPNs are outlawed, only outlaws have VPNs.
Pennsylvania?? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Huh?? They actually have Internet access in Pennsylvania?? What the fuck do they pay for it with .. PELTS??
1. Re:Pennsylvania?? by Guppy06 · 2002-02-20 03:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  You're confusing Pennsylvania with West Virginia.
2. Re:Pennsylvania?? by SirLantos · 2002-02-20 03:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Not only do we have internet access, but actual programmers too p.s. We only pay in pelts occasionally, usually we use tanned hides.
  
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  The flying hamster of DOOM rains coconuts on your pitiful city.
ep by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This early post for Ida!
This is not an illegal search by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Umm... Duh?

Wow, that was really an intellectual comment.
1. Re:This is not an illegal search by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  What else would one say in response to this syntax:
  
  [...] a case to decide the question may police look at a suspect's email and instant messages without first obtaining a court order.
  
  Of course, the jan^H^H^Heditors could've edited the submission, but hey, this is Slashdot.
2. Re:This is not an illegal search by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 04:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I get modded off topic? Maybe if I had said "Umm, duh", that would have been on topic?
FP!!! I love you big_ass_spork! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I love you Big Ass Spork!! You suck ass LunchLady!
Umm, duh? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What kind of lame comment is "umm, duh"?
That is the totality of Malda's vocabulary by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 03:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

no text
MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-20 04:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This guy hit the nail right on the head.