Can I microwave a credit card?
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zcacogp said:
blindswelledrat said:
zcacogp said:
Podie said:
Dial two 9's as well... then it's only one press away from help.
Little-known fact: The emergency services number in this country is actually 99, not 999. It is widely advertised as being 999, in order that it can be called from any 'phone. (In most office and internal 'phone systems, you need to dial 9 to get an outside line. This means that you can dial 999 from a 'phone on such a system and still get through to the emergency services.)
>Geek<
A lot in fact- because it's b
ks.I can't vouch for it's veracity or otherwise, having never tried it. However it makes sense, and I have no reason to disbelieve it.
My source? I was told it at a first aid course - funnily enough, at school.
Oli.
blindswelledrat said:
Perhaps harsh. Ill rephrase it to "incorrect".
It's just a little irritant of mine when people on the internet state "facts" that aren't true.
Ummm, out of genuine interest, have you tried it? It's just a little irritant of mine when people on the internet state "facts" that aren't true.
As I said, I haven't, but I believe it to be true. On that basis, as far as I am concerned, it's a 'fact'. If, on the other hand, you can say you have tried dialling '99' from a normal landline (not an internal 'phone) and it doesn't call the emergency services then I'll be happy to stand corrected.
Oli.
King Herald said:
A credit card in a microwave does nothing for the first five seconds, then the chip goes 'pop' leaving smudge marks and a melted lump on the card.
I know these things.
A passport also goes 'pop' leaving a hell of a mess around the chip, and no, it is not a subtle way to kill the location beacon in new passports. Not without it being blatantly obvious what you have done anyway.
Given what the thieving gypsies charge for a passport these days that's an expensive experiment in anti-ID/civil rights defence!I know these things.
A passport also goes 'pop' leaving a hell of a mess around the chip, and no, it is not a subtle way to kill the location beacon in new passports. Not without it being blatantly obvious what you have done anyway.
King Herald said:
A credit card in a microwave does nothing for the first five seconds, then the chip goes 'pop' leaving smudge marks and a melted lump on the card.
I know these things.
A passport also goes 'pop' leaving a hell of a mess around the chip, and no, it is not a subtle way to kill the location beacon in new passports. Not without it being blatantly obvious what you have done anyway.
My brother, having access to an xray machine, xrayed his passport, found the location of the chip, and smacked it a few times with a ball-peen hammer, and successfully killed itI know these things.
A passport also goes 'pop' leaving a hell of a mess around the chip, and no, it is not a subtle way to kill the location beacon in new passports. Not without it being blatantly obvious what you have done anyway.
hidetheelephants said:
King Herald said:
A credit card in a microwave does nothing for the first five seconds, then the chip goes 'pop' leaving smudge marks and a melted lump on the card.
I know these things.
A passport also goes 'pop' leaving a hell of a mess around the chip, and no, it is not a subtle way to kill the location beacon in new passports. Not without it being blatantly obvious what you have done anyway.
Given what the thieving gypsies charge for a passport these days that's an expensive experiment in anti-ID/civil rights defence!I know these things.
A passport also goes 'pop' leaving a hell of a mess around the chip, and no, it is not a subtle way to kill the location beacon in new passports. Not without it being blatantly obvious what you have done anyway.
There's a location beacon in new passports?!?! blindswelledrat said:
zcacogp said:
Podie said:
Dial two 9's as well... then it's only one press away from help.
Little-known fact: The emergency services number in this country is actually 99, not 999. It is widely advertised as being 999, in order that it can be called from any 'phone. (In most office and internal 'phone systems, you need to dial 9 to get an outside line. This means that you can dial 999 from a 'phone on such a system and still get through to the emergency services.)
>Geek<
Oli.
A lot in fact- because it's b
ks.My reasoning is that our home phone's cordless, so you press the little green call button first, then dial the number. As soon as the number's finished, it starts to ring that number. It doesn't start to ring anyone after 99. Scientific proof right there
zcacogp said:
As I said, I haven't, but I believe it to be true. On that basis, as far as I am concerned, it's a 'fact'. If, on the other hand, you can say you have tried dialling '99' from a normal landline (not an internal 'phone) and it doesn't call the emergency services then I'll be happy to stand corrected.
Oli.
As soon as I read it I thought "that's bOli.
ks" and dialled 999 from my office phone (i.e. 9 for an outside line and 99) and got a dead tone- and then from my mobile.Although, in your defence, I could understand why that sounds believable.
Cock Womble 7 said:
DrTre said:
I doubt the OP is in possession of a video camera.
I am in possession of a Panasonic LX-3, with 16:9 Hi-Def video recording capability.I am currently uploading the (frankly disappointing) video to YouTube, but it's taking ages.
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