Path: csiph.com!tncsrv06.tnetconsulting.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:26:21 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <9eb45192-e996-fa3d-b002-c02798bb2b7a@example.net> <5e0c7681-481e-b1b2-eec2-321c161c9fd5@example.net> <8Gq5P.102877$7FA3.45532@fx13.iad> <38c0edd2-4d5e-951f-fb7c-350014593e76@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2157567"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62106 On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 21:49:25 +0100, D wrote: > >> I think making gun powder is very simple. There's loads of youtube >> videos, >> and I imagine that a couple of pipe bombs would be far easier and more >> explosive than car battery bombs. > > When I was a kid I could walk down the street to the local pharmacy and > buy potassium nitrate and flowers of sulfur. The pharmacist probably knew > what I was up to but kids were expected to blow things up back then. I > could also get iodine crystals for my nitrogen triiodide experiments. It's > too unstable to be very useful but it does make a nifty purple cloud when > it blows. Amen! Never dared to go back to my experiments with iodine crystals after one of my experiment spontaneously caught fire. But yes, blowing things up is a healthy youth activity, and effectively separates the wheat from the chaff. ;) > I only remember one kid getting injured and that was from the low rent > activity of stuffing match heads into a CO2 capsule. Darwinian selection > at work. I did a few experiments with match heads to see if I could use them as primer in home made ammunition. Never completed my experiment, but at least the match head part worked beautifully. You could set it off by whacking a small pile with a spoon.