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[–]b00mtown 12 points13 points ago

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Connecting people to shrapnel maybe.

[–]shamzir 10 points11 points ago

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Well, did they leave a message?

[–]figureskatingaintgay 10 points11 points ago

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Did you call them back?

[–]perogies 12 points13 points ago

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That looks more like a bomb.

[–]ramblerandgambler 15 points16 points ago

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Indeed, it's a detonator, it didn't go off as it was supposed to.

[–]perogies 5 points6 points ago

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That's trippy.

[–]columbianbambam 2 points3 points ago

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Ahmad: it didn't work boss, I called it

Mohammad: try texting it

[–]RedditorFor5Minutes 1 point2 points ago

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Have you tried turning it off an on again.. wait..

[–]They_call_me_skippa 5 points6 points ago*

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thats what I thought, and the guy is showing how close it came to going off, by the missed call.

EDIT: allow me to explain this comment. When the pic first appeared the only other comment was by perogies, it seemed it was up to us to try and explain it, OP hadn't posted an explanation yet.

[–]ramblerandgambler 7 points8 points ago

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[–]They_call_me_skippa 5 points6 points ago

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seriously, this is a joke?

man, I must be losing my sense of humour.

[–]kafro 1 point2 points ago

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Dark humor?

[–]They_call_me_skippa 0 points1 point ago

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yeah, I can laugh with the best of them but this pic is plain scary.

[–]DaHozer 0 points1 point ago

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I'm assuming the op defuses bombs for a living. I'd say staring death int he face on a regular basis would fuck with your sense of humor just a bit.

[–]oh_hai_dan -1 points0 points ago

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It wasn't hard to fap to this?...

[–]DaHozer 1 point2 points ago

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No. It wasn't.

[–]lud1120 0 points1 point ago

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Well, actually... This isn't on r/funny, it's just a slightly humors take on something very serious.
Many submissions are more about the puns in the comments than the submission itself anyway.

[–]They_call_me_skippa 0 points1 point ago

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damn, this is a blast from the past.

what made you comment on a five month old thread?

Im not trying to be nasty just curious.

[–]lud1120 0 points1 point ago

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Sorry, I was on this submission: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ojxhh/close_call/ and I somehow started reading here on this older post, without seeing the date from it. When I refreshed the page i simply thought I saw new comments. A while ago submissions were archived when they were a bit over a month old. My mistake.

[–]They_call_me_skippa 0 points1 point ago

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You know, I thought thats what happened.

No harm, No foul.

[–]perogies 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah exactly.

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[–]They_call_me_skippa -1 points0 points ago

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OK, fair enough. Im just a little confused.

[–]ramblerandgambler -2 points-1 points ago

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More than what?

[–]nevetando 2 points3 points ago

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Jesus... I had that phone 10 years ago... and I paid like $250 bucks for it.

[–]ramblerandgambler 13 points14 points ago

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They prefer to use the old nokias because of the way their vibrating function is set up, which they use as a trigger.

[–]Mrubuto 8 points9 points ago

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that's the first TIL moment I've had on reddit in a while.

[–]ramblerandgambler 1 point2 points ago

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It's actually pretty basic when you get down to the nuts and bolts of it. It's basically a wheel the spins around, because it's metal, when it vibrates, it connects the two fuse wires and creates the spark to set off the detonator, setting off the bigger bomb.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/news/wonderment/hack-cell-phone-into-remote-detonator-0113216/

[–]BeyondSight 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah. I have to disagree. That looks like a relay wired to the ringer or vibrating motor. Much easier, and safer, and reliable than relying on physical vibration to touch two wires together. Not sure what they are using the ic for though, and seems stupid and overkill.

[–]Falmarri 1 point2 points ago

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It's almost certainly an op-amp or a delay timer or something similar.

[–]famousmadphilosopher 0 points1 point ago

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Opto-isolator. Not sure what it's purpose is in the circuit.

[–]famousmadphilosopher 0 points1 point ago

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Not in this case. The two wires coming out of the phone run into that 4N35 opto-isolator, specifically avoiding any excessive voltage/etc making it into the rest of the circuit.

[–]nward21 1 point2 points ago*

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3 out of 4 bars of service, not too shabby for a macguyver situation

[–]MagnusTheGreat 1 point2 points ago

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phew....

[–]imanewbie 1 point2 points ago

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what is the purpose of the 4N35 phototransistor?

[–]famousmadphilosopher 2 points3 points ago*

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Also sometimes referred to as an optocoupler or opto-isolator.

My first guess (and looking not totally unreasonable from the wires I can see) is that they're using that between the trigger on the actuator in the phone and the rest of the circuitry to ensure that when the phone fires the actuator, there's no risk of it causing any damage to the rest of the circuitry.

It could also be that the optocoupler, not having a very fast switching speed, would help smooth the fast signal from the actuator into something better able to trigger the relay it's wired to.

EDIT: May be way off, but I think it could also act as an amplifier/ as a way to step up the power to trigger the relay.

IANAEE (Electrical Engineer), YMMV, HTH HAND.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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I have yet to enter a radioshack that knows what an opto-isolator is.

[–]ronintetsuro 1 point2 points ago

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Ironically, Radioshack employees only know how to sell phones these days.

[–]raulg42 1 point2 points ago

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Check here next time I think. Not complaining, just saying that it would really help you out in the future.

[–]WalterFStarbuck 1 point2 points ago

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If IEDs set off by cell-phones are as common as it seems back here in the states, why aren't HMMWV's equipped with cell-jammers?

[–]ScrewAttackThis 0 points1 point ago

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I know this is late, but the vehicles do have jammers. RCIEDs are not the most common type of IED, though. Very rarely do news articles ever discuss the trigger mechanism but due to how effective the jammers are, majority of blasts are caused by pressure plates or command wire IEDs which have very few defenses against.

[–]WalterFStarbuck 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks!

[–]Thornsten 1 point2 points ago

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Search for Duke or Warlock if you want to read about the systems.

[–]SlinkyJoe 1 point2 points ago

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Does it say "LOVE" on his gloves?

[–]The_Norwegian 1 point2 points ago

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Could say "GLOVE". You know, grunt-proofing.

[–]SlinkyJoe 0 points1 point ago

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Oh right. In case he forgets.

[–]The_Norwegian 1 point2 points ago

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Nothing can ever be simple or solid enough for an infantryman.

[–]nohiddenmeaning -1 points0 points ago

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DAE hear "the bomb has been planted"?

[–]DullardsWit 1 point2 points ago

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"Alright, let's move out..."

[–]ronintetsuro 1 point2 points ago

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Counter-Terrorists win. Must have bought the defuse kit.

[–]lexypher 0 points1 point ago

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Is that you holding it? Where was it?

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[–]lordlicorice 0 points1 point ago

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You resubmitted your own submission, and you didn't even take the original photo? ಠ_ಠ

[–]redjimdit 0 points1 point ago

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Damn, that's a butt-puckerer.

[–]Sveal 0 points1 point ago

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I'd say more like: Disconnecting people (from themselves, and apparently not always!)

[–]BRONiUS 0 points1 point ago

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Reminds me of Source Code.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Boom

[–]ramblerandgambler -3 points-2 points ago

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Not in this case.

[–]flamingboard -2 points-1 points ago

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This would be funny if there was a pic of the guy's face when he placed the call and nothing happened.