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From: madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio,rec.autos
Subject: Re: Robocop spotted (Photo radar enforcement)
Message-ID: <19869@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 12 Feb 88 00:01:32 GMT
References: <602@anasaz.UUCP> <342@tandem.UUCP> <610@anasaz.UUCP>
Reply-To: madd@bu-it.bu.edu (Jim Frost)
Followup-To: sci.electronics
Organization: Boston University Distributed Systems Group
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In article <610@anasaz.UUCP> john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore) writes:
>In article <342@tandem.UUCP> kevinr@tandem.UUCP (Kevin J. Rowett) writes:
>>In article <602@anasaz.UUCP>, john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore) writes:
>>> [...] speeding tickets are given by
>>> mail after an automatic device snaps your picture and speed! 
>
>>[...] install a slave strobe under your hood. When
>>the ROBOCOP flashes, you flash!
>
>Unfortunately, this machine is accompanied by both
>a technician and a policeman [...]
>How about a near infrared emitter which will fog the film
>but be invisible to the operators?

Why not go all out and make an X-ray projector?  If you manage to make
it tight-beam, you'll be able to completely blacken the film (probably
even the whole roll, to the delight of everyone else that day).  Of
course, X-rays are sufficiently dangerous that you might hurt the
operators if you go by them very often.

Come to think of it, a CO2 laser of sufficient power could do some
pretty good damage, too, and is also invisible.  But now we're getting
into SDI-style defenses...

jim frost
madd@bu-it.bu.edu