also if they were that deadly they would be , A: on the black market or ,
B: a government super weapon. not sitting in my home waiting to kill me for
watching to much porn .
y.b.
"Jonathan Kamens" wrote in message
...
(Removed "alt.cats" and "alt.business.insurance from
Newsgroups line.)

writes:
Being a physics teacher, let me explain something.

You're not much of a physics teacher, are you?

Oh, wait, you're just a lie-spouting troll, not actually a
physics teacher. But what the heck, I'm in a playful mood,
so I'll rise to your bait....

A laser can go through the smallest hole,

True.

and if the disk is rotating
inside, the laser beams can be reflected at millions of different
angles, and many thousand times per second.

True, I suppose.

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.

False. Lasers that are powerful enough to "instantly" kill
even one person are much larger than anything that could fit
into a DVD player. Not to mention the fact that they cost
many times what a DVD player costs, so no manufacturer would
install a laser that powerful in any DVD player. Not to
mention the fact that they require far more power than a
typical house circuit would allow before blowing the fuse or
breaker.

If it were actually possible to build a fatal laser small
enough to fit into a DVD player, cheaper than the cost of a
DVD player, using less than 15A of power, then by now, people
would be shooting other people with them. Or, even better,
using them for various useful purposes such as welding.

"CJT" wrote in message
...
wrote:


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.


That explains all the dead bodies I see in supermarkets here - it's the
damned laser bar code scanners!

Henry

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:24:11 -0500,
wrote:

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:27:08 GMT, Impmon wrote:

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:12:13 -0500,
typed:

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.

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.

That, and you also have the Federal Communications Comission, who wouldn't
allow such a device because of the possibility of unacceptable interference, as
well as the DHHS, who would deem such items as failing to comply with human
health protection codes in terms of radiation emission standards. In either
case, if DVDs and players were so dangerously radioactive, it would be
federally illegal to sell and possess them.

The original poster's story has more holes than Bonnie and Clyde in their last
getaway attempt. - Reinhart

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:34:35 -0400, "Jeeters"
wrote:

Sorry. I don't come to this groups very often and was a little to
tranked the other night to notice the date of the thread.
This thread died and was buried over month ago. Get in the time machine!
And did you have to repost the entire thing? All that will do will restart
the thread.

"gothika" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:42:33 +0000 (UTC), "Dave D"
wrote:
This isa forum for factual exchange of information not bad "jokes".
Try reading the forum title before posting crappy jokes.
Or better yet go find a forum with humor or jokes in it's title.
Most who come to this forum are here for serious pursuits.

SNIP

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
"gothika" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:24:11 -0500,
wrote:

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:27:08 GMT, Impmon wrote:

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:12:13 -0500,
typed:

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.

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
"gothika" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:24:11 -0500,
wrote:

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 11:27:08 GMT, Impmon wrote:

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:12:13 -0500,
typed:

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.

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
...
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.

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
...
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.

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
...
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
...
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.

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
...
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
...
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.