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Post #15,983
by a6l6e6x
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10/31/01 11:10:47 PM
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New Suppose you know....
for a fact that within a minute your location will be hit by a 60 megaton warhead.

More power to you! :)

In this case, ignorance *is* bliss.
Alex
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #15,992
by Ashton
10/31/01 11:55:02 PM
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New Relax. They don't make those.
IIRC that was a Russian one-shot to see if it's true: no virtual limit to a thermonuclear device, once the fire is lit. Just add those Li spools and left-over -238...

So it's much more likely < 1 Megaton coming. Ergo:

Go ahead and putt; it'll be a minute or so ... before the shockwave hits. (Great cartoon, only a few years prescient, it seems)



Ashton
you'll have to catch the replay on cable, though..
Post #15,996
by brettj
11/1/01 12:52:08 AM
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New An ounce of prevention ...
... is worth a pound of cure.

Information/knowledge is as much about prevention as it is about healing.

There are two main ways to solve a problem: remove the cause, or dampen the effect.
Who would have thought IT and Medicine had so much in common?!
     Which side of the Intelligence dilemma are you on? - (brettj) - (20) - Oct. 31, 2001, 10:35:41 AM EST
         There's not a "side" to this, IMO. - (addison) - (15) - Oct. 31, 2001, 10:51:34 AM EST
             I disagree - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Oct. 31, 2001, 01:38:54 PM EST
                 But you didn't. :) - (addison) - (6) - Oct. 31, 2001, 02:34:38 PM EST
                     But I did - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Oct. 31, 2001, 03:39:41 PM EST
                         Media/government - (Brandioch) - Oct. 31, 2001, 05:06:20 PM EST
                         Terrorism isn't statistical - (kmself) - (2) - Oct. 31, 2001, 06:08:28 PM EST
                             True but... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Oct. 31, 2001, 09:45:38 PM EST
                                 Repeated warnings - (wharris2) - Nov. 2, 2001, 03:28:45 PM EST
                         NY may no longer be the top target. - (brettj) - Oct. 31, 2001, 10:52:53 PM EST
             Good answer. - (brettj) - (6) - Oct. 31, 2001, 01:45:25 PM EST
                 What can you do? - (Brandioch) - (5) - Oct. 31, 2001, 02:27:55 PM EST
                     It's not so much about what to do but what to look for. - (brettj) - (4) - Oct. 31, 2001, 08:58:11 PM EST
                         In other words: Use IT to your advantage. - (brettj) - (3) - Nov. 1, 2001, 01:08:23 AM EST
                             Suppose you know.... - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Oct. 31, 2001, 11:10:47 PM EST
                                 Relax. They don't make those. - (Ashton) - Oct. 31, 2001, 11:55:02 PM EST
                                 An ounce of prevention ... - (brettj) - Nov. 1, 2001, 12:52:08 AM EST
         One theory - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Oct. 31, 2001, 05:31:17 PM EST
             Sshhhh! -NT - (Ashton) - Oct. 31, 2001, 05:51:50 PM EST
             Disagreement - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 31, 2001, 09:24:14 PM EST
             Another theory - (jb4) - Nov. 1, 2001, 10:09:34 AM EST

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