11-year old "engineer" needs counseling
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From: Jan Panteltje on 17 Jan 2010 04:41 On a sunny day (Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:50:39 -0500) it happened PeterD <peter2(a)hipson.net> wrote in <a6r4l511glt7gq6ru1m6alo9g9ujirk7cd(a)4ax.com>: >On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:49:10 -0800 (PST), "J.A. Legris" ><jalegris(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. 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? > >Did they ask? No... Funny how a bit of communication could resolve so >many problems, but instead it full tilt towards the nearest windmill. LOL How nicely you put it :-)
From: Jan Panteltje on 17 Jan 2010 04:44 On a sunny day (Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:02:20 +0100) it happened Falk Willberg <Faweglassenlk(a)falk-willberg.de> wrote in <hiuj89$ij3$1(a)news2.open-news-network.org>: >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!) I think it is the red. > >BTW: Are cars allowed near U.S. schools? > >Falk >
From: Falk Willberg on 17 Jan 2010 05:07 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
From: Reinardt Behm on 17 Jan 2010 05:02 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? :-) -- Reinhardt Behm
From: Son of a Sea Cook on 17 Jan 2010 06:19
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:05:57 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Son of a Sea Cook wrote: >> On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:14:50 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >> <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Joel Koltner wrote: >>>> <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 >>>> >>> When I was in school I took a jar of homemade napalm to show around. >>> Teachers were quite impressed. >>> Of course, that was in the 1960s. >> >> >> I wore a Dan'l Boone outfit, including a .22 cal pellet rifle on two >> occasions at our elementary schools. They were loaded. >> >> We used to take rockets to school too. >> >> I used to hit .22 rounds on a flat rock with a hammer a lot too... >> before our sub-division got completed. > >And let's not forget the chem and physics class where bored students >rolled balls of mercury along the bench. Metallic form Mercury is not dangerous. |