At 6:42 PM 3/10/96, "A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security"
Long enough ago that I have forgotten the citation, I read an even older SF story about explosive necklaces worn by politicians. If their electronic agreement percentage (and think this was in the sixties folks) dropped too low, a vacancy occured.
We talked here a while back about the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta where there was a "court exploder" or something, whose job it was to blow up the king should the monarch become too egregious in conduct. The limiting factor was that the "exploder", or whatever, was the person who would inherit the king's job. ;-). Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell The e$ Home Page: http://thumper.vmeng.com/pub/rah/