Monday, May 30, 2005 11:20:24 AM
ok thats was so pointles how would you have coke and toblerone but not matches it was cool but not pratical...i could probably wast half of my afternoon on trying to do that! ohh now i want to try it!
Sunday, May 1, 2005 10:12:44 PM
this kinda exagerates it, though.... first of all, it has to be one hell of a sunny day. the concave reflecting surface of a pop can would work better than a flat mirror because the convex mirrors use their parabolic shape to aim light at the focus of the mirror (which you should probably find mathematically to make this task easier)... secondly, this still takes a long time to do and is pretty much insane to start a decent fire with. notice that they are lighting a combustable fungus (i assume to be similar to lycopodium)...however, only a small amount of this may be ignited at one time....and the resulting flame is very short lived...
if you're going to need a fire....just take matches or a lighter.