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(@Anonymous 39155)
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http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/sea...le-microon_news


 
Posted : August 19, 2008 2:28 pm
(@billmullineaux)
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Okay, I'll turn this to a sailing application...

When our local sailing club hosted my mono's nationals a few years ago, we had the weigh-in scale on a club hoist, with the digital display on a table nearby. I walked up and set my cell phone next to the display, and that boat suddenly was swinging between 1 lb and 10,000 lbs! Unfortunately, it took quite awhile before the scale would read accurately again!

So if you're a bit light at the next regatta, walk around the measuring area with your cell phone till you get the reading you want!


 
Posted : August 19, 2008 2:45 pm
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I publish a health newsletter and we showed those videos. it was later reported it is a hoax.. but i dont see how.. i have seen several versions of this clip, with different people and from different countries... and they all seem real to me.. i see no signs of

video editing

and i think its for real.

We have a worker who said they tried it and could not pop corn... still seems possible to me. Our founding Dr. says he wouldn't wear a bluetooth on his head at any time...


 
Posted : August 19, 2008 3:21 pm
Jake Kohl
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They dropped the popped pop corn kernel from above the frame onto the table and touched it up with a little video editing (removed the unpopped kernel digitally).

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp


 
Posted : August 19, 2008 4:24 pm
(@Anonymous 39155)
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That's a relief.


 
Posted : August 19, 2008 4:26 pm
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They dropped the popped pop corn kernel from above the frame onto the table and touched it up with a little video editing (removed the unpopped kernel digitally).

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

JUST AS I THOUGHT!

THIS CLEARLY SHOWS JAKE IS PART OF A GREATER CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE PUBLIC...

I have suspected Jake was

in bed with

Orville Redenbacher's for a while now and this PROVES IT!

That being said... the video clearly shows the corn falling UP??? then coming back down. I am not saying it can't be edited.. but it looks convincing..

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Posted : August 19, 2008 4:36 pm
(@jimbo633)
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cellphone/coffee table popper


 
Posted : August 19, 2008 5:18 pm
(@billmullineaux)
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I wondered if that was how they did it, but I wouldn't mess with a magnetron like that. Putting your hand in line with the beam, even for a short time, could do some damage. And it would certainly blow out the receiver of a cell phone!


 
Posted : August 19, 2008 9:50 pm
Tony_F18
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The popcorn thing is a hoax, its been around for ages.

If you want to waste some serious time online I suggest you go over to this website: http://theflatearthsociety.net/
These people are still convinced that the earth is flat and nothing can change their minds, the forums are an

interesting

read. <img src=

alt=

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Posted : August 20, 2008 1:40 am
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That is a lot more believable than video editing and

dropping

corn in from above.

So basically, you are

radiating

everyone at the table... to do a little trick...


 
Posted : August 20, 2008 8:33 am
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It's a

special effect

:

Company Fesses Up to Corn-Popping Cellphone Clips

I read another article someplace that describes the various tricks used to get the

popcorn

effect.


 
Posted : August 20, 2008 9:15 am
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I have suspected Jake was

in bed with

Orville Redenbacher's for a while now and this PROVES IT!

Wow....... I got nuthin' <img src=

alt=

/>


 
Posted : August 20, 2008 9:42 am
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Must see!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_KFQqmhGq8

I think it would be a great one to have an egg with phones ringing all around it and POP... it turns into a chik!


 
Posted : August 20, 2008 10:17 am
(@banzilla)
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how about this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEPl8wPXNE


 
Posted : August 20, 2008 10:44 am
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