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>Gee Whiz - does this mean I could defeat these things by carrying a small EMF
>pulse generator, such as an electric butane BBQ starter wand?  ;-)
>Actually, they are deactivated by a pulse that "burns them open"...something
>a B-B-Q starter would be hard pressed to produce;^))
>Simply covering the patch with a piece of aluminum foil will render it
>inoperative.


Next time you go into a bookstore, take a book and shake it out with the spine
pointing up. If the bookstore's stock people were lazy and didn't bother
adhering it to the book, the security device will fall out. Pull off the paper
on the back to expose the sticky side, and put it on the back of some innocent
passerby. Then stand back and watch the fun. ;->