[KLUG Advocacy] Gas Station Wi-Fi

[Mike Williams]

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>From: Bruce Smith <bruce at armintl.com>
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>>> Don't you watch Mythbusters (Wednesday 9pm Discovery Channel).  These 
>>> guys test Urban Legends.  And they did try to make a cell phone cause an 
>>> explosion with gasoline.  You would need to see the show to know these 
>>> guys tried to recreate the incident of legend and could not make it 
>>> work.  They also go above and beyond what would have been plausible to 
>>> make explosions happen, but if I recall correctly, they could not under 
>>> any circumstance make a cell phone ignite gas.
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Love the Mythbusters!  Any episode where they blow something up is a 
great episode.  Fortunately, that includes most of them.

>I'm not surprised.  Maybe next time they can try to make a laptop ignite
>gasoline.  Or make a gas can explode by not setting it on the ground
>while filling.
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Actually, that one's probably a lot more legit.  They mentioned in the 
cell phone episode that most reported gas station fires were caused by 
static spark between a grounded person and a non-grounded car (it's 
sitting on rubber tires, which insulate).  If the planets align just 
right, you could probably start a fire that way.

And as Jamie once said:  "Am I missing an eyebrow???"

>BTW, have they tried to crash an airliner using a cell phone yet?   ;-) 
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Nope, haven't seen that one yet.  They did do several explosive 
decompressions on one show though.  Pressurized an old airplane (on the 
ground, they're not completely insane) and fired a gun through the 
fuselage and the window.