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From: paul@dual.UUCP (Baker)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Robocop spotted (Photo radar enforcement)
Message-ID: <10086@dual.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 88 15:59:49 GMT
References: <602@anasaz.UUCP> <342@tandem.UUCP> <610@anasaz.UUCP> <19869@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA
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In article <19869@bu-cs.BU.EDU=, madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost) writes:
= 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!
= >
= 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...

Of course, you could try driving within the speed limit or not running
red lights, but most drivers seem to be too stupid to figure out this
solution.

P.V. Wilcox-Baker.