Smoke bombs that explode on contact --- contest
i have decided to make a contest to see who can truly make a smoke bomb that will explode on contact with the ground no madder what part of it hits the ground. it will be graded on
- ingenuity
- ease to make
- artistic beauty (yes it does count [just not as much])
- best instructions
- safest (this grading spec will only be used if there is a tie for first place)
- creativity
and finally
- how destructive it is
you have until the end of August to turn in instructables to the destructables group
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Jul 15, 2010. 1:33 PMVladmirthe3rd
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PS: Peeled Estes Booster painted or dipped with a bit sensitive NaClO3 and red P touch explosive you can water down with floury shit and fine sand also I think. And You can also make a magic wand of LOOSE COARSE Black powder and just pull a string. Or you can make hollow clay balls with big holes and bake at pottery club. Put a NaNO3 blackpowder for best smoke you can breathe of course and a touch explosive on a outside of inside, plug with epoxy. Throw or sling the big ones, slingshot the small ones. Why not fill the whole thing up with a giant prill of NaClO3 + red P? You go deaf I promise. We can schendt a retard into schpace! He will make a fearlessch Kosmonaut! Or for best results fill 20 liter STEEL drum intended for the hydrocarbon liquids up with LOOSE 3:2 by WEIGHT KNO3 Sugar and make sure it has a nice tight lid. You can dump it off the back of a truck! Carry it in a pram! Take it to your fathers wedding! Ride it to the zoo! And remember, the better the nice small hole (2cm) with excellent seal on lid, the better the smoke! With good seal 1/2 Rugby League Field they measure smoke in AUS.
Jun 18, 2010. 11:32 PMhtex
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i have read this whole conversation not b.cus of boredom but due to the fact of how intresting it was/is y dont ya' just agree to disagree? i belive that we all have diffrent point of views and all of this can change by experiance and such u ppl are very intelectual indivdiuals but y argue of how one choses to teach or how some1 has learn or the way some1 chose to live their lives? live and let live we can influence n teach but not every1 is willing to learn you can't fill a cup thats already full we should b happy wit wat we know n try to progress n be glad that there is still ppl that have the same concepted in mind great philosophy(depending on point of view, at least that's how i see it) even if it's from slightly diffrent views im still young in the concept of life and i understand i dont understand all but i'm willing to learn from everything and every1 peace :]
Jan 1, 2008. 12:31 AMSoraki
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awwww... you guys are soooo cute trying to figure this out. It reminds me of a photo I once saw of a middle eastern child wielding an AK-47... the knowledge and the intention are present, but the situation is utterly futile. I'm actually a shinobi (ninja soldier) -That is my rank. We don't fight much anymore, unless it's for practice. We DO however, lots of stealth training. I am accredited to teach not only hand to hand and weapons based techniques but I also teach pyrotechnics and illusion arts to our more advanced recruits. I have the knowledge and experience of making simple, safe, effective and cheap percussive S.E.Ds (smoke emitting devices). BUT... I have read other articles written by "master-of-chaos" and deem this individual unsuitable to receive this information. Other individuals who seek my knowledge are permitted to send an email explaining their cause for requiring such information and we may be swayed into revealing SOME secrets to appropriate persons.
i would like to know how to make S.E.D.s to lose enemys following me so they would find out my true identity
Jan 4, 2008. 5:27 AMSoccer91
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You are a wise man, Soraki, and I would like to acquire your knowledge of the S.E.Ds, I intend to use the smoke "bombs" for good, and I have no bad intentions. I hope to one day become a savior of the world and in order to do so I need the knowledge that you poses.
Jan 8, 2008. 2:19 AMSoraki
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There is no "good". There is no "saviour". You must lose your vision to see clearly. I'm positive that at least one moron on this site, one who's ego is built on a foundation of insecurity, will make an attempt to ridicule this koan in an attempt to disguise the fact that he or she simply doesn't understand. But that's ok...
Jan 8, 2008. 4:31 PMmaster-of-chaos (author)
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i truly don't know why but you (not even what you know, i could care less at this point) interest me. I usually hate egotistical people (no offense meant at all, I'm one to I hate that I am but I am) but you just interest me. I don't know if its your articulation or something but the way you think seams interesting.
- I studied psychology for about six months so this is less strange than it sounds.
Jan 8, 2008. 7:57 AMSoccer91
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How can you say there is no "good" This world is built upon the concept that there are three basic "sides" Depending on the actions taken and the general publics view on what is right and what is wrong. So according to this the three sides are neutral, good, or bad. Depending on how the person views those actions, it directly results on whether that action is right or wrong. I would have to agree with you. I am a moron in the sense that i do not know much about this revolving ball we call earth. I do not think however that you are all knowing and omnipitent.
Jan 8, 2008. 11:41 PMSoraki
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I do not profess to know all things. All I know is what I learn through experience. You answered your own question in your statement. "Depending on... general publics view". Everything is neutral until one's perspective taints it with a label... if you let it. "Black and white are merely shades of grey" - Hatsumi Masaaki. By the way- the fact that you understand that you don't know much means you understand more than most.
All I know is what I learn through experience.
Then I suggest you do not go out gathering wild mushrooms.
"Black and white are merely shades of grey"
To be accurate, black is not a shade nor is white. Black is the absence of light and white is the combination of the spectrum of light.
Then I suggest you do not go out gathering wild mushrooms.
"Black and white are merely shades of grey"
To be accurate, black is not a shade nor is white. Black is the absence of light and white is the combination of the spectrum of light.
Jan 9, 2008. 2:35 AMSoraki
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Symantics. The point of the post is obviously beyond your grasp. Just aside- one can experience is not solely a physical sensation. If you see that someone has broken their leg from a fall, you too have gained that experience.
If one can not communicate by words in a concise manner, a forum where only words can communicate is not for you. :-)
And no, not just symantics, a base is not a shade. It is the gradation that is the shade, thus Grey is a gradation (shade) of both white and black. Failure to note this brings a skewed view of the universe, physically and spiritually.
If you see that someone has broken their leg from a fall, you too have gained that experience.
Only if you truely know what a broken bone feels like; otherwise, such experience is limited and inadequate. You would have no idea of the pain involved.
Do not blind your eyes to the whole spectrum of the world for one narrow view. The world is a rainbow, not a plattitude. Shalom haver.
And no, not just symantics, a base is not a shade. It is the gradation that is the shade, thus Grey is a gradation (shade) of both white and black. Failure to note this brings a skewed view of the universe, physically and spiritually.
If you see that someone has broken their leg from a fall, you too have gained that experience.
Only if you truely know what a broken bone feels like; otherwise, such experience is limited and inadequate. You would have no idea of the pain involved.
Do not blind your eyes to the whole spectrum of the world for one narrow view. The world is a rainbow, not a plattitude. Shalom haver.
Jan 20, 2008. 8:44 PMSoraki
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Do you hold prejudice to those who seek to expand their abilities? I know that my english is not perfect, but then again, it's not my first language. Would you like to continue this discussion in Japanese? Then perhaps I could jest at your grammer and make myself feel like I'm of great superiority. Another point, you're saying that grey is a gradation of black and white, to put things back into their original context, you've validated the quote by masaaki hatsumi; the same quote you were trying to impote by throwing symantics about. Another point, you don't have to know what a broken bone feels like to have the experience that falling from that place or that height will most likely or can cause a broken bone. You don't need to know about the pain to have gained experience from that situation. As for your closing remark, in my opinion, the narrow view is your own... now, I'm open to opposition on that.
Jan 9, 2008. 12:04 PMSoccer91
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Ha, you two are great. Soraki: A laid back, wise visionary! Goodhart: A literal, fastidious, and witty man! I like viewing your statements and then reading the others rebuttal to that statement. It not only gives me a pofuse understanding in matters previously unknown to me. It reminds me alot of Lewis Carols book Alice in Wonderland. Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to Alice: I don't much care where. The Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go. Alice: …so long as I get somewhere. The Cat: Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough. Whether you know or don't know what your doing or where your going, you will eventually get there.
Whether you know or don't know what your doing or where your going, you will eventually get there.
Not exactly, more precisely:
Whether you know or don't know what your doing or where your going, you will eventually get Somewhere.
Not exactly, more precisely:
Whether you know or don't know what your doing or where your going, you will eventually get Somewhere.
Not so literal, if you read over what I wrote with an eye for the philosophical understanding communicated; for instance: Do not blind your eyes to the whole spectrum of the world for one narrow view. The world is a rainbow, not a platitude.
Shalom za'din
Shalom za'din
Jan 9, 2008. 6:40 PMSoccer91
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Why, you are absolutely correct, I am deeply sry for looking past that statement, I will make things right then. Goodhart: A fastidious, witty, and insightfull man. So I have a question for you then, if you don't mind me asking. What is your take on religion? For that matter i would also like Sokari's input as well. Myself I am a God fearing man, but at the same time I wonder if this all is just a hoax created by the government to control people. It is a great way to make people "behave" and act right according to the teachings of one's own religion. It also unites people as well. So even if god doesn't exist (I "know" he does) it still is nice to have a common goal, or cause to try to obtain.
I would hardly call myself capricious but I accept that no one will have the same opinion of me as anyone else. Religion ? As an organized, money begging, "opium of the people"; or religion as a "way of life", philosophical determination, direction, learning process? If the latter, I have respect for it, if the former description, then no respect at all. I stand in between a number of worlds myself. I am Christian, but unlike the average Christian, I don't hold fast to Babylonian, and Greek myths. Much like faithful Judaism, I have no need to prove God. These statements are literally pregnant with meaning impossible to understand without a lot of explanation, but unlike the other; I am willing to share whatever knowledge one wants to learn. And if they don't wish to know, that is fine, I am not about to shove it in anyone's face. Shalom.
Jan 20, 2008. 8:25 PMSoraki
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There IS something we can agree upon. There is what religion has become and as what it was intended. My ideas on this subject could be considered animist blended with giain. I do not beleive in god as an entity but rather as a collective mass of every universal energy... it has no thoughts, no will, no ambition. I have been revived from medical death- just over 12 months ago and I retain memories from that experience. I think that fearing god or the afterlife or lack of life is not a constructive use of energy.
One of the books I have on the subject speaks thusly:
There are no ceremonies, no teachings: the prize of Zen is essentially personal. Enlightenment in Zen does not mean a change in behavior, but realization of the nature of ordinary life. The end point is the beginning, and the great virtue is simplicity. The secret teaching of the Itto Ryu school of Kendo, Kiriotoshi, is the first technique of some hundred or so. The teaching is "Ai Uchi", meaning to cut the opponent just as he cuts you. This is the ultimate training... it is lack of anger. It means to treat your enemy as an honored guest. It also means to abandon your life or throw away fear.
There are no ceremonies, no teachings: the prize of Zen is essentially personal. Enlightenment in Zen does not mean a change in behavior, but realization of the nature of ordinary life. The end point is the beginning, and the great virtue is simplicity. The secret teaching of the Itto Ryu school of Kendo, Kiriotoshi, is the first technique of some hundred or so. The teaching is "Ai Uchi", meaning to cut the opponent just as he cuts you. This is the ultimate training... it is lack of anger. It means to treat your enemy as an honored guest. It also means to abandon your life or throw away fear.
Jan 26, 2008. 9:38 PMSoraki
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You've sort of described the idea 'in translation'. The direct and literal translation of the concept is "cut the flesh to cut the bone". In other words, if you must, allow yourself to take a wound in order to deliver a killing blow. Zen is another thing altogether. Once it is described, it ceases to be. The end is where it ends. The beginning is something else; but one and the same. Change is inevitable but in what form it comes is is often called zen... the state of not knowing... the absence of thought. The lack of anger is one such example of attaining zen. To attain a piece of zen for yourself, that is both small and large, then ask yourself, which stone is also a lake?...
Are you familiar with the book: A Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) Written by Miyamoto Musashi ? That is where I quoted from in case you did not recognize it.
Feb 11, 2008. 2:33 AMSoraki
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Yes, I have the 5 rings. I'll check my copy, are you certain that's the author? I find many of the books I have (some both japanese and english copies) lose alot of meaning when they are interperated into english. The power of some insights are lost when the ambiguity of the phrase is taken away. It leaves you with an interperetation of the meaning rather than an interperetation of the words. For comparison, try to find yourself an english copy of 'Bansenshukai' I forget the author's name at this moment. The translation is good and allows the phrases to retain their original impact.
Jan 9, 2008. 1:29 PMSoccer91
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By the way, i do alot of physical training and i was wondering if Sokari has any work outs that i could use.
Jan 9, 2008. 7:34 PMmaster-of-chaos (author)
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i know some very very intense ones, from parkour and such but you have to have good balance for my favorite, handstand stairs
Jan 20, 2008. 9:03 PMSoraki
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Some great basic excercises. First step is to learn correct shinkendo posture. It will most likely be available online. Then take a heavy steel pole (if you can do a figure 8 without alot of effort, then it's too light) and perform basic downward strikes as if weilding a katana. Say 100 strikes for beginner... you make the judgement on that. Repeat with left and right strikes. Next perform similar motions except strike as if weilding a shinobi-to (stabbing motion). All while performing basic forward and backward foot work. Another one... Get on your hands and feet, your behind up in the air. Walk your arms out- keeping your feet stationary. as your "palm walk" forward, you look forward a lift your head. Next step is to have your feet follow while keeping your hands stationary. this time as you walk forward you let your head drop to look at the floor. Repeat until you fall down. This one is a great workout... push-ups... lots and lots of them. when you start- set out to push up for the rest of your life non stop, no meals, no sleep... of course you will stop at some point but this mindset will give the most benefit.
Jan 29, 2008. 5:18 AMSoccer91
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Much obliged. Not only do those exercises work, but they are fun. Well the first one is, the second one is insane, but works! Do you have any more that I could use? P.S. have you ever been to Italy?
Feb 11, 2008. 2:40 AMSoraki
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I've never been to italy although I will be there for a couple of days in june. More exercises? Lay on your back, legs straight, heels touching, with your left hand grabbing your right shoulder and your right hand grabbing your left shoulder, so arms crossed, keep your lower back pushed against the ground and lift your feet about 3 inches off the ground and hold that position. wait for a while and you'll feel the muscles that it's working.
Feb 12, 2008. 5:54 AMSoccer91
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O, I was just wondering. That is where I live. Although that is a good exercise I do it almost every day for track prac. It is a nice ab work out but I have done it so much it rarely does anything for me anymore. so I have to try new ab work outs. . . What part are you going to? I live in Florence on Via Giuseppe Dolfi street. Its not to bad of a neiborhood, but its not the best neither.
Feb 14, 2008. 5:19 PMmaster-of-chaos (author)
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You hang from any bar that is raised of the ground and do sit ups.
Feb 22, 2008. 8:38 PMSoraki
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I'll thump that idea with my stamp of approval! If dish holds are not burning anymore then hanging sit ups are a great 'next level'.
Jan 9, 2008. 2:54 AMSoraki
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Poisoned indeed. I'm sure you've got an intelligent input, and the ability to articulate your perception; so why then would you post partisan comments in a manner resemblent of that of a 9 year old's? Could the cause of your failing to contribute productivley be rooted in that same fear that has caused you to judge me without being informed?
Jan 9, 2008. 5:46 PMmaster-of-chaos (author)
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without a face to face conversation people feel free to let there inner ego run it all, due to the fact that type cannot mimic the nuances of real speech and true emotion people must take what they say to an extreme to be absolutely sure that a simple point can be conveyed
Jan 9, 2008. 7:08 PMPoisonedV
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I see you took a philosophy course at your local community college
Jan 1, 2008. 11:11 AMmaster-of-chaos (author)
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ah i see you have training in Kayakujutsu Shinobi-iri and probably Taijutsu and (most likely for the higher level ninjas Kenjutsu or BÅjutsu) needles to say i an rather interested in these things and also why i cant know things
Only one full of words without knowledge, will claim they will not share that knowledge. One can not share what one does not have.
Jan 20, 2008. 10:26 PMmaster-of-chaos (author)
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True, very true but some of my previous posts can be seen as immature, so i don't blame him for that but what i do blame him for is feeling he had the right to judge a persons character from an internet post.
Indeed. The very act of "disconnected" and uninformed judgment is worse then the already skewed inability to judge when up close and personal (this applies to every one of us). One can not, even if they do "walk in your moccasins for a mile", judge what another will do nor where another will go with any information given to another. If he hasn't the inner strength and self confidence to teach in a manner that will guide towards proper use of the information, he is either no teacher, or maybe as asserted before, he doesn't know what he claims to. A mind that claims to be superior, is already inferior.
Jan 26, 2008. 10:13 PMSoraki
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If only we lived in a perfect world where your ideologies might exist as reality. If you cannot make a judgement on a situation then you stand like a deer in the headlights. It's called assertion- I assert my right to choose onto whome I pass my knowledge. I'm not here to tell everyone but I'm here to tell someone... should they meet my criteria. You speak of not passing judgement on others and yet you've passed judgement that I'm not fit to judge you. Even your quote "A mind that claims superiority..." reeks of hypocracy.
Ideologies are goals, not situations. One strives to improve, move forward, DANCE ! or else we are dying, as even a plant dies if it has no growth.
You speak of not passing judgment on others and yet you've passed judgment that I'm not fit to judge you.
That was not my judgment, it was yours, think about it. :-) And BTW, I would be the last to claim to be superior, levels of life are not above or below others, they are simply different. Shalom havar.
You speak of not passing judgment on others and yet you've passed judgment that I'm not fit to judge you.
That was not my judgment, it was yours, think about it. :-) And BTW, I would be the last to claim to be superior, levels of life are not above or below others, they are simply different. Shalom havar.
Feb 11, 2008. 3:02 AMSoraki
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It is your belief that one cannot judge another accurately or fairly. "One can not, even if they do "walk in your moccasins for a mile", judge what another will do nor where another will go with any information given to another". No matter how unfair it is, the fact remains that one can be judged accurately based on both information given and information retained. Shalom is a great concept, but again, it has not strolled out of peoples minds and into the streets... as with many many other ideaologies. I agree, we should strive to better ourselves... I guess we've come to the point where we conclude that yours and my ideas of improvement vary greatly.
No matter how unfair it is, the fact remains that one can be judged accurately based on both information given and information retained.
Is both illogical and self-contradictory. If it is unfair, it is inaccurate and useless.
I agree, we should strive to better ourselves... I guess we've come to the point where we conclude that yours and my ideas of improvement vary greatly.
Indeed. I believe in growth, learning, improvement, but not just of myself, of all around me that I can effect, thus making things even better for myself in end also.
I have learned a lot of thing in the past 50+ years that I have been cognizant, and one of them is that total rejection anything outright only encourages stagnation .
PS: Shalom havar = wishes peace to a havar or friend.
Is both illogical and self-contradictory. If it is unfair, it is inaccurate and useless.
I agree, we should strive to better ourselves... I guess we've come to the point where we conclude that yours and my ideas of improvement vary greatly.
Indeed. I believe in growth, learning, improvement, but not just of myself, of all around me that I can effect, thus making things even better for myself in end also.
I have learned a lot of thing in the past 50+ years that I have been cognizant, and one of them is that total rejection anything outright only encourages stagnation .
PS: Shalom havar = wishes peace to a havar or friend.
Apr 26, 2008. 9:28 AMbushwhacker!
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Hey! Cool! I speak Hebrew too! Mah Shlomcha/shlomech? Aifo Ottah/Ott Gar/Garra?
I have been studying a little "Biblical Hebrew" but am not up to "conversational level" yet :-) I have suffered from the shrinking and blurring of the small text in my teaching manual (eyesight going), so it has been difficult lately.
Mah Shlomcha/shlomech?
BTW: I am well, or as well as I can be :-) Ma nishma?
Mah Shlomcha
BTW: I am well, or as well as I can be :-) Ma nishma?
Apr 27, 2008. 8:48 AMbushwhacker!
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Not a whole lot. Just chillin for the past couple days. You know? Aipho attah gar?
I don't recognize that phrase right off, but if you are asking where I am (from) it is Pennsylvania (USA)
Feb 22, 2008. 8:53 PMSoraki
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I disagree. The fact that something is not fair to you makes it overtly fair for someone else. The animals we eat as a general population are not treated fairly but the meat we gain is often of great value to us. It's one-sided, it's not fair, but it's not useless either. Additionally, being over 50, doesn't mean anything other than the fact that you've lived for 50 or more years. Age is not a measure of insight. I agree however that total rejection only encourages stagnation. I have military friends who speak the vast majority of the time in hebrew, so I get what you mean. I just happen to think the concept is, in the current climate, a waste of energy.
The animals we eat as a general population are not treated fairly but the meat
we gain is often of great value to us. It's one-sided, it's not fair, but it's not useless either.
So, what we gain from the eating of meat; i.e. heart, and other vital organ problems, cholesterol problems, and etc. are a benefit of some kind. . .
Additionally, being over 50, doesn't mean anything
Actually, I didn't say it did, I made specific reference to the "experience" of 50 years, not just the length of time. I have had some opportunity to see some really strange creatures in Australia, and let me tell you, Humans still beat them all for total weirdness.
I just happen to think the concept is, in the current climate, a waste of energy.
There is a real difference then between us: I don't see anything as a waste of any kind unless we do not learn from it; thus allowing it to be a waste.
we gain is often of great value to us. It's one-sided, it's not fair, but it's not useless either.
So, what we gain from the eating of meat; i.e. heart, and other vital organ problems, cholesterol problems, and etc. are a benefit of some kind. . .
Additionally, being over 50, doesn't mean anything
Actually, I didn't say it did, I made specific reference to the "experience" of 50 years, not just the length of time. I have had some opportunity to see some really strange creatures in Australia, and let me tell you, Humans still beat them all for total weirdness.
I just happen to think the concept is, in the current climate, a waste of energy.
There is a real difference then between us: I don't see anything as a waste of any kind unless we do not learn from it; thus allowing it to be a waste.
Feb 23, 2008. 8:21 PMSoraki
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First point- The protein and fat we gain from animals is of great benefit. Man's gluttony will account for the heart disease and disorders caused to other organs. I take it you don't know alot about nutrition. Second point- My comments on age vs maturity are aimed exactly at your point of experience. Your veiw is narrow eventhough you are physically beginning to slowly rot away... I have lived in australia for some time and my take on the wildlife is that they are extremely well adapted- not weird... as with people. Third point- what do you learn from the act of breathing, just inhaling and exhaling... your body does it without concious thought. The act itself doesnt teach you unless it doesnt occur... is that a waste? I suspect you are making points against my points for the sake of making words appear under your pseudo identity... to what end I am unsure... maybe it's to prevent yourself from disappearing from the face of the planet altogether.
First point- The protein and fat we gain from animals is of great benefit.
yes, many of them are known carcinogens.
Second point- ... Your veiw is narrow
*chuckle* May I congratulate you on being the very first person to ever say THAT to me LOL Most tell me I tend to be overly open minded, open to sharing, open to giving before receiving..... *shrug* but, it is your view point after all. . .
I have lived in Australia for some time and my take on the wildlife is that they are extremely well adapted- not weird... as with people.
No offense intended mate, weird is what they are to one whom has never experienced them up close and personal-like. That is just a different point of reference. Many of them are quite 'cute' too ;-) Weird doesn't have a negative connotation with me: weird is simply out of the ordinary.
Third point- what do you learn from the act of breathing, just inhaling and exhaling... your body does it without concious thought. The act itself doesnt teach you unless it doesnt occur... is that a waste?
??? But, that was what I was saying though, that nothing is wasted. I quoted your statement about "waste" and then said my opinion was that nothing is wasted, especially if we learn from it. *shrug*
I suspect you are making points against my points for the sake of making words appear under your pseudo identity...
No. I was, at first, intrigued thinking I could get into a conversation about a few things. I am sorry to have bothered you...
yes, many of them are known carcinogens.
Second point- ... Your veiw is narrow
*chuckle* May I congratulate you on being the very first person to ever say THAT to me LOL Most tell me I tend to be overly open minded, open to sharing, open to giving before receiving..... *shrug* but, it is your view point after all. . .
I have lived in Australia for some time and my take on the wildlife is that they are extremely well adapted- not weird... as with people.
No offense intended mate, weird is what they are to one whom has never experienced them up close and personal-like. That is just a different point of reference. Many of them are quite 'cute' too ;-) Weird doesn't have a negative connotation with me: weird is simply out of the ordinary.
Third point- what do you learn from the act of breathing, just inhaling and exhaling... your body does it without concious thought. The act itself doesnt teach you unless it doesnt occur... is that a waste?
??? But, that was what I was saying though, that nothing is wasted. I quoted your statement about "waste" and then said my opinion was that nothing is wasted, especially if we learn from it. *shrug*
I suspect you are making points against my points for the sake of making words appear under your pseudo identity...
No. I was, at first, intrigued thinking I could get into a conversation about a few things. I am sorry to have bothered you...
Mar 30, 2008. 12:21 AMSoraki
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I think you acheived what you set out to acheive then, if you're being honest with the board and yourself. The conversation has been lengthy and passionate at times. What more could you ask for? I obviously don't agree with some of the things you say and I question your motives for saying them... it doesn't mean you've bothered me or that I hold any hostility toward you... infact I appreciate your resolve. I still think you are at many times hypocritical, but that is definitely 'no skin of my nose'. Shame on me... another cliche...
hypocrisy comes in many forms with many faces: sometimes in the dark of night, but sometimes in the light of day also. As Andre Gide once said: "The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity."
Apr 13, 2008. 2:14 AMSoraki
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I wouldn't have thought that analysis totally correct. I understand the connection but I think the hammer has only just skimmed the head of the nail. In my option, that is a description of an emotionally crippled mind, not so much a hypocrite. I get the point though.
Not that I was pointing fingers, understand. I quoted that more as warning for both others and as a reminder for myself. I nearly always include myself in statements like that, as I am just as human as anyone else (from what I can determine anyways LOL).
Jan 21, 2008. 9:43 AMmaster-of-chaos (author)
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Extremely true. By the way, please do not take offense to this, do you happen to be a bus driver, just because the way you speak and the amount of information you have retained in your years reminds be absolutely of someone who i used to know. He was a bus driver at my high school, but he had done many dozens of jobs in the past so he had a large amount of information in every field except contemporary electronic, such as microprocessing computers. I know it may be a stretch to ask if you are him but we became good friends and had many long enjoyable discussions on a variety different subjects and i just needed to know.
:-) No offense taken, and no, that is one job I have not held, although I did drive a small truck with a 20 ft bed for a tire company for a year. Worked my way from College cafeteria dish washer, through food prep, a smoke house / slaughter house, with chickens, paints and solvent recovery, data entry, computer operator, systems operator; to name a few. If I am not eating, sleeping or working (or the occasional chess game), I am generally reading. I do need to get out more though, get a little exercise so I don't become as wide as I am tall ;-) It is already too much of a struggle to reach my feet to put on socks :-)
Jan 21, 2008. 12:15 PMmaster-of-chaos (author)
says:
ah sound much like my days, except i also have a group of people who i have discussions, that incidentally are allot like this thread, with every day. A mechanic, a meditater, a hacker of sorts, a chemist, a factofileophiliack (someone who does to random facts what dragons do to gold, hoard it), and a literature expert our ranks are rather diverse.
Yeah, I am pretty isolated because of my wife's condition and her not wanting me to be far from home for any length of time.
I am still going to try to arrange to get some "me" time somehow though. Whether I have to go to HOPE, or to one of the local MakeFaires (when they are "local", which normally still means a bit of a drive)
Jan 9, 2008. 1:59 AMSoraki
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To paraphrase, I said I would share the knowledge I have with those I deem suitable. This is my perogative. I am not here to debate whether or not I know what I know... Some people are misguided, they beleive that throwing their scepticism around makes them appear intellegent. Upfront scepticism, without making an effort to be informed is a manifestation of fear. Fear that stems from insecurity. I hope one day you can understand that we are not competitors.
Fear that stems from insecurity. I hope one day you can understand that we are not competitors.
Fear appears to be the reasoning behind the reasoning not to share what is supposedly known. The kind of hackers creed would be to share with all, but warn to use the info for the common good.
It is each "instructer's" obligation to share and not retain. Those that do not share are merely retainers (sometimes mere containers).
Fear appears to be the reasoning behind the reasoning not to share what is supposedly known. The kind of hackers creed would be to share with all, but warn to use the info for the common good.
It is each "instructer's" obligation to share and not retain. Those that do not share are merely retainers (sometimes mere containers).
Feb 22, 2008. 8:57 PMSoraki
says:
Retention is not always the wrong action... perhaps in philosophy that is not a neat statement, but reality is a different kettle of fish.
As you wish: you appear to feel we must all return to the Dark Ages where general demographic decline, limited building activity and material cultural achievements in general (for example, as shown in the impoverishment of technologies, such as pottery). were absent. Why is it that many (for instance) mechanism secrets are not commonly shared? It is either because one fears not being recognized for his "originality" or that he/she is afraid the other will duplicate his efforts and become his Equal, OR it is because the person has no knowledge of the subject in the first place.
Feb 23, 2008. 7:54 PMSoraki
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There are deeper complexities involved than those you have raised. One being a sense of responsibility that ties me to everything I teach. I have a duty to be certain that to whome I teach certain techniques are suitable. They MUST fit either my criteria of the criteria provided to me by my superiors. If I teach you to remove a head, and you remove the head of someone undeserving, I am held accountable, legally and morally. You seem to be a 'jack of all trades, and master of none'. You have the ability to stratch the surface of truth but lack the ability or courage to dive further in.
can anyone say ..... "tool box" oh ya....well I know how to time travel, but I'm not telling you either I'm also saquatch
P.S. this is Instructables..... not I, can do it but you can't - ibles
Feb 22, 2008. 8:59 PMSoraki
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It would be nice if you could contribute with some sense of maturity.
It would be nice if you could contribute with some sense of maturity.
It would be nice it you could contribute....
It would be nice it you could contribute....
Feb 23, 2008. 7:37 PMSoraki
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You don't think the discussions we've shared in this board are contributions? It was you who said the total rejection of anything only encourages stagnation... you reject in totality the concepts I've put forward in some strange kind of obsessive attempt to either make yourself feel superior of coax the information out that I am not willing to provide you. I think due to your drive to know everything you can, it bothers you greatly that I am sharing guarded information with others who I deem more suitable to receive it than your good self.
May 7, 2009. 8:04 PMnutsandbolts_64
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I only have one idea : ping pong balls strike anywhere matches flour Al. foil grind up the ping pong balls into powder mix w/ flour cover in thin sheet of Al. foil stick match in ( head sticking out ) To use : light match then throw theory is : on impact the foil tears up and releases the flour which is then ignited to heat up the celluloid ( ping pong balls ) then produce smoke I think when the flour ignites its gonna' flare thats why the celluloid is powdered for ease if ignition or at least to be heated up quickly .
1 Part potassium nitrate (Salt peter) 7 Parts caster sugar. In a frypan, fry the potassium and sugar mix until it caramelises, pour into a container and add some match heads to the top of the container and freeze. Simply light the match heads and throw – I did this about ten years back in a 1L ice cream container half full. The fire brigade rocked up!
May 9, 2009. 4:08 PMmaster-of-chaos (author)
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Dear god man, I fancied this thread... well... dead. Cool idea though.
May 11, 2009. 4:36 AMnutsandbolts_64
says:
'ow 'bout the stuff they use in cap guns, should do good enough to set of a flame to activate the smoke bomb, celluloid mixed w/ match powder :D
May 11, 2009. 4:20 AMnutsandbolts_64
says:
anyways what year august? 2009?2008?2010? What ???
Oct 21, 2008. 12:52 PMstarwing123
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The tick is to make it stable enough to carry, but unstable enough to produce smoke on impact.
Dec 29, 2008. 1:50 PMmr.space
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I have 2 ideas :)... (run into the safety room) nitrogen triodide, slowed down with some chemical that's the reverse of a catalyst, giving a long enough steady burn to safely ignite the smoke mixture. such as fire retardent. the resulting mixture might be stable enough for carrying another is to get a small hollow ball, a medium hollow ball and maybe a large hollow ball. the small hollow ball encases the nitrogen triodide mixed with black powder, and a fuse(quick match) the medium ball encases cornflour/ water for its ability to be liquid/solid and the small ball with waterproof tubing to encase the fuse the large ball will encase the 2 balls and the fuse with a black match wrapped around it to ignite the smoke mixture witch is also encased within the large ball .... i know it seems like a lot of work, but it'd be as much a show of your makes-manship as it is cool :) give all credits to mr.space
Oct 27, 2008. 2:42 PMPKTraceur
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Goodhart and Soraki, i have learned what i should in half of a lifetime, within 1 internet page. You guys are amazing. I beleive anyone else who has read that whole "Constructive Argument" must agree, you are both teachers, teaching Literalism, Thought, Knowledge of Idealism, Energy in the Philosophical sense, Philosophy, and an unnumerable amount of other subjects, In reality and Metaphorically. UNTOLD amounts of information, and just your thoughts are worth a thousand Nobel prizes! “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” --Maya Angelou
Jan 10, 2008. 9:28 AMChojiro
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Hello there. Wandering if someone here could tell me what sort of noises smoke bombs make. The sort that ninjas use. It would help if you used sound words like hiss, meow etc.
Sep 24, 2008. 4:47 PMTombini
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A rushing of air sound basically, depends on how stoichometric you composition is...
Jan 20, 2008. 9:29 PMSoraki
says:
Some of them crack like a whip. Some of them "fwoof" like a flare. Some of them hiss. I've only ever heard of one that "meows", it was thrown at a cat.
Sep 18, 2007. 11:13 PMtitsmagee
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how about tri-iodide. Its a contact explosive that you can look up on google. E-mail me at kid4ever7@gmail.com...look it up
Sep 19, 2007. 10:14 AMmaster-of-chaos (author)
says:
it would go off in you hand because it is to sensitive and also we went through this here i had the same idea
If you make ammonium tri-iodide paste, it is nice and stable. You paint it somewhere where it will have time to dry before it is disturbed, then when it is disturbed, you get a nice crack, a puff of smoke and a big purple stain.
Hmm, I am trying to find out if this is the same stuff I had experience with in a mid-school chem class. The thing I remember is though, that the crystals were so unstable that even a certain amount of warmth would set them off (a few discreatly placed crystals around a room could make a teacher a little upset). Is this the same thing or do I have something else in mind? If I could remember the book I got it out of I might be able to say for sure. *sigh*
Nov 25, 2009. 8:41 PMEragonShadeslayer
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My chem teacher (the most amazing man in the world, nobody knows anything about his past, and he's the coolest guy around) makes this stuff for us depending on how he's feeling, one time he made a large batch, and we covered it up with a bunch of napkins, and one poor janitor woman came in and was cleaning up during his off period (new girl, everybody knows to not touch ANYTHING in Jones's class) and scraped it into her trashcan...she resigned shortly afterward. He called it Fly-Killer, due to when a fly lands on it, it blows up.
Jan 1, 2008. 11:20 AMmaster-of-chaos (author)
says:
thats nitrogen triiodide (as long as they were black to purple)
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