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From: JosephKK on 20 Jan 2010 01:37 On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:22:28 -0800 (PST), "nuny(a)bid.nes" <alien8752(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Jan 16, 3:49 pm, "J.A. Legris" <jaleg...(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: >> On Jan 16, 5:53 pm, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:26 -0700) it happened don <don> wrote >> > in <HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4...(a)forethought.net>: >> >> > >http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-sch... >> >> > US has turned into a bunch of paranoid schizofrenics. >> >> No, the U.S. has turned into a place where there's a reasonable chance >> of being harmed by crazies using anything from handguns, to assault >> rifles, to homemade bombs. > > That's a fine example of bogus Liberal "thinking". The entire Earth >has *always* been such a place. If it isn't other humans, it's a >carnivore (or many herbivores), a quake/volcano/wet airmass with an >attitude, insect, microbe, or just old age. > > Here's a shock for you- life is not safe; it's dangerous and >ultimately fatal. > > Humans with dangerous machinery of any kind are only a threat when >they're ignorant/stupid enough to believe and act on the bullshit that >truly dangerous people like warlords and certain religious fanatics >feed them. They are NOT a valid excuse to disarm everyone that ISN'T >that ignorant/stupid. I live next door to a guy with enough weapons >and ammo to arm the whole neighborhood for a really good firefight. I >suppose you condone the BATF pre-emptively killing him and his family, >right? > >> When confronted in the classroom with an >> unrequested homemade device about the size of a bomb, bearing wires, >> what would you do - ask the kid to demonstrate its safeness? > > No, I'd politely ask what it was, and assess any potential hazard on >my own. Why, do you need Official Help to do so? > > > Mark L. Fergerson Because teachers have been so mandatorily dumbed down now that they are not allowed to have any personal judgment. The NEA likes it that way.
From: JosephKK on 20 Jan 2010 01:40 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:02:20 +0100, Falk Willberg <Faweglassenlk(a)falk-willberg.de> wrote: >J.A. Legris schrieb: >> On Jan 16, 5:53 pm, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:43:26 -0700) it happened don <don> wrote >>> in <HeGdne8ObvOX3M_WnZ2dnUVZ_jhi4...(a)forethought.net>: >>> >>>> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-sch... >>> US has turned into a bunch of paranoid schizofrenics. > >"A vice principal saw the student showing it to other students..." >Terrorists show their bombs around? >"... *empty* half-liter Gatorade bottle with some wires and other >electrical components..." > >> No, the U.S. has turned into a place where there's a reasonable chance >> of being harmed by crazies using anything from handguns, to assault >> rifles, to homemade bombs. > >Common sense. And common sense (Hollymood movies) teaches, that >cylindrical objects are not batteries but dynamite and the wires are >used to ignite the dynamite. >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!) > >BTW: Are cars allowed near U.S. schools? > >Falk Absolutely, can't interfere with mommy (or daddy) dropping off their little precious.
From: JosephKK on 20 Jan 2010 01:43 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:31:01 +0000, 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" >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. > >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. What a "fool", there is no drama in reason and sense. ;=)
From: JosephKK on 20 Jan 2010 01:46 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:30:17 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >TheJoker wrote: >> 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? > >In which case, if the explosive is visible, cut it away. >Of course, if the bomber is more than a retard it's going to have all >kinds trips like tilt switches and proximity sensors. Do you really have to tell the retards what was well known in WW2?
From: JosephKK on 20 Jan 2010 01:50
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:54:34 -0500, RFI-EMI-GUY <Rhyolite(a)NETTALLY.COM> wrote: >Reinardt Behm wrote: >> On Sunday 17 January 2010 10:02 Falk Willberg wrote: >> >>> Common sense. And common sense (Hollymood movies) teaches, that >>> cylindrical objects are not batteries but dynamite and the wires are >>> used to ignite the dynamite. >>> 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!) >> >> This always makes me wonder wether there is a published standard for wire >> colors in a bomb. >> And what the punishment for not adhering to this standard? :-) >> > >I think it is ISO-666 Hub flanges for grinding wheels is a bit off track. Maybe QQ-666? |