Speaking of levitation...
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Can We Please Bring Our Damned Coffee On the Plane Again, Idiots?[^] Alvaro
If [God] knows what we are going to do then we have no free will and are just characters in a play written by him. Without free will, morality for humans makes no sense. Without free will and morality, any sort of punishment or reward system loses any justification. Heaven and hell would be places where [God] could watch the souls he created, predestined just for eternal happiness or agony. - Mark Thomas
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Can We Please Bring Our Damned Coffee On the Plane Again, Idiots?[^] Alvaro
If [God] knows what we are going to do then we have no free will and are just characters in a play written by him. Without free will, morality for humans makes no sense. Without free will and morality, any sort of punishment or reward system loses any justification. Heaven and hell would be places where [God] could watch the souls he created, predestined just for eternal happiness or agony. - Mark Thomas
Yeah, the binary explosives stuff sounds unworkable. Doesn't stop the necessity of nicking the little bastards who were planning it though, stupidity isn't a defense. Most likely, the wannabe jihadis would have gassed themselves unglamourously in a airplane toilet briefly before being battered into a bloody pulp by enraged passengers. There was a near successful Al Q linked attack a while back with nitroglycerin in gel smuggled on board in a contact lens bottle. This was a decade ago though, the current liquid restrictions are pretty arbitrary.
Ryan
"Michael Moore and Mel Gibson are the same person, except for a few sit-ups. Moore thought his cheesy political blooper reel was going to tell people how to vote. Mel thought that his little gay SM movie about his imaginary friend was going to help him get to heaven." - Penn Jillette
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Yeah, the binary explosives stuff sounds unworkable. Doesn't stop the necessity of nicking the little bastards who were planning it though, stupidity isn't a defense. Most likely, the wannabe jihadis would have gassed themselves unglamourously in a airplane toilet briefly before being battered into a bloody pulp by enraged passengers. There was a near successful Al Q linked attack a while back with nitroglycerin in gel smuggled on board in a contact lens bottle. This was a decade ago though, the current liquid restrictions are pretty arbitrary.
Ryan
"Michael Moore and Mel Gibson are the same person, except for a few sit-ups. Moore thought his cheesy political blooper reel was going to tell people how to vote. Mel thought that his little gay SM movie about his imaginary friend was going to help him get to heaven." - Penn Jillette
I won't repeat what they are, but I have seen discussions of several mixes that would have a reasonable chance of bringing down a plane. They all were however mixes that would be darwin candidates on the ground due to the risk of premature detonation while attemping to mix the ingrediants. However, none that I saw discussed used chemicals that could pass the open the bottle and take a drink test. GIven the backgrounds of the people doing the discussion however I don't hold that as definitive since I would expect them to be practicing opsec.