From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 02:18:36 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A9FC19DA00AE; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:18:36 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <21.007DB557@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 5:04:34 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 0423 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:04:22 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 5778; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:02:42 -0500 Received: from smtp2.clear.net.nz [203.97.37.27] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:02:41 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by smtp2.clear.net.nz Received: from joe (203-167-138-13.dialup.clear.net.nz [203.167.138.13]) by smtp2.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with SMTP id <0H5M00M3U3WEY4@smtp2.clear.net.nz> for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 23:02:41 +1300 (NZDT) MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <000f01c28c86$a5cfa3b0$9600000a@thys> Message-ID: <004f01c28c8e$1bbe5ba0$98a8a7cb@joe> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 23:02:27 +1300 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Jinx Subject: Re: [OT]: Dude, where's my car ? Oh, that green guy's got it To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600620 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 00000744-0000 > You should come and spend some time in South Africa... > Then you will take it seriously No thanks - heard all about SA car-jacking and what's being done to dissuade (barbecue ?) thieves http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812/11/flame.thrower.car/ > I like Dominic's idea, But personally I think Some High VOLTAGE > will do the trick... > Wasn't there a movie with some thing like this?? > Well, then the 'perp' sues Jinx! :-) Not in NZ he won't. Suing for damages in a case like that is virtually impossible. The (wimpy) system in NZ is Accident Compensation, which you can get even if you receive injuries in the commission of a crime. Yeah I know. More likely the police will charge you. It has to be a system designed with the head, not the heart. Much as you'd like flailing hooks, spearguns, Sarin.... -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.