At 09:02 AM 4/30/02 -0400, Steve Furlong wrote: >Ken Brown wrote: > >> ... An even >> if cars were "like little tanks" why not open them with ordinary >> physical keys, like real tanks? > >US tanks don't have built-in locks as in private autos. They have heavy
>wire loops or bars and are locked with ordinary (if rather heavy-duty) >padlocks. Of course, no security is impenatrable, and a few years ago some (possibly unbalanced :-) yahoo stole a tank IIRC from a SoCal National Guard and demonstrated that the Jersey barriers on the 5 were not up to the task. Eventually a cop climbed it and shot the guy in the tank. Remember to lock that door. An inspiring bit of surrealtv, that was.
