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From: John Fields on 3 Aug 2006 20:31 On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:59:25 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: >John Fields wrote: >> --- >> So sez His Majesty, Dirk the Prognosticator. > >Along with senior US military and diplomatic people. --- So now you're hanging on our coat-tails? --- >> Let's wait and see, OK? > >Not really much choice, is there? --- Duh... -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Ken Smith on 3 Aug 2006 21:12 In article <44D222B8.DD68A7C9(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Ken Smith wrote: > >> The US only sells the previous generation of hardware not the latest. The >> US airforce spends the money for development of the new fighters not the >> other countries they get sold to. > >Well..... Britain's getting some JSFs too. We are now "after they were developed". They didn't put any money I know of into the development pot. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 21:33 In article <s7p4d2ld8mg1b29ofvkr99tpfrohmujr1g(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > On 3 Aug 2006 17:39:03 GMT, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote: > > > >Next they'll try to blame the Balkans mess on the US..... > >Europe seems to be very good at ignoring things until they blow up in their > >faces.Then the US has to bail them out. > > --- > Yup. > > It's like like having to care for parents with dementia. No, we have a moral obligation to take care of our parents. Those who choose to be stupid are another kettle altogether. -- Keith
From: Ken Smith on 3 Aug 2006 21:38 In article <b4m4d2lrotcq9b3rru725gdv2u5f21381q(a)4ax.com>, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> 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 There have been suggestions (ie word of mouth, unpublished) that it 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. Since it is the nucleus that does the fun stuff, what the electrons are doing at the time won't matter. You'd just need a lot more of it. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 21:42
In article <fep4d2pnbc1sjgbihd3eh27itvb5jlmu0u(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > 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? > > --- > Well, John, I think the "abuse" is retaliation against constant > America-bashing, and I don't really think this is grass-roots, do > you? Amereica bashing? Yes. Frankly, if the militant Muslims blew up Paris tomorrow I'd think about sending money. London? Oops, already been done. They're simply too "sophisticated" to understand world war. ...as they were sixtyish years ago. -- Keith |