> > > I think I saw a basic stamp 1 in the new X-files movie.
> > > Check out the timer for the bomb carefully.
> > > FWIW, I hate it when I see overly complicated alarm timers being
> > > used in hollywood bombs.  And why does even the electronic ones
> > > 'tick'?
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> >   Thats the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw it on the
> > left side of that circuit board.
>
>   For munitions, I always liked R. Heinlein's talking grenade idea (pull
> the pin, throw it, it announces "I am a bomb, three, two, one, <wham>".
>
>   For a "time bomb", wouldn't it make sense if it only beeped or clicked
> for the first few seconds, after that the LED just stayed lit, so the
> person arming it knows it's armed, after that it's moot;  if you see the
> LED on, you know to run like your life depends on it, IF you know it's a
> bomb that is!?!
>
>   Do any of us WANT to think like terrorists, really, though?!

        Ya I noticed that chip in the movie too, looks liked they wiped it out
slightly or something. I do wonder why in every movie the bomb has a
fantasic LED or even LCD display, kinda unrealistic, but I guess that would
take some of the drama away, oh well... TTYL