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jberryhill

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14. I plead guilty too

Sun May 12, 2013, 03:18 AM

May 2013

Does filling ballons with an H2/02 mix, tying dynamite fuse to them, and lighting them as they float away from a campus rooftop count?

Remarkably stupid, but I never made an acetylene bomb with a Hefty bag, at least.

It took a while to realize that a full H2 fill wouldn't ignite upon the balloon rupturing, and you have to make a trade off between buoyancy and O2 content.

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West, Texas, man charged with destructive device to plead not guilty [View all] arely staircase May 2013 OP

I think he's just a nut that fell out of the tree upon closer scrutiny jberryhill May 2013 #1

Oh, and, on the legal consequences jberryhill May 2013 #2

I wonder, though, if they have someone Ilsa May 2013 #3

That's the beauty of strict liability jberryhill May 2013 #5

wouldn't the illegal and unsafe storage of certain materials constitute proximate cause arely staircase May 2013 #7

Yeah - it's pretty much res ipsa jberryhill May 2013 #8

I think I read the owner had failed to report what was being stored there as required by law arely staircase May 2013 #6

Yes, but I wouldn't state it as "proximate cause" jberryhill May 2013 #9

got it arely staircase May 2013 #10

Yeah - "per se" that's a good formulation jberryhill May 2013 #12

Failed to report it to DHS. Igel May 2013 #16

Thanks for both posts arely staircase May 2013 #4

I've "possessed explosives." hunter May 2013 #11

i know for a fact arely staircase May 2013 #13

I plead guilty too jberryhill May 2013 #14

we once cut a hole in a tennis ball arely staircase May 2013 #15

Wow jberryhill May 2013 #17

lol arely staircase May 2013 #18