At 12:01 4/20/96, jim bell wrote:
I seem to recall a news item from Washington state within the last couple of years in which a conviction was thrown out because evidence was obtained with thermal-IR imagers. You know, look for the hot house and it's being used to grow pot.
You know, it is cases like this that I consider evolution in action. What was the fool doing growing pot in a house, anyway? Any smart pot grower knows that you grow pot in grow rooms underground. With a large septic tank above it. Through the septic tank, you bubble both the exhaust of the diesel generator used to power the high pressure sodium lights, as well as the exhaust of the grow room cooling fan. That neutralizes the exhaust smell and provides an obvious explanation to the IR scanners overhead, since septic tanks are naturally hot due to the bacterial activity taking place within. Amateurs. Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, not those of my employer, DigiCash, Inc. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.