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Some things are better. by bowser February 7, 2012 11:24 am
  • The testing, animated by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:03:00
    • I couldn't help but wonder if the tests were a form of posturing by RobVG 2012-02-10 18:03:18
      • Except for the first 40 or so, all those nuclear explosions took place in my lifetime. by Robert 2012-02-10 10:36:19
        • The mix includes some surprises for some people. The Tsar Bomba, ostensibly 100 megatons, was detuned by the Russian scientists to ... by bowser 2012-02-09 22:00:59
          • I've never seen that. It is terrifying. Did you notice the 20-odd bursts in the South Atlantic, SW ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:52:23
            • I don't have the citations available right now, but I've read that the South Africans and Israel collaborated and each ... by bowser 2012-02-10 12:51:31
          • When I was being trained for work in the nuke industry (1972), we were given a tour of a laboratory ... by ER 2012-02-07 13:08:05
            • I had no idea they were that detectable. In HS in the late '50s I was the student lab assistant in ... by bowser 2012-02-07 13:52:17
              • A radio-isotope decays by emitting alpha and beta particles, and gamma rays, of various energies, into other isotopes, some of ... by ER 2012-02-07 14:56:35
                • Neutron source by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:21:46
                  • Yes, I think I must have looked up the same Wiki article! Several of the Transuranics undergo spontaneous fission, or ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:14:05
                    • The construction industry (soils engineers) uses density meters to test soil compaction. There's a joke among heavy equipment operators, "if you ... by RobVG 2012-02-07 21:03:04
                      • I also found this: "Neutrons are produced when alpha particles impinge upon any of several low atomic weight isotopes including isotopes ... by ER 2012-02-07 20:22:32
                    • That is a very good question. The second I read your post I started wondering. I was 16 and 17 ... by bowser 2012-02-07 16:21:46
                How many of you have had a chance to read the poem, Locksley Hall? by Jeff-Wash February 8, 2012 5:52 pm
                • I'm not sure I cared much for that one. by ER 2012-02-08 18:44:40
                  • I love that poem. by TB 2012-02-08 19:01:11
                    • Actually, there is a sequel to the Odyssey, although it was written much later, and not by Homer. A ... by ER 2012-02-08 20:30:10
                      • Perhaps I should have been more specific. I was thinking how astonishingly prescient he was. "Commerce" in the skies. "Ghastly bales" dropped. Even the "Parliament ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-08 22:57:58
                        • The 1830's, when the poem was written, can be considered to be the very beginning of modernity. The electric ... by ER 2012-02-09 09:01:23
                          • Hint? OK! Set some time aside and read that subchapter set against the backdrop of the "Crystal Palace" in my story ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 13:37:48
                  Someone was thinking outside the box on this one. FN-90 by bowser February 8, 2012 5:27 pm
                    Last WWI Veteran dies by TB February 7, 2012 12:59 pm
                      The Girl in the window by Jody February 6, 2012 9:46 pm
                      • It's only the kindness and humanity of people like the family that took in Dani that can make up for ... by ER 2012-02-07 07:05:55
                        • I was hoping for a Hollywood ending. n/t by RobVG 2012-02-06 23:08:39
                          Da Vinci quote I had never seen (for our writers) by FrankC February 6, 2012 1:34 pm
                            Shark Summer by ER February 2, 2012 7:19 pm
                            • Great story. Demything sharks has been a long, long project. And now a more sordid story. A ... by bowser 2012-02-02 20:18:56
                              • I'm not squeamish about killing, especially fish. We all have to eat, and we can't learn about living things ... by ER 2012-02-02 22:00:43
                                • I was not thinking about fishing for food, I was more thinking about capturing 4 or 5 sharks knowing most ... by bowser 2012-02-03 12:11:55
                                  • At the time, it never occurred to me. Now, I'm having second thoughts. Still, the sharks were harvested ... by ER 2012-02-03 14:44:45
                              Feel free to use image as needed by FrankC February 2, 2012 12:31 pm
                              • Thank you, Frank. I will use that image when I need to. I'm reminded of the Mona Lisa, ... by bowser 2012-02-03 12:01:52
                                • Nothing personal taken. If you are serious in your puzzlement. The picture comes from Star Wars and the Emperor Palpatine encouraging ... by FrankC 2012-02-03 13:48:53
                                • OWWWW!!! by Jody 2012-02-02 14:27:46
                                  Politics as Literature by ER February 1, 2012 6:05 pm
                                    Kubrick's "The Shining": cracking the code by TB January 30, 2012 10:11 pm
                                    • Also Sprach Zarathustra by ER 2012-02-01 05:14:55
                                      • Having seen "Dr. Strangelove" I looked forward to a fairly tight, logical movie. About the time of the hedge ... by bowser 2012-01-31 23:25:48
                                        • I really don't understand what the fuss is all about. I found "Shining" to be completely entertaining, but not ... by ER 2012-02-01 05:44:42
                                        • oh my gah! Poor Mr. Kubrick. by alcaray 2012-01-31 02:30:23
                                          What are y'all doing for National Signing Day? by FrankC January 31, 2012 5:54 pm
                                          • Roll Tide!!!! by Jody 2012-01-31 18:07:17
                                            • Bless you sweetie! by FrankC 2012-01-31 18:56:11
                                            Tell me if you've heard this one... by TB January 29, 2012 9:28 pm
                                            • Timing is everything... by FrankC 2012-01-29 22:31:39
                                              • They were a randy bunch! by bowser 2012-01-29 22:13:26
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