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Title: "This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: maximusotter on April 01, 2006, 22:55:34 PM
QuoteOhio University will reimburse a graduate student for a bicycle that was destroyed after officials mistakenly believed a sticker displaying the name of a punk band was a bomb threat.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/2006/local/03/31/bike.html
Title: "This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: redneck on April 01, 2006, 23:00:59 PM
roffleskates
Title: Re:"This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: Madrocker on April 01, 2006, 23:24:56 PM
lmao
Title: "This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: bear on April 01, 2006, 23:33:27 PM
I remember that, good for him :)
Title: "This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: maximusotter on April 01, 2006, 23:33:30 PM
question is: does he put a new sticker on the new bike?
Title: "This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: maximusotter on April 01, 2006, 23:37:07 PM
Quote from: bearI remember that, good for him :)

He deserves it. If security isnt trained enough to understand that making a pipe bomb from cromium steel is pointless and the damn thing didnt have a wick--then the university should not only pay for the bike, but get him a rental car till he gets his new ride. Idiots. Pipe bombs are made from hard iron pipe as it fragments. A bike tube, be it aluminum or steel, would just split open.
Title: Re:"This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: Serious on April 02, 2006, 01:20:58 AM
Cast iron is much better for fragmentation than steel but ball bearings, nails or other metal fragments can be used if available as shrapnel.
Title: Re:"This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: mr_roll on April 02, 2006, 12:17:21 PM
Is this bomb making class 101? :P:D
Title: Re:"This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: Mongoose on April 02, 2006, 20:33:04 PM
Quote from: SeriousCast iron is much better for fragmentation than steel but ball bearings, nails or other metal fragments can be used if available as shrapnel.

but surely then it would technically become a nail bomb as opposed to a pipe bomb? I mean, what is the modern education system comming to if we cant expect the average terrorist on th street to correctly label his bombs?
Title: Re:"This Bike is a Pipe Bomb" bike owner to be reimbursed
Post by: Serious on April 02, 2006, 21:18:11 PM
I know but now adays most pipes are made of plastic so I would expect you wouldnt get much carnage out of that without supplimenting it a bit with other materials...