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Re: Making model rocket engines. ---> Don't!

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From: Colin Plumb
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1989 09:47
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In article <1052@ns.UUCP> logajan@ns.UUCP (John Logajan x3118) writes:
>barry ornitz writes:
>> Scientific knowledge and recipe books for bombs are two entirely
>> different things.
>
>My point exactly.  When you suppress the first, you insure the second.

The point is that it's impossible to suppress all knowledge, and a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing...

If I'm playing with explosives recipies, and my first 12 attempts fizzle,
I may not be cautious enough on the 13th...  If I know what makes a good
explosive, I can do more trial with less error.
-- 
	-Colin (uunet!microsof!w-colinp)
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From: w-colinp@microsoft.UUCP (Colin Plumb)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Making model rocket engines.  ---> Don't!
Message-ID: <174@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jan 89 09:47:52 GMT
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Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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