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From: Jan Panteltje on 18 Jan 2010 06:16 On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:31:01 +0000) it happened Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote in <7rhabmFndsU1(a)mid.individual.net>: >Of course, hero never thinks of simply pulling out the detonators. :-)
From: Jan Panteltje on 18 Jan 2010 06:18 On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:30:17 +0000) it happened Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote in <7rhdqqFb7gU1(a)mid.individual.net>: >Of course, if the bomber is more than a retard it's going to have all >kinds trips like tilt switches and proximity sensors. Face recognition these days:-)
From: Spehro Pefhany on 18 Jan 2010 09:12 On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:59:36 +0530, "pimpom" <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >Don't remember for sure, but I think they were quite rare by the >end of the 60s. Let's see..... I finished high school when I was >15 and started teaching myself electronics in my teens while >doing my B.Sc. I remember designing and building mains adapters >for legacy 90V tube radios. Yeah, transistors and proper >mains-operated tubes had taken over by then and only those who'd >bought those 90V sets in the 50s and early 60s had them by the >end of the 60s and early 70s. Would India be a good place to score an ancient Soviet-made portable tube radio?
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 18 Jan 2010 17:12 Jan Panteltje wrote: > On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:30:17 +0000) it happened Dirk Bruere at > NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote in <7rhdqqFb7gU1(a)mid.individual.net>: > > >> Of course, if the bomber is more than a retard it's going to have all >> kinds trips like tilt switches and proximity sensors. > > Face recognition these days:-) Well, if I was designing it the hero would not be able to get close enough to cut anything without setting it off. I'd also put in an ionizing radiation detector in case they tried to X-ray it. Not to mention a case with a photodiode inside that triggers on any illumination - IR, UV or visible -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 18 Jan 2010 17:12
Spehro Pefhany wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:59:36 +0530, "pimpom" <pimpom(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> Don't remember for sure, but I think they were quite rare by the >> end of the 60s. Let's see..... I finished high school when I was >> 15 and started teaching myself electronics in my teens while >> doing my B.Sc. I remember designing and building mains adapters >> for legacy 90V tube radios. Yeah, transistors and proper >> mains-operated tubes had taken over by then and only those who'd >> bought those 90V sets in the 50s and early 60s had them by the >> end of the 60s and early 70s. > > Would India be a good place to score an ancient Soviet-made portable > tube radio? > How about Russia, or Borat's home town? -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show |