Re: TV Commercial

[Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>]

On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Bill Frantz wrote:

> At 12:34 AM -0700 6/6/97, David Lucas wrote:
> >It's a nice thought, but the image is all wrong. Two ships communicating
> >via Aldis lamps (presumably, I haven't seen the ad) using Morse at a guess,
> >isn't what I would call very secure communication.
> 
> Well, the Japanese managed to keep secure communications when sneeking up
> on Pearl Harbor, and I assume they used something similar for ship-to-ship
> communications.  Narrow beam, and everyone who can receive is in sight is
> nice.
> 

Did they? This is a matter of some debate ...

-r.w.