[R-390] To Standby or Not to Standby...

[Thomas W Leiper]

On Fri, 10 May 2002 01:08:26 -0400 Norman Ryan <nryan@intrex.net> writes:
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> Wish he were around to explain this better than I'm doing.

You're doing just fine. It is actually much simpler than even
that:

1. What does "standby" mean anyway? Would you tell
somebody to "standby" and then get back to him tomorrow
or next week? NO!!! You'd be back to him in a few minutes.

2. I've never even thought about it before, but does "Standby"
also shut down the local oscillators as well? That would
prevent the gooks from DF'ing you...

3. You could replace tubes without making any loud audio
noises while you were in "Standby", so the gooks can't hear
you either.

4. After you finish "interogating" a gook and you hurl him
out of the helicopter, you can put the R-390 on "Standby"
and drop it on top of the gook as well, kind of like the anvil
or cannonball that always follows Wiley Coyote as he plunges
into the ground. This would assure that only the impact with
the ground and the subsequent impact of the R-390 would
result in death, and not the B+...which would be cruel.

I have several more reasons....Standby...