Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]mmm... Amonium Tri-iodide :) Grinding matches doesn't make them ignite unless you have the strike anywhere type, you need flintstone to cause the spark that ignites them :) - -Mark On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Paul Chefurka wrote: Having been an invulnerable pyromaniac in a previous life (i.e. before I turned 16) I can say with some authority that grinding match heads is one of the dumber things a person can do. Grinding is what normally makes a match burst into flames. Kids, don't try this at home (or even at work!) Actually, if I were going to booby trap a floopy, I might investigate the curious properties of ammonia and iodine. Ah, the halcyon days of youth :-) Paul - -----Original Message----- From: Julian Thomas [mailto:julianthomas@terra.es] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 11:45 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS: Leica Users digest V19 #177: THE PAIN IN THE ASS MESSAGE! Try a filter ted. I knew a computer engineer once who said that a disgruntled employee at a firm had applied a mixture of ground match heads and shotgun powder to floppy disks. Put one in each of the machines on his floor. Next days when the system booted up umpteen PC burst into flames. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Cohen (BALUG LHSA AFA) 226 San Carlos Street #1 "MIS people have sick, twisted San Francisco, CA 94110 little minds" -Linus Torvalds (home) (415) 970-9421 (pager) (888) 702-9872 (cell) (415) 290-7201 (work) (415) 633-1179 page-mark@binaryfaith.com *** The box said "Install NT 4.0 or better", so I installed UNIX *** - ----------------------------------------------------------------- - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/FA/MU d? s+:+ a- C++++ ULBS++++$ P- L+++ E--- W-(+++) N++ o? K? w--- O? M-- V-- PS+++ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5++ X R+ !tv b+++ DI+++ D+ G++ e++ h++ r% y+ z** - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------