Re: Bombs & bomb threats in LA
At 9:33 AM 8/2/96, Conrad Walton wrote:
i'm not exactly sure what an acid bomb is, but according to my book, The Anarchist Cookbook, that I bought in 1972 (was the internet around back then?), there is a compound called "picric acid" that is "more powerful than TNT, but has some disadvantages".
The ARPANET (or ARPANet, or Arpanet...) was around then. (I had an account on it, circa 1973...not very useful for me.) I also got my copy of "The Anarchist Cookbook" back around then. It was in the news locally when the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office attempted to have it removed from the local bookstores....this removed it all right, as the stacks of copies sold out as quickly as they could be received and unpacked. (As others have noted over the years, much of the advice is probably bogus and even dangerous. Not being an explosives dabbler, I wouldn't know.) If Feinswine gets her ban on bomb-making information passed, and this is upheld by the courts (doubtful), the sites will be swamped with information queries, and fooling around with bombs will become more popular amongst the teenage set that has not expressed much interest in such things the past couple of decades. The more things change, the more they remain the same. --Tim May, an I-bomb-throwing crypto anarchist Buy a section of metal water pipe 1/2 by 6 inches long, threaded on both ends. Buy two metal caps to fit. These are standard items in hardware stores. Drill a 1/16th hole in the center of the pipe. This is easy with a good drill bit. Hanson is a good brand to use. Screw a metal cap tightly on one end. Fill the pipe to within 1/2 inch of the top with black powder. Do not pack the powder. Don't even tap the bottom of the pipe to make it settle. You want the powder loose. For maximum explosive effect, you need dry, fine powder sitting loose in a very rigid container.
Didn't (left-radical) Abbie Hoffman's anarchy bible _Steal This Book_ have some bombmaking instructions also? I don't recall civilization falling in 1968 or thereabouts when STB was published. bd On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
At 9:33 AM 8/2/96, Conrad Walton wrote:
i'm not exactly sure what an acid bomb is, but according to my book, The Anarchist Cookbook, that I bought in 1972 (was the internet around back then?), there is a compound called "picric acid" that is "more powerful than TNT, but has some disadvantages".
The ARPANET (or ARPANet, or Arpanet...) was around then. (I had an account on it, circa 1973...not very useful for me.)
I also got my copy of "The Anarchist Cookbook" back around then. It was in the news locally when the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office attempted to have it removed from the local bookstores....this removed it all right, as the stacks of copies sold out as quickly as they could be received and unpacked.
(As others have noted over the years, much of the advice is probably bogus and even dangerous. Not being an explosives dabbler, I wouldn't know.)
If Feinswine gets her ban on bomb-making information passed, and this is upheld by the courts (doubtful), the sites will be swamped with information queries, and fooling around with bombs will become more popular amongst the teenage set that has not expressed much interest in such things the past couple of decades.
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
--Tim May, an I-bomb-throwing crypto anarchist
Buy a section of metal water pipe 1/2 by 6 inches long, threaded on both ends. Buy two metal caps to fit. These are standard items in hardware stores. Drill a 1/16th hole in the center of the pipe. This is easy with a good drill bit. Hanson is a good brand to use. Screw a metal cap tightly on one end. Fill the pipe to within 1/2 inch of the top with black powder. Do not pack the powder. Don't even tap the bottom of the pipe to make it settle. You want the powder loose. For maximum explosive effect, you need dry, fine powder sitting loose in a very rigid container.
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