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From: Hary J Walsh <9117482@**.IE>
Subject: Re: My first post in 2 days
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 11:56:16 CET
On Thu, 28 Jan 1993 ROBERSON@***.edu wrote:

>
> 3:Smartguns vs lasers. I prefer the "spot on the field of vision"
> approach, and can illustrate why it is superior to a laser sight. With a
Did anybody see robocop? I always imagined the smartgun give a similiar
effect as the crosswires that robocop has on his field of vision.

> 4: A Rigger running an elevator? I suppose it could happen.
> But buildings are not vehicles; elevators are slave nodes in a system. A
> Rigger (or anyone else with datajacks) would either be decking naked or
> borrowing the decker's deck (in which case: why not have the decker do
> it. There would be no hacking pool without the proper computer skill (and
> riggers have enough skills to keep track of as it is). But the idea
> about strealing a vehicle by remote control is great; I'ver seen it done.
In the secrets of power 2 ( find your own truth - i think ) the dwarven
rigger jacks in to the building and controls it with her rigger gear.


Hary J Walsh.
University of Limerick, Ireland.

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

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