[ale] Thermite party

[Richard Faulkner]

I used to run in a crowd that every summer hosted a watermelon launch.
There were three categories:  manual delivery, mechanical delivery and
the unlimited class.  I entered under unlimited, usually with some form
of a large missile delivery system.  An engineer/pilot buddy of mine
built them out as RC cruise missiles...it got "stupid" (but fun) in a
hurry.  We even had a "Miss Melons" Contest...lots of fun and old days
and friends that I miss.....

The last year that we held one (the last year that I went) was 1986 and
we had about 5,000 spectators on hand (including the fire department).  

I too agree that it would be good to keep this simple...too many people
these days and we'll all find ourselves on a government watch list.  : )
I just think it could be fun to responsibly light-off some old HDDs to
render them inoperable thus safely disposing of the data.

RinL



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com>
Reply-to: Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com>, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
<ale at ale.org>
To: mhw at wittsend.com, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Thermite party
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:04:09 -0500 (EST)


> of hand and have the powers that be shut the whole thing down due to the
> size of the crowd or publicity.  Seriously.  Too many players == bad
> juju...  Just my 0.02 euro.

If it's open to the "public" and/or in a public space, it gets 
complicated, requires insurance etc..



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