# from Aristotle Pagaltzis # on Wednesday 02 January 2008 16:47: >> looking for (and diffusing) mines > >That sounds like a novel approach! Or do you mean “defusing”? :-)
Yeah :-D Diffuse is probably what they do when you find them the less careful way! I guess the tank+flail mechanism is still in use, so that would adequately describe that process. Apparently it makes a huge mess though. If you want tidier demining, you have to walk on specially made tiptoes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Spezialschuhe_eines_Minenraeumanzuges.jpg --Eric -- To a database person, every nail looks like a thumb. --Jamie Zawinski --------------------------------------------------- http://scratchcomputing.com ---------------------------------------------------
