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- From: dlou@KRUSHER.UCSD.EDU (Dennis Lou)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: What's a good one??? was Re: CLUB Story
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.214606@krusher.UCSD.Edu>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 04:46:06 GMT
- References: <1992Sep3.204936.3943@mcnc.org> <Bu274D.2uy.1@cs.cmu.edu> <60094@mimsy.umd.edu> <Bu8o2o.B8r.1@cs.cmu.edu>
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- In article <Bu8o2o.B8r.1@cs.cmu.edu>, rudis+@cs.cmu.edu (Rujith S DeSilva) writes:
- |> In article <60094@mimsy.umd.edu> jsw@umiacs.umd.edu (Jeff Webber) writes:
- |> >In article <Bu274D.2uy.1@cs.cmu.edu> rudis+@cs.cmu.edu (Rujith S DeSilva)
- |> >(that's me!) writes:
- |> >>Okay, so you can't reduce the risk of your car being stolen to zero. Perhaps
- |> >>it's time to take a different tack. How about increasing the risk taken by
- |> >>the prospective thief in attempting to steal your car?
- |> >
- |> >You can go to jail for harming someone that is trying to steal your car
- |> >or your car stereo. If the person dies you would probably be charged
- |> >with manslaughter or even murder.
- |>
- |> I originally suggested hooking up the alarm system to release tear gas. A
- |> friend suggested that it should instead release a tranquilizer. This can't be
- |> considered to harm anyone, can it?
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- Why even make the gas noxious? Why not just make it harmless? I'm sure
- it's more for show than for effect.
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- |> >There are just way too many lawyers in this country.
- |>
- |> I agree. Completely.
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- Ditto.
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- How much does a handheld GPS cost? Why not rig one to a modem and hook
- the thing via an auto voice/data switch to your cellular phone. If your
- car gets stolen, you call your car and download it's position!
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- Another thing is if you have a cellular phone repeater in your car, you
- can rig it to page you if your alarm sounds.
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- Dennis Lou || "But Yossarian, what if everyone thought that way?"
- dlou@ucsd.edu || "Then I'd be crazy to think any other way!"
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