On 29/11/2010 11:23, CDB wrote:
>   I've just been sent a little movie cliplet, where 5 geeks and a geekett=
e
> place 4 mobile phones set at 90 degree angles so North/south, East/West o=
n
> the table with aerials pointing towards a cluster of unpopped corn in the
> gap in the middle. The fifth person then phones the phones and the corn
> starts popping before your eyes.
>
> Two things strikes me as odd.
>
> 1. The fifth person must be very quick on the dialing button, unless the
> phone can do multiple dialling within ms or less of each number. Is there=
 a
> loopback phone number for mobiles in the US like land line phones have, t=
o
> test the lines?
>
> 2. It is possible that they throw popped corn into the circle as the came=
ra
> work is a in focus, but hand held and shaky, so with clever cutting it
> could be like the 3 card trick. We see what we are meant to think we are
> seeing.
>
> I suppose I'm wondering if 4 GSM phones (I'm assuming they are GSM) which
> output what 2 or 3 W max really be capable of this?
>
> I don't know 4 people to try the experiment with and I only like toffee
> popcorn.
>
> Colin

Not sure about the multiple dialing, but I don't think you don't need to=20
do the maths to figure this one is fake, with clever editing. If it=20
takes a 600W Microwave at least thirty seconds before popcorn starts=20
popping, then a watt or two is unlikely to do much. Also, you would=20
likely have an abundance of portable, battery powered microwaves on the=20
market.. :-)

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