2018 Dead Pool
September 10th, 2018 at 3:01:02 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I don't think that's the kind of nuclear reaction we're talking about. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 10th, 2018 at 3:46:55 PM permalink | |
ChesterDog Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 0 Posts: 64 |
Right--no mushroom cloud. Also, regarding the movie, to start the nuclear chain reaction, the plutonium cores would have to moved close to each other. If one of the cores was taken out of its case and put in next to another core, a deadly chain reaction would start. |
September 10th, 2018 at 7:02:30 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
For similar reasons, there is no need to worry about a "dirty bomb." If the materials to be used are that dirty, they would kill the bomb maker long before they got to use it. Bombs and explosives are not as easy as they make out on TV. 1993 WTC and McVeigh are really two of the only ones to really get it right domestically. And that WTC was a bunch of goofs who thought one tower would tip over and knock the second one down, showing complete ignorance of structural engineering and design. McVeigh did figure out things but good. I don't know his bio, but he had to have had some kind of training there, or knew someone who did. The bigger thing is "bomb" vs. "weapon." A bomb is easier to make. A weapon must be made smaller and it really has to have a good and small detonator. If you figure all of this out, the FBI will learn your signature MO. Then each successive one becomes harder and harder to get parts for without blowing your cover. The President is a fink. |
September 10th, 2018 at 7:09:04 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
I don't think I know a ton, just try to be generally informed. Usually being informed makes enemies of people at the office. I highly doubt they just left the pellets on the desks.
IIRC it was a "gun" type. I am fairly sure that the fissile material was about the size of a US Nickel, or at least that is all that got used in the reaction, the rest I assume vaporized. Little Boy had 4 triggers from what I heard: 1. Timer 2. Impact 3. Altitude 4. I forget the 4th, thinking barometer but that would be there for altitude. The trigger was the hard part, and some poor SOB had to install it IN FLIGHT lest Enola Gay crash on takeoff. The President is a fink. |
October 15th, 2018 at 6:02:04 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 | Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at age 65. The President is a fink. |
October 17th, 2018 at 7:09:44 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | Dennis Hof RIP https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/10/16/dennis-hof-bunnyranch-owner-gop-candidate-nevada-legislature-found-dead-after-party/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.20a1c916e284 The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
October 17th, 2018 at 7:20:46 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Oof. This is the first I've heard. When I drove to and from Burning Man I saw his billboards, he was running for the Nevada Assembly, I think. I think it's safe to say his is the biggest name in rural Nevada. I think his campaign slogan was "whiskey, girls, and guns." I think he should have included marijuana in that, but might have put off the many Mormons in the state. He seemed like a decent fellow, living every man's fantasy, based on his reality show. I very much identify with his libertarian philosophy. However, he looked like he never got much exercise outside of the bedroom, which probably explains why he died at 72. RIP Dennis. Wish I could have met you before you left us. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
October 18th, 2018 at 6:02:17 AM permalink | |
zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 | Hof also amassed a fantastic high-end watch collection, featured in Watchtime magazine some 15 years ago. The next month, many readers wrote letters to the editor complaining about the focus on such an unsavory rascal in a fine periodical like Watchtime. I'm sure that collection grew since then. |
October 18th, 2018 at 10:15:50 AM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | After a week end of party's celebrating his 72nd birthday his body was found at his Love brothel. Guests included porn actor Ron Jeremy, Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss and former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, along with a local mix of politicians. He will be sorely missed. I hope his business had a continuity plan. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
October 18th, 2018 at 4:04:40 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |