On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:45:40 +0100 in comp.protocols.time.ntp, Uwe Klein
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Heiko Gerstung wrote:
>> Uwe Klein schrieb:
>>
>>>> Oh, BTW: Any interesting links on how to launch your firework stuff
>>>> exactly at 00:00:00.000 ?
>>>
>>> I have some tcl scripts that can hit any given second boundary with
>>> good accuracy ( ~5-10ms) on a linux box.( use it for changing data sinks
>>> every 30 minutes on the "second" er Hour.
>>> You will have to take fuse delay into account.
>>> Ignition goes by way of a decapitated small light bulb filled with a
>>> pinch of black powder.
>>
>> Sounds good, but the fuse delay measurements can be tricky, I guess. But
>> you forgot the mandatory statement:
>>
>> KIDS! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! :-)
>
>Why?
>I built my first electric fuse when i was ten.
>
>Hysterically keeping kids away from any possible
>or impossible danger is by itself very dangerous.
>
>You need experience to handle risk assessment.
When I was young I built an electric igniter using a 9V battery, a
switch, a couple of wires to spring terminals, and a few strands of
steel/wire wool between the spring terminals: a lot easier to get
(then), and replace, than debulbed light bulbs and black powder.
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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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