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do you really think this has never been tried, it has certainly been in movies so many times over the years. |
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Why not use the stickers to change "PIE 3"
to "PIE 3"? That way, the police will be
looking for the wrong car from the start. |
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wow, i really dont know where you were going with that [MaxwellBuchanan]... |
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so, you're saying that by covering the REAL license plate with the real license plate's alphanumerics, the fuzz would notice that it's covered and would assume the alphanumerics below it are different? |
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i was lead to believe that these stickers would be undectectable... |
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How to turn this into a proper hb idea: The stickers are the same colour as the background or figures, as the case may be, but the background- and figure-coloured stickers are reversed as regards their reflective properties. That way, the plate appears as normal in ordinary light but displays a different number under camera flash or car headlights. There are lots of reasons why one might want to do this, but you'll have to think of them yourself. |
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But [+] for trying and for general subversiveness. |
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I prefer [Maxwell]'s idea - if you cover your license plate with an obvious sticker of your real license plate number then, as you flee the scene of a crime, police will assume your license plate is different. However, if you're stopped on the way to the supermarket by police who are suspicious about your covered-up license plate, they'll discover you've done nothing wrong. |
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"Honest citizens have nothing to fear from the police" (allegedly). |
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The idea of concealing your real license plate behind a badly made facsimilie of the same license plate has a sort of Zen beauty about it that is hard to ignore. The next logical step is probably the licence plate haiku.....however this level of double bluff is probably a bit much for most police forces, who would probably prefer to shoot first and dodge questions later..... |
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//however this level of double bluff is
probably a bit much for most police
forces// |
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The next logical step is actually to dress
up as yourself and then not commit a
particularly audacious crime. I have tried
this, and it gives one a feeling of
unassailable invincibility. |
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and invisibility - magic! |
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The trick is to use one's visibility as a form
of concealment. As long as people can see
you, they needn't look for you. And if they
aren't looking for you, they're very unlikely
to find you. |
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This gives me an idea... If I could only make a rubber mask of my face, I'd be free to rob banks with immunity... |
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I think you mean impunity. |
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Having said that, isn't immunity the ability to commit a crime and be immune from prosecution? |
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I think "immune" in that sense is possibly a
word that's crept erroneously into common
language. "Impunity" means not being
subject to punishment, whereas
"immunity" means not vulnerable to the
effects of disease, injury etc. I suspect
that phrases such as "immune from
prosecution" arose from some
confounding of the two meanings. |
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I think you mean compounding. |
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To "compound" is to add to, combine or
exacerbate (as in "compounding a felony"
or "a compound verb"). |
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To "confound" is to confuse (in either
sense; to befuddle [someone] or to
mistake one for another). |
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Sorry [StephenFry], you're right. |
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That's a quite interesting thought. |
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Having satisfied 100% of my daily
requirement of alcohol, I'm retiring. Don't
forget to switch the lights out when you
leave. |
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