I'm still trying to figure out, what was the myth they were trying to expose? I've watched the show a few times and always found it interesting, but each time I have seen it, they were trying to get to the bottom of something, the "something" in question being "the myth" . maybe I'm just ignernt [sic] about cement-trucks-and-C4-explosives myths.
/s/ tuco bonno; Graduate, College of Conflict Management; University of SouthEast Asia; "I partied on the Ho Chi Minh Trail - tiến lên !! " -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Wednesday, 04 August, 2010 01:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: More FUD on the demise of the Mainframe Youtube of Cement truck turning into confetti. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxm_qpKh7Jw On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:17 PM, McKown, John <[email protected] > wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bonno, Tuco > > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 10:17 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: More FUD on the demise of the Mainframe > > > > out of curiosity, do you recall just how they managed to get > > ahold of *that much* C4? you're talking about 8 CUBIC YARDS > > of the stuff in the mixer, if it really really was completely > > packed ...... I used the stuff on occasion in viet-nam, and > > believe me, you don't need 8 cubic yards of that stuff to > > simply prove you can blow up one truck. > > They have "connections". In this case with the local FBI office. > > I don't know how much of what explosive was actually used. The trunk was > not just blown up. It was disintegrated. Only bite sized pieces left. And > not many of them. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
