Indeed, that's a tesla coil and not a microwave, though only more impressive because of the bolts of electricity shooting out into the air, otherwise it's just like a microwave.
Further have to second The Liberal Avenger, kids, do try it at home! At least with a microwave oven, as long as you turn off the microwave immediately after the firework is done it's a pretty safe thing to do, chances of destroying the microwave are absolutely minute. Though, I don't know what long lasting effects it may have in terms of contaminating the microwave oven, in case you use it to cook food with as well.
I must confess that I have been microwaving CDs for years. It is always a good show - it looks much like it does in the picture, although I would guess that the picture's exposure was perhaps one-half second or more.
In my experience having microwaved scores of CDs in scores of microwaves over the past 20 years, the only repercussions are that (A) the CD is absolutely destroyed and (B) the event smells like burnt plastic for a few minutes afterwards.
In case anybody is wondering, you don't really need to be able to figure out or understand all the timelines to enjoy the movie. This charting the timelines is just geek timewasting.
I wouldn't call it 100% timewasting (especially if it was done by one's double while in the period when two versions of that person are in the same timeline oh god I'm a huge geek); it's actually kind of nice to see that someone puzzled it out and found that the whole thing makes sense within the milieu of the film. It could easy have just been mad randomness for the last 20 minutes or so, and it strengthens the film to know it's more rigorous than that.
Never heard of the movie. Is this like that Inception explanation thing (that I didn't read) that made me think Inception was complicated until I sat down and watched it, and then wondered how anybody could be confused by the plotline?
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Further have to second The Liberal Avenger, kids, do try it at home! At least with a microwave oven, as long as you turn off the microwave immediately after the firework is done it's a pretty safe thing to do, chances of destroying the microwave are absolutely minute. Though, I don't know what long lasting effects it may have in terms of contaminating the microwave oven, in case you use it to cook food with as well.
In my experience having microwaved scores of CDs in scores of microwaves over the past 20 years, the only repercussions are that (A) the CD is absolutely destroyed and (B) the event smells like burnt plastic for a few minutes afterwards.
--TwoDragons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Coil
No, but I like the movie, anyway.