Oops, TKOR got charged with felony - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: blueskull
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 05:36:19 am
content: The King of Random has been charged for possessing and misusing explosives.Any ideas how will this end up? Personally I think some of his videos are indeed stupid, but nevertheless, fun to watch.But his assistant setting an unknown powder on fire and burning his arms is stupid.What if it was not some sort of flash powder and was instead a sensitized high explosive? That could had him killed.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 06:46:00 am
content: I always somewhat liked TKOR, but he did always seem like he didn't really know wtf he was doing and was just copying something off some Kipkay video (there's a name for you, loved his stuff).

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 08:41:14 am
content: I haven't seen many of his videos, but saw a few of his metal casting ones. It seems he didn't do much research before jumping in, which lead to the potentially dangerous situation of having wet moulds and associated steam explosions. I'm sad to say that these felony charges coincide with the feeling those videos left.

author: abraxa
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 08:46:53 am
content: I see it more as a PR stunt and a welcome opportunity to obtain "street cred". People die all the time while trying to make "unique" content for social media, I like to think of it more as a Darwin Award kind of situation. This guy hasn't reached that stage yet but at the rate he's going, he'll win the award eventually.It's all about the clicks and all about the money.

author: nidlaX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 09:17:44 am
content: Yeah I remember when the videos went from interesting stuff to inane shit.Quote from: TwoOfFive on January 18, 2018, 06:46:00 amNow that's a bad sign. Kipkay is no role model...to say the least...

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 01:36:29 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on January 18, 2018, 08:58:19 amI haven't seen any of his videos because I generally avoid that kind of crap.Are you sure he isn't lying about his previous jobs? There are many bullshitters on YouTube.

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 02:01:08 pm
content: I also think that it is click-addiction.Last year, one guy was killed when his pregnant girlfriend shot a gun to his chest, while holding a small book to perform a "stop the bullet" stunt.I can't remember the gun's make or caliber, and I'm not an expert on firepower either. But some commenters who were police officers, made the comment that in order to stop that gun/bullet combo, one would have required a couple of Manhattan-thick phone books.

author: MarkS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 07:23:57 pm
content: He's gone off the rails. He needs to back to flying planes, assuming that he could after this.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2018, 07:31:01 pm
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on January 18, 2018, 02:01:08 pmThat gets a Darwin award for sure. Any remotely sensible person wanting to perform a stunt like that would at least do a few test fires with something else behind the bullet-stopping device.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 12:16:32 am
content: Quote from: nidlaX on January 18, 2018, 09:17:44 amWhat was wrong with Kipkay? He seemed to be a decent channel...

author: Neomys Sapiens
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 12:49:03 am
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on January 18, 2018, 02:01:08 pmIt was a 44Magnum. Idiocy is handed out in large packages too sometimes.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 12:56:17 am
content: Yeah, 44 magnum could actually go through even some lighter bulletproof vests.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 01:35:01 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on January 19, 2018, 12:16:32 amI stopped watching him years ago. His videos are way too short and only about 50% oversimplified instructions. The other 50% is random shilling.They're basically like "glue this to this, now it does this, actual instructions in the description. By the way you should buy...."

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 01:38:24 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on January 19, 2018, 12:16:32 amBy the time someone suggested it to me, it had already devolved to garbage. Look at his headphone amp project: it’s a single transistor job (for stereo??) that doesn’t even work as shown, and if jiggered to work at all, works horribly, literally serving only to destroy sound quality. The channel is just trash now.Quote from: Neomys Sapiens on January 19, 2018, 12:49:03 amNo it wasn’t. It was something even bigger, the 50 cal Desert Eagle.It was just in the news, she took a plea bargain and it looks like she’ll basically get a slap on the wrist. Seems fair to me, given that she was coerced into doing it by the decedent.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 01:50:00 am
content: Eh, I can agree some of his newer stuff is a bit shite, but his Make Magazine videos were actually fairly decent. He's had some shit projects before, but I get entertainment just out of him tinkering with things.

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 02:02:55 am
content: .50 is the largest legal caliber under NFA. Any larger caliber is a DD (destructive device) and requires BATF approval and tax.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 02:10:23 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on January 19, 2018, 01:51:30 amYou live in USA don’t you, in a fairly republican state, right? Then you know such a discussion ishighlypolitical... facts and logic are of only incidental importance. :/ But yeah, I’d suggest not going into it here, lest the thread get locked for discussing politics.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 08:16:18 am
content: Quote from: tooki on January 19, 2018, 02:10:23 amOld men argue while innocent people suffer.

author: rbm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 08:30:14 am
content: The stunt might have not had the fatal consequences if the guy used ammunition loaded with half the powder, so that the muzzle velocity of the bullet was low enough not to penetrate the books.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 10:49:56 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on January 19, 2018, 01:51:30 amyou could use the same argument to ban big trucks, you don't need one to go drive to your office work or pick up groceries ...

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 10:58:59 am
content: Lesson 1 : don't piss off you neighbours.I saw a comment somewhere that the law where he is allows posession of explosives for use in the course of business, which is probably a reasonable argument here, so my guess is it will be knocked down to a minor "cauing a nuisance" type thing.I'm sure with 8M subs he can afford a good lawyer.The more recent vids with his sidekick have been slightly less annoying, and the music has also got a bit less annoying. He also seems to have stopped the really annoying habit of recapping everything that had just been shown.I still find the unnecessary black latex gloves a bit creepy-looking though.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 11:26:45 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on January 19, 2018, 11:14:09 amEnvy is a terrible thing and shouldn't be part of the equation. A lot of people will hate that he makes good money "not going to work" and that's all their own problem. Many people have terrible issues with anyone that doesn't fit in their 9 to 5 view of the world and anyone who doesn't suffer the same from it they do. Doing things that aren't fully "model neighbour compliant" isn't reason to cause people trouble either. So many folks try to tell others how to live when it's none of their business.Of course, when you seriously start impacting the living quality of others or cause serious danger to people, that's another story.

author: joeqsmith
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 11:38:25 am
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on January 19, 2018, 10:58:59 amThe last article I read mentioned that as well and that they were looking into zoning laws, if he has a license to run the business and such. I assume he was smart enough to keep up on his taxes and declaring the income as I would guess they are looking at that as well.I have only ever watched a few of his videos and funny enough, they were on making some home made fireworks which I am sure he is not the only one.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 02:01:01 pm
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on January 19, 2018, 08:16:18 amYep. But my point was merely that the EEVblog forum rules are really strict regarding politics, and it’s fairly rigidly enforced.

author: Neomys Sapiens
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 04:13:30 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on January 19, 2018, 11:33:11 amAaaaw, come on! Just put a flyer into the mailboxes announcing that you are remodelling and sound a klaxon 10s before ignition. Otherwise you would exclude all the hard-working people from the ordnance factories from getting any time in home office at all!

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 04:17:49 pm
content: Quote from: Neomys Sapiens on January 19, 2018, 04:13:30 pmOrdnance muss sein!

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 06:49:05 pm
content: When I was a teenager my friends and I used to blow stuff up in the back yard somewhat frequently. I shudder to think of the trouble I would have got in by doing a lot of the stuff I did then in recent times. Glad I was born when I was instead of 20 years later.

author: Neomys Sapiens
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 07:29:14 pm
content: Quote from: james_s on January 19, 2018, 06:49:05 pmAbsolutely! At one time in my teen years I became such an industrious user of chlorates and perchlorates that the involved chemist told me once that I would have to pick up my order right after delivery, because he deemed it unsafe to keep it in his shop!Once my mom was looking for paper to fire up her belover artisanal tiled stove. Unfortunately, I had used those newspapers for some mixing procedures. The stove made a sound described to me like 'OOOMPH!' and then smoke started to leak from places where it shouldn't!

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2018, 08:22:20 pm
content: What is the video in question?Alexander.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2018, 12:32:04 am
content: Quote from: james_s on January 19, 2018, 06:49:05 pmDitto. Myself and one fiend  got through an awful lot of *ahem* pyrotechnics in our time. I'm pleased to say that, although we had the knowledge and supplies to make some serious explosives, we had the wisdom to never attempt it.

author: SparkyFX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2018, 02:19:20 am
content: With that kind of pre-running PR:I kind of doubt there is a serious problem. Or maybe i misunderstood something, becausethose incidentsare from June and August 2017.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2018, 05:20:03 pm
content: Quote from: SparkyFX on January 20, 2018, 02:19:20 amand if you watch the video is nothing about charges, it is one long advertisement for a "get rich fast scam", for a lowly $1000 you can attend an exclusive seminar with him revealing the secrets to getting millions of subscribers and get rich in no time

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2018, 10:39:03 pm
content: Quote from: Neomys Sapiens on January 19, 2018, 07:29:14 pmSame here, nothing more fun than blowing up small trees with fireworks as 12-14 year old. Now you'd probably be brought up on terrorism charges in a lot of countries for that stuff.But yeah, they seem to have crashed down into the lame "self help book" territory.