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From: John Larkin on 3 Aug 2006 16:48 On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:53:08 +0100, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <34c4d2p7opp8cvr997gvhfnm0sf7047gsn(a)4ax.com>, dated Thu, 3 >Aug 2006, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> >writes >>the grass-roots likability of most Americans. > >As manifested by the personal abuse levelled at any dissenter in this >and many other threads? Usenet is an abberation, as it removes the moderating influence of personal contact, body language, intonation, and civility in general. And it selectively attracts jerks. John
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 3 Aug 2006 16:49 John Woodgate wrote: > In message <4jevt0F7ncu4U2(a)individual.net>, dated Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Dirk > Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes > >> So one has to be incited to oppose a foreign occupying army... > > Well, if that army would be inactive, and in due course would go away > entirely, if it wasn't attacked, a civilian's best interest is not to > attack it. So that civilian needs to be incited to lose his reason and > attack. ie if the civilian population lies down and accepts its puppet govt foisted upon it by the occupying army, then that army will leave. Sound a bit 'Soviet Bloc' doesn't it? Dirk
From: Jim Thompson on 3 Aug 2006 16:49 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:42:59 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >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 Yep. Time to attack "England" ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: John Fields on 3 Aug 2006 16:51 On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:29:38 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> Ah, the mighty British Empire, on which the sun sometimes gets. > >Nothing compared to the American Empire, with its military stationed in >over 130 nations. --- _Now_ you're starting to get it! -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 3 Aug 2006 16:55
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. > > Dissolve in in HCl, mix with NaCl and electrolyse the molten isolate. Difficult, but far from impossible to do in a homebrew setup. Dirk |