11-year old "engineer" needs counseling
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From: Robert Baer on 19 Jan 2010 03:58 Jan Panteltje wrote: > 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. > :-) Showmanship..1) where are those blasted cutters? 2) which wire do i cut - the green one or the red one (never mind ther are a lot of others twisting arou here and there)? 3) can i do it in time?
From: Robert Baer on 19 Jan 2010 03:59 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:-) > Interesting...an "intelligent" explosive device...so it can pick whose nose to blow...
From: pimpom on 19 Jan 2010 04:25 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? Hard to say. The problem is in dealing with Indians from a distance, especially from a remote corner of the country. It's not that we lack the technical infrastucture - we have the Internet, snail mail, a reasonably efficient postal service and a profusion of private couriers. It has something to do with the Indian mentality. It's a perennial source of frustration for me because 9 out of 10 of my emails are unanswered.
From: Jan Panteltje on 19 Jan 2010 07:10 On a sunny day (Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:59:36 -0800) it happened Robert Baer <robertbaer(a)localnet.com> wrote in <8LednePZn6WO6cjWnZ2dnUVZ_hpi4p2d(a)posted.localnet>: >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:-) >> > Interesting...an "intelligent" explosive device...so it can pick >whose nose to blow... Typical CIA thing :-)
From: Jan Panteltje on 19 Jan 2010 07:19
On a sunny day (Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:12:02 +0000) it happened Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote in <7rk4l0FtplU1(a)mid.individual.net>: >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 Let's play, this device with face recognition is ment to be positioned in advance in some place, maybe a restaurant, or some room, where evil politician X (Tony B.?), or bad guy Y (his spindoctor?), regularly, but at unknown times, comes. I heard M5 (Yes I can hear you guys) talking about my idea:-) Some time ago they were looking for guys to design that sort of stuff, looking for a 'Q'. I would not work for them for triple pay :-) And I sort of take it one would have to be 100% British, like James 007, who knows what color wine to drink with the fish :-) I'd have ketchup with the fish [and chips], so I am out. Sticking out tongue. |