[gurps] Space Transport Costs at TL10

[Knapp]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org> wrote:
> Travis Watkins wrote:
>>
>> Why not just go with the easy solutions?
>>
>> Simple: good disguise, a can of opaque spray-on acrylic(that way they
>> need to replace it instead of just cleaning it off).  One person can
>> quickly disable all of the cameras in an area.  Perhaps even using a
>> model helicopter so that even the disguise is not needed.
>>
>> Cheap: electronics sensor and an over-powered laser pointer
>> (apparently some of the lasers used in clubs today will damage or
>> destroy a CCD sensor, and if you make the CCD smaller and cheaper, it
>> only becomes more vulnerable)
>>
>> Expensive: optical camouflage
>>
>> And all of this is assuming you only have today's technology to defeat
>> TL10 surveillance
>>
>>
>> Also:
>> How cheap is surveillance if half of the cameras are stolen or
>> vandalized by punk kids every night?
>> Arrest them for graffiti a few times and they will quickly find a way
>> to bypass/disable/destroy the cameras.
>> No kid want's 'the feds' to watch while he makes out with his
>> girlfriend any more than they want their parents to know about it.
>>
>> And some kids will do it just for fun.
>
>
> Well, you make it sound easy, but that is with cameras you can really see.
>  At TL10 cameras may not be nano-tech, but they could easily be solar
> powered sticky balls that look like some kind of plant seed. Their wireless
> mesh networking is probably lost in the background noise of all the other
> communications going on.
>
> Unless it's made illegal to build or buy these things, regular civilians
> could spread them around just to see what's happening.  Not to mention all
> the up-skirt shots and high school girl's shower rooms.
>
> I can't really imagine a spherical light pulse powerful enough to kill the
> CCD on something like that as standard anti-camera equipment.  A directional
> laser, sure, if you know where to aim.
> --
> Zan Lynx
> zlynx at acm.org
>
> "Knowledge is Power.  Power Corrupts.  Study Hard.  Be Evil."

You can't find current mini cams when integrated into a wall with any
sort of texture. They also make them that can view a hole room and
they sit behind the wall plug.
Not what I had in mind but also check out the camera watch!
http://www.spytechs.com/hidden_video/wall-outlet-camera.htm


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Douglas E Knapp

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