Comments on: Weaponized diamond engagement ring http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 05:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: CJ http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129285 CJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129285 Well caught, #1 - I read that and didn't even notice it :) I'd prefer a ring where the stone swivels - so you can use it non-lethal mode normally (to avoid cutting yourself or others to the bone), but then turn it round when necessary. Well caught, #1 – I read that and didn’t even notice it :)

I’d prefer a ring where the stone swivels – so you can use it non-lethal mode normally (to avoid cutting yourself or others to the bone), but then turn it round when necessary.

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129286 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129286 Graffiti on glass with diamond rings has a long history; <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20558/20558-h/20558-h.htm">"The Merry-Thought, or, The Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany"</a> was a collection of such, published in 1731. Graffiti on glass with diamond rings has a long history; “The Merry-Thought, or, The Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany” was a collection of such, published in 1731.

]]> By: Cheqyr http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129309 Cheqyr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129309 A string quartet, playing something frenetic in a minor key. A man and woman in silhouette. He gives her a ring. She puts it on. Close up of her shadowy hand, with bright ring, stroking man's face. Man suddenly doubles over in agony. Voice over: "Permanent scars, courtesy of The Killer Diamond Engagement Ring. How else can three month's salary last forever?" A string quartet, playing something frenetic in a minor key. A man and woman in silhouette. He gives her a ring. She puts it on. Close up of her shadowy hand, with bright ring, stroking man’s face. Man suddenly doubles over in agony. Voice over:

“Permanent scars, courtesy of The Killer Diamond Engagement Ring. How else can three month’s salary last forever?”

]]> By: fouroboros http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-130079 fouroboros Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-130079 #1 - "Last Will and Estimate": Pre-nup for May/December quickies (see: Anna Nicole Smith.) #1 -

“Last Will and Estimate”: Pre-nup for May/December quickies (see: Anna Nicole Smith.)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-130086 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-130086 Ricin is initially extracted from defatted castor beans by aquous extraction at pH 3.8 to yield a leachate containing solubilized ricin. The leachate is filtered to remove insoluble matter and the crude ricin then precipitated by the addition of a 12% solution of sodium sulfate with a pH of 7.0-8.0. After precipitation, the crude ricin cake is washed with a 16.7% solution of sodium sulfate to remove extranious nitrogenous substances. The precipitated ricin may be reextracted once to further purify it. Ricin is initially extracted from defatted castor beans by aquous extraction at pH 3.8 to yield a leachate containing solubilized ricin. The leachate is filtered to remove insoluble matter and the crude ricin then precipitated by the addition of a 12% solution of sodium sulfate with a pH of 7.0-8.0. After precipitation, the crude ricin cake is washed with a 16.7% solution of sodium sulfate to remove extranious nitrogenous substances. The precipitated ricin may be reextracted once to further purify it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-804903 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-804903 Tobias Wong RIP Tobias Wong RIP

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-130093 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-130093 Jeez, you forgot the link to buy the ingredients. Jeez, you forgot the link to buy the ingredients.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-130097 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-130097 castor beans, corner store castor beans, corner store

]]> By: Village Idiot http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-130357 Village Idiot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-130357 Ricin might be a bit much, seeing as how likely it would be to cut yourself with an always-exposed point like that. I've found garlic to be exceptionally painful, much worse than salt when it gets under the skin, but it won't kill you if you accidentally cut yourself. Combine this with the "No Contact Jacket" (a jacket that is a stun gun for women to wear, http://www.no-contact.com/) and you'll have a seriously stylish and totally untouchable well-accessorized outfit for nights out in some crime-ridden decaying metropolis. Ricin might be a bit much, seeing as how likely it would be to cut yourself with an always-exposed point like that. I’ve found garlic to be exceptionally painful, much worse than salt when it gets under the skin, but it won’t kill you if you accidentally cut yourself.

Combine this with the “No Contact Jacket” (a jacket that is a stun gun for women to wear, http://www.no-contact.com/) and you’ll have a seriously stylish and totally untouchable well-accessorized outfit for nights out in some crime-ridden decaying metropolis.

]]> By: swanlakers http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129629 swanlakers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129629 Lethal? - no Art, yes Lethal? – no
Art, yes

]]> By: mojo_jojo http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129377 mojo_jojo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129377 oh honey, let's keep it simple, just get me a nice set of platinum knuckle dusters oh honey, let’s keep it simple, just get me a nice set of platinum knuckle dusters

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-130145 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-130145 Right part of the country, castor beans, ornamental landscaping. Right part of the country, castor beans, ornamental landscaping.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129641 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129641 a dot of ricin on the tip a dot of ricin on the tip

]]> By: Agent 86 http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129901 Agent 86 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129901 extra points if you distill your own ricin? extra points if you distill your own ricin?

]]> By: Logical Extremes http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129398 Logical Extremes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129398 Don't succumb to the cartel: http://www.google.com/search?q=diamond+cartel Don’t succumb to the cartel:
http://www.google.com/search?q=diamond+cartel

]]> By: jitrobug http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129706 jitrobug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129706 Don't support the cartel: http://www.apollodiamond.com/ I absolutely love the idea of diamonds made by nerds in a lab rather than dug up by debeers.. Don’t support the cartel:

http://www.apollodiamond.com/

I absolutely love the idea of diamonds made by nerds in a lab rather than dug up by debeers..

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-803010 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-803010 RIP http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/arts/design/03wong.html?ref=design RIP
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/arts/design/03wong.html?ref=design

]]> By: Lauren O http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129264 Lauren O Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129264 Last will and estimate?! Last will and estimate?!

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/weaponized-diamond-e.html#comment-129275 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129275 Next up: "We're sorry, ma'm, we're going to have to confiscate your wedding ring before we allow you on the flight. New safety regulations..." Next up: “We’re sorry, ma’m, we’re going to have to confiscate your wedding ring before we allow you on the flight. New safety regulations…”

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