Anything Interesting Or Useful For Everyday Life

MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
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Post it. Any interesting or useful things related to technology. Nothing malicious, nothing too illegal, and certainly not "OLO HACK TEH INTERWEB!!1" type stuff.

I'll illustrate my meaning with examples:

<a href='http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000340052853/' target='_blank'>That Elevator Thing</a>

<a href='http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/06/crosswalk_button_hacks.html' target='_blank'>Getting Crosswalks to Change Immediatly</a>

<a href='http://www.dontforward.com/masterlock.htm' target='_blank'>Figuring out Master Lock combinations</a>

Just anything clever that we can use.
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  • arcticaarctica Shindiggery innit Join Date: 2005-02-18 Member: 41646Members
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    That made me laugh, sadly.
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    edited August 2005
    If you own a nerfgun, you have probably realised that you can only pump it so many times before you start to hear the air escaping. The valve that controls this is located on the back of the pump plunger. You can easily stop it from working by opening up the gun, pulling out the plunger, then putting a dab of hotglue over the valve hole (It's only a little circular hole). That way you can build up alot more pressure in the storage tank thus allowing the gun to pack alot more punch. Be careful though, since pumping it to much will blow up the tank.




    Ever wanted to play tennis with a burning tennis ball? Yet when you coat it with gasoline it goes out after a couple hits? Here's how to make it burn a long time.
    Take a jar and fill it up about 1/2 way with gasoline. Take a bar of soap(Really any kind works) and use a knife or a cheese grater and scrape thin strips of it off. The smaller each one is the better. Add these into the gasoline. It best to add 1 tablespoon at a time to the gas, shake it for about 5 minutes, then add more. Keep doing this until the gasoline gains the color or the soap and the consistency of melted icecream(Slightly thicker then water). Now wipe this onto your tennis balls or other object you want to burn. Allow them to dry for 3-4 hours in a ventilated area. The gas/soap mixture should gain the consistency of peanut butter, or slightly thicker. Now just light the suckers on fire. As long as you don't really spike them they can burn for a good 5-10 minutes.



    I know from experience that both of those work, being as the second one is a concoction of mine and my friends.
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    rofl xyth that seconed one sounds like homebrew napalm <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    Yeah, but it's really only moveable while it's still in liquid form. As opposed to styro-foam napalm which can be messed with whenever you want.
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    Seeing how most of these "tips and tricks" lean on the side of being dangerous, illegal, or disruptive to other people who want an orderly/fair/normal process of things as simple as elevator use and crossing the street, I'll have to lock this.
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