You are correct, and I did get the connection. I used to watch that show. It was entertaining. As an aside, Myth Busters did a segment on whether or not it was possible to blow open a lock by taking the gunpowder from a few bullets, pouring it into the key hole, sticking a bullet casing (without the bullet) into the hole, and firing off the powder by striking the back of the bullet with the butt end of the gun.
It failed on virtually every front. First, he opened the bullets with his bare hands, a superhuman feat in and of itself. Next, there was not enough gunpowder in a few bullets to break the lock, even if you fired off the powder with a blasting cap. Next, no one could get a bullet to fire with just the butt end of a gun. They had to weld a firing pin to the end of the gun, then create a swing arm to hit exactly on the cap to get it to fire, and even then it didn't light off the powder in the keyhole. Imagine my disappointment to see one of my favorite childhood heroes so thoroughly debunked! ;-) Bob On Apr 18, 2012, at 9:30 AM, AcidJazz wrote: > The name is based on the American tv show "MacGyver" isn't it? The > character could, essentially build anything out of a paper clip, book of > matches, or whatever he had available. That may not make the name less > stupid, but I was pronouncing it App "giver" and definitely thought that was > silly. Then I realized you probably pronounce with a long "I" - thus the tv > show. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGyver > > > - Mark > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Interesting-breach-of-iOS-terms-or-something-for-LC-users-tp4567154p4568233.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
