Hey, maybe this so called Physics teacher thinks the DVD emits microwave
energy....but I guess then the cat would have been BBQ'd....I know that was
sick....later, Ross
"Gary" wrote in message
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It sounds as believable as cell phones blinding cats and blowing up gas
stations. I guess that even "physics teacher" can be idiots.

"Ross Mac" wrote in message
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Let's file this one under "Urban Legend"....good for a laugh
though!....I
guess we are to think the family of seven, the cat and a cop raced over
to
the DVD player and stared at the laser till they were all blinded where
they
all subsequently ran into walls and furniture till they were all knocked
silly!!!....hahahaha....Ok....Ok...enough...later, Ross
On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:24:11 -0500,
wrote:
player became cracked during the fall to the floor, emitting the
fatal
radiation which killed the entire family of seven.
[snip]
I'm having a hard time with that. Granted the laser inside the DVD
player is harmful but unless you looked directly at the laster, you
won't be harmed by a cracked case. I've had the case off of my DVD
player for a few days when I was trying to get the spindle working
and
I'm doing fine.
There is no way the radiation from the player can killthe whole
family.

Being a physics teacher, let me explain something.

A laser can go through the smallest hole, and if the disk is rotating
inside, the laser beams can be reflected at millions of different
angles, and many thousand times per second. Thus the laser beams
could spew out of that crack like bullets coming out of a machine
gun.
Anyone in the path of these beams are instantly history. So, yes it
can kill a whole family and even a whole stadium full of people in
seconds. Lasers are dangerous and if one gets out of control, like
apparently this one did, there is no telling who or what will be
killed or destroyed.

What a load of crap!
I've worked with military grade lasers, ones that CAN really kill you.
There is no way the laser in a dvd player can emit enough energy to
kill anyone directly.
And as far as the radiation goes you'd have to practically stick it in
your eye to get enough to do any harm.
We have this thing called the Underwriters Labaratory that tests all
household appliances.
I doubt that they'd approve any houshold device that could emit even a
near lethal dose of rads without adequate shileding.
You're more likely to get cancer from your microwave.