Phil Cole
Veteran
Location: Redwood City CA
| If you feel that Mark was not treated fairly by the AMA you should write about it to your local VP or maybe to Dave Brown. Don't think that they look here to see what people think.
Also, remember the AMA possibly has information like your credit card numbers and details of any claims you may have made on its network. Would you be happy if they let anyone off the street with a laptop under his arm onto the network? I would not.
Yes, they could set up a firewall for the public to plug in. Mark would appear to be the first person (and maybe the only person) to make this request. Would you want the AMA to spend the money to install a proper firewall for the benefit of a few members? A home type firewall that costs a few hundred is not really up to job here, so the expense for the equipment and time to install and configure it could be considerable.
I know and you know that Mark is honest and would not be a threat. However, the AMA staff don't know that and if they let him in, who else would they let in? Not all AMA members are honest people.
If I was a manger at Mark's hotel, I would think twice about letting Mark connect where he did - the employee was probably out of line. The internet access in the rooms of a hotel is secured against getting into the hotel's network, the front desk has access to the network (with all the guests' details on line). |
But i think the AMA oughta stand for Academy of Model Airplanes as Helis just do not get any support. Pathetic excuse for an association. Makes me sick. Maybe it will change one of these days but not likely. I'll bet when the next issue comes out Heli's and IRCHA have no more coverage than 10 pages. We oughta get some odds going on it for fun. Disgrace.
