[ SECRET POST #4124 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4124 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Digimon]


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[Black Lightning]


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(Rahul Kohli who plays Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti from iZombie)


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[Ruby Tandoh from The Great British Bake Off series 4]


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[A Wrinkle in Time]


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Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: What is something you never saw yourself having to learn or do?

[morieris]

....Explain to me how swords and electricity mix because it sounds cool.

Re: What is something you never saw yourself having to learn or do?

[(Anonymous)]

DA

If I recall correctly, that's how points are scored - when the corded foil touches the electrically conductive material on your opponent, you complete a circuit.

Re: What is something you never saw yourself having to learn or do?

[(Anonymous)]

In foil and sabre, a closed circuit is opened when contact is made with the lame (by the tip in foil, or the edge in sabre). In epee, my weapon, an open circuit is closed on contact with anything that isn't grounded.

In all cases, weapons are connected to a body cord the fencer wears, which connects to a floor cord that is connected to the scoring box. When your weapon isn't registering valid hits, you have to do process of elimination to find out where the fault is. This involves cool toys I didn't think were cool before, like multimeters and test boxes. Then, if the fault's with your personal gear (and it probably is), you gotta know how to fix it. Optionally, it's worthwhile to know how to build and maintain a test box. You can buy prebuilt ones, but you never know when you'll need to fix it or when you'll want one with different features.

I could have not learned all of this, I could just pay the club armorer to deal with broken things. But I like to have control, and knowing how to diagnose and repair problems gives me that control even in high-pressure situations. It also lets ME be a club armorer. Anyway, that's what fencing has to do with electronics: swords don't work unless they're plugged in.