Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights

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From: Marc
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 00:00

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"Stuart" <1@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>Shiva Nataraja wrote in message
><3800c98b.5537637@news.orng1.occa.home.com>...
>>On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 23:22:30 GMT, joel-garry@nospam.home.com (Joel
>>Garry) wrote:
>>
>>>>I don't think it's a good
>>>>idea to have a tracking device in my car, allowing Big Brother to
>>>>track my every move 24 by 7...
>>>
>>>Don't buy a GPS system, then.
>>
>>Really?
>>
>>Care to tell me how a RECEIVE-ONLY system such as a GPS receiver can
>>allow Big Brother (or anyone else, for that matter) to track my
>>movements?
>>
>>Either you're *extremely* paranoid, or you don't understand how the
>>global positioning system works...
>
>
>Come on people, of course the CIA can tell everything about your life
>through a GPS system. That's the only reason they are on the market.
>However, if you do buy one, you can wrap your car in tin-foil, and that'll
>stop them from following you.

So that's why Hondas are so popular.  They are already made from
tin-foil...

Marc
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From: Gumbyyy@ticnet.com (Marc)
Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
Date: 1999/10/12
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