it is still possible to be killed with as little as 5 volts, however unlikely it may seem.
Well I heard a stroy from one of my instructors once, he was an electrical engineer that worked for EG&G before he retired to teaching. Well, he told me about a guy that committed suicide by using the voltage from a potato battery.
He did it by sticking needles into his hands and connecting the needle on one hand to the negitive "battery" terminal, then connecting the needle in the other hand to the positive "battery" terminal. With the (low) voltage combined with the low resistance of having the "battery" connected through the skin, directly to the bloodstream. It allowed the current to be high enough to eventually fry his heart.
It took several hours for the guy to die, but he gets bonus points for orginality.
The moral of this story: even if the voltage is low, it's the amp's (plus time) that kill you.
(Disclamer: Electrical engineers love telling weird stories about how the many, many, many ways electicity can hurt/kill you. Only some of which are true. I haven't run this story by snopes.com yet, so take this with a large grain of salt)
The thing is, I wish the real O'Reilly would print Pratical UNIX Terrorism. I would pay good money for that book, just for the bragging rights of simply owning it.
Where did you find it? I one of the casinos' bars? Or an actual importer in town? I live in Las Vegas (sorta) and I'm always looking for new and unusual ways of getting pissed. (Plus drinking the Monty Python labal would have major brag factor with my weirdo freinds)
Speed limits are there for a reason.
Yeah, revinue generation. A lot of speed limits are set arbitrally low on roads and highways for the sake of genrating profit for law enforcement. Which makes a mockery of speed limits for safety argument.
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Those things look massivly uncomfortable.
Oh yeah, back on topic. DIE SCO DIE!
Well I heard a stroy from one of my instructors once, he was an electrical engineer that worked for EG&G before he retired to teaching. Well, he told me about a guy that committed suicide by using the voltage from a potato battery.
He did it by sticking needles into his hands and connecting the needle on one hand to the negitive "battery" terminal, then connecting the needle in the other hand to the positive "battery" terminal. With the (low) voltage combined with the low resistance of having the "battery" connected through the skin, directly to the bloodstream. It allowed the current to be high enough to eventually fry his heart.
It took several hours for the guy to die, but he gets bonus points for orginality.
The moral of this story: even if the voltage is low, it's the amp's (plus time) that kill you.
(Disclamer: Electrical engineers love telling weird stories about how the many, many, many ways electicity can hurt/kill you. Only some of which are true. I haven't run this story by snopes.com yet, so take this with a large grain of salt)
Finding even slightly "non-standard" stuff on the microsoft.com site is quite a chore.
The thing is, I wish the real O'Reilly would print Pratical UNIX Terrorism. I would pay good money for that book, just for the bragging rights of simply owning it.
Thanks for the information.
Where did you find it? I one of the casinos' bars? Or an actual importer in town? I live in Las Vegas (sorta) and I'm always looking for new and unusual ways of getting pissed. (Plus drinking the Monty Python labal would have major brag factor with my weirdo freinds)
Look, but don't touch and all that.
You have been found in violation of Godwin's Law.
You Lose. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Thank you for playing.
Speed limits are there for a reason. Yeah, revinue generation. A lot of speed limits are set arbitrally low on roads and highways for the sake of genrating profit for law enforcement. Which makes a mockery of speed limits for safety argument.