On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Christian Fandt wrote:
landfills and waste management laws, etc.) I was able
to observe that they
would take quite a whack on the side of the large part of the envelope
before they broke. BUT, when they did break, the implosion caused glass
pieces to fly several meters distant. On the other hand, when just the neck
got broke, there was usually a definite, brief "chufff" sound when the air
rushed into the envelope and no other drastic action.
I have punched my monitors with quite a bit of force, and they didn't
break, so I know that much. I have also seen smashed TVs that had the same
damage that I would expect from a pane of glass - just a partial fracture,
and no total destruction. I have also had a neck break, and indeed, there
were no problems. But, once, I dropped a TV, and the image was not only
crooked, but one corner had a rainbow coloring to it. That went into the
trash. I'm not sure why, but my parents are quite paranoid about TV
repair. Some famous Russian person was killed by a TV that he was fixing,
but there are rumors that this was due to sabotage of the TV.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)