[sdiy] OT: stupid declarations (was Re: Rép : [sdiy] Hmmm...OK NOW you can panic :(

[Rainer Buchty]

>we must fill in an export compliance form in wich we have to certify
>that we will not use these chips to build evil devices and that kind of
>stuff !... Well I promise I'll a good boy Uncle Sam, can I buy these
>chips now ? :-)

I never understood this type of claims. Like those questions you have to
answer on the visa waiver when entering the US, like "are you a member
of a terrorist group", "do you plan to commit a crime" etc. As if people
*being* member of a terrorist group *planning* to commit a crime would
check the "yes" box here.

Oh, yes of course. I do want to build bombs using that high-tech 2-PNP 
3-NPN transistor array... Dammit, caught again.

Rainer

P.S.: Maybe the world isn't such a bad place as certain authorities all
over the world want to make us believe -- but it's probably a huge
market and, of course, gives lots of power. Why else should travelers
entering the US now be fingerprinted and mugshot, although a similar
program which started this January with 8.5 million "participants" on
115 air and 14 sea ports showed that they not only didn't catch *any*
terrorists but only a measly 280 people being searched for committing
other crimes, or entering with faked/invalid visa.

That's a stunning amount of 0.0033 percent...