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From: John Fields on 3 Aug 2006 16:13 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:39:36 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Ken Smith wrote: >> In article <4je8poF7hvjbU3(a)individual.net>, >> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> [....] >>> It is quite possible to build a nuke with as little as 1kg of Pu >>> There have been suggestions (ie word of mouth, unpublished) that it >>> might be done with as little as 200g >>> >>> A lot depends on compression and neutron reflection. >> >> ...and the current price of Beryllium. >> >Just crack open a few old power transistors. --- That's beryllia in there, (beryllium oxide) not beryllium. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Eeyore on 3 Aug 2006 16:19 John Fields wrote: > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:08:25 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >In return you got our 'golden jewels' utterly free of charge like radar and jet engines. > > --- > Hundreds of thousands of American lives lost fighting on your > behalf is hardly "free". On 'our' behalf ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 3 Aug 2006 16:21 John Fields wrote: > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:39:36 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax > <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Ken Smith wrote: > >> In article <4je8poF7hvjbU3(a)individual.net>, > >> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> [....] > >>> It is quite possible to build a nuke with as little as 1kg of Pu > >>> There have been suggestions (ie word of mouth, unpublished) that it > >>> might be done with as little as 200g > >>> > >>> A lot depends on compression and neutron reflection. > >> > >> ...and the current price of Beryllium. > >> > >Just crack open a few old power transistors. > > --- > That's beryllia in there, (beryllium oxide) not beryllium. I suspect he knows that actually. Graham
From: John Larkin on 3 Aug 2006 16:40 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:28:52 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Don Bowey wrote: > >> On 8/2/06 8:39 PM, in article 44D16FE3.F09C46C3(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com, >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > Don Bowey wrote: >> > >> >> I suppose England should fervently hope they are not caught up again in a >> >> debacle of their own. >> > >> > England ? >> > >> > Graham >> >> Yes! You deaf? > >Tell me more about this *England*. > >Does it have an English Army, an English Navy and an English Air Force ? > >Does it have a seat on the UN Security Council too ? > >Graham > People refer to my country as US, USA, States, and America (and some less savory names) without getting pulled over by the Grammar Police. We often refer to the UK as "England" because that's traditional in our language, and "UK" is sort of clumsy: Englishman sounds nice, but UKian is klutzy. Of course, when we say "England", we do get jumped on by people eager to seize any chance to prove what provincial hicks we are. Funny, when I look at online maps, there's this hunk of dirt labeled "England." John
From: John Larkin on 3 Aug 2006 16:42
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:58:43 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Don Bowey wrote: > >> On 8/2/06 10:08 PM, in article 44D184CF.F95B86DF(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com, >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Is your education really that bad in England? They got lots of brand >> >> new airplanes that the Russian pilots flew from Ladd Air Force Base in >> >> Alaska, across the Bering Straight into Russia to fight the Germans. >> >> they were built near the west coast, and flown to Alaska by some of the >> >> first women pilots in the US. They were not allowed to fly in war >> >> zones, so they were trained to fly transport missions to move war >> >> materials and planes. >> > >> > That was after war was declared and us Brits *paid* for our airplanes I'll >> > have you know ! >> > >> > Graham >> >> Sure. And the tooth fairy gave you the money. >> >> Some times you are really funny. > >Do you know who commisioned and paid for the famous P51 Mustang ? The British ! > >When it underperformed with its miserable US Allison engine, who had the bright >idea of putting a *British* Rolls Royce Merlin in instead ? The *British* RAF ! > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P51 > >Graham This rah-rah nationalism is getting crazy. It's exactly the emotion that starts wars. John |