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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT FACTS (Magnesium case)
Message-ID: <3068@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 28 Oct 88 02:40:29 GMT
References: <23336@sri-unix.SRI.COM> <1988Oct25.190655.10391@utzoo.uucp> <607@optilink.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimm@cloyd.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA
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In article <607@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
)I don't think that's as much a problem as you think.  Back in high
)school, some friends of mine and I attached a chunk of magnesium
)ribbon to an 8' hydrogen-filled weather balloon (young, foolish, and
)lucky to be alive) and attempted to light the ribbon.  We made repeated
)efforts, and it just would not light with any combination of 
)firestarting devices we had available.

Use a fourth of july "sparkler."

Best if other end of magnesium ribbon is placed in a pile of equal parts powdered
iron oxide and powdered aluminum.

We didn't go aerial in my neighborhood, though.  Nice touch.  Our thermite
exploits were mostly used to burn holes in a downward direction.

Sorry about further corruption of comp.sys.next bandwidth.  I think there
had better be an ID on the optical disks, too.

	jimm

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