Composed by Dr Tom J. Chalko (Australia) who organized more than 50 public lectures for Michel Desmarquet, set up a web site for The Book and was asked by Michel to answer all emails addressed to him since 1995. Questions are taken from Michel lectures and from the correspondence. All answers have been discussed with and authorized by Michel.

No. Unlike natural gas and propane, heating oil is very stable and hard to ignite. While a delayed start can be unsettling, you are in no danger of your house exploding due to heating oil.

IMPLODE and EXPLODE were functions in old lisps where there was no string data type, so that symbols were the only way of manipulating text. Then (explode 'foo) would give you (F O O); you could then do (implode (cdr (explode 'crash))) to give you back the symbol RASH If you are taught today about implode/explode in a lisp programming class for anything other than historical context, complain loudly to your lecturer.

Answer: Walk away, practice anger management techniques and then handle the situation once you have calmed down.

Biodiesel will not explode in nearly all storage conditions. According to the Fire Prevention Code (Chapter 34, Section 3402) it is a Class IIIB combustible liquid, not flammable. It's difficult to get pure biodiesel in a cup to ignite using a blowtorch.

The following, taken from “X-plaining XTC” (part 1) and “X-plaining XTC Part 2”, based on an interview by Steve Kolanjian and David Dasch, published in Aware, A Rock Music Research Journal, No. 8, Winter 1981-82, and No.

with ANY battery available in the market, there is a risk that the battery may explode if used incorrectly (e.g. leaving the battery in direct sunlight, using chargers meant for other battery models, and etc). We provide clear instructions with each battery that we sell and you are encouraged to read them before using the batteries. Thank you for your interest. We are always keen to explore new business partnerships and to find ways of offering our customers more value.

My name is Christian Reis. I'm a Brazilian developer involved with ORBit-Python, Bugzilla, PyGTK, Stoq and occasionally some other free software projects. I started my MSc in 2000 and this survey is an important part of the research (which is why you should be nice and help out). I have something of a webpage, too.

The car won't explode but will certainly burn. I believe fire is usually associated with damage to the rear of the car, and it consumes fuel as it burns. This implies it would burn out eventually, but I've never waited that long to find out.

Just make the clipping plane for your model, select all the brushes and make that a func_explosive. Then, for the key "model2" put in the model you want to explode. That simple.

The boilers are all pressure tested to well over the operating pressures of the systems. They are all constructed from stainless steel and have built in safety devices. If the thermostat fails there is a pressure stat that will cut off the power and if this fails there is a safety valve that will release the pressure well before the boiler reaches its maximum safe pressure.

No. The risk of short circuiting is during charging or discharging. However, we do ask that you ship these batteries back to us as soon as possible.

Not likely since NiMH batteries have pressure relief seals that will open if the pressure inside the battery becomes too high. It is very important however to always follow the manufacturers instructions and safety precautions and only use a charger that is designed to charge NiMH batteries.

Only if you buy your charger somewhere else! Seriously, the commercialization of pulse charging technology has not been without incident. The early charge control processes worked well in the laboratory, but were not robust enough to be successful in the real world. Sometimes they would not completely charge the battery. Sometimes they would over-charge.

We do not know. NStar owns and maintains the transformers, and is conducting an investigation. So far we have not been told why it exploded. We also do not know what the NStar workers were doing in the vault. Questions regarding the transformer should be referred to NStar.

Some years ago it was found that some cheap fly control units had this effect. Insect-o-Cutor units do not, and never have. The electric current is precisely "tuned" so that all appropriate sizes of flying insect drop into the catch tray once killed and never explode.

No. We use Helium as our lifting gas, which is completely inert and non-flammable. (In the old days, ships like the Hindenburg were filled with hydrogen which did burn).

HID bulbs can explode if it is not handled correctly. This will occur if the bulb is very cold when first turned on, or if it contains fingerprint oils or moisture. To prevent accidents, never pick the bulb up directly by the glass - you need to be careful about fingerprints getting on it.. Handle the bulb by the base and wrap the glass body in a paper towel. Handling the bulb through the paper towel, screw it carefully into the lamp body.