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Article #18239Re: Jamming walkmans
From: Lyndon Nerenberg
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1987 05:48
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1987 05:48
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> Well, the other stuff sounds fascinating (kinetic energy weapons, > Vulcan nerve pinches,) but wouldn't a close approach of a magnet > mess up the guy's tape as well? Maybe it would have to be as big > as the Edmund Scientific half-pounder (just to make sure) but it'd > be simple. > > On the other hand, you still have to worry about pacemakers (they > adjust with magnetic gadgets of some sort) and your own nearby > diskettes (!) and any metal-detection or theft-proofing (likely > including library) passageways you have to go through. Do this and you can kiss your mag strip bank cards goodbye too...
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!ncc!lyndon From: lyndon@ncc.UUCP (Lyndon Nerenberg) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Jamming walkmans Message-ID: <431@ncc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 00:48:29 EST Article-I.D.: ncc.431 Posted: Mon Nov 16 00:48:29 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 17-Nov-87 03:42:48 EST References: <4149@utai.UUCP> <4161@ecsvax.UUCP> Organization: Nexus Computing Inc. Lines: 12