On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Even with best intentions, there is an unintentional homicide charge that > > can be used at the discretion of the Stat, depending on culpability. > This is > > often called Involuntary or Reckless Manslaughter. Feynman did take the > > risk of “pulling the plug” even when Papp shouted for him not to do it. > Was > > that reckless or not? > > According to Feynman: > > <<Mr. Papp pulled the plug from the wall, and the fan propeller > continued to turn. 'You see, this cord has nothing to do with the > engine; it's only supplying power to the instruments,' he said. Well, > that was easy. He's got a storage battery inside the engine. 'Do you > mind if I hold the plug?' I asked? 'Not at all,' replied Mr. Papp, and > he handed it to me. > > It wasn't very long before he asked me to give me back the plug. 'I'd > like to hold it a little longer,' I said, figuring that if I stalled > around enough, the damn thing would stop. > > Pretty soon Mr. Papp was frantic, so I (Richard Feynman) gave him back > the plug and he plugged it back into the wall. A few moments later > there was a big explosion...>> > > http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/comments/papparticle2.html > > Harry > > So for how long was Papp "frantically" _not_ asking for the plug back? Or did Papp become "frantic" only after having calmly asking Feynman for the plug back?
