> Optimizzin Al-gorithym[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > 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. > > Shawn Nelson, 1995, Clairemont CA (a suburb of San Diego)
Nelson was an alcoholic plumber who had just lost his job, wife, and home. He was an Army reservist. He had tank training and access - he was not just some random yahoo off the street. The helicopter footage is pretty spectacular - he drove the tank around a suburban neighbourhood for a while, crushing cars and RVs, and taking out numerous fire hydrants and telephone poles. No one was injured. He tried to jump the median of a highway rather than run over a bunch of (occupied) police cars, and got high-centered. The cops used bolt cutters to open the M-60's hatch, and then shot him. Now THAT's Road Rage. Peter Trei
