I want to be able to esplode my laptop on command. Maybe I could dial a number and it would spark some kind of fuse to detonate it and anyone who might have run off with it. I just went to the bathroom, leaving my cpu out here for anyone to grab [obviously no one did] and I was thinking how if it were gone when I got back, it sure would be fun to watch the bandit be blown to smitherenes [sp?] not more than a block away. I'm not sure this is really a discussion starter at all. I guess what I'm asking is, has anyone got pyrotechnic experience? And how likely is it that I would totally screw up my computer by taking it apart? oh, and has this ever been done before?

I once knew a guy who wired his garage to a shiteload of C4 so that if anyone tried to steal his classic they would be blown to hell. He was a crazy ex-navy guy. He said if he couldn't have his car, no one could. I saw the C4. Really, he was just straight stupid. Then I found five dollars.

How asplodey are you talking about? Big concussive boom or little "Why is smoke coming out?"

Either way, there's risks to your sack, if appropriate.

sack
(Brit. scro•tum)

a pouch of skin containing the testicles.