[extropy-chat] fanatic anxietist

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jun 8, 2005, at 9:25 AM, Adrian Tymes wrote:

> --- Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> I wonder why they didn't deploy the little EMP (or is it microwave)
>> gun that stops modern cars dead.  They could then deal with the
>> threatened suicide without tying up all that traffic and so much
>> impact.
>>
>
> Because, much as they have been discussed and are under development,
> there aren't any field-ready EMP guns yet.  Not even for the military
> (which accepts reliability as low as the Patriot anti-missile system),
> and certainly not for law enforcement.

Heck.  It is a DIY minor project to get something that works.

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