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What I don't get: why would you prefer the greasy inside of a snack bag for the PDA over a clean piece of aluminum wrap? Surely, he will have to use the device
by kleiba 9y ago
What I don't get: why would you prefer the greasy inside of a snack bag for the PDA over a clean piece of aluminum wrap? Surely, he will have to use the device after he's done golfing.
And why didn't he just leave the device on some bogus location outside the golf court so the tracking wouldn't be interrupted? Surely, when asked where he was all day, he would have to be able to name some location, so it would be better to actually leave the phone there.
- AlexCoventry 9y agoIt's a cool idea in case you ever want to isolate a device in a hurry, though. Just grab an appropriately packaged snack from a vending machine.
- mikestew 9y agoI’ve done it plenty of times when ad hoc testing lack of connectivity on WiFi or BT devices and the microwave is too far to walk. Works a treat. Though I generally used Cliff Bar wrappers (our devices were small, and I don’t like chips/crisps). Though by about the sixth round of golf I’d be making myself a clean, permanent phone jacket out of Reflectix or something.
- jxramos 9y agodo these snack bags have metalic material in them strictly for the graphics to have gloss and shine? What purpose does it serve?
- THE_PUN_STOPS 9y agoPorosity. The metallic material is to cut down on air transfer.
- jxramos 9y agoI love being surprised, I would have never guessed that. Very cool. Porosity of bicycle inner tubes is an inconvenient problem for me and others, I don't suppose a metalic layer would work in that application however with the expansion and all. Cool to know though.
- namibj 9y agoYou could make it being crumpled and that way being flexible. The expansion is not that bad.
- tolien 9y agoI'm guessing since the device isn't his (and the similar disregard shown for, you know, doing any work) he's not all that bothered about it getting greasy. Hate to be whoever has to prep it for the next employee though...
- user5994461 9y agoI assumed he washed the bag first.
- kentosi 9y agoSimple enough solution to your first question: place the device in a clean sandwich bag, then place that sandwich bag in the Twisties packet.
- jxramos 9y agoha, I figured the man ate the chips then shook and washed the bag clean.
- gesman 9y agoHe probably needed to reply on PDA messages while golfing. Foil would mask GPS signals but I guess cell signals would get through.
- quicklime 9y agoHow would he reply to a message on the PDA without taking it out of the Twisties bag?
- Terr_ 9y agoIf you don't want to get the phone greasy, turn the bag inside-out. If you don't want to get everything else greasy, put the inverted bag inside another bag. Bonus: Two layers of shielding.
- pvelagal 9y ago+1 :)
- pvelagal 9y ago4 downvotes for "like"ing the 2-bag technique ? I am amazed. In a puzzle i was asked long ago, the solution was similar to this.
- fractallyte 9y agoGeneral rule on HN: if your comment doesn't contribute usefully to the discussion, don't comment!
- hyperpallium 9y agoor clean it
- londons_explore 9y agoThe aluminium coating is so thin that the resistance is high enough that it actually isn't a great signal blocker. My phone still gets both GPS and LTE inside a similar bag. You can see how thin the bag is by holding it up to sunlight - you can see through it!