Boston Marathon bombs were placed in 6-litre pressure cookers

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Post by iansinke » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 9:41 PM UTC

Boston Marathon bombs were placed in 6-litre pressure cookers
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Re: Boston Marathon bombs were placed in 6-litre pressure cookers

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Post by iansinke » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 9:42 PM UTC

I just found it ironic -- and possibly suspect? -- that 1 week after this XKCD What If? article (http://what-if.xkcd.com/40/), something like this happened. Could the XKCD article possibly have inspired the method of execution?

Re: Boston Marathon bombs were placed in 6-litre pressure cookers

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 9:57 PM UTC

iansinke wrote: post #2

I just found it ironic -- and possibly suspect? -- that 1 week after this XKCD What If? article ( http://what-if.xkcd.com/40/ ), something like this happened. Could the XKCD article possibly have inspired the method of execution?

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Re: Boston Marathon bombs were placed in 6-litre pressure cookers

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Post by anigbrowl » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 10:33 PM UTC

iansinke wrote: post #2

I just found it ironic -- and possibly suspect? -- that 1 week after this XKCD What If? article ( http://what-if.xkcd.com/40/ ), something like this happened. Could the XKCD article possibly have inspired the method of execution?

No, i think that a) this was planned weeks or months ahead and b) the idea that explosive force is increased by putting your chemicals inside a high-pressure container is explosives 101, so to speak.