A good topic for Mythbusters

[I Caught Kate]

Highlandish wrote:

Quoth The Raven "I Caught Kate"<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> in
42633DCA.FC8F0889@internode.on.net
A good topic for mythbusters might possibly be
the myth that mobile phones are dangerous at
petrol stations

they did it already
--
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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Hmmmm I know I just got told by a few people here, and I
said I missed the episode in question hence why I asked.

OK another topic what about phones being a danger on
aircraft?

And if so why then are the aircraft instruments properly shielded?

 

[Highlandish]

Quoth The Raven "Diceman"<name@host.com> in
4263bfee$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au

Chriz wrote:
Once upon a time I Caught Kate decided to write:


A good topic for mythbusters might possibly be
the myth that mobile phones are dangerous at
petrol stations


They should do a UFO thing. lol


I suggested on the Discovery channel Mythbusters forum the idea of
testing out if a body "bounces" like in the film Terminal Velocity,
although it didn't seem to attract the attention of anyone official.
Last time I saw, the idea that a person can be sliced in half with a
single samurai sword stroke was the hot topic.

the terminal velocity bounce is true, and as for the sword/body topic, sword
makers in Japan experimented for many years on capital punishment victims
for many hundreds of years until they perfected the design. it also takes a
martial arts expert to wield the sword precisely to slice through a body.
later they used pics and fresh bamboo scarecrows to simulate a human body.
all of this had been documented (I'm not bothering to look on the net for
sources).

--
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it
back to you when you have forgotten the words.

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[Highlandish]

Quoth The Raven "I Caught Kate"<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> in
4263C67A.43BEEBD4@internode.on.net

Highlandish wrote:

Quoth The Raven "I Caught Kate"<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> in
42633DCA.FC8F0889@internode.on.net
A good topic for mythbusters might possibly be
the myth that mobile phones are dangerous at
petrol stations

they did it already
--
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

Take out the _CURSEING to reply to me




Hmmmm I know I just got told by a few people here, and I
said I missed the episode in question hence why I asked.

OK another topic what about phones being a danger on
aircraft?

And if so why then are the aircraft instruments properly shielded?

they're shielded from outside interference but the hull and insulation,
however many of the instruments are too sensitive to have internal shielding
and that shielding would impair their operations, same as in hospitals. the
phone its self when it hasn't got a strong signal will start searching for
an access point. have you ever heard the speakers of a turned on stereo?
there is a galloping noise emanated, a TV will have lines all through the
screen. imagine what this will do to the auto pilot that was depending on
the sensitive equipment, the autopilot might get back data to say the plane
was flying on a different xy axis and slam the plane into the ground, in a
hospital eeg/heart monitors/other might report the patient as dead and
switch its self off.

as you might know all data is in binary, interference of just one sequence
will interpret a zero reading as a one sequence. that can be disastrous


--
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own
weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

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[Aussie Fred]

I Caught Kate wrote:

A good topic for mythbusters might possibly be
the myth that mobile phones are dangerous at
petrol stations

What I want to know is why sensitive medical equipment in hospitals is
affected by all mobile phones except those carried by specialists and
senior hospital administrators?

 

[Firefly]

"qwerty" <qwerty@qwerty.com> wrote in message
news:4263c703@dnews.tpgi.com.au...

Firefly wrote:

UFOs are real. Alien spacecraft aren't.

Proof?

Show me one?

There are lots of photos of them. Prove that they aren't alien
spacecraft.

Photos can't be verified. Show me a physical one.

Russian Soyuz for one.

Similarly, I could show you a photo of any given item and you'd
be unable to prove, beyond doubt, that the item is what it seems.

But you can't prove beyond doubt that alien spacecraft don't exist. The only
way to do that is to visit every planet in the universe and confirm that
there is no intelligent, spacefaring civilisation on any of them. Off you
go.

 

[Firefly]

"Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
news:42642b90@x-privat.org...

Quoth The Raven "Diceman"<name@host.com> in
4263bfee$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au
Chriz wrote:
Once upon a time I Caught Kate decided to write:


A good topic for mythbusters might possibly be
the myth that mobile phones are dangerous at
petrol stations


They should do a UFO thing. lol


I suggested on the Discovery channel Mythbusters forum the idea of
testing out if a body "bounces" like in the film Terminal Velocity,
although it didn't seem to attract the attention of anyone official.
Last time I saw, the idea that a person can be sliced in half with a
single samurai sword stroke was the hot topic.

the terminal velocity bounce is true,

I never saw Terminal Velocity but I do know somebody who fell out of the sky
after a parachute malfunction into the Batchelor service station and he
didn't bounce.

 

[Chock]

"Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
news:42642d83@x-privat.org...

Quoth The Raven "I Caught Kate"<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> in
4263C67A.43BEEBD4@internode.on.net
Highlandish wrote:

Quoth The Raven "I Caught Kate"<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> in
42633DCA.FC8F0889@internode.on.net
A good topic for mythbusters might possibly be
the myth that mobile phones are dangerous at
petrol stations

they did it already
--
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

Take out the _CURSEING to reply to me




Hmmmm I know I just got told by a few people here, and I
said I missed the episode in question hence why I asked.

OK another topic what about phones being a danger on
aircraft?

And if so why then are the aircraft instruments properly shielded?

they're shielded from outside interference but the hull and insulation,
however many of the instruments are too sensitive to have internal
shielding
and that shielding would impair their operations, same as in hospitals.
the
phone its self when it hasn't got a strong signal will start searching for
an access point. have you ever heard the speakers of a turned on stereo?
there is a galloping noise emanated, a TV will have lines all through the
screen. imagine what this will do to the auto pilot that was depending on
the sensitive equipment, the autopilot might get back data to say the
plane
was flying on a different xy axis and slam the plane into the ground, in a
hospital eeg/heart monitors/other might report the patient as dead and
switch its self off.

as you might know all data is in binary, interference of just one sequence
will interpret a zero reading as a one sequence. that can be disastrous


--
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own
weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

Take out the _CURSEING to reply to me

At work here, I have a mobile phone sitting next to the PC, and in some
circumstances when it rings, if I'm working on an Excel spreadsheet and have
scrolled down the screen, the ringing phone will trigger the sheet to scroll
to the top. No bull, this has happened several times.

- Chock

 

[Sponky]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:41:49 +0800, qwerty wrote
(in message <4263c703@dnews.tpgi.com.au&gt:

Firefly wrote:

UFOs are real. Alien spacecraft aren't.

Proof?

Show me one?

There are lots of photos of them. Prove that they aren't alien
spacecraft.

Photos can't be verified. Show me a physical one.

Similarly, I could show you a photo of any given item and you'd
be unable to prove, beyond doubt, that the item is what it seems.

No item exists independant from its own side. It is only our common agreement
that something is what it appears to be.

Perception dictates an item's appearance imputed upon a base.

+-=====================================-+
Sponky

The Gunfighter Rule:
"Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one. Be polite.
Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

http://toomanylosers.blogspot.com/

 

[HERC777]

..... how about I fly trev up next month, (still waiting on my Google
check from February).

And if he says he can hear the Truman probe and its legit... then you
ALL have to join the
mythbuster forum with me and protest until they come to Aus!

here's the challenge
http://www.supernerd.com.au/~gray77/truman-challenge.html

Deal or no deal? Give me some benefit of the doubt and I'll fork out
$250 for trevs flight.

Herc

 

[qwerty]

Firefly wrote:

But you can't prove beyond doubt that alien spacecraft don't exist.

Sounds like the same argument for proof of God's existence.

 

[Chriz]

Once upon a time qwerty decided to write:

Firefly wrote:

UFOs are real. Alien spacecraft aren't.

Proof?

Show me one?

There are lots of photos of them. Prove that they aren't alien
spacecraft.

Photos can't be verified. Show me a physical one.

That's a pretty stupid request considering that no one ever plans to see a
UFO, it just happens to appear before them out of the blue.

 

[a a]

In aus.electronics qwerty <qwerty@qwerty.com> wrote:

Firefly wrote:

But you can't prove beyond doubt that alien spacecraft don't exist.

Sounds like the same argument for proof of God's existence.

Maybe God IS an alien! An electronics loving alien!

--
a a

 

[David Hardie]

In article <426479a6$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, "qwerty" <qwerty@qwerty.com> wrote:

Firefly wrote:

But you can't prove beyond doubt that alien spacecraft don't exist.

Sounds like the same argument for proof of God's existence.

I read an article in Scientific American from a guy who was arguing for
Evolution against Creation.

His oponent made the point that there is still a missing link between apes
and man. When the cientist made the point with slides etc that evidence of
such animals that had both ape-like and human-like attributes did exist,
his openent then stated that there was now 'two missing links' between
apes and humans.

For the record I doubt that alian spacecraft exist. However, I will never
know for sure as to say so categorically would entail a search of the
entire universe before I could state so with any certainty.

I can live with that lingering doubt for the time being but if someone
came to me with some evidence, and I dont want much, just one of them will
do, I'll change my mind on this point and got on with my day happy that I
am no longer alone in this world.

I think it is incumbant on the 'pro alien spacecraft' lobby to make the
case rather than the 'anti alien spacecraft' lobby to make their case.

D.

 

[Highlandish]

Quoth The Raven "a a"<a@b.com> in d41uq9$q7e$1@enyo.uwa.edu.au

In aus.electronics qwerty <qwerty@qwerty.com> wrote:
Firefly wrote:

But you can't prove beyond doubt that alien spacecraft don't exist.

Sounds like the same argument for proof of God's existence.



Maybe God IS an alien! An electronics loving alien!

somebody should ask him what's all the anal probes about in church then

--
98% of all statistics is useless !

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[Unknown]

"HERC777" <herc777@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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.... how about I fly trev up next month,

Yep. That and any drainpipe.

 

[Kath]

David Hardie wrote:

I think it is incumbant on the 'pro alien spacecraft' lobby to make
the
case rather than the 'anti alien spacecraft' lobby to make their case.

What's that saying... 'extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof?'

Plus you can rarely prove a negative, so it's up to the 'it exists' people
to prove it.


--
Katharine
The problem with paradigms is that shift happens.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

David Hardie wrote:

I think it is incumbant on the 'pro alien spacecraft' lobby to make the
case rather than the 'anti alien spacecraft' lobby to make their case.

Of course they exist! How else can you explain where usenet trolls
come from?

--
Former professional electron wrangler.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Ken Taylor]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:426509CA.5FDAEED6@earthlink.net...

David Hardie wrote:

I think it is incumbant on the 'pro alien spacecraft' lobby to make the
case rather than the 'anti alien spacecraft' lobby to make their case.


Of course they exist! How else can you explain where usenet trolls
come from?

--
Former professional electron wrangler.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Usenet Trolls don't have the collective IQ to fold a paper plane, let alone
build a spacecraft.

Ken

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Ken Taylor wrote:

Usenet Trolls don't have the collective IQ to fold a paper plane, let alone
build a spacecraft.

They are the results of a failed breeding experiments, silly! They
didn't have the heart to kill them and they were so ashamed of their
failure that they just left them behind. ;-)

--
Former professional electron wrangler.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[John]

"Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
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Quoth The Raven "Trevor Wilson"<trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> in
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"Chriz" <chrizizhere@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Once upon a time I Caught Kate decided to write:

A good topic for mythbusters might possibly be
the myth that mobile phones are dangerous at
petrol stations

They should do a UFO thing. lol

**They should do a religion thing.

nah, religion aint real, everyone knows that.

Reminds me of a SF story I once read where a christian missionary on an
alien world introduces the aliens to the Bible, only to have them attempt to
determine it's truth via experiment; crucifying the missionary to see if he
will rise again in 3 days.