R U Like Me?

[tune4u@earthlink.net]

Sniggle, snort. Good one. And, as for the ID technology: God help us all.

Alan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: R U Like Me?


> At 8:49 PM -0600 12/30/02, <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >Yes, you guessed it. A little electronic GPS bug on every tool. 
> >Problem is, GPS only locates to an accuracy of a square meter or two 
> >.... and I know that dagnabbed screwdriver is already that close to 
> >me! In fact, it's probably that painful lump under my left hip ... 
> >nope, that's my key ring ...
> >
> 
> If the R&D phase of this scheme is still open, you might try basing 
> the positioning not with a geo-stationary satellite, but with a 
> portable beacon, located centrally in the room. At such a range, you 
> should be accurate to a micron. (Suction-cupped to a window, as high 
> as possible, it would run on solar energy.)
> 
> BTW, did you hear that at the national this summer, our name tags 
> will be bar-coded. We'll all be issued bar-code readers, which can 
> identify someone at 150' in 0.3 seconds.
> 
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> 
> "No, Please wait, you're all individuals" Brain Cohen, exasperated
> "Yes, we're all individuals"  the throng assembled in the street
>                  below his window, in unison
> "I'm not..."  Lone dissenter.
>      ...........Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
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