11-year old "engineer" needs counseling
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From: TheJoker on 17 Jan 2010 15:31 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:17:16 -0600, "Tim Williams" <tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote: >"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:4B5350A6.5A8ABD82(a)earthlink.net... >> That's why I only use green wire for projects. No red or blue wire = >> no bomb. > >How do you get any signals through if they're all ground wires? ;-) > >Tim Firmly grounded in reality. No signal above zero required for fool communications.
From: Spehro Pefhany on 17 Jan 2010 15:39 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:00:42 -0500, the renowned "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >PeterD wrote: >> >> There was a case where a passenger on an airline filled out a comment >> card, sealed it in an envelope, and gave it to the flight attendant. >> (Sealed in an envelope, would one expect it to be opened in flight, >> since it is addressed to the airline?) > > > Why? If you don't want it read on the plane, drop it off at their >counter when you land. Especially if you look like a madman and have >already caused problems for the crew. He doesn't look like a madman, he looks like your regular blue-collar Joe, perhaps tending towards the obnoxious side in this case, but not generally dangerous. I dislike those d*mn bulkhead seats.. lots of leg room for long-haul, but they won't let you keep your stuff at hand. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
From: Spehro Pefhany on 17 Jan 2010 15:40 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:08:20 -0500, the renowned "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >Jan Panteltje wrote: >> >> On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:28:37 -0800) it happened "Joel Koltner" >> <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote in >> <WQs4n.51973$er1.24343(a)en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com>: >> >> ><don> wrote in message >> >news:HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4p2d(a)forethought.net... >> >> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-school-chollas-view/ >> > >> >That's sad. I wonder what "school policies" he supposedly violated? >> > >> >A guy I'm acquainted with was telling me the other day that he build a Xenon >> >flash bulb driver circuit from Popular Electronics back in the '80s, took it >> >to school, and tried to convince his "friends" to touch the output terminals >> >while he hit the trigger button. :-) >> > >> >I suppose these days you'd get expelled for that sort of thing... >> > >> >When I was in high school I built various "photogate" sensors and timers... >> >the photogates were made out of PVC piping (cheap, strong, and readily >> >available); no doubt that'd get you in trouble today too. >> > >> >Make Magazine must be considered terrorist literature by now... >> > >> >---Joel >> >> In high school I once brought a TV tube (CRT) for the physics teacher, >> so we could do experiments with electron beam deflection. >> What implosion danger, on the back of the bike... what wires :-) >> What glass tube? >> He did not want it, dunno why, but we stayed after school with a blackboard full >> of equations about electrons... >> Very inspiring guy. >> >> So, anyways, in these day I would be arrested and counselled for that? >> Or worse, shot in the head first just in case it was dangerous, like they shot that >> guy in the UK from South America who had a backpack? >> Paranoid schizofrenia!! >> And, let's face it, is is all because of GW Bush and his cronies. >> How sick one nut case can make a whole population, how really really sad.. > > > > I took a 5" scope tube to school, to give to another student in the >late '60s. Some idiots tried to have me thrown off the bus because "It >will explode and kill everyone." the driver told them to shut up and >sit down, then mumbled, "Damned Idiots!" The damned idiots today wouldn't even recognize the implosion risk, then they'd freak out. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
From: TheJoker on 17 Jan 2010 15:37 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:31:01 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Of course, hero never thinks of simply pulling out the detonators. If they still go off, so does the explosive package. The detonation circuit is what ALL bomb disposal folks go after. Many have protections (BOOM) against det cap removal built into them. How would you know?
From: Spehro Pefhany on 17 Jan 2010 15:45
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:31:01 +0000, the renowned Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Falk Willberg wrote: >> Jan Panteltje schrieb: >>> On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:02:20 +0100) it happened Falk Willberg >>> <Faweglassenlk(a)falk-willberg.de> wrote in >> >> ... >> >>>> But it is also general knowledge how to deactivate any bomb: Wait for >>>> the counter to go down to 00:05 and the cut the *blue* wire. (Never cut >>>> the red wire!) >>> I think it is the red. >> >> That's true for communist bombs only, islamistic bombs have a green >> wire, catholic bombs purple. Creationist's bomb have no wire, but a >> counter that counts the seconds to Armageddon. >> >> SCNR, >> Falk > >Don't you recall the old saying? "Cut the red and you are dead" I heard "Cut the blue and you are through". >Anyway, that's yet another Hollywood myth that pisses me off, like bombs >that have: >a) A convenient LED countdown >b) Wires all over the place >c) Explosive with wires going to detonators stuck into it. The bomb in _Inglourious Basterds_ incorporates a machinist's dial indicator as the timing device. 8-( >Of course, hero never thinks of simply pulling out the detonators. >Always goes for trying to work out which wire to cut. >And if for some reason the detonators cannot be removed, cutting away >most of the HE will tend to minimize the final explosion. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |