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- From: popovich@cs.columbia.edu (Steve Popovich)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Why ? (Hand in Pocket)
- Message-ID: <POPOVICH.93Jan28004420@morningside.cs.columbia.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 16:09:28 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Columbia University
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- In-Reply-To: $$$CBFI@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu's message of 28 Jan 93 04:16:52 GMT
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- #If your off hand moves, it throws off your balance. (If the TV tech's
- #hand moves, he probably gets zapped.)
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- Well, yes, sort of. If the hand that's inside your set moves, he
- probably gets zapped, whether or not his other hand is in his pocket.
- The difference is in the quality of the zap. The reason why the TV
- tech (or a radio amateur working on the 2000 volt power supply for his
- transmitting amplifier) has his hand in his pocket is that there, if
- he happens to touch some high voltage with his other hand, he won't
- complete a circuit from one hand to the other through the heart, which
- would be virtually certain to kill him. The jolt could still do him
- in, but at least he's got a chance this way. As for why the shooters
- put their off hands in their pockets, I think a lot of people have
- answered this question already, so I won't even try.
- -Steve, WB3I
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