Choate on Eco-Terrorism: # http://slashdot.org/science/01/07/01/1634213.shtml While searching for 'fire unsolved "melt concrete"', I came across: http://www.landrights.org/ALRA.oregonian.eco-terrorism.htm The robotic blimp idea reminded me of a TV report I saw where someone is occasionally setting fires around the country using some sort of chemicals that burn very, very hot. It burned holes through some concrete building tops. A real mystery, and they didn't know what the chemicals were. No "cause" was involved, just the love of fire. But I don't remember the channel, and I can't find a trace of it using google. If anyone has heard of this let me know. Sounds like good blimp payload for radomes. ;-) ---- Found a lot of weird stuff while searching. ---- The melting point of concrete varies between 1800-25000C. Arcstarter: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/6160/ Things to do with a 25000 Joule capacitor... Explode a hotdog using #24 copper wire and a large capacitor (pending) (did you know - a hotdog will dissipate 5 million watts at 20,000 volts???) http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/6160/jacko.html Melt a penny, WWW supported by NASA (USA military) http://wattwatchers.utep.edu/penny.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/06/13/speeder... # # Speeder Clocked At -- 712 MPH?! # Wednesday, June 13, 2001 # # KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A driver accused of going 712 # mph in a 56 zone says there must be some mistake that's nearly # the speed of sound. # # While he doesn't claim to be completely innocent, Lim Ang Hing # says his speedometer on his sedan goes only up to 161, The Star # newspaper reported Tuesday. # # In February, a taxi driver received a speeding ticket for # allegedly driving at 696 mph. Police said the problem is # probably a technical glitch. Barbicide: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1609480292 The Unix Haters Handbook http://catalog.com/hopkins/unix-haters/login.html There is this on the Department of Defense adopting StarOffice... http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2779806,00.html