I completely agree. What happened to Mitnick was not "cruel and unusual". It was not right for him to be held so long without sentencing, but the restrictions on his probation are very justified. However, they say that he may not "possess or use, for any purpose": "1. any computer hardware equipment; 2. any computer software programs; 3. modems; 4. any computer related peripheral or support equipment."
What bothers me is that they only said "comptuer" and not "personal comptuer". This means that he shouldn't be able to "possess or use" anything with any sort of imbedded chip. That would include automobiles, watches, diswasher, watches, many types of phones, etc.
You mentioned in the article that your expirence was with General Cinema. I have had problems myself with General Cinema. About a year ago (before I turned 17 and stopped having to worry about these things), a friend and I went to see The Siege (a completely harmless R rated movie). My friend was 17 so he was going to buy both tickets. We waited in line together and I stood next to him as he bought the ticket (he was obviously buying it for me). He was then told that they could "only sell him one ticket". Discouraged, we went home. After getting home I decided to call the General Cinema business offices in my area. I inquired to them if simply people were allowed to buy multiple tickets. The representative informed me that in fact one individual could purchase up to 500 tickets and that you got discounts after 25 (or something). Unfortunately, I never encountered the same problem again (because I turned 17 shortly after). However, I would have liked to have come back with "Well you are wrong, your business office has informed me otherwise".
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I completely agree. What happened to Mitnick was not "cruel and unusual". It was not right for him to be held so long without sentencing, but the restrictions on his probation are very justified. However, they say that he may not "possess or use, for any purpose":
"1. any computer hardware equipment;
2. any computer software programs;
3. modems;
4. any computer related peripheral or support equipment."
What bothers me is that they only said "comptuer" and not "personal comptuer". This means that he shouldn't be able to "possess or use" anything with any sort of imbedded chip. That would include automobiles, watches, diswasher, watches, many types of phones, etc.
You mentioned in the article that your expirence was with General Cinema. I have had problems myself with General Cinema. About a year ago (before I turned 17 and stopped having to worry about these things), a friend and I went to see The Siege (a completely harmless R rated movie). My friend was 17 so he was going to buy both tickets. We waited in line together and I stood next to him as he bought the ticket (he was obviously buying it for me). He was then told that they could "only sell him one ticket". Discouraged, we went home. After getting home I decided to call the General Cinema business offices in my area. I inquired to them if simply people were allowed to buy multiple tickets. The representative informed me that in fact one individual could purchase up to 500 tickets and that you got discounts after 25 (or something). Unfortunately, I never encountered the same problem again (because I turned 17 shortly after). However, I would have liked to have come back with "Well you are wrong, your business office has informed me otherwise".
Shaun Jamieson