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sofkam@betelgeuse.its.rpi.edu (Michael D. Sofka), in article
<SOFKAM.96Dec3115134@betelgeuse.its.rpi.edu> wrote:

>multics@wizvax.wizvax.net (Richard Shetron):
>>In article <tcpnntpd.16.11.29.23.37.6.18082.11267@etu.tu.albany.ny.us>,
>> <juniper@tu.albany.ny.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Recently KeyBank has been converting many existing drive-up windows to
>>>ATMs in Upstate New York.  The lights that have been placed over the ATM
>>>are so bright that you can read a newspaper in our back yard by the
>>>light which glares into our residential area.
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>The bright lighting is to discurage thieves from robbing people at
>>ATM'S.  There was a story about ATM robberies on 60 Minutes several
>>months or maybe a year or two ago.
>
>And how many ATM robbers have been hiding in your back yard?  It is not
>necessary for stray light to intrude on neighbors in order to light up
>your yard, and likewise it is not necessary for parking lot, ATM, bank,
>shop-till-you-drop marts, etc. to shine their light into your backyard.
>
>Mike

Hey Mike, have you noticed how the lights from RPI's athletic fields
shine over that whole part of the city?  

>Michael D. Sofka                  sofkam@rpi.edu
>CIS Sr. Systems Programmer        AFS, e-mail, usenet, ftp, NIS, NTP.
>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.  http://www.rpi.edu/~sofkam/
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