Comments on: Car Alarms and Metcalfe’s Law http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2008/03/car-alarms-and-metcalfes-law.html Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Molly http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2008/03/car-alarms-and-metcalfes-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-42533 Molly Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:31:36 +0000 http://ryan.jasbone.com/wp/?p=154#comment-42533 You are soooo right. Car alarms should be vanished!! You are soooo right. Car alarms should be vanished!!

]]> By: Transient Gadfly http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2008/03/car-alarms-and-metcalfes-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-42532 Transient Gadfly Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:19:14 +0000 http://ryan.jasbone.com/wp/?p=154#comment-42532 Guns and nuclear bombs. Or arms of any kind. Not that they're less effective at doing harm, but that the power they confer diminishes with their ubiquity. Guns and nuclear bombs. Or arms of any kind. Not that they're less effective at doing harm, but that the power they confer diminishes with their ubiquity.

]]> By: fronesis http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2008/03/car-alarms-and-metcalfes-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-42531 fronesis Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:40:49 +0000 http://ryan.jasbone.com/wp/?p=154#comment-42531 I've got a much bigger and more important one - how about CARS! I've got a much bigger and more important one – how about CARS!

]]> By: Bruce http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2008/03/car-alarms-and-metcalfes-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-42530 Bruce Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:00:51 +0000 http://ryan.jasbone.com/wp/?p=154#comment-42530 Venture Capital Funds? <br /> <br /> I'm being serious. Venture Capital Funds?

I'm being serious.

]]> By: Danny Moon http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2008/03/car-alarms-and-metcalfes-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-42529 Danny Moon Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:17:24 +0000 http://ryan.jasbone.com/wp/?p=154#comment-42529 Interesting example. I think the same could be said of banner advertising. When it first came out on some site it was worth looking at. Once they started popping up everywhere people are trained to ignore them. Interesting example. I think the same could be said of banner advertising. When it first came out on some site it was worth looking at. Once they started popping up everywhere people are trained to ignore them.

]]> By: Jud Valeski http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archives/2008/03/car-alarms-and-metcalfes-law.html/comment-page-1#comment-42528 Jud Valeski Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:02:49 +0000 http://ryan.jasbone.com/wp/?p=154#comment-42528 such a pet peeve... <a href="http://www.noiseoff.org/caralarms.shtml " rel="nofollow">http://www.noiseoff.org/caralarms.shtml </a><br /> <br /> I "heard" you can "just" ram a crow bar in through the grill/headlight, into the car battery to relieve the battery of it's bodily fluids. Once drained, no power for the alarm (not to mention an arrest, and repair costs :-) ). Would that be overkill? I can just see someone, annoyed w/ the sound, walking out of a restaurant, bar in hand, stabbing the car, then walking back in to finish dinner. such a pet peeve… http://www.noiseoff.org/caralarms.shtml

I “heard” you can “just” ram a crow bar in through the grill/headlight, into the car battery to relieve the battery of it's bodily fluids. Once drained, no power for the alarm (not to mention an arrest, and repair costs :-) ). Would that be overkill? I can just see someone, annoyed w/ the sound, walking out of a restaurant, bar in hand, stabbing the car, then walking back in to finish dinner.

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