Comments on: Handheld magnetrons for making crop circles? http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178543 Mark Dow Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178543 I recently had the opportunity to disassemble a cavity magnetron from a  '89 Panasonic microwave oven. How do they work? Fuckin' magnets! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavity_magnetron I recently had the opportunity to disassemble a cavity magnetron from a  ’89 Panasonic microwave oven. How do they work? Fuckin’ magnets!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavity_magnetron

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178341 Ito Kagehisa Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178341 Video or it was planks and ropes.  ^_^ Video or it was planks and ropes.  ^_^

]]> By: gordonjcp http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178316 gordonjcp Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178316 A normal domestic microwave draws pretty close to 1.5kW (around 6A at full power).  You'd need 125A at 12V to feed your inverter to run the magnetron, which is about what a car starter motor draws.  So, you'd get a couple of minutes of microwaving out of a car battery. Long enough to give yourself cataracts, I suppose. A normal domestic microwave draws pretty close to 1.5kW (around 6A at full power).  You’d need 125A at 12V to feed your inverter to run the magnetron, which is about what a car starter motor draws.  So, you’d get a couple of minutes of microwaving out of a car battery.

Long enough to give yourself cataracts, I suppose.

]]> By: Ben Ben http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178239 Ben Ben Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178239 Please no more tilt-shift pictures ... please ! Over used and really bad effect, as bad as a lady gaga song ! Please no more tilt-shift pictures … please ! Over used and really bad effect, as bad as a lady gaga song !

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178198 querent Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178198 Bet you could cut 'em a check.  That shit is badass. Bet you could cut ‘em a check.  That shit is badass.

]]> By: William http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178196 William Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178196 It's the ghost of Sandy Duncan, making circles "one after the other"... It’s the ghost of Sandy Duncan, making circles “one after the other”…

]]> By: Scixual http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178143 Scixual Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178143 Because it doesn;t actually hurt the crops. Farmers will actually pay people to do crop circles, to make a little extra cash from tourists -- who trample crops anyway, if they're not controlled. Because it doesn;t actually hurt the crops. Farmers will actually pay people to do crop circles, to make a little extra cash from tourists — who trample crops anyway, if they’re not controlled.

]]> By: entheo http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178073 entheo Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1178073 Antinous, over here in Australia we have a different way of getting crop cirlces made http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8118257.stm "Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around "as high as a kite", a government official has said." Antinous, over here in Australia we have a different way of getting crop cirlces made http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8118257.stm
“Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around “as high as a kite”, a government official has said.”

]]> By: snakedart http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177958 snakedart Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177958 Crop circles: an explanation in search of a mystery Crop circles: an explanation in search of a mystery

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177956 Chuck Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177956 <em>Handheld</em> magnetron?  I don't think so. I heard that these pranksters have actually developed some kind of flying saucer-like apparatus that they mount their magnetrons on. Handheld magnetron?  I don’t think so.

I heard that these pranksters have actually developed some kind of flying saucer-like apparatus that they mount their magnetrons on.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177940 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177940 Have you looked closely at some of the more recent designs? They are not just "bent at the base". In some cases there are weavings of the stalks in very intricate patterns. Most people who dismiss this artwork as being done solely with strings and boards have not looked very closely into the phenomenae. http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2011/Etchilhampton/groundshots.html Have you looked closely at some of the more recent designs? They are not just “bent at the base”. In some cases there are weavings of the stalks in very intricate patterns. Most people who dismiss this artwork as being done solely with strings and boards have not looked very closely into the phenomenae.

http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2011/Etchilhampton/groundshots.html

]]> By: njloof http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177907 njloof Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177907 That's why I always tape a $20 to my crop circle with a note that says, "Sorry!" That’s why I always tape a $20 to my crop circle with a note that says, “Sorry!”

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177897 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177897 <blockquote>Fucking crop circles</blockquote> I hadn't heard that theory.

Fucking crop circles

I hadn’t heard that theory.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177814 awjt Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177814 If I had a field of corn, I'd have some game cams and IR tripwires set up to catch those bastards cutting into my bottom line, whoever they are, green, gray or otherwise. If I had a field of corn, I’d have some game cams and IR tripwires set up to catch those bastards cutting into my bottom line, whoever they are, green, gray or otherwise.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177810 Rich Keller Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177810 I vaguely remember some cable TV show that had physics students do a crop circle in the middle of the night. The idea was that they were trying to reproduce one based on evidence found at other crop circles, reverse engineering one. They used string and plywood sheets for flattening and a magnetron with a wave former attached to it to cook or "pop" some sections of the plant stalks. This might be that "intricate damage". I vaguely remember some cable TV show that had physics students do a crop circle in the middle of the night. The idea was that they were trying to reproduce one based on evidence found at other crop circles, reverse engineering one. They used string and plywood sheets for flattening and a magnetron with a wave former attached to it to cook or “pop” some sections of the plant stalks. This might be that “intricate damage”.

]]> By: wylkyn http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177802 wylkyn Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177802 Humans have been making giant designs on the ground for thousands of years. Recent humans have demonstrated techniques for making such designs. I don't see why anyone is astonished by this. Is it cool? Sure. Is it baffling? Not really, except as to how people see it as proof of supernatural or extraterrestrial entities. Humans have been making giant designs on the ground for thousands of years. Recent humans have demonstrated techniques for making such designs. I don’t see why anyone is astonished by this. Is it cool? Sure. Is it baffling? Not really, except as to how people see it as proof of supernatural or extraterrestrial entities.

]]> By: HenryPootel http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177792 HenryPootel Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177792 Fucking crop circles, how do they work? Fucking crop circles, how do they work?

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177778 nixiebunny Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177778 I've always wondered why anyone thinks that crop circles are made by any method other than strings and boards. The plants are bent at the base, but rays from above would have a very difficult time reaching the base of the plants while leaving the upper part intact.  Discuss. I’ve always wondered why anyone thinks that crop circles are made by any method other than strings and boards. The plants are bent at the base, but rays from above would have a very difficult time reaching the base of the plants while leaving the upper part intact. 

Discuss.

]]> By: corydodt http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177774 corydodt Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177774 Do farmers just not care that their crops are roont? Surprised we're still treating this activity as mystery or art, instead of vandalism. Do farmers just not care that their crops are roont? Surprised we’re still treating this activity as mystery or art, instead of vandalism.

]]> By: Mark http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177770 Mark Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177770 Or it could just be, well, a horizontally held stick.   Or it could just be, well, a horizontally held stick.  

]]> By: Clyde Shaffer http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177763 Clyde Shaffer Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177763 So crop circles really are made by sneaky things with rayguns, then? So crop circles really are made by sneaky things with rayguns, then?

]]> By: Jörgen Jönsson http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177754 Jörgen Jönsson Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177754 Swedish competition on the subject Farmers are allowed to borrow differential GPS systems, then using brushcutters... http://farmerdesign.eu/ (In Swedish only) Swedish competition on the subject
Farmers are allowed to borrow differential GPS systems, then using brushcutters…
http://farmerdesign.eu/
(In Swedish only)

]]> By: Their feldspars http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177755 Their feldspars Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/01/handheld-magnetrons-for-making-crop-circles.html#comment-1177755 Well, that's as good as any other explanation. Which is to say, not really any good at all. Well, that’s as good as any other explanation. Which is to say, not really any good at all.

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