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Article #8358Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights
From: Stuart
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 00:00
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Marc wrote in message <380497a8.6851406@news.swbell.net>... >"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... No, I'm sure that would be Yugo's :)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a40312b6223a4ae4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,a40312b6223a4ae4 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a40312b6223a4ae4 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public From: "Stuart" <1@nospam.com> Subject: Re: New High-Tech Traffic Lights Date: 1999/10/12 Message-ID: <7tublr$7s6$1@nntp5.atl.mindspring.net> X-Deja-AN: 535666250 References: <7sp72a$jgs$1@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> <37F5AE1B.7DDC@geocities.com> <37f6420e.8788763@news.orng1.occa.home.com> <37F6FB14.5099@geocities.com> <37f7da9d.12464992@news.orng1.occa.home.com> <37FE6AED.1F18@geocities.com> <37fec22d.2904192@news.orng1.occa.home.com> <slrn7vvk04.i3.joel-garry@zr1.vista1.sdca.home.com> <3800c98b.5537637@news.orng1.occa.home.com> <7tqrgg$a11$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net> <380497a8.6851406@news.swbell.net> X-Server-Date: 12 Oct 1999 03:58:51 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Newsgroups: misc.consumers,rec.autos.driving,ca.driving