Boy, 14, makes homemade bomb with recipe from Internet

[russ 1]

Okay, when I was a kid (17 years ago), I had chemistry sets (the old fashioned type, with real chemicals.) I blew stuff up in the back yard (proper saftey, didn't hurt anyone). If the police were called, you could get a ticket for having fireworks (illegal in massachusetts), but explain that it is a chemisty experiment - no problems. I think we are getting paranoid here - after all - man has undersood how to make chemical explosives for several thousand years now. It is hardly a secret.

Times have really changed. I went on to engineering school. How are kids supposed to learn anything about chemistry or physics without actually experimenting and learning laboratory technique? (Most middle and high schools have eliminated chemistry labs for fear of litigation).

http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/200...4-makes-ho.html

<h3 class="entry-header">Boy, 14, makes homemade bomb with recipe from Internet</h3> ST. PETERSBURG - A 14 year-old St. Petersburg boy was searching the Internet for tips to make his computer faster when he came across something even more interesting: Instructions for how to make a bomb with common household chemicals.

According to police, the boy tried the recipe Monday and found that it worked when he made a bomb in a plastic bottle that exploded in his backyard. So he added some of his own touches, including BB gun pellets.

He also burned a bandanna that he didn’t like. After someone complained, police arrested the boy, who is not being named because of his age, on a charge of discharging an explosive device.

--Abhi Raghunathan, Times Staff Writer

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

russ, like you said, this is silly.

[Alt name 1]

Future AICHe member Russ. (laughing) I did that with my chemistry set when I was about 14. I'm thinking, should we start a scholarship drive for this kid?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Future AICHe member Russ. (laughing) I did that with my chemistry set when I was about 14. I'm thinking, should we start a scholarship drive for this kid?

A legal fund might be more useful at this time.

[russ 1]

russ, like you said, this is silly.

Yeah - the soda bottle bomb is a very simple idea. Put a few pieces of dry ice in a 2 liter bottle, then wait. Eventually the sealed bottle will rupture violently. About as dangerous as placing a carbonated bottle in a hot car. Truly, the kid was a threat to national security. I think extraordinary rendition is appropriate here.

Most of the scientist and engineers I know got started with backyard chemistry sets, model rockets, and things like that. You can't even buy a chemistry set now. We are raising a generation of Americans totally ignorant to science.

These guys will sell you a lot of stuff though: http://www.unitednuclear.com/

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

russ, like you said, this is silly.

Yeah - the soda bottle bomb is a very simple idea. Put a few pieces of dry ice in a 2 liter bottle, then wait. Eventually the sealed bottle will rupture violently. About as dangerous as placing a carbonated bottle in a hot car. Truly, the kid was a threat to national security. I think extraordinary rendition is appropriate here.

Most of the scientist and engineers I know got started with backyard chemistry sets, model rockets, and things like that. You can't even buy a chemistry set now. We are raising a generation of Americans totally ignorant to science.

These guys will sell you a lot of stuff though: http://www.unitednuclear.com/

Thanks for making me read that, I am now a threat to the State. I shall turn myself in.

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[almaty 19]

now, if he made ghetto naplam like the kids in treatment taught me..then we are talking some action

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

What is ghetto napalm?

[russ 1]

What is ghetto napalm?

Napalm is just gasoline, benzine and polystyrene. These are not difficult things to obtain.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Ok and ghetto napalm is the same thing?

[almaty 19]

What is ghetto napalm?

it is a mixture of 3/4 gas....1 quart of 30 weight oil and a bottle of thick dish soap..when tossed in a glass container spread on the person or a building and car(isoap)..and burns longer...(oil)..great fun in detroit on devil's night

[yassmine2878 1]

When I was a teenager we had the Anarchist's Cookbook. My brother and I used to make lime bombs in baby food jars. Kids, or people in general, will never stop finding new ways for homemade goodies. Although there are some people who need to be saved from themselves. Like the dumbasses who mix bleach and ammonia to make a super-duper cleaner.

[almaty 19]

. Although there are some people who need to be saved from themselves. Like the dumbasses who mix bleach and ammonia to make a super-duper cleaner.

[eric&gen 0]

I make my own bombs after eating a few burritos from taco bell lol.