They are also used to protect magnetic media from fingerprints during assembly. They are worn on the fingers. Commercially they are known as Finger Cots. --- Michael Carnes <MichaelCarnes@earthlink.net> wrote:
Condoms are actually used for underwater recording quite frequently. The microphone goes inside the condom with a tight rubber band around the cable. All the water sounds for "Hunt for Red October" were done this way, for example. I've thought of some really, really bad jokes just now and I'm not going to use any of them.
On Jul 30, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Brent Watson wrote:
You'd be surprised at the number of practical inventions that have been "spawned" from conversations like this. Its good for a laugh, anyway.
--- diveboss@xmission.com wrote:
At the risk of going too far with this thread, and I'm pretty sure Chuck just put us over the top, I can actually see a dual purpose for that item that Chuck mentioned, which could be used in lieu of the netting. If NASA were to implement such a device as that which Chuck mentioned, they could attach some cords to it, and after the external tank and the shuttle parted company, the thing that Chuck mentioned could slip off the tank, and with the aid of the attached cords, act as it's own parachute...
Quoting Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com>:
I should add that it also means rainbow fiesta
colors
for an otherwise drab paint scheme.
--- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
It doesn't address all of the above concerns but the aerodynamics are
better
and the fit certainly is, too.
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