Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!m.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman) Subject: Re: Car alarms Message-ID: <1991Apr8.181247.15057@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana References: <1991Apr3.110300.17569@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> <109730@unix.cis.pitt.edu> <1991Mar30.190812.16963@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Mar31.111957.15493@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> <1991Mar31.170336.6912@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1991 18:12:47 GMT Lines: 18 In article <1991Apr3.110300.17569@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> s872607@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (George Tzanatos) writes: >scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott) writes: > >>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. ;-) ;-) > >Then again, 007's exploding Lotus (For Your Eyes Only) takes the cake :) That's not all it takes! Personally, I prefer a vehicle PROTECTION system, not a vehicle DESTRUCTION system. I thought the idea behind an alarm system was to insure that a complete and driveable vehicle remained where you last left it. ;-)