Comments on: Sound waves snuff fire http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 22:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bouncy Bouncy http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113669 Bouncy Bouncy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113669 More evidence that Nickelback really blows. More evidence that Nickelback really blows.

]]> By: stubar http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-114442 stubar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-114442 @KMOSER As did Daniel Plainview et al in There Will Be Blood. Guess it's not as academic a case, but still, seriously awesome movie. And Johnny Greenwood was robbed. @KMOSER

As did Daniel Plainview et al in There Will Be Blood. Guess it’s not as academic a case, but still, seriously awesome movie. And Johnny Greenwood was robbed.

]]> By: Not a Doktor http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113692 Not a Doktor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113692 Joining the "Nickelback sucks" party Joining the “Nickelback sucks” party

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113970 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113970 I thought Mythbusters addressed . . . you know . . . myths. This was an award winning undergraduate research paper at the Georgia Academy of Science that year, as I recall. (I'm the secretary of the Academy.) I thought Mythbusters addressed . . . you know . . . myths. This was an award winning undergraduate research paper at the Georgia Academy of Science that year, as I recall. (I’m the secretary of the Academy.)

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113971 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113971 Plus . . . what the hell's a Nickelback? Plus . . . what the hell’s a Nickelback?

]]> By: Ian70 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113716 Ian70 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113716 No fair, I was going to say what #1 said. Further evidence that nothing can survive in an environment that is saturated with Nickelback. No fair, I was going to say what #1 said. Further evidence that nothing can survive in an environment that is saturated with Nickelback.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113974 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113974 change on a quarter for something that cost a couple of dimes change on a quarter for something that cost a couple of dimes

]]> By: David Newland http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113721 David Newland Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113721 "Phenomena" is the plural form of "phenomenon," not a synonym, substitute for, or fancier version thereof. Thank you. “Phenomena” is the plural form of “phenomenon,” not a synonym, substitute for, or fancier version thereof.

Thank you.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113978 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113978 Hasn't anybody invented a gas fireplace that dances along with your Sinatra records? It just seems so inevitable. Hasn’t anybody invented a gas fireplace that dances along with your Sinatra records? It just seems so inevitable.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113993 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113993 didn't you look at the Rubens Tube video? didn’t you look at the Rubens Tube video?

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113995 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113995 The one with the dude with the styling hair? That's why I asked. Hot as he was, I was thinking something a little more romantic to sit around while the flames dance to my Yma Sumac discs. The one with the dude with the styling hair? That’s why I asked. Hot as he was, I was thinking something a little more romantic to sit around while the flames dance to my Yma Sumac discs.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113998 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113998 pop over to Instructables.com. They have a project you can build using a speaker at one end of the tube pop over to Instructables.com. They have a project you can build using a speaker at one end of the tube

]]> By: Orbus http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-114016 Orbus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-114016 ... In space? The place where you can put a fire out just by opening a window, and you have to pay $x0,000/oz to import equipment? Nifty experiment, lame justification. … In space? The place where you can put a fire out just by opening a window, and you have to pay $x0,000/oz to import equipment?

Nifty experiment, lame justification.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-114028 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-114028 Orbus, <a href ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1">Apollo 1?</a> Orbus,

Apollo 1?

]]> By: wolfwitch http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-114314 wolfwitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-114314 As already said- Mythbusters did this. It's certainly a much, much older idea. Beyond that- I suspect any sound capable of extinguishing more than a candle is going to cause permanent damage to any structures around its source, as well as any living thing close-by. As already said- Mythbusters did this. It’s certainly a much, much older idea.

Beyond that- I suspect any sound capable of extinguishing more than a candle is going to cause permanent damage to any structures around its source, as well as any living thing close-by.

]]> By: procrastinet http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113550 procrastinet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113550 Perhaps the song in question simply sapped the flame's will to live? Perhaps the song in question simply sapped the flame’s will to live?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113809 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113809 have fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpovwbPGEoo have fun

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

]]> By: Stuart Ellis http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113556 Stuart Ellis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113556 They covered this on an episode of Mythbusters. They covered this on an episode of Mythbusters.

]]> By: getknifed http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113561 getknifed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113561 i usually vacate the area at the onset of sudden nickelbacking as well. i usually vacate the area at the onset of sudden nickelbacking as well.

]]> By: philipb http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113580 philipb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113580 On the road we used to play a game of "blow out the Zippo with the subwoofers!" Worked too. PB On the road we used to play a game of “blow out the Zippo with the subwoofers!”

Worked too.

PB

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-114096 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-114096 In the first Gulf War, when Saddam lit dozens of oil wells on fire, firefighters extinguished them by creating an explosion that blew out the flame without reigniting the oil. Similar concept, but not new. In the first Gulf War, when Saddam lit dozens of oil wells on fire, firefighters extinguished them by creating an explosion that blew out the flame without reigniting the oil. Similar concept, but not new.

]]> By: sequelguy http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113586 sequelguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113586 Indeed Mythbusters did test this: <a href="http://mythbustersresults.com/episode76">it was confirmed</a>. Indeed Mythbusters did test this: it was confirmed.

]]> By: abkad http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113843 abkad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113843 Good thing they didn't play Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go." That flame would have burst into an unstoppable fire dance. Good thing they didn’t play Wham!’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.” That flame would have burst into an unstoppable fire dance.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-114099 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-114099 Is there a video? Is there a video?

]]> By: deejayqueue http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113591 deejayqueue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113591 Right, and by the time you set up your amp and speaker, find a power source capable of generating the required wattage, and get close enough to the flame to do anything to it, someone will have come up behind you with an ABC extinguisher and put the fire out. Fire is built with Air, Fuel, and Heat. If you remove any one of those 3 things, the fire goes out. There are WAY more efficient ways to remove the air than by using sound waves. Right, and by the time you set up your amp and speaker, find a power source capable of generating the required wattage, and get close enough to the flame to do anything to it, someone will have come up behind you with an ABC extinguisher and put the fire out.

Fire is built with Air, Fuel, and Heat. If you remove any one of those 3 things, the fire goes out. There are WAY more efficient ways to remove the air than by using sound waves.

]]> By: Blackbird http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113595 Blackbird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113595 If a sound system at a rock concert can't extinguish flames, I can't see how this is gonna work on anything larger than well...the candle they tested it on. Plus, do you think that maybe to low bass note was pushing a great deal of air?? Air can put out a fire of that size too! If a sound system at a rock concert can’t extinguish flames, I can’t see how this is gonna work on anything larger than well…the candle they tested it on. Plus, do you think that maybe to low bass note was pushing a great deal of air?? Air can put out a fire of that size too!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-114108 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-114108 much older than the gulf war http://www.redadair.com/ much older than the gulf war
http://www.redadair.com/

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113598 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113598 procrastinet wins the thread. procrastinet wins the thread.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113606 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113606 are there songs that work the other way? are there songs that work the other way?

]]> By: Ryan Waddell http://boingboing.net/2008/01/28/sound-waves-snuff-fi.html#comment-113608 Ryan Waddell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-113608 If I recall from the Mythbusters episode though, they had to use crazy huge speakers, and extremely high volumes to put out the fires. So great, you've put out the fire in the space station, but now your astronaut's heads have exploded. If I recall from the Mythbusters episode though, they had to use crazy huge speakers, and extremely high volumes to put out the fires. So great, you’ve put out the fire in the space station, but now your astronaut’s heads have exploded.

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