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Tinfoil Hat House
An anonymous reader writes "A family in Sacromento has covered the side of their house with aluminum to keep the radiowaves from their neighbors at bay. The city has given them one week to remove the life saving shielding or face charges."
Is that near Sacramento? Or is it in Colifornia?
That's just what they want you to think.
"The inside of the house is also covered with foil and the beds are covered with a foil-like material as well,"
So, these are the guys that buy those "space blankets"...
and now back to the fallout shelter...
Why don't they just cover their bodies instead?
Why not just ask the neighbors to turn their radio down?
The best part of this article is that was posted by an anonymous reader. That's irony. (and, if it's not, I'm sure the grammar police will enforce).
... they might have a point.
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Though it seems to be a classic: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/903959/tinf oil.jpg
(from San Diego)
just because your house is covered in tin foil doesn't mean they're not out to get you.
"Is this just useless, or is it expensive as well?"
If I'd have known I was causing them problems, I would've stopped trying to microwave their paint off their house as a practical joke.
Stop learning! Only you can prevent esoterrorism.
only here could a story about tinfoil freaks turn into a serious discussion about how effective it is and how they can legally keep it up.
Well, you gotta admit, "Tinfoil Hat House" has a little more zing than your title. Yours is a little too factual, too journalistic. And all the words are spelled correctly.
I've never seen my house from that angle before...
D'Souza family. Obviously culturally acclimated as their house is not garishly painted behind the metal sheets (I saw some detailed photos on a live TeeVee newscast) is nutzo. The whol efriggin family.
OR
OR
OR
There is a single, LONE NUT, in their neighborhood who coupled the magnetron from his microwave oven to an antenna and is actually tossing photons at the D'Souzas.
Seriously guys, which is more believable? It's California after all. Personally, you couldn't pay me enough to live in any city in that state.
This site is a great true example of what happens when your neighbors go crazy. In this case, it's a family of rednecks. It's a great laugh from the burnt down back yard to the child sized children pools.
Thanks
mitch
Those fools. Everybody knows that you can't just coat your house with it -- microwaves can still tunnel through. It's necessary to wear an actual hat at all times.
As for the lupus, I would say they are crying wolf.
Looks like /.ers are making the news!
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If they put lithium on the side of their house, it would explode the next time it rained.
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(yes I did understand what you meant
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Obviously you've failed to understand that the police are in on it as well. Every cop car is equipped with a mobile RF transmitter. So if they called in the cops then they're only going to increase their exposure to the killer death rays.
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In case you're wondering, this Web page is about my next-door neighbors. Since my neighbors have been driving me crazy and no amount of civilized reasoning and/or negotiations have worked - I have decided to dedicate a small corner of cyber-space to them.
My family and friends are constantly asking me to tell them the "latest" thing my neighbor has done so this page will save me from repeating myself. Besides, I thought it would be fun. Everything you read here is entirely true, that's what makes it so funny. Enjoy!
Background:
My neighbors moved into the house next to ours in October 1997. It's a brand new neighborhood with new houses. Everyone's house looks beautiful but that's about to change. The new neighbors seem like normal people until shortly after they move in (more later).
First, let me say that my redneck neighbor is not destitute or under-privileged. The guy owns a business, drives VERY nice new cars, he just doesn't care about his house. In order to protect the ignorant, we'll call him John Doe # 8 or JD8 for short.
October 1997 - They are here!
Well, it should have been a sign of things to come but my neighbors move into their brand new house. Inventory: 1 artificial Christmas tree, clothes, stereo system, TV, no furniture). The Christmas tree is nicely decorated (remember, it's October). We can tell what the tree looks like because the windows have no miniblinds so at night, you can see right into the house as you drive up. They have also decided to wrap some strands of Christmas lights around their front porch railing. I guess there's no electric outlet nearby because they never turn these lights on.
October 1997 - 1st Home beautification project
It's dark outside, I'm standing in front of my house and my neighbor does the following: He gets in his car, drives it up to the house on the other side of my house (this house is still being built). He backs his car up to the construction site and opens the trunk. He calmly proceeds to load up the trunk with bricks and 2x4s. Pretty clever, huh?
The following night, at around 9:00pm he decides it's time to build a mailbox post. It's very nice. He used the stolen 2x4s from the previous night. It looks like it's made out of 2x4s except he didn't steal any that were long enough so he nails a couple of them together to get the correct height - I mean, it has to look just right! The mailbox post is not very sturdy so he braces it with an additional 2x4 (at an angle). Click here to see the mailbox (no bracing 2x4 though).
He uses the bricks as edging for his flower beds. They look nice. Especially with the newly planted bamboo trees and the ten gallon fish tank (no fish, just water).
November 1997 - The fence!
I wake up to my wife telling me, "Hey, it looks like JD8 is working on a fence". Well I don't think much of it until she tells me that he's trying to build a fence around the entire house (front and back) and that the fence is going to be chain-link. We have some "covenant rules" that prohibit you from putting up a silver chain-link fence. Also, you cannot have any fence go past the back of your house. By now, I am freaking out. I can see the property value falling faster than his mailbox post.
Anyway, I get to work and at 9:01AM I call our builder. I explain the situation to him and he agrees to pay JD8 a visit before the concrete around the metal posts dries. Sure enough, I get home after work and the posts around the front of the house are laying on the street. Not exactly what I expected but at least they're out of the ground. Tra
Besides, the local neighborhood association specifies cedar shingles and can't stand the idea that the tin-covered house is the only one likely to be left standing if there is a nearby brushfire.
> easy fix, just line the inside of the house with foil.
I believe somethingawful did this before.
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2716
This is SLASHDOT, for God's sake, and no one has pointed out the obvious:
They just need to call up Scotty and get him to give them some transparent alumminum. That should stop the neighbors from complaining.
Sheesh. News for nerds? How can you call yourself nerds if you miss such an obvious, pathetic pun?
Tinfoil on the inside of your house. After all, you don't want them to know you're on to them.
You know who I mean
R(k)
Are you nuts? That would keep the radiation *in*!
Only if you have the shiny side facing in.
I have no tag line
Aluminum siding. 'Nuff said.
On the downside, you live in Alaska.
Shhh... now the police are going to start monitoring the temperature of the water in sewers. Don't give away the best tricks.
Im sure when hit by lighning it will make a really nice lightshow, btw.
HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
Only on /. would someone give a sensible and informative post on how to build a tinfoil hat house.
All of that metal might attract a tornado that thought it was a trailer park.
On the other hand, try being the one _propagating_ the radio waves. Flight path restrictions exempted, amateur radio operators have a federal license to a 100 foot tower and 1000 watts output. Happy homeowners' meeting announcing that.
That sounds just like New Hampshire...
Just without my own personal gold mine.
or a bonus $1,000 a year...
"Honey, we're moving to Alaska!"
*smack*
"Honey... recent developments seem to imply that we're staying in N.H."
I'm too lazy to enter a sig. Hey wait a second! You tricked me!
-20 below zero? Why, upstate new york gets colder than 20 degrees (above zero). I'm moving to alaska, it's warmer! ;)
Different strokes.
Some people would rather have good schools, a community, clean air, clean water, and a large amount of freedom.
Others think that having a selection of 20 good Chinese restaurants they can call at 2:00 am for take out is more important.
i will say that the people with the tin foil home are NUTS!
If they REALLY believe that they are getting bombarded then just use a grounded fine metal screen. The could put it on the inside of there home and Spackle and paint over it! Oh wait the paint will probably cause there hair to fall out and their nipples to invert. Chemicals you know.
They should not worry. I have informed my bosses at project Majestic to shift from microwaves to ELF so their shielding is now useless. Thank goodness HARP is on line now to deal with trouble makers like this.
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Forni as in Fornication
nia as in Narnia (A magical land)
The Magical land of Hot Sex?
And you wonder why this stuff goes on there.
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