Aluminium hats...

[martin griffith]

Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.
But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm
about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?




martin


Opinions are like assholes -- everyone has one

 

[Ian Stirling]

martin griffith <martingriffith@xxyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.
But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm
about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

If the probe does not rip through the foil, yes.

 

[martin griffith]

On 04 Apr 2005 19:48:51 GMT, in sci.electronics.design Ian Stirling
<root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:

martin griffith <martingriffith@xxyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.
But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm
about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

If the probe does not rip through the foil, yes.
I was just thinking that a conductive sheet would just short out the

HV from the taser. Probably best to weave carbon fiber into a wooly
jumper


martin


Opinions are like assholes -- everyone has one

 

[Mark Jones]

martin griffith wrote:

Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.

But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

martin

Hmm, what about people with Argyria?

 

[Warren Weber]

"Mark Jones" <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:2qWdnfKorMsyO8zfRVn-2w@buckeye-express.com...

martin griffith wrote:
Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.

But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

martin

Hmm, what about people with Argyria?

Martin. What about Argyria? That is caused by injesting too much silver into
the body. WW

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

martin griffith wrote:

Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.
But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm
about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

Possibly. Have you figured out how to handle the cops' backup plan?

--
Paul Hovnanian mailtoaul@Hovnanian.com
------------------------------------------------------------------
There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten
different puns, in the hope that at least one of them would win.
Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

 

[martin griffith]

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:16:41 -0600, in sci.electronics.design "Warren
Weber" <hiviewNO SPAM@>>>>bresnan.net> wrote:

"Mark Jones" <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:2qWdnfKorMsyO8zfRVn-2w@buckeye-express.com...
martin griffith wrote:
Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.

But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

martin

Hmm, what about people with Argyria?

Martin. What about Argyria? That is caused by injesting too much silver into
the body. WW

sodium thiosulphate should fix that problem

martin


Opinions are like assholes -- everyone has one

 

[Keith Williams]

In article <gk2551te43usjapdbjkkv66ptrkn8v60tj@4ax.com>,
martingriffith@XXyahoo.co.uk says...

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:16:41 -0600, in sci.electronics.design "Warren
Weber" <hiviewNO SPAM@>>>>bresnan.net> wrote:


"Mark Jones" <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:2qWdnfKorMsyO8zfRVn-2w@buckeye-express.com...
martin griffith wrote:
Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.

But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

martin

Hmm, what about people with Argyria?

Martin. What about Argyria? That is caused by injesting too much silver into
the body. WW

sodium thiosulphate should fix that problem

LOL! It leaves a film in my mouth though.

--
Keith

 

[Mark Fergerson]

Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:

martin griffith wrote:

Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.
But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm
about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?


Possibly. Have you figured out how to handle the cops' backup plan?

I've read of the possibility of making bulletproof vests of
buckyfibers, and they're conductive... ;&gt

Mark L. Fergerson

 

[Bob Stephens]

Martin. What about Argyria? That is caused by injesting too much silver into
the body. WW


sodium thiosulphate should fix that problem


LOL! It leaves a film in my mouth though.

Don't be so negative.

 

[Keith Williams]

In article <d2udm1$f7a$3@domitilla.aioe.org>,
stephensdigital@earthlink.net says...

Martin. What about Argyria? That is caused by injesting too much silver into
the body. WW


sodium thiosulphate should fix that problem


LOL! It leaves a film in my mouth though.

Don't be so negative.

I'm going to let that one slide.

--
Keith

 

[Richard the Dreaded Liber]

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:24:14 -0700, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:

martin griffith wrote:

Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest. But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

Possibly. Have you figured out how to handle the cops' backup plan?

Station a friend nearby with a video camera?

 

[Mark Jones]

Warren Weber wrote:

"Mark Jones" <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:2qWdnfKorMsyO8zfRVn-2w@buckeye-express.com...

martin griffith wrote:

Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.

But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

martin


Hmm, what about people with Argyria?


Martin. What about Argyria? That is caused by injesting too much silver into
the body. WW

Right - now what does that do to a person's skin resistance?

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Mark Jones <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote
(in <v-OdnS6rJ7ppns7fRVn-iQ@buckeye-express.com&gt about 'Aluminium
hats...', on Tue, 5 Apr 2005:

Right - now what does that do to a person's skin resistance?

Blue-blue-blue. 66 megohms.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
There are two sides to every question, except
'What is a Moebius strip?'
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[martin griffith]

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:32:36 -0400, in sci.electronics.design Mark
Jones <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote:

Warren Weber wrote:
"Mark Jones" <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:2qWdnfKorMsyO8zfRVn-2w@buckeye-express.com...

martin griffith wrote:

Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.

But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

martin


Hmm, what about people with Argyria?


Martin. What about Argyria? That is caused by injesting too much silver into
the body. WW


Right - now what does that do to a person's skin resistance?
Its makes it safer for internal organs when using a mobile phone by

absorbing RF

google for "skin effect"......


martin


Opinions are like assholes -- everyone has one

 

[Pat Ford]

"Keith Williams" <krw@att.bizzzz> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cbc9228999f329c9899a4@news.individual.net...

In article <d2udm1$f7a$3@domitilla.aioe.org>,
stephensdigital@earthlink.net says...

Martin. What about Argyria? That is caused by injesting too much
silver into
the body. WW


sodium thiosulphate should fix that problem


LOL! It leaves a film in my mouth though.

Don't be so negative.

I'm going to let that one slide.

--
Keith

I'd preffer not to be exposed to this!

I had a photographic memory but I ran out of film!
Pat

 

[Ian Stirling]

martin griffith <martingriffith@xxyahoo.co.uk> wrote:

On 04 Apr 2005 19:48:51 GMT, in sci.electronics.design Ian Stirling
root@mauve.demon.co.uk> wrote:

martin griffith <martingriffith@xxyahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Ok they get suggested occasionally here, usually in jest.
But

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4402471.stm
about Tasers.
I was just wondering if a tinfoil vest would nullify a taser?

If the probe does not rip through the foil, yes.
I was just thinking that a conductive sheet would just short out the
HV from the taser. Probably best to weave carbon fiber into a wooly
jumper

CF is not actually that conductive.
You want it so that it's a couple of orders of magnitude more conductive than
skin.

 

[Frithiof Andreas Jensen]

"Richard the Dreaded Libertarian" <eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote in
message newsan.2005.04.05.21.28.08.489160@doubleclick.net...

Station a friend nearby with a video camera?

It would be better to have "Friend" run the actual test and, you being the
expert, running (away with?) the camera ....

 

[Rich The Newsgropup Wacko]

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:37:02 +0100, John Woodgate wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Mark Jones <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote
(in <v-OdnS6rJ7ppns7fRVn-iQ@buckeye-express.com&gt about 'Aluminium
hats...', on Tue, 5 Apr 2005:
Right - now what does that do to a person's skin resistance?

Blue-blue-blue. 66 megohms.

Oh! _That_ mark!

;-
Rich

 

[Pig Bladder]

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:43:27 +0200, Frithiof Andreas Jensen wrote:

"Richard the Dreaded Libertarian" <eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote in
message newsan.2005.04.05.21.28.08.489160@doubleclick.net...

Station a friend nearby with a video camera?



It would be better to have "Friend" run the actual test and, you being the
expert, running (away with?) the camera ....

With friends like that, who needs enemas?
--
Pig Bladder on a Stick