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From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 21:47 In article <eau6tq$p5u$2(a)blue.rahul.net>, kensmith(a)green.rahul.net says... > 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. I hope they get knackered for the entire bill. Even the Ausies paid up-front. -- Keith
From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 3 Aug 2006 21:48 Ken Smith wrote: > 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 There have been suggestions (ie word of mouth, unpublished) that it 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. Won't work that way because the mass ratios of Beryllium and Oxygen make it impractical to get the required density of Beryllium. Dirk
From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 21:52 In article <0bn4d25n3kv8qlt9da8iqlur63h9r5nf0p(a)4ax.com>, jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... > 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. Some even object to "America", though there is no other country with "America" in it's name. > 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. Rabid dogs and UKites? > Funny, when I look at online maps, there's this hunk of dirt labeled > "England." ....and unfortunately they have too many bags. -- Keith
From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 21:53 In article <4jf5puF7q56kU1(a)individual.net>, dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com says... > 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? No, it sounds like Lebanon. -- Keith
From: krw on 3 Aug 2006 21:55
In article <t5s4d2d08id1toa2isvsvnutkltqijjrh5(a)4ax.com>, jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:48:55 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >Frank Bemelman wrote: > > > >> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> schreef in bericht > >> news:4jetnlF7nbi8U1(a)individual.net... > >> > > >> > Oh... and Israel would disappear down the historical plughole. > >> > >> And good riddance with it. > > > >If only the same would happen to Islam ! > > --- > It will. Any society which worships death is bound to die. Either > through suicide or "death by cop". I vote for "by cop". Their version of suicide involves far too many innocents. ...and SOON. -- Keith |