[extropy-chat] Worldwide SOS system

[spike]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emlyn [mailto:emlynoregan at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:41 PM
> To: spike
...
> 
> Wouldn't some kind of alerting device (like a radio!) be more useful 
> than the SOS in this situation? I guess it'd be a good backup though...

Sure.  But radios require batteries that 
might be old and fail when needed most.  And 
you need to be close to a receiver for a 
radio to do any good.  Your invention 
could be kept in a sealed can indefinitely.


> 
> >
> > That is a good idea man!  Now watch some yahoo
> > run down to the patent office with the notion and
> > make a fortune.
> >
> > spike
> >
> > {8-]
> >
> >
> 
> I'll git 'em if they try it, tha varmints. Actually, if this idea is
> new (vanishingly small probability), I hereby put it in the public
> domain.
> 
> --
> Emlyn


You are a magnanimous person Emlyn.  I do hope it
saves lives someday.  spike