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Willravel · 02-04-2009, 08:34 PM

I don't know who else tunes in to USA's Burn Notice, but the show is about a spy who is "burned", or who is disavowed. He settles in Miami and does the whole crime-fighting for petty cash thing while simultaneously trying to figure out who burned him and why.

Neeways, one of the interesting aspects of the show is the spy-esque things he does during the show. As an example, he grabs a few canisters of compressed air—the kind you might use on electronics to remove dust—holds them upside down and uses them to freeze a lock. Admittedly, in the back of my mind I said "bullshit". Then I tried it. 2 canisters of air (Memorex Air Duster, from Fry's) took care of a medium sized padlock. Of course it would be faster to bring a lock cutter, but if you were caught it would be better to have something confusing than something obvious.

Then I started looking at other things from Burn Notice. In the last episode, the spy makes thermite using what he suggested were easily available ingredients. Sure enough, aluminum powder, iron oxide, and a bit of magnesium are all quite easy to get a hold of.

Is anyone else watching this? Has anyone else tried some of the interesting ideas that have been presented on the show?

02-04-2009, 08:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Things I've learned from Burn Notice I don't know who else tunes in to USA's Burn Notice, but the show is about a spy who is "burned", or who is disavowed. He settles in Miami and does the whole crime-fighting for petty cash thing while simultaneously trying to figure out who burned him and why. Neeways, one of the interesting aspects of the show is the spy-esque things he does during the show. As an example, he grabs a few canisters of compressed air—the kind you might use on electronics to remove dust—holds them upside down and uses them to freeze a lock. Admittedly, in the back of my mind I said "bullshit". Then I tried it. 2 canisters of air (Memorex Air Duster, from Fry's) took care of a medium sized padlock. Of course it would be faster to bring a lock cutter, but if you were caught it would be better to have something confusing than something obvious. Then I started looking at other things from Burn Notice. In the last episode, the spy makes thermite using what he suggested were easily available ingredients. Sure enough, aluminum powder, iron oxide, and a bit of magnesium are all quite easy to get a hold of. Is anyone else watching this? Has anyone else tried some of the interesting ideas that have been presented on the show?