Okay, National Security is one thing, but this is ridiculous...

Elspode · 01-14-2004, 07:33 PM

I received this email yesterday as a adviso regarding an order I placed a few days ago...

Dear Valued Customer,

"Due to the heightened "Orange Security Alert" through the December Holidays, several containers of our ProView 3D Glasses and ProView Clip-On 3D Glasses have been delayed in customs at the Port of Los Angeles. We have been told this delay could be from one day to seven days. By the time you read this note we may already have them back in stock and filling the small remainder of orders not yet shipped. Our solution is to send you sets of "Free" anaglyph paper glasses at no charge so you can enjoy the new Sprit Rover Mars 3D images. We will then ship you your ProView and ProView Clip-Ons as soon as we have them back in stock. We sincerely apologize for the delay as this has been an unusual circumstance that we are dealing with the best we can. Again, sorry for the inconvenience and your understanding.

Best Regards,

All of Us in Customer Service

Rainbow Symphony, Inc.

818-708-8400"

What, 3D glasses are somehow linked to terrorism?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2004, 08:00 PM

How do they know it's glasses in that container unless they check? The higher the alert, the more containers they check. Smithsonian Magazine has a good article this month of the mechanics and politics of checking containers

dar512 · 01-14-2004, 08:24 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Smithsonian Magazine has a good article this month of the mechanics and politics of checking containers

Ah. Another Smithsonian reader. I knew you were an intelligent person with excellent taste.

wolf · 01-15-2004, 01:29 AM

Luckily I have my sets of 3-D glasses that came with my copy of "The Atomic Bomb Movie".

I was poking around JPL's site, but I'm too tired and too lazy to find them ... where are the 3-D images? (in the meantime, I'm playing the wordsearch and am very disappointed that the 3-D game isn't working for me.

headsplice · 01-15-2004, 11:30 AM

Does anyone else find it ironic that a couple of days after loudly stating the America is safer b/c we caught Hussein, we up the National Terror Alert Level from Lemonade to Tang?

Undertoad · 01-15-2004, 11:37 AM

It would have been perfect timing for anyone looking to establish a new heroic symbol for the Arabic world through an act of remarkable defiance of the West.

vsp · 01-15-2004, 11:37 AM

Isn't that from Bert to Ernie?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2004, 06:05 PM

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Originally posted by dar512

Ah. Another Smithsonian reader. I knew you were an intelligent person with excellent taste.

Yup, taste real good.

Kitsune · 01-15-2004, 07:01 PM

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Originally posted by wolf
Luckily I have my sets of 3-D glasses that came with my copy of "The Atomic Bomb Movie".

Ah! Thank you so much! I was looking at the JPL images from the rover today, thinking, "Now where can I get a pair of 3D glasses?" You've provided the answer -- I forgot that a pair came with the DVD! Outstanding!

That movie is, by the way, frightening. (And not just because of William Shatner's narration.)

elSicomoro · 01-15-2004, 08:15 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Yup, taste real good.

Tastes like chicken...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2004, 09:25 PM

See, Syc knows.

Nothing But Net · 01-15-2004, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elspode
I received this email yesterday as a adviso regarding an order I placed a few days ago...

Dear Valued Customer,

"Due to the heightened "Orange Security Alert" through the December Holidays, several containers of our ProView 3D Glasses and ProView Clip-On 3D Glasses have been delayed in customs at the Port of Los Angeles. We have been told this delay could be from one day to seven days. By the time you read this note we may already have them back in stock and filling the small remainder of orders not yet shipped. Our solution is to send you sets of "Free" anaglyph paper glasses at no charge so you can enjoy the new Sprit Rover Mars 3D images. We will then ship you your ProView and ProView Clip-Ons as soon as we have them back in stock. We sincerely apologize for the delay as this has been an unusual circumstance that we are dealing with the best we can. Again, sorry for the inconvenience and your understanding.

Best Regards,

All of Us in Customer Service

Rainbow Symphony, Inc.

818-708-8400"

What, 3D glasses are somehow linked to terrorism?

No, no, no, this is for real 'chatter'.

1) Within one to seven days a terrorist attack may occur.

2) The attack will occur in, or be originated from, Los Angeles.

3) <3D> figures prominently, could be an airline seat assignment.

4) Glasses are also involved. Means of recognition, or even X-Ray specs, perhaps?

5) 'Rainbow Symphony'??? Somebody is gay.

6) Plus the misspellings <i>(Sprit Rover?)</i> indicate a non-native English speaker.

Conclusion: My spam blocker would hit this like a $10 whore, if that were the key terms it was looking for.

wolf · 01-16-2004, 12:59 AM

Was the guy doing your rush delivery of 3-D Glasses the shithead that buzzed our nuke plant in a Piper?

edited to correct type of aircraft

Elspode · 01-16-2004, 01:21 PM

I hope not...I'd be afraid to wear anything transported by someone that bloody stupid.

russotto · 01-16-2004, 03:19 PM

I know a pilot and flight instructor who used to make students fly OVER the nuke plant. This was pre-9/11 of course.

He's not the same guy who commented at a checkpoint that he was the pilot and didn't need a gun to crash the plane, but probably only because the guy who did beat him to it.

01-14-2004, 07:33 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Okay, National Security is one thing, but this is ridiculous... I received this email yesterday as a adviso regarding an order I placed a few days ago... Dear Valued Customer, "Due to the heightened "Orange Security Alert" through the December Holidays, several containers of our ProView 3D Glasses and ProView Clip-On 3D Glasses have been delayed in customs at the Port of Los Angeles. We have been told this delay could be from one day to seven days. By the time you read this note we may already have them back in stock and filling the small remainder of orders not yet shipped. Our solution is to send you sets of "Free" anaglyph paper glasses at no charge so you can enjoy the new Sprit Rover Mars 3D images. We will then ship you your ProView and ProView Clip-Ons as soon as we have them back in stock. We sincerely apologize for the delay as this has been an unusual circumstance that we are dealing with the best we can. Again, sorry for the inconvenience and your understanding. Best Regards, All of Us in Customer Service Rainbow Symphony, Inc. 818-708-8400" What, 3D glasses are somehow linked to terrorism? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-15-2004, 01:29 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Luckily I have my sets of 3-D glasses that came with my copy of "The Atomic Bomb Movie". I was poking around JPL's site, but I'm too tired and too lazy to find them ... where are the 3-D images? (in the meantime, I'm playing the wordsearch and am very disappointed that the 3-D game isn't working for me. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-15-2004, 11:30 AM	#5
headsplice Relaxed Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 676	Does anyone else find it ironic that a couple of days after loudly stating the America is safer b/c we caught Hussein, we up the National Terror Alert Level from Lemonade to Tang? __________________ Don't Panic

01-16-2004, 12:59 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Was the guy doing your rush delivery of 3-D Glasses the shithead that buzzed our nuke plant in a Piper? edited to correct type of aircraft __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 01-16-2004 at 01:17 AM.

01-16-2004, 01:21 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I hope not...I'd be afraid to wear anything transported by someone that bloody stupid. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-14-2004, 08:00 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How do they know it's glasses in that container unless they check? The higher the alert, the more containers they check. Smithsonian Magazine has a good article this month of the mechanics and politics of checking containers

01-15-2004, 11:37 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It would have been perfect timing for anyone looking to establish a new heroic symbol for the Arabic world through an act of remarkable defiance of the West.

01-15-2004, 11:37 AM	#7
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Isn't that from Bert to Ernie?

01-15-2004, 09:25 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	See, Syc knows.

01-16-2004, 03:19 PM	#15
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	I know a pilot and flight instructor who used to make students fly OVER the nuke plant. This was pre-9/11 of course. He's not the same guy who commented at a checkpoint that he was the pilot and didn't need a gun to crash the plane, but probably only because the guy who did beat him to it.

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