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  1. REMIX

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    http://www.i4u.com/article14324.html

    The Torch is the world's brightest and most powerful flashlight.

    It is capable of melting plastic, lighting paper on fire within seconds, and if you like, fry an egg or a marshmallow on a stick. See a video below that shows how the flashlight burns up a pile of paper.

    At 4100 lumens, The Torch is 100 lumens more powerful than The Polarion Helios, the former most powerful flashlight. Apparently Wicked Lasers has The Torch currently in review at the Guinness Book of World Records.
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    I wonder how many warning labels have to go on a product like that :D
    WARNING: Do not place flashlight near anyone's eye as it may spontaneously combust.
     
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    That is absolutely insane haha.
     
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    can you imagine having one in your pocket and it accidentally switches on... you'd quickly be branded a liar by any witnesses...
     
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    How far does that thing illuminate ?
     
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    Here is a picture of the result when it is pointed at the moon. For those who wonder about the validity of this photo as an accurate representation of the power of this flashlight I suggest that you go to the manufacturer’s site at www.wickedlasers.com/moondemo
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    What's the point of having a flashlight that lasts for 15 minutes on a battery charge?
     
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    Obviously fake. There is no straight line of sight to the moon without encountering obstacles such as satellites, debris or albino black sheep. :)

    ... just in case you run into an evil monster in a dark cave... you can shine the flashlight at the monster, then when it catches fire, you can use the fire to keep yourself warm until help arrives. :)

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    emergency fire starter?
     
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    Gentlemen, please set your phasers on STUN.

    And, you security guys - stand around here behind that rock while Sulu and I look for the alien...
     
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    waste of money
     
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    Here is another photo taken five minutes later, if you look carefully you will see the moon is now on fire.
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    Not sure if you want to be alone with Sulu though... but then again... :D

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    might get into trouble with his tribble.....
     
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    You do bring up a good point - but then again, most anything to avoid standing anywhere near those security guys...
     
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    But imagine fitting a pair as HID headlights. :D
    (When I say keep right when not passing, I mean it!! :p)
     
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    Post of the week! I literally LOL'd at it!
     
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    IIRC, there was a big laser set up in SW Texas for precisely the purpose of sending a beam up to the moon, bouncing back from a reflector, and thus measuring the precise distance from the earth to the moon.

    Believe it or not, aircraft owners/pilots got a special FAA bulletin warning pilots NOT TO FLY OVER THIS LASER.
     
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    The guy who put the reflector on the moon should have been keeping count of the distance he traveled... or he should have been unraveling a really long measuring tape... :D

    How about birds and other flying animals?! :eek:

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    Well, they did put the reflector there during one of the landings...but I think the laser had already been used to monitor the distance as well as they could by just bouncing off the shiny rocks.

    As to the birds and other flying animals, well these are considered expendable here in Texas - especially if they are jet black and fly at night.

    Oilmen's private jets are not.
     
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