[Noisebridge-discuss] x-ray machine

[Jake]

dude that would be awesome.  the blue stuff is even better than the green 
stuff.  i'm glad i didn't just delete this email without reading it!

-jake

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013, Tony Longshanks LeTigre wrote:

> Whoa. At the Lab (which just blew up, unfortunately) I had a bunch of this
> light blue special x-ray paper or film for developing x-ray images on. It
> was pretty. If I get any of it back I'll give it to you.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>       miloh is right.  when the electricity stops flowing it stops
>       xraying, like a microwave oven.  its exposure timer maxes out at
>       5 seconds.
>
>       also, we don't need to phear its invisible emanations.  we can
>       use geiger counters to check if it is somehow spraying xrays
>       through its lead casing in the wrong direction.
>
>       1mm thick lead will stop 99.99% of its rays.  (nothing stops
>       100%)
>
>       -jake
>
>       On Fri, 15 Mar 2013, miloh wrote:
>
>             On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Jonathan Lassoff
>             <jof at thejof.com> wrote:
>                   That is just scary to have. All
>                   potential hackers should get a talking
>                   to about the history of Therac 25 before
>                   beginning. :p
>
>                   Does it still have an active x-ray
>                   source?
> 
>
>             It's a 'bulb'. No source, just conversion of energy.
>              But don't take
>             my word for it, "you people will believe anything"
>             jake might have
>             something to add.
>
>             -rma
>
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