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This is not an attack BDD, consider it a friendly probing...
I think that's B.S. You walk on hot coals, you will get burned and deservedly so.

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Are you emulating, or simulating the hot coals?

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I've witnessed the activity and didn't see any feet get harmed in the process. I personally think it's a stupid thing to do, as is bungee-jumping and playing with adult crocodiles. As I said, understanding thermodynamics explains why it's possible, as does the Wikipedia article linked by White Flame.

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In the long jump (JMP[addr] in '816 language ) they sometimes keep "walking" when they're in the air, not contacting the ground. Jumping clear over the bank should prevent overheating the processor, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvosFpWgdjY

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I recommend water cooling when you get the '816 up to 100 MHz.


Looks as though he was jumping over adult crocodiles.

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From the wiki:"Firewalking is frequently held to imply that the feat requires the aid of a supernatural force, strong faith, or on an individual's ability to focus on "mind over matter"."

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Fire walking ties right in with other stupid activities, such as running in front of angry bulls, texting while driving and playing with alligators.

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Walking on hot coals doesn't burn you (unless you stop), as we know now. You can walk relatively slowly without any problems. But it _looks_ like it should be impossible, and thus it has been used to trick people into believing something supernatural is going on.
It was used by people in the Viking era to check if someone told the truth, for example. Once one guy got to be king in Norway nearly a millennia ago - he came over from Ireland, said "ho, I'm a son of your previous king, he came over to Ireland as you know and there he briefly met my mother. Now move over and let me be king." Confirmed by the "iron witness test", i.e. walking on hot coals. So he became king.
These days hot coal walking is something you can be invited to do if you walk by the town square on a Saturday morning. It still looks a bit unnerving though.

-Tor

Thanks, but I'll pass. I'd rather run down the street with an angry bull in hot pursuit.

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