Tony, even in America stun guns are not legal everywhere. Some towns and
states say they are for police only. But you can in most places buy machine
guns if you pay the Govt. their $200 transfer tax



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Troubleshooting.


> So in America, where stun guns are legal, a posse of stun-gun-toting
> citizens might band together and go zap that transistor criminal...for
> good.
>
> Vigilantism often does shock a community.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:techsupport@;bagotronix.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:25 AM
> > To: Protel EDA Forum
> > Subject: Re: [PEDA] OT: Troubleshooting.
> >
> >
> > > An intelligent civilized human would try and understand why
> > criminals
> > > are criminals and fix that problem.
> >
> > Alfonso:
> >
> > You can see my cranium on display at the Smithsonian Museum
> > of Anthropology in the Neanderthal section.  In spite of my
> > primitive lineage, I walk upright, know how to make fire (by
> > pushing the "light" button on my gas grill), make tools,
> > speak a primitive language known as "geek" (80% of the words
> > are acronyms), and am even capable of designing electronic
> > circuits that actually work!  ;-)
> >
> > Your analogy about the fuse is faulty.  People are not
> > electronic components.  If people were electronic components,
> > here is how crime would
> > transpire:
> >
> > 1) A component shorts out (i.e. a transistor).  The
> > transistor is now a criminal.  If he is a small-time
> > criminal, he is in a SOT-23 case.  If he is a big-time
> > criminal, he is in a TO-220 or TO-3 case.
> >
> > 2) The criminal transistor moves around to other components
> > on the board, killing them and stealing their color bands,
> > enamel, or epoxy encapsulation. That's like stealing the
> > shirt off a person's back.
> >
> > 3) The criminal transistor is chased around the PCB by red
> > and blue flashing LEDs and piezo buzzers.  If the transistor
> > comes to the end of a PCB trace, he jumps over to an adjacent
> > one and the pursuit continues.  Occasionaly, the transistor
> > jumps to another PCB, which is analogous to escaping the country.
> >
> > 4) Once the criminal transistor is caught, he is put into
> > protective custody (anti-static foam) until a trial begins.
> >
> > 5) The trial is presided over by a microprocessor as judge.
> > The jury consists of various components of all types, but
> > most are low-quality rejects, because the defense bins the
> > jurors and tosses out the high-quality ones.
> >
> > 6) The prosection is a dual comparator configured as window
> > comparator, to show how the accused actions are outside the
> > range of what is legally acceptable.
> >
> > 7) The defense is random noise generator followed by a high
> > gain stage, which attempts to drive the jurors into
> > saturation with random noise.
> >
> > 8) The jury suffers latch-up, and cannot arrive at a guilty
> > verdict. Sometimes, the microprocessor judge may obtain some
> > operating current through the input protection diodes on his
> > I/O pin that interfaces with the defense.  This is known as a
> > bribe.  Unfortunately, the watchdog does not reset the judge,
> > because the watchdog was not enabled.
> >
> > 9) Unable to be convicted, the criminal transistor is freed.
> > Some time later, he strikes again and the cycle repeats.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Ivan Baggett
> > Bagotronix Inc.
> > website:  www.bagotronix.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alfonso Baz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:51 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Top Notch Talent for Troubleshooting.
> >
> >
> > > I didn't join this forum to hear some dumb ass yank rave on about
> > > guns!!
> > >
> > > The wild west is well and truly over cowboy...
> > >
> > > Jeez any wonder bush is turning the world upside down, with
> > citizens
> > > and attitudes like this we'll never have a peaceful worldwide
> > > community. An intelligent civilized human would try and
> > understand why
> > > criminals are criminals and fix that problem.
> > >
> > > If a 2A fuse blows you don't stick a 10A fuse in to fix the
> > problem,
> > > you find what's causing the excess load and fix that!!
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 12:09 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Top Notch Talent for Troubleshooting.
> > >
> > >
> > > > > >Baseball bats are also sometimes used as weapons, if you don't
> > > > > >have a
> > > gun
> > > > > handy (yes, in the U.S. you can still
> > > > > >own guns, thank God!).
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ivan, I am sure the people especially in the Washington
> > area are
> > > > > very pleased about this fact at the moment.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know if it's still the case, but not long ago it
> > was illegal
> > > > to
> > > own
> > > > a gun in the Washington DC area.  This is in spite of the
> > fact that
> > > > the
> > > Bill
> > > > of Rights enumerates the right to keep and bear arms.  And during
> > > > that
> > > time,
> > > > the Washington DC murder and crime rate was among the
> > worst in the
> > > > U.S.
> > > If
> > > > gun ownership is still illegal in the Washington area,
> > that didn't
> > > > stop
> > > the
> > > > sniper, did it?
> > > >
> > > > Criminals will always have guns.  Criminals don't worry about
> > > > whether or
> > > not
> > > > they are breaking a particular gun control law, or any
> > law for that
> > > matter.
> > > > That's why they are called criminals.  ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Private ownership of guns has a certain deterrence factor.  If a
> > criminal
> > > > thinks you might have a gun, he will be less likely to
> > commit an act
> > > > of violence against you.  If you have a gun, and the criminal is
> > > > crazy
> > enough
> > > > to attack you anyway, you can shoot him.  Then he will be dead,
> > > > commit
> > no
> > > > more acts of violence, and justice will have been better
> > served than
> > > > by
> > > any
> > > > court system and prison sentence.
> > > >
> > > > That said, before you start a Protel session, put away
> > your guns...
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Ivan Baggett
> > > > Bagotronix Inc.
> > > > website:  www.bagotronix.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 3:37 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Top Notch Talent for Troubleshooting.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >Baseball bats are also sometimes used as weapons, if you don't
> > > > > >have a
> > > gun
> > > > > handy (yes, in the U.S. you can still
> > > > > >own guns, thank God!).
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ivan, I am sure the people especially in the Washington
> > area are
> > > > > very pleased about this fact at the moment.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Gisbert
> > > >
> > >
> >


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