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Why We Are Here => Hardware & Technology => Topic started by: Mackin USA on December 20, 2014, 05:20:55 PM

Title: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Mackin USA on December 20, 2014, 05:20:55 PM
I'm thinking of buying a CHEAP ASS laptop and protecting it from > EMP

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-11-6-chromebook-intel-celeron-2gb-memory-16gb-emmc-flash-memory-moonstone-white/8610161.p?id=1219351773817&skuId=8610161

Storing it in a http://www.emp-bags.com/

Any ideas
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: JasonD on December 20, 2014, 06:18:04 PM
A Chromebook that can't access the WiFi is a brick isn't it?

I thought they had to be online to be able to be used.
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Mackin USA on December 20, 2014, 06:20:13 PM
GOOD Point

TY
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Rumbas on December 21, 2014, 12:33:55 PM
That's kind of paranoid isen't Mackin?
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: rcjordan on December 21, 2014, 01:34:48 PM
>paranoid

He's screwing around in Tor and thinks that will save him.
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Rumbas on December 21, 2014, 03:37:17 PM
Hehe, been watching too much Doomsday Preppers Mackin?
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Mackin USA on December 21, 2014, 04:38:43 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcuSlaecvIw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzKbFzUEWkA

BULK Food in 5 gal buckets

MRE's

Plus Pints of Vodka for barter from http://www.frugalmacdoogal.net/about/

I AM paranoid MFs.

Makes me happy... ;D
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: rcjordan on December 21, 2014, 10:43:20 PM
>Pints of Vodka for barter

You expecting Russians?  How about some Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon for your more sophisticated traders?  And what about the Scotch drinkers, you just going to ignore them?
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Mackin USA on December 22, 2014, 02:15:03 PM
Vodka is CHEAP
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Travoli on December 22, 2014, 05:26:50 PM
I have an EMP bag for a scanner and battery charger.  Cigarettes might work better than vodka if you're on the move.  Small, lightweight and will be highly-valued.

Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Mackin USA on December 30, 2014, 01:43:09 PM
Thanks Trav

I hear ya BUT y bob is my home  ;D Plus cigs gave me the BIG C

PS: I don't watch doomsday stuff. That is for Viking MFs
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: bill on December 31, 2014, 04:12:37 AM
I have a faraday cage for my phone. It's like a built-in pocket. I put the phone in there whenever I don't want to be tracked or contacted.
http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/BP.shtml
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Mackin USA on December 31, 2014, 03:45:01 PM
AMAZON
http://tinyurl.com/o4qdumf

F the NSA  :P
Title: Strong geomagnetic storm hits Earth
Post by: Mackin USA on January 08, 2015, 02:57:35 PM
NEW YORK (MYFOXNY)

The Space Weather Prediction Center issued a warning for a large geomagnetic storm on Wednesday morning.

The NOAA organization said the primary areas that would be affected would be in the northern portion of the northern hemisphere.

Some of the storm's potential effects were power system voltage irregularities, possible false alarms triggered on security systems, and problems with GPS systems.

The storm could also impact spacecraft and cause orientation problems in satellites.

The warning also said that the storm could push the area where the Aurora could be seen as far south as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.

The main intensity of the storm was supposed to have affected the planet just before 6:30 a.m. but the storm was reported to still be in progress at 9 a.m.

The storm was listed as a G3 on the NOAA storm scale, which is considered large, but not the most severe.
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Mackin USA on April 08, 2015, 09:39:29 PM
US aerospace command moving comms gear back to Cold War bunker

The shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to safeguard the command's sensitive sensors and servers from a potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, military officers said.

http://news.yahoo.com/us-aerospace-command-moving-comms-gear-back-cold-015320113.html
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Mackin USA on May 27, 2015, 12:07:03 PM
The silent missile that can destroy enemy electronics with microwave PULSES: Air Force confirms terrifying new weapon... :'(

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3097937/This-silent-missile-destroy-enemy-s-electronics-PULSES-Air-Force-confirms-work-terrifying-new-weapon.html#ixzz3bGzWgjVM
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: buckworks on May 27, 2015, 12:33:57 PM
Would a metal mechanic's chest function as a Faraday cage?
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: Brad on May 27, 2015, 12:47:46 PM
File this under: found on the Internets, so I don't know if it is true.

I read somewhere that an all steel garbage can will protect so long as it is lined with an insulating material so that whatever electronic components stored inside cannot contact the metal. 

Example: http://www.amazon.com/Behrens-1270-31-Gallon-Trash-Can/dp/B000AS2AKK/

Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: bill on May 27, 2015, 10:23:16 PM
Of course all of your coveted electronics would have to be secured inside said Faraday cage when the pulse goes off...
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: rcjordan on May 27, 2015, 10:27:05 PM
And, if it's The Big One, there will be nothing to use it on even if it was safe in the Fcage.
Title: Re: Anyone have a Faraday cage ?
Post by: buckworks on May 28, 2015, 03:49:58 AM
>> secured inside said Faraday cage when the pulse goes off

I keep a lot of my goodies in a Snap-On tool chest when they're not in active use. I wasn't thinking "Faraday" when I bought it, just lots of drawers, great organization and lockable.

I assume it would compare okay to a garbage can!