Post by thread:[OT] cell phone popcorn

> -----Original Message----- > From: spam_OUTpiclist-bouncesTakeThisOuTmit.edu On Behalf Of alan smith > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:55 AM > > Interesting...at first I thought it was harmonics of the > vibration, but its gotta be the RF energy... > > http://www.koreus.com/video/telephone-portable-mais-popcorn.html > It's a hoax, think about it. How long does it take a 1000 Watt microwave oven to pop corn? How long would it take at the 1 Watt output of a cell phone? http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1399627/cell_phone_popcorn_hoax_revealed/ gawker.com/tag/hoax/?i=395434&t=whos-trying-to-convince-everyone-that -cell-phones-pop-popcorn www.seriouseats.com/required_eating/2008/06/cellphone-popcorn-hoax-vi deos-revealed-as-a-viral-marketing-campaign-cardo-systems.html This is just a new variation on the cook an egg with a cell phone hoax. http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp Paul Hutch

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 alan smith wrote: > Interesting...at first I thought it was harmonics of the vibration, but its gotta be the RF energy... > > http://www.koreus.com/video/telephone-portable-mais-popcorn.html I'd like to see the underside of that table. It'd be easy to strap a microwave emitter below it and turn it on discretely. - -- Brendan Gillatt | GPG Key: 0xBF6A0D94 brendan {a} brendangillatt (dot) co (dot) uk http://www.brendangillatt.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFIcqiVuv4tpb9qDZQRAj0SAJ4nY2Lw60I6CKC7WNUedpBNwX/LTgCfZhXZ DLsyGdEQ1EVftwsg1HjMhig= =CyWr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Even easier, cheaper, safer, more reliable: Put a solenoid just below the table cloth. 'pop' the kernel high (onto sticky paper, or at an angle) and drop a pre-popped kernel onto the surface. Or use a rubberband below the surface. Or paint magnets and 'pop' them off with a solenoid for no surface movement. Or use a teflon tablecloth and simply heat the kernel. Heat the kernel with an infrared laser. -Adam On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Brendan Gillatt <.....brendanKILLspam@spam@brendangillatt.co.uk> wrote: {Quote hidden}> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > alan smith wrote: >> Interesting...at first I thought it was harmonics of the vibration, but its gotta be the RF energy... >> >> http://www.koreus.com/video/telephone-portable-mais-popcorn.html > > I'd like to see the underside of that table. It'd be easy to strap a > microwave emitter below it and turn it on discretely. > > - -- > Brendan Gillatt | GPG Key: 0xBF6A0D94 > brendan {a} brendangillatt (dot) co (dot) uk > http://www.brendangillatt.co.uk > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > > iD8DBQFIcqiVuv4tpb9qDZQRAj0SAJ4nY2Lw60I6CKC7WNUedpBNwX/LTgCfZhXZ > DLsyGdEQ1EVftwsg1HjMhig= > =CyWr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -

> -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bouncesKILLspammit.edu On Behalf Of M. Adam Davis > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:59 PM > > Even easier, cheaper, safer, more reliable: Easiest and safest of all, simply edit the popping corn into the video. It doesn't take much work to have low resolution video special effects look convincing. Paul Hutch {Quote hidden}> Put a solenoid just below the table cloth. 'pop' the kernel high > (onto sticky paper, or at an angle) and drop a pre-popped kernel onto > the surface. Or use a rubberband below the surface. Or paint magnets > and 'pop' them off with a solenoid for no surface movement. Or use a > teflon tablecloth and simply heat the kernel. Heat the kernel with an > infrared laser. > > -Adam > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Brendan Gillatt > <.....brendanKILLspam.....brendangillatt.co.uk> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > alan smith wrote: > >> Interesting...at first I thought it was harmonics of the > vibration, but its gotta be the RF energy... > >> > >> www.koreus.com/video/telephone-portable-mais-popcorn.html > > > > I'd like to see the underside of that table. It'd be easy to strap a > > microwave emitter below it and turn it on discretely. > > > > - -- > > Brendan Gillatt | GPG Key: 0xBF6A0D94