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- From: billh@ent-img.com (Bill Heiden)
- Subject: Re: Liquid Nitrogen to defeat The Club (was: where to buy a CLUB ...)
- Message-ID: <Bzn309.xB@ent-img.com>
- Organization: CST Entertainment Imaging
- References: <93Ch020z2f.E01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1992Dec19.020807.5763@Arco.COM> <1992Dec21.205135.22302@ntmtv>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:31:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.205135.22302@ntmtv> adrian@ntmtv.UUCP (Adrian Brandt) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec19.020807.5763@Arco.COM>, James Edward Burns <ddujeb@arco.com> writes:
- >|> Two months ago our secretary got her car stolen while she had the club
- >|> on it. It was recovered by the CHP a couple of days later. The officer
- >|> said that the club was destroyed by using freon, then cracking it w/ a
- >|> hammer. Supposedly there were still pieces of the device on the
- >|> floorboard from where it had been shattered.
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- >Freon? I don't believe it. That's even more implausible than using
- >liquid nitrogen. You could spray cans and cans of freon onto a "Club"
- >w/o getting it terribly cold. Imagine a thief armed with cans of freon
- >doing this whilst sitting in the car. Right. Now imagine a thief
- >running around with a liquid nitrogen dewar. Right. Pouring it all
- >over the place (remember, the club is inside of a car affixed to the
- >steering wheel) would be pretty stupid looking. Gimme a break folks!
- >Why not hacking the steering wheel or just steal another car. It's
- >not like everyone uses a "Club" or something.
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- It works, I actually saw a demonstration on television. The whole point
- of the demonstration was that the "Club" is not the perfect theft
- prevention device, but rather a deterrent. If a thief wants to steal
- your car, the "Club" will add a couple of minutes to the time it takes
- to rip it off.
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- billh
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- >I'll bet most CHP officers are just as good at trading and passing on
- >urban legends as the next guy...
- >
- >--
- >
- >Adrian Brandt (415) 940-2379
- >UUCP: ...!ames!ntmtv!adrian
- >ARPA: ntmtv!adrian@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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