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Article #137Re: Auto alarms
From: Francois R. Velde
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 18:48
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 18:48
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banz@umbc.edu (Robert Banz) writes: |Michael J. Finn <mfinn@eng.umd.edu> wrote: |>What it [the Club] 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, | |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... It also follows that you should park next to clubless cars. And, by the time every car has a club, the club will have become useless (since its advantage was only differential) and indispensible (if you're the only one clubless, you'll be the target). -- Francois Velde
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