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From: scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott)
Subject: Re: Car alarms
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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1991 17:03:36 GMT
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In article <1991Mar31.111957.15493@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s872607@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (George Tzanatos) writes:
>
>Just one small point....Most car reappropriators generally don't like
>damage to their person, and usually return the favour to your car. 
>
>Now, 20000 volts under the seat has a great appeal.... :)

No doubt this has already been mentioned, but the ultimate is the car alarm
system featured at the beginning of RoboCop II. ;-)

Of course, Batman's vehicle protection system (the bulletproof second skin 
which surrounds the car when Batman calls for "shields") is almost as much
fun and lots legaler. ;-) ;-)


-- 
Scott Coleman                                                    tmkk@uiuc.edu

"Unisys has demonstrated the power of two. That's their stock price today."
       - Scott McNealy on the history of mergers in the computer industry.