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| 08-04-11 09:01am - 4889 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
OT Classic 'Do not try this at home!' Whilst generally I am entertained by bobble hat wearing geek-dom, I have serious doubts about this fella! He definitely needs his bumps feeling.  STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A Swedish man who was arrested after trying to split atoms in his kitchen said he was only doing it as a hobby. Richard Handl told The Associated Press that he had the radioactive elements radium, americium and uranium in his apartment in southern Sweden when police showed up and arrested him on charges of unauthorized possession of nuclear material. The 31-year-old Handl said he had tried for months to set up a nuclear reactor at home and kept a blog about his experiments, describing how he created a small meltdown on his stove. Only later did he realize it might not be legal and sent a question to Sweden's Radiation Authority, which answered by sending the police. "I have always been interested in physics and chemistry," Handl said, adding he just wanted to "see if it's possible to split atoms at home." The police raid took place in late July, but police have refused to comment.. If convicted, Handl could face fines or up to two years in prison. Although he says police didn't detect dangerous levels of radiation in his apartment, he now acknowledges the project wasn't such a good idea. "From now on, I will stick to the theory," he said.  Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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| 08-04-11 09:30am - 4889 days | #2 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
Wow ... that's an odd one to be sure. Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 08-04-11 06:36pm - 4889 days | #3 | |
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Tree Rodent (0)
Active User  Posts: 708 Registered: Oct 29, '08 Location: UK |
You have to laugh. Let's hope there's some common sense and they just give him a slap on the wrist and tell him not to do it again. | |
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| 08-04-11 10:35pm - 4888 days | #4 | |
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Drooler (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 1,831 Registered: Mar 11, '07 Location: USA |
Let's hope he doesn't try to breed hybrid bees or do something like that. I wanted something new, so I left England for New England. | |
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| 08-04-11 10:53pm - 4888 days | #5 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Wow, that's pretty crazy, if not totally unique... Not to toot my own country's crazy hobbyists horn, but try a 17 year old kid fucking around with radioactive materials in an attempt to build a homemade reactor, aka "The Radioactive Boy Scout." (To be fair, the Boy Scouts do have a nuclear science merit badge, though it doesn't list irradiating your mom's house as one of the requirements.) There's an online version of a Harper's Magazine article on him here as well. And as an added bonus, he was arrested a few years ago (at 31) for stealing smoke detectors, apparently trying to collect the americium in them.  Who cares if teens are sexting, sleeping with their teachers, or just having straight up orgies with friends when they're at least not trying to assemble a nuclear reactor in the backyard?! "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 08-05-11 06:09am - 4888 days | #6 | |
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Capn (0)
Active User Posts: 1,740 Registered: Sep 05, '09 Location: Near the Beer! |
Stupid is as Stupid does. Cap'n.  Admiral of the PU Hindenburg. 2009 PU AwardHilarious Post of the Year 2010 PU Award ( I would have preferred it to be Helpful Post of the Year for Guys who Hate 'Retail Therapy' ) :0/ Sanity is in the eye of the Beholder! | |
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| 08-06-11 02:49am - 4887 days | #7 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
Boys will be boys.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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