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Fire Extinguisher Balls
An Anonymous Coward writes "The Far Eastern Economic Review has this article about a Thai inventor who has come up with throwable fire extinguisher balls. You just toss them into the fire, or place them in high risk areas, and - boom - they explode from the heat and spew various fire-retardants all over the place. According to the article, they will soon be on sale in Thailand's 7-Eleven stores and are being considered by US-based fire and safety supply company Tyco."
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Fire Extinguisher Balls??!?! This is not a story worth posting. This is not Slashdot material. Michael, you should be ashamed of yourself. This is not "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters." This is "News for Asians, People with slits"
I have known some geeks that would rather die in a hot blaze with their computer and technology then to live without it. Yes, that's the truth. Who really gives a shit about fire protection? Let the fire departments worry about that. That's what they're there for and that's why we pay that those huge taxes.
Michael, I am sure you could have picked a better story to post. Slashdot's editors reject so many good stories. I hear people complaining their story has been rejected all the time. And when I do read what their story was I think to myself "Why the fuck didn't the editors post that? Are they on cheap $1 crack AGAIN?"
Once again I propose a system where users can rate the stories before they are posted to Slashdot's front page, much like the ass kicking Kuro5hin site has. When was the last time anyone complained about Kuro5hin? Yeah, you think about that for a while.
If anyone is about to subscribe now to Slashdot now is a good time to think again. You might just change your mind. You can reconsider when some change takes place in the craphole we call Slashdot.
Now only if they'd come up with a solution to the jew problem!
You are right, pokemon are jewish and should be thrown at by balls of varying size and shape. I propose that jews be cooked in a giant "Super-jew-oven" created by the Germans in the '40s. Such a design would be economical and practical, thus eliminating all the lawyers and hollywood directors that plague us each and every day.
"...they explode from the heat and spew various fire-retardants all over the place..."
That sounds like a colorful metaphor for most Slashdot articles about Microsoft. Heh.
"Derp de derp."
Too easy!
I take a look at this story and wonder - what threshold will I have to set to keep from seeing the really awful jokes? 12?
The only thing that would have been worse, is if they had been shaped like penises! Penii?
How the hell...? What kind of discussion...?
I'm at a loss for words.
yay! no offense Trollaxor, but i liked this story Mr. AC. please write more stories about prison, gay sex with Slashdot people, and OS X.
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faeryman