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Re: Calling All Luddites

John McHarry (jmcharry@comcast.net)
Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:05:32 GMT

On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 02:07:28 +0000, Ed Clarke wrote:

> No matter what you do, you aren't going to get cell service in CHQ
> Armonk. The lobby (if you noticed it) has a copper foil ceiling; the
> walls are metal and the windows are metalized (and grounded). You're
> not going to get a radio signal out of that building (or into it).
> I've tried.
>
But if all you want is audio, windows make lovely microphones. Just bounce
a laser off all that lovely metalized glass. A Faraday cage does not a
prison make.

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