From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: How to handle missiles?
Date:	Fri, 1 Sep 1995 17:23:52 +0930

Allen Versfeld wrote:
>
> "WHAT?!? A missile heading for me? No problem - I reach into my pocket,
> pull out the shredded tinfoil I never leave home without, and throw it in
> the air ... what do you mean, 'resist'?

Actually, it may just make the missile aim at something besides them.
However, given the likely range you could throw shredded tinfoil, that
something is probably about a meter away... oops. :)

> "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged
> demo" - <Actually, it's an "Old Programmer Saying".>

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