How to make your own IED

[Buck Turgidson]

Just a counter-terrorism idea, inspired by something I read about the Boston bombings:

- Apparently the bomber used a "widely available recipe" to make his bomb

- why not send out fake recipes that blow up catalytically when you make them?  Kind of like giving someone the recipe for nitro-glyceryn, and then telling them to shake it and bang it against a rock to turn it into a useable bomb.

- then anyone who would follow the recipe would blow themselves up when they are making it, and anyone nearby is probably an accomplice

- then spam the web with these recipes, trying to mimic any of the sites that show a real recipe...

This tactic works on bittorrent sites - how many times have you downloaded an 8GB movie only to find that the only thing it shared with the one you wanted was the title?

[Reoga]

read that as LED

[Arsenal 10]

read that as LED

I did exactly the same.

Though, your idea would be pretty funny, GS. Get rid of some of those amateur terrorists.

[Buck Turgidson]

read that as LED

If you misread it, I figured you would go with IUD...

How the fuck do you make an LED anyhow.  I mean is it really so fucking complex that it took us 100 years after we got th lightbulb, to make an LED?  Really?  What the FUCK?  Ok, I think I need a little sugar right now.

[Jenne]

read that as LED

If you misread it, I figured you would go with IUD...

For whatever reason, I thought of that.  Read it correctly, but still thought IUD.

[Buck Turgidson]

Well, let's not share any recipes for explosive IUDs.  Women are explosive enough.

[Bleak Outlook]

Not a bad idea. Nothing funnier than seeing an asshole terrorist blow himself up without hurting anyone else...

Of course, you're going to have to find the "real" bomb recipe and something tells me that when you do the gestappo secret police Department of Homeland Security will want to have a word with you.

[undiscoveredbum]

I assume your plan would only catch the dumbest of the dumb fucks, like the fake terrorists that the FBI entraps.

[Pterrydactyl]

Just a counter-terrorism idea, inspired by something I read about the Boston bombings:

- Apparently the bomber used a "widely available recipe" to make his bomb

- why not send out fake recipes that blow up catalytically when you make them?  Kind of like giving someone the recipe for nitro-glyceryn, and then telling them to shake it and bang it against a rock to turn it into a useable bomb.

- then anyone who would follow the recipe would blow themselves up when they are making it, and anyone nearby is probably an accomplice

- then spam the web with these recipes, trying to mimic any of the sites that show a real recipe...

This tactic works on bittorrent sites - how many times have you downloaded an 8GB movie only to find that the only thing it shared with the one you wanted was the title?

I... so want to comment on this... but my NDA prevents it...  Just know... It's come up...

[Buck Turgidson]

I... so want to comment on this... but my NDA prevents it...  Just know... It's come up...

Wow.  Your NDA sucks.  They should do the same with nukes.  Better yet, title an article "Bomb recipe to kill many infidel American sinners":

Ingredients:

Cocoa powder
Flour
Marijuana Butter
Brown Sugar

Instructions:

Mix the ingredients in a bowl.
Bake them.
Eat everything and begin baking more.

Do this every day for 12 weeks, then present yourself in a crowded area and recite the incantation "I am the bomb!  Death to America!" at the top of your lungs, 20 times to detonate yourself and redeem your prize from the appropriate authority.