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Things You Can Do With A Giant Fresnel Lens

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the toasty dept.

Ant writes "Here is a link where this guy always wanted Edmund Scientific's Giant Fresnel Lens. 'Melts asphalt in seconds!' the ad said. When he went to graduate school he met several other people with the same enthusiasm for aimless destruction through bizarre means, and just enough combined cash to make it happen. Thus the reign of terror began."

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  1. EEK! by intekra · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lets hope this doesn't get into the wrong hands! This can be worse than WMD's!

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    1. Re:EEK! by Dizzle · · Score: 5, Funny

      It already is because this actually exists.

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      "I most likely AM so interested in myself."
  2. Burnination by OneFootIn · · Score: 5, Funny

    And to think, when I was a kid I had to settle for burning ants with a magnifying glass.

    1. Re:Burnination by bergeron76 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Heh! When I was in High-school we took things a step farther by taking Mr. Bouknecht's overhead projector lens out of the housing. [I'm quite certain] it's a true Fresnel Lens - but the point is that it was like a magnifying glass on steroids. We had to be careful just walking out into the parking lot with it because if it caught a friends leg and the sun at the right angle, they'd be in a world of hurt.

      Aaahh, fun times being a juvenille. My advice to the next generation though - be as mischievious as normal, but don't do anything stupid or anything that will get you thrown in jail. Be intelligent with your "inevitable" delinquency [you call it rebellion] - we've all been there - however don't get anyone hurt or needlessly damage property.

      Life is much more exciting as an experienced adult making thousands of dollars a month. Trust me on this one all you guys. Science is fun, but it can also be very dangerous... Be safe - because if you go to jail or die, the guy you hate will likely reproduce and you never will. And that would suck.

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    2. Re:Burnination by Skjellifetti · · Score: 5, Funny

      Science is fun, but it can also be very dangerous... Be safe

      My father once caught me making gunpowder using a chem lab kit he'd bought me and an old mortar I'd found in the garage. His first reaction was "Idiot kid!" Then it was "Oh, wait, that's what I used that mortar for when I was a kid. Let me show you how to do it safely." Basically wet the ingredients down so it doesn't accidentally catch fire while you are grinding it. I suspect he'd learned that one the hard way. I'm big on the safety angle with my kids now, too. In my case its a result of an experiment with some gasoline and an Estes rocket engine when I was a teenager.

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  3. Terrorism... by Mz6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder what his Terrorist Quotient is?.

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    Hmmm.
  4. All we need now are... by Fiz+Ocelot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sharks with...giant Frensel Lenses attached to their heads!

  5. Re:Ants by wankledot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even ants the size of horses.

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  6. Hmm, The Ant Equivalent by Danny+Dale+the+Not-S · · Score: 5, Funny

    of a Nuclear Bomb.

    Imagine kicking over an ant hill, then frying thousands of the little fuckers with each sweep of the beam when they come pouring out. Considering you can melt nickels and cut soda cans in half with this thing, it's possible you can actually [i]glass[/i] that anthill!

    Just make sure it's fire ants. Those bastards deserve it...

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  7. So I'm reading this to my wife... by jbellis · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... and I come to the $99 part. The first thing she says is, "You can't have one."

    "But a professor," I try to explain...

    "You can't have one."