http://tinyurl.com/7mhxu35

It's neat that you could build this... but that doesn't mean that you 
*should*. o_O

They call it "fiction" for a reason, after all.

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:02:57 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/7mhxu35
> 
> It's neat that you could build this... but that doesn't mean that you
> *should*. o_O
> 
> They call it "fiction" for a reason, after all.

Does seem like a good way to put yourself in the hospital....Sharp spring-
loaded blade near one's wrist.....

Jim

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On 24/01/2012 4:33 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:02:57 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/7mhxu35
>>
>> It's neat that you could build this... but that doesn't mean that you
>> *should*. o_O
>>
>> They call it "fiction" for a reason, after all.
>
> Does seem like a good way to put yourself in the hospital....Sharp spring-
> loaded blade near one's wrist.....
>

Evolution in action. ;-)


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Regards
     Stephen

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On 1/24/2012 7:02 AM, Invisible wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/7mhxu35
>
> It's neat that you could build this... but that doesn't mean that you
> *should*. o_O
>
> They call it "fiction" for a reason, after all.

The first comment on the page is golden.

There is a reason that Darwin is not just another English family name.

Regards,
John

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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> > Does seem like a good way to put yourself in the hospital....Sharp spring-
> > loaded blade near one's wrist.....

> Evolution in action. ;-)

  Wouldn't it be more like natural selection?

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                                                          - Warp

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On 24/01/2012 6:18 PM, Warp wrote:
> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom>  wrote:
>>> Does seem like a good way to put yourself in the hospital....Sharp spring-
>>> loaded blade near one's wrist.....
>
>> Evolution in action. ;-)
>
>    Wouldn't it be more like natural selection?
>
Yes, but it was a catch phrase from a book I read a long time ago.

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Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 24/01/2012 6:18 PM, Warp wrote:
> > Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom>  wrote:
> >>> Does seem like a good way to put yourself in the hospital....Sharp spring-
> >>> loaded blade near one's wrist.....
> >
> >> Evolution in action. ;-)
> >
> >    Wouldn't it be more like natural selection?
> >
> Yes, but it was a catch phrase from a book I read a long time ago.

Larry Niven. I thought it was A Gift From Earth but it turned out to be Oath Of
Fealty after a speculative google...

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On 24/01/2012 6:58 PM, Bill Pragnell wrote:
>> >  Yes, but it was a catch phrase from a book I read a long time ago.
> Larry Niven. I thought it was A Gift From Earth but it turned out to be Oath Of
> Fealty after a speculative google...
>
>
So it is. :-D
I was thinking along the lines of John Brunner's The Shockwave Rider or 
The Sheep Look Up. I must re-read them again.

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Regards
     Stephen

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> http://tinyurl.com/7mhxu35
>
> It's neat that you could build this... but that doesn't mean that you
> *should*. o_O
>
> They call it "fiction" for a reason, after all.

There is on thing that I find prety ironic.
As it is, spring activated, it's an illegal weapon.
BUT, if it was gun powder activated, and MUCH more dangerous, then it 
becomes legal, at least in some parts of the USA...


Alain

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On 1/24/2012 9:49 PM, Alain wrote:

>> http://tinyurl.com/7mhxu35
>>
>> It's neat that you could build this... but that doesn't mean that you
>> *should*. o_O
>>
>> They call it "fiction" for a reason, after all.
>
> There is on thing that I find prety ironic.
> As it is, spring activated, it's an illegal weapon.
> BUT, if it was gun powder activated, and MUCH more dangerous, then it
> becomes legal, at least in some parts of the USA...

How about electromagnets?

Regards,
John

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