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From: lyndon@ncc.UUCP (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Jamming walkmans
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Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 00:48:29 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 16 00:48:29 1987
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> Well, the other stuff sounds fascinating (kinetic energy weapons,
> Vulcan nerve pinches,) but wouldn't a close approach of a magnet
> mess up the guy's tape as well?  Maybe it would have to be as big
> as the Edmund Scientific half-pounder (just to make sure) but it'd
> be simple.
> 
> On the other hand, you still have to worry about pacemakers (they
> adjust with magnetic gadgets of some sort) and your own nearby
> diskettes (!) and any metal-detection or theft-proofing (likely
> including library) passageways you have to go through.

Do this and you can kiss your mag strip bank cards goodbye too...