Re: Batteryless Mobile Phone!!!!

From: Spehro Pefhany (speffSNIP_at_interlogDOTyou.knowwhat)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 18:01:39 -0500

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:17:02 +1300, the renowned Terry Given
<my_name@ieee.org> wrote:

>Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:55:42 +1300, the renowned Terry Given
>> <my_name@ieee.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>SioL wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Product developer" <jdurban@vorel.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:118afaeb.0411090725.127c01fb@posting.google.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Yes, the old Nigerian 419 fee in advance scam. Started in the early
>>>>>90's. Now it has "evolved" into a different format. It is no longer
>>>>>some top official with the Nigerian Oil Ministry looking to hide 33
>>>>>million dollars in a foreign bank. Now it comes in the form of an RFQ
>>>>>asking for pricing of all your products. The new lure is placing a
>>>>>huge order and then somewhere in the transaction they will need an
>>>>>advanced payment usually $10,000.00.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It originated much sooner, in the early 1980. Google on the subject.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1020614,00.asp
>>>>This particular con actually did begin in Nigeria and predates the Web. In the
>>>>original scam, paper letters were sent out by hand, including elaborate packages
>>>>of documents. Care went into finding the right suckers. With spam broadcast
>>>>mailing, such research is no longer necessary. I predict quality con jobs are
>>>>going to be a thing of the past, and Darwinism will take over. The dumbest get
>>>>ripped off.
>>>>
>>>>SioL
>>>
>>>In 1993 my R&D manager got one of these letters, from nigeria. The
>>>letter got framed, and put on the wall :)
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>Terry
>>
>>
>> I got one way back. Printed with a manual typewriter on something
>> resembling toilet paper. Very authentic- just like they use in the
>> Nigerian Central bank.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Spehro Pefhany
>
>Yep, thats what Murrays letter looked like. The paper was wierdly
>translucent.
>
>Cheers
>Terry

>From decades of dealing with Asia, the good stuff was called
"onionskin" and you could put a bunch of pages into an airmail
envelope and still not be kicked up to the next postal rate, but this
stuff was especially nasty and flimsy. I doubt current laser printers
could handle paper that thin without jamming. The good old Multi 1250
had no problems feeding and offset printing it, but they had the
luxury of compressed air riffling and vacuum sucker pickups to help
the edge grabbers get a single ***.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany 

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