At 01:25 PM 1/6/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>gun.  I personally think we need more hammer-control legislation!
>>
>
>How about a PIC embedded in the handle of the hammer? Maybe the hammer head
>could be used as a proximity sensor to ensure that only metal objects, such
>as nails and car engines were to be struck? I could use a hammer controller
>that would do mid course corrections to hit the nail instead of my thumb....

Those would be outlawed, too, because they could be used to target the
steel plate in the heads of these politicians and such who've had lobotomies.

Andy

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