[geeks] its what you carry with you

[Nick]

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 04:58:34PM -0400, The Renaissance Man wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:34:32PM -0700, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, The Renaissance Man wrote:
> > > "There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous people."  Sgt.
> > > Zim, _Starship Troopers_, Robert Anson Heinlein.
> > There ARE dangerous weapons, there are really crappy stuff out there which
> > is down right dangerous. There has been plenty of gear out there that has
> > managed to inflict more damage to their own than the enemy could have.
Bandsaws.  They're always near the top in my list of "dangerous items".
I saw a kid really fucked up by one, and all he did was try to cut a bit
too tight a curve.  Ban all bandsaws, it's for the children!

> face, to one of the tactical nuclear weapons the US Army developed which
> had a maximum range less than its minimum safe distance.)
Davey Crocket, the nuclear bazooka.  Wonderful item <Grin>.
	Nick