She's dead - http://www.videosift.com/video/Whodunnit-Onion-Movie-Clip

Just to let you know the Barack Obama on Religion video is dead, but can't be called dead as unsifted.

There's only one way to prove it and that's to do it! Time to gather up all my old phones...

There are loads of other clips on youtube of this effect...


In reply to this comment by theaceofclubz:
A microwave can range between 500-1000 watts and is specifically designed to transfer as much energy as possible onto a target. It still takes minutes to make a kernel pop. These cell phones are making it happen in about 5 seconds using antennas. They would practically have to be alien death rays for that to be possible.
In reply to this comment by Irishman:
The supernerd hasn't taken the amplitude increase that occurs between waves of the same frequency into account. The amplitude increase can be as much as ten-fold for most standing wave (harmonic) solutions...

I'm pretty certain that this video is geniune... which is a bit scary

In reply to this comment by theaceofclubz:
Choggie's insightful analysis aside, a supernerd at http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=423337 has already applied the science required to debunk it - "Popcorn pops because the water in it turns to steam and a kernel is about 14% water. So, if we assume a kernel of popcorn weighs 1 gram, it has 0.13 grams of water. Heat that water from 30�C to 100�C would take:

(0.14g)*(100�C-3 to turn the water to steam requires he latent heat of vaporization, which is 2259J/g.

2259J*0.14g= 316J for a total of 316J 41J = 357J.

Wattage = Joules/seconds. If it took about 5 seconds to turn the water in the popcorn kernel to steam, then the wattage required was:

357J/5sec = 71W assuming all power from the cell phone transmitter went into the kernel.

Cell phones typically have 0.75W-1W transmitters in them. With a 1W transmitter, it would take,

334J/1W = 334secs, if all power is transfered to the kernel.

Conclusion: since the corn is popping in 5 seconds... completely fake.

edit - as pointed out, corn kernels weigh about 0.25g and there are 4 phones which could be up to 2W each. Therefore, the energy hitting the corn could be 16 times greater. But the other assumption (that all the power is focussed into the water content of just 1 kernel) is most likely wrong by a factor of 100 or more." - NOBODY PANIC

The supernerd hasn't taken the amplitude increase that occurs between waves of the same frequency into account. The amplitude increase can be as much as ten-fold for most standing wave (harmonic) solutions...

I'm pretty certain that this video is geniune... which is a bit scary

In reply to this comment by theaceofclubz:
Choggie's insightful analysis aside, a supernerd at http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=423337 has already applied the science required to debunk it - "Popcorn pops because the water in it turns to steam and a kernel is about 14% water. So, if we assume a kernel of popcorn weighs 1 gram, it has 0.13 grams of water. Heat that water from 30�C to 100�C would take:

(0.14g)*(100�C-3 to turn the water to steam requires he latent heat of vaporization, which is 2259J/g.

2259J*0.14g= 316J for a total of 316J 41J = 357J.

Wattage = Joules/seconds. If it took about 5 seconds to turn the water in the popcorn kernel to steam, then the wattage required was:

357J/5sec = 71W assuming all power from the cell phone transmitter went into the kernel.

Cell phones typically have 0.75W-1W transmitters in them. With a 1W transmitter, it would take,

334J/1W = 334secs, if all power is transfered to the kernel.

Conclusion: since the corn is popping in 5 seconds... completely fake.

edit - as pointed out, corn kernels weigh about 0.25g and there are 4 phones which could be up to 2W each. Therefore, the energy hitting the corn could be 16 times greater. But the other assumption (that all the power is focussed into the water content of just 1 kernel) is most likely wrong by a factor of 100 or more." - NOBODY PANIC

Thanks for the catch. I was wondering why I didn't see it in the dupes list until I noticed the CollegeHumor embed! Sending my upvote your way.

No worries. And thanks for the promote on the ID video! I was pleasantly surprised when I switched to the main page.

In reply to this comment by theaceofclubz:
Thanks man, I never would have figured out why people weren't voting for it if you hadn't mentioned that.
In reply to this comment by BoneyD:
Hi Ace,

Your vid http://www.videosift.com/video/Penn-Said-Bitch-on-MSNBC seems to have been embedded for the next video in his playlist (one about Ronald Regan's kid). It must've ticked over to the next when you got the embed code or something... Anyways, thought you should know

Hi Ace,

Your vid http://www.videosift.com/video/Penn-Said-Bitch-on-MSNBC seems to have been embedded for the next video in his playlist (one about Ronald Regan's kid). It must've ticked over to the next when you got the embed code or something... Anyways, thought you should know

There's a dispute over the Bill ORiley sift. I posted the question here: http://www.videosift.com/talk/Admins-please-settle-a-discard-dispute

sorry bub, your O'Reilly meltdown was a dupe of this one: http://www.videosift.com/video/Bill-O-Reilly-Goes-Nuts

I went ahead and discarded it.

good call...were you the one that recommended RJD2's breezeblock mix as well? If you were, kudos, great mix

In reply to this comment by theaceofclubz:
Easily one of my favorite Breezeblock mixes
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8DDKASBE

Just a heads up, the Super High Me video link is dead. I looked for a replacement and it looks like it's been brought down at a number of video hosts. Hopefully you'll find more luck in getting a new embed.

Together, we can do this. http://www.videosift.com/video/Fuck-it-If-Unicorn-planet-made-it-this-can-too

Dude, that TF2 server was like the best ever. I had to stop playing for a few seconds every now and then because I was just laughing too hard.

please put descriptions to your videos.
please.

that was funny

I thought it was interesting and plausible because of all the posts it recieved on youtube validating that it worked. they could all be lying, but it seemed a ovewhelming consensus that got it to work, no posts for people who didn't get it to work. the main thing people said was that it only ,asted like 5 minutes, longer for lcd screens.

In reply to this comment by theaceofclubz:
Usually when my power goes out I grab the two prongs of the plug and rub my feet on the carpet.