Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site lzwi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!lzwi!psc From: psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Empire Troops Message-ID: <274@lzwi.UUCP> Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 22:20:58 EDT Article-I.D.: lzwi.274 Posted: Sun Sep 15 22:20:58 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 17-Sep-85 04:45:04 EDT References: <258@proper.UUCP> <203@3comvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T-IS Enhanced Network Services Lines: 18 In article <203@3comvax.UUCP>, michaelm@3comvax.UUCP (Michael McNeil) writes: > Remember the scene in *Star Wars* where the troops are conducting a > house-to-house search of the city, and the robots see them coming > and lock the door? When the troops get to the door, they knock, > then one says, ``This one's locked, go on to the next.'' It seems > a bit odd for a totalitarian state to be stopped by a locked door.... >Michael McNeil, 3Com Corporation, ..!ucbvax!hplabs!oliveb!3comvax!michaelm I always thought that such doors were only supposed to be openable from the outside; if it's locked, no one can be hiding inside. (Except for an R2 droid with a hacker's dream for a limb!) Granted, there's nothing to support this in movie or film. -- -Paul S. R. Chisholm The above opinions are my own, {pegasus,vax135}!lzwi!psc not necessarily those of any {mtgzz,ihnp4}!lznv!psc telecommunications company. (*sigh* ihnp4!lzwi!psc does *NOT* work!!! Use above paths.) "Of *course* it's the murder weapon. Who would frame someone with a fake?" Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com