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Message no. 1
From: The Bookworm <Thomas.M.Price@*******.EDU>
Subject: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 09:21:51 -0500
On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Spike wrote:

> And verily, did Tim Kerby hastily scribble thusly...
> |On 14 Jul 98, at 5:40, Craig J Wilhelm Jr wrote:
> |> One of these days, some wiseass is going to invent a
> |> Gurth's-Stairs-Seeking-Missile...
> |It's in R&D. Prototype Real Soon Now. ;)
> Time to start with the Radar jamming equipment and.... arrrrgh,
> whatsitcalled? Tin foil slivers launcher.....

The generic name is Chaff. The old code name for it from WWII was Window.
i have seen ideas for some improvements to it. Say you take one in 50
strips and put on a small computer chip and battery. It records the signal
of the radar hitting it and them broadcasts it repeatadly for the next
minute or two. So you not only get the reflections of the original radar
but echos from the intelegent chips and the reflections of their signals
off the regular chaff.

Thomas Price
aka The Bookworm
thomas.m.price@*******.edu
tmprice@***********.com
Message no. 2
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 08:31:03 -0600
The Bookworm wrote:
/
/ On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Spike wrote:
/
/ > And verily, did Tim Kerby hastily scribble thusly...
/ > |On 14 Jul 98, at 5:40, Craig J Wilhelm Jr wrote:
/ > |> One of these days, some wiseass is going to invent a
/ > |> Gurth's-Stairs-Seeking-Missile...
/ > |It's in R&D. Prototype Real Soon Now. ;)
/ > Time to start with the Radar jamming equipment and.... arrrrgh,
/ > whatsitcalled? Tin foil slivers launcher.....
/
/ The generic name is Chaff. The old code name for it from WWII was Window.

Sorry to say, but Gurth's stairs are now protected by something even
worse. The boB chaff dispenser (bCD). The bCD launches thousands of
tiny boBs (there's dispute as to whether these are miniaturized boBs,
dwarf boBs, or baby boB clones) into the missile's flight path. The
odds are *very* high that one of the mini-boBs will contact and
incubate the missile, convert it to the church of boB, after which
point the missile will make a sharp left turn and fly straight on until
sunset.

This information comes straight from the CARPenters' Newsletter.

:)

-David
--
"If I told you, then I'd have to pull a Shadowrun against you. Sorry."
--
email: dbuehrer@******.carl.org
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Message no. 3
From: Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 10:53:33 -0400
On 14 Jul 98, at 8:31, David Buehrer wrote:

> Sorry to say, but Gurth's stairs are now protected by something even
> worse. The boB chaff dispenser (bCD). The bCD launches thousands of tiny
> boBs (there's dispute as to whether these are miniaturized boBs, dwarf
> boBs, or baby boB clones) into the missile's flight path. The odds are
> *very* high that one of the mini-boBs will contact and incubate the
> missile, convert it to the church of boB, after which point the missile
> will make a sharp left turn and fly straight on until sunset.

Excellent. Now I know why the tests were failing....

oBo nannites will be put in the next version.
MUWAHHAHA!

Why am I destroying Gurth's stairs you ask? Because now that he has
moved to the Elder's resort, the stairs only hide rebels and
miscreants... :)

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"Reality is the only obstacle to happiness." - Unknown
Message no. 4
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 15:57:21 +0100
And verily, did Tim Kerby hastily scribble thusly...
|Why am I destroying Gurth's stairs you ask? Because now that he has
|moved to the Elder's resort, the stairs only hide rebels and
|miscreants... :)

I actually prefer the stairs sometimes...
They're more homely...

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Message no. 5
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:20:25 -0400
At 03:57 PM 7/14/98 +0100, you wrote:
>And verily, did Tim Kerby hastily scribble thusly...
>|Why am I destroying Gurth's stairs you ask? Because now that he has
>|moved to the Elder's resort, the stairs only hide rebels and
>|miscreants... :)
>
>I actually prefer the stairs sometimes...
>They're more homely...

More homely? Well of course. Dank dark understairs smelling of carp on
the outside and moldy pizza and sweaty gamers on the inside, that's worse
than homely...

Oh wait, you meant *homey* didn't you?

I don't know, I've gotten quite used to watching the carp bounce off our
state of the art piscine shield. Better than fireworks on the fourth of
July sometimes. AND you can lounge by the pool too. One gets used to that
right quick.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen you by the pool in daytime Spike. I've
seen you trying to catch some moonrays, but I'm afraid that won't help your
typical British pallor...

;-)

Erik J.


http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/dungeon/480/index.html
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Message no. 6
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 19:35:20 +0100
Tim Kerby said on 10:53/14 Jul 98,...

> Why am I destroying Gurth's stairs you ask? Because now that he has
> moved to the Elder's resort, the stairs only hide rebels and
> miscreants... :)

I see my misinformation campaign has succeeded... I have no
intention of moving to the elders' resort, I'm staying where I am -
- after all, with Spike and Bull's redecoration, everything I need is
at hand here.

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Message no. 7
From: Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 13:50:36 -0400
On 14 Jul 98, at 19:35, Gurth wrote:

> I see my misinformation campaign has succeeded... I have no
> intention of moving to the elders' resort, I'm staying where I am -
> - after all, with Spike and Bull's redecoration, everything I need is at
> hand here.

Ok, then let me rephrase what I wrote: the stairs only hide rebels,
miscreants, and Gurth. :)

--

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- Tim Kerby - drekhead@***.net - ICQ-UIN 2883757 -
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"Reality is the only obstacle to happiness." - Unknown
Message no. 8
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 08:37:35 +1000
Tim Kerby writes:
> > I see my misinformation campaign has succeeded... I have no
> > intention of moving to the elders' resort, I'm staying where I am -
> > - after all, with Spike and Bull's redecoration, everything I need is at
> > hand here.
>
> Ok, then let me rephrase what I wrote: the stairs only hide rebels,
> miscreants, and Gurth. :)

So why did you have to rephrase again? :)

--
Duct tape is like the Force: There's a Light side, a Dark side, and it binds
the Universe together.
Robert Watkins -- robert.watkins@******.com
Message no. 9
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:00:18 +0100
And verily, did Erik Jameson hastily scribble thusly...
|Speaking of which, I haven't seen you by the pool in daytime Spike. I've
|seen you trying to catch some moonrays, but I'm afraid that won't help your
|typical British pallor...
|
|;-)

Nahhh, I caught my annual quota or rays when I was down at Newquay 3 weeks
ago....

My Tan's only just faded....

:)


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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
Message no. 10
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: ECM (was Woodchucks?)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:48:44 +0100
And verily, did Gurth hastily scribble thusly...
|
|Tim Kerby said on 10:53/14 Jul 98,...
|
|> Why am I destroying Gurth's stairs you ask? Because now that he has
|> moved to the Elder's resort, the stairs only hide rebels and
|> miscreants... :)
|
|I see my misinformation campaign has succeeded... I have no
|intention of moving to the elders' resort, I'm staying where I am -
|- after all, with Spike and Bull's redecoration, everything I need is
|at hand here.

Little does Gurth know, that there are also some little booby traps hidden
away, especially tuned to those incubated into the FCotSB....

Muhahahahaha....

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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |

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