POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Smashing : Re: Smashing Server Time
9 Oct 2024 05:30:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Smashing  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 9 Jun 2009 11:52:33
Message: <4a2e8541$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:49:04 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> Has anybody tried to replicate the poptart flamethrower yet?
>> 
>> I haven't heard of that one, sounds interesting, though....
> 
> Some guy discovered that if your toaster malfunctions and fails to eject
> the poptart, the toaster becomes a flame thrower. They then posted
> low-resolution MPEG videos on the Internet. It was briefly a big
> phenominon.

I would think some sort of accellerant would have to be used to get that 
kind of effect.  Getting a toaster to ignite is pretty hard as it is, and 
without an open flame, I can't see the pop tart catching fire.  But it 
would be interesting to see them try to do it.

> A bit like those stupid dancing baby GIFs...

<barf>


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