Laser pointer power requirements?

I'll have to do some experiments on that. The ceiling is 15ft high and the room is brightly lit.

I probably will. Not because of the bogus lawsuit threats but because it will probably be cheaper.

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:58:11 GMT, Mark Healey Gave us:

Fuck off, retard!

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:59:35 GMT, Mark Healey Gave us:

Stupid fucktards that announce their filter file edit sessions are the most retarded idiots in all of Usenet. Congratulations, dumbfuck.

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:07:03 GMT, Mark Healey Gave us:

Putting a laser in a public area where ANYONE can gaze directly into the beam is not only an offense for which you can be sued, it is also likely a criminal offense, you stupid fucktard!

So, the lawsuit would NOT be bogus, you retarded f*****ad!

Eat shit and die, you f****ng stoopid bat's turd!

You should avoid the laser because it might harm people, not because they might want to sue. There would be a criminal lawsuit to deal with also, since you would knowingly endanger the vision of others.

How about one of the RF locator devices? Thingees they make for remote controls that go missing? You press a button and a stool or all the stools start making noise.

Helium balloons tied to stools?

Do away with the stools and install some permanent fixture in each row?

Not a bad idea - I saw something like that up in a NY shopping center for the carts. I suspect it was just a perimeter alarm - cart moves off the parking lot and alarms go off on the cart.

hmmm, but you are actually retarding the matter (thread) even more.

You have took your chance :). Why twice?

Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:11:20 -0500, default Gave us:

The idiot is beyond help or education. 100% uneducable.

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:11:20 -0500, default Gave us:

I posted "RFID!" and he responded with a kill filter file edit session announcement.

He is beyond retarded.

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:13:35 -0500, default Gave us:

Arf, Arf! Yelp!

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:35:28 -0500, John Fields Gave us:

I suggested RFID, and the dope OP responded with a filter file edit session announcement!

I wasn't thinking about lawsuits so much as the plain fact that people could easily trip and fall, if there is a sudden bright flash of light as they are stepping onto of off of the stool.

Many people tend to *** look *** straight *** down *** when getting on or off of a stool.

Mark

Okay.

It's all a question of what the real risk is. From what I've been able to find it seems that, with the red ones, there is a theoretical possibility that someone might damage their eyes but no actual cases.

They don't have enough range.

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:32:41 GMT, Mark Healey Gave us:

No, it is not, asswipe! It is a question of LAWS and REGULATIONS! If you are too goddamned stupid to follow decades old conventions, you are too goddamned stupid to be f****ng with lasers, much less placing them where others can be harmed by them.

And yes, a standard class 2 laser pointer CAN do harm to someone's eyes.

So get a f****ng clue.

You're full of shit. The color doesn't even matter. It can even be OUT of the human visible spectrum and cause harm, dipshit! What matters is that it is concentrated energy, dumbass, and our rods and cones do NOT take to such energy kindly. Get a clue!

LASER means:

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

ASSHOLE means:

A picture of you next to the definition.

You do NOT get to pick and choose what laws, regulations, and conventions man has made that you want to ignore, PUTZ!

There are PASSIVE RFID devices with several meters range, dipshit.

Problem is that they too are miles outside your level of competency!

Even if what you say is true, someone may think they suffer vision damage (or have a pre-existing condition for that matter) and find it expedient to haul you in for a criminal trial to set the basis for a civil suit later (cheap and effective way to get money). And some states may allow them to tap into a "victim's compensation fund," supported with taxes and fines.

The government and jury will have seen the warnings on laser pointers and be biased that they are indeed dangerous, and along comes the prosecutions "expert," to finish you off.

I like your idea - but I wouldn't do it.

But as long as they say they are dangerous, you won't find me staring one down. That's a risk with no upside that I can see (little pun).

I think I read that it was now a federal offence to aim a laser pointer at an airplane - don't know more than that (color or power level?)

How about a little alarm clock? set the stools to squawk when it comes time to round them up?

There are a number of ready to go products by "Ming" that use UHF and have good range, 100's of yards if my memory is right. They make and sell the transmitter and receivers for data applications as a building block for other applications. All the devices can be set with different codes for a variety of applications or control channels. They were in the $50 price range.

I was looking at them awhile back to set up a little pager system in a hotel where fooze ball enthusiasts compete - to know when their number was up - only to find someone was already making a similar pager system - used in hospitals and the like to keep track of people - ultra cheap receivers so people can walk off with one without costing a lot. That might be your ticket - cheap(?), high tech, and ready to roll.

They issue these things to visitors so that they can contact the next of kin in a hurry while on the hospital grounds - the doctors and professionals use a different, county wide conventional paging system.

Why not just use ordinary laser pointers and periodically replace the batteries?

Good Luck! Rich

He's a troll-baiter, working towards his Master status. ;-)

You know, you start out as an apprentice baiter, then work your way up to journeyman baiter, and if you're really outstanding, you become a master...

Cheers! Rich

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:55:36 -0500, default Gave us:

Lo Jack for retarded stool losers!