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Article #134Re: Auto alarms
From: Robert Banz
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 21:53
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 21:53
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In article <2upt10$3qi@mojo.eng.umd.edu>, Michael J. Finn <mfinn@eng.umd.edu> wrote: >In article <KHERA.94Jun28114036@norval.clark.net> khera@norval.clark.net (Vivek Khera) writes: > >Anyone would be foolish to view the Club as a theft-proofing. Even the >manufacturer admits this. What it should be viewed as is a deterrent, >like if car a and car b are equally desirable to Mr. Re-allocator, the >one that doesn't have the club will likely get ripped, assuming neither >has an alarm or other obvious device. How often this actually proves >useful is another matter, but for the minimal investment and the >deductible coverage to $2000, it's at least something to consider. So, the theory should go: [ this is _SUPPOSED_ to be funny...] The club in your car is only useful if the car next to yours is clubless. Therefore, the theif will take the other guys car. which would follow: Those who use clubs are bad, since they just make it worse on everyone else... ---- Robert Banz (banz@umbc.edu) UMBC Academic Computing Svcs. (probably not their opinions...) (410) 455-3962 http://umbc8.umbc.edu/~banz/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a9ce,caf14ac445c46bac X-Google-Attributes: gid10a9ce,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,caf14ac445c46bac X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,caf14ac445c46bac X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-06-28 14:53:36 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!news.umbc.edu!not-for-mail From: banz@umbc.edu (Robert Banz) Newsgroups: dc.driving,balt.general,dc.general Subject: Re: Auto alarms Date: 28 Jun 1994 17:53:20 -0400 Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lines: 26 Distribution: dc Message-ID: <2uq64g$bf5@spork.acs.umbc.edu> References: <CrvJDC.8EG@visix.com> <2up5kqINNak3@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <KHERA.94Jun28114036@norval.clark.net> <2upt10$3qi@mojo.eng.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: spork.acs.umbc.edu