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How to convert a Bic lighter to LASER POWER
The idea that you could put a laser in any arbitrary container, including a lighter housing, is obvious. So too is the idea that you could use a laser to light cigarettes. The wiring "diagram" presented at 1:20 is not a diagram but a photograph, and it does not show how to wire the parts at all. An explanation of a critical part of the engineering--securely mounting the laser diode so it points out of the hole--is omitted. It appears they omitted the actual engineering too as at 2:02 and 2:04 you can see the end of the lighter glows blue from the beam hitting the inside of the housing. But worst of all, at 2:15, while admonishing the viewer to not point the laser at people, they are clearly shining it directly into the face if not the left eye of the guy with the cigarette. If the laser was actually intense enough to light a cigarette, that individual would now be permanently blind in his left eye.
This is either parody, a viral for the website advertised at 1:08, or it should be in the EIA channel.
Don't Be A Jerk To Horses
"You enjoy getting outraged at people, i can tell."
I express no outrage. In fact, I think my post is rather calm, rational, and to the point. Your statement to the contrary is hyperbole and unfounded speculation.
Also, I never said I think the girl did nothing, I said there is no evidence of wrong doing. A lack of evidence may imply a lack of wrong doing, but even if we are completely unsure of whether or not the girl was in the wrong, everything in my post would still stand--it would still be completely wrong to cheer at her potentially getting seriously injured.
"Her hit ... really didn't need to be so hard."
How do you know it was that hard? The video starts with her hand practically already on the horse. The muscle shaking you see in the horse could easily be caused by the horse itself; they twitch their own muscles to shake flies off.
"I'd be pretty annoyed if someone hit me like that to get a fly on my back"
Perhaps you misunderstand when I say "fly"--I'm talking about horse flies. They are large, they live off blood like mosquitoes, and their bites can feel more like a bee sting than a mosquito bite.
"Her push was directly onto the horse's neck which as we all know is a very sensitive area... "
Hardly. First, while it's not exactly clear in the video, it looks more like she's pushing on the front of the right shoulder, not the neck. Second, a horse's neck is very muscular; a small girl pushing on it will not bother the horse. In fact, pushing back on the neck/chest is a common thing do when trying to back a horse up, into a trailer for instance. Everything you see the girl doing is absolutely typical of horse ownership. People will also use a horse's mane as a handle in the absence of a saddle and reins; horses are rather robust creatures.
"...over compensated with your prissy ... outburst..."
I don't think any of those words accurately describe my post.
I think my post was calm and concise, yet you accuse me of acting emotionally and in error. In the course of articulating your accusation, you employ baseless speculation, exaggeration, and name calling. I think maybe you have things backwards.
edit: removed a superfluous "not have" in the first paragraph.
Don't Be A Jerk To Horses
Last time I checked, life was not a sporting event, and the concerns of humans outweighed the concerns of animals. Cheering when an animal mauls a human(a child in this case even!) is ignorant and disgusting.