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Wikipedia clarifies steam pipe menace

'They sometimes explode'

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Wikipedia moved with its customary lightning speed this morning to bring netizens the very latest in-depth information on steam pipes, one of which yesterday gave New Yorkers a nasty fright:

The entry for steam pipes on Wikipedia this morning

Mercifully, this entry has now been amended to remove any reference to steam pipes' explosive capability - thereby denying al-Qaeda any technical information which might allow it to bring steamy apocalypse to the Big Apple. ®

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Thanks to Steve John for the tip-off and grab.

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Cue the USA to start...

...the War On Pressure

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Re: Re: Sometimes explode

Hey Michael

A freind of mine was doing a technical course where they had to write an app (way back when they did these things) which could read the mouse movements. The only problem was that instead of receiving info from the mouse he tried to "send" info to the mouse. The result? Blue smoke - and before he could unplug it, an exploding mouse.

This shows us 2 thing:

1. Mice can explode

2. Blue smoke is bad

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Re: Funny, true, interesting?

"As where a forum you can throw any random retarded, your thoughts, and what have you..."

So where is the difference to Wikipedia?

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