Actually the number is either:
8 (throws out Pluto as just another kbo)
9 (keeps Pluto for historical reasons)
15 (and counting): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ixion, Varuna, 2004DW, Quaoar, Sedna
That wasn't the point. The point is, children are innocent. They generally have no idea what evil can and does happen IRL. As a parent, you're responsible for your chilrens health and well-being. Your also responsible for their actions. A parent has to pay attention to what their children are doing, to protect them from themselves and others. I'm simply advocating monitoring their internet activity.
I wish to make the distinction: I was referring to a weapon that actually goes super-critical; but, due to poor design (or by intentionally doping with suitable materials) produces unusually large amounts of radiological byproducts. It's actually more likely that if someone cobbles together a nuclear weapon that has just enough fuel to work and manages to go super-critical, it'll be "dirty" because of it's inefficiency. The result is more radioactive fallout. Bigger mess. Get your bang and the specter of radiation to deal with.
not heard of a beowulf cluster? Your fab can't build a P4? Just use 4-6 times as many P2's and get similar results. Intel was building hypercubes out of processors available in '87 (helped install one). Some of the national labs were using them for... nuclear research. Build a cluster of those, and eventually it'll scale to the size you need.
actually, they weren't certain if either would work. However, if the implosion device did, then you could assume the gun type would too. They eventually concentrated on the implosion type for numerous reasons I won't get into.
But, God help us all if Al Queda, or the like, ever gets hold of a working nuke and smuggles it into the U.S. We might not use a nuke in retalliation; but, I'm afraid the immediate response would be military and extremely agressive.
That is part of the problem. I'm afraid (literally) there would be a tendancy in such a case to lash out. It might take a while to piece together the evidence; but, let's say "they" make it easy on us by taking credit for the attack.
BTW, such an act would be simply declared an "act of war" perpetrated on the U.S. by the sponsoring country. I don't propose to explain how we (The U.S.) would try to "explain" our actions after that.
Right, and as an Applied Physicist, I understand what the results would be probably better than most. It's the politicians and the general population you have to worry about.
Go to Google and type in a bunch of keywords which would represent the most disgusting and/or disturbing idea you can think of. You'll get hits. With pictures.
Then go looking for news articles about kids being lured to their death by people in chat rooms, etc. You'll find plenty.
You need to monitor what your kids are doing on the net. The children aren't responsible for their actions, You are.
Mod me flamebait if you want... but think about it for a minute. What would have happened, in the heat of the moment, if instead of crashing a plane into the Pentagon, they detonated a small, dirty nuke.
It's already been said; but, you're spot on. At one time the PS2 was restricted because a.) individually it exceeded the TOPS limit and clustered they could make an pretty good "super-computer" (this was actually demonstrated at a university)
b.) They had enough I/O capability built in that, with very little work, they could be (theoretically) used as a missle guidance computer (picture a cruise missles with a "Sony Inside" label)
Yes, but there's a flaw in that logic. If a third world country sponsors terrorist who "test" a nuclear weapon in a US city... even if it doesn't work (dirty bomb)... we might be tempted to show them how a real one works.
I'm not saying I condone this; that it's politically or morally correct. You have to admit it's a real possibility.
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Of course, the police might question the turret mounted in the bed...
use my portable directional EMP generator that fries their rig. Then I can enjoy the silence while pointing and laughing as I drive away.
Actually the number is either:
8 (throws out Pluto as just another kbo)
9 (keeps Pluto for historical reasons)
15 (and counting): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Ixion, Varuna, 2004DW, Quaoar, Sedna
it's too far away for seti to hear anything.
doesn't Mplayer use decss? If so, it's decidedly not "approved"
ummm, where were you when they went from 12 digits to 16?
unless you're converting the numbers to uint to conserve space...
That wasn't the point. The point is, children are innocent. They generally have no idea what evil can and does happen IRL. As a parent, you're responsible for your chilrens health and well-being. Your also responsible for their actions. A parent has to pay attention to what their children are doing, to protect them from themselves and others. I'm simply advocating monitoring their internet activity.
I wish to make the distinction: I was referring to a weapon that actually goes super-critical; but, due to poor design (or by intentionally doping with suitable materials) produces unusually large amounts of radiological byproducts. It's actually more likely that if someone cobbles together a nuclear weapon that has just enough fuel to work and manages to go super-critical, it'll be "dirty" because of it's inefficiency. The result is more radioactive fallout. Bigger mess. Get your bang and the specter of radiation to deal with.
I believe it was measured in ounces chalk dust / minute.
not heard of a beowulf cluster? Your fab can't build a P4? Just use 4-6 times as many P2's and get similar results. Intel was building hypercubes out of processors available in '87 (helped install one). Some of the national labs were using them for... nuclear research. Build a cluster of those, and eventually it'll scale to the size you need.
actually, they weren't certain if either would work. However, if the implosion device did, then you could assume the gun type would too. They eventually concentrated on the implosion type for numerous reasons I won't get into.
But, God help us all if Al Queda, or the like, ever gets hold of a working nuke and smuggles it into the U.S. We might not use a nuke in retalliation; but, I'm afraid the immediate response would be military and extremely agressive.
BTW, such an act would be simply declared an "act of war" perpetrated on the U.S. by the sponsoring country. I don't propose to explain how we (The U.S.) would try to "explain" our actions after that.
Right, and as an Applied Physicist, I understand what the results would be probably better than most. It's the politicians and the general population you have to worry about.
That's all I'm suggesting you should do, monitor his use. Censoring would only have limited effect.
That'll only work if you give the children root access... Without it, they shouldn't be able to mod the software.
Then go looking for news articles about kids being lured to their death by people in chat rooms, etc. You'll find plenty.
You need to monitor what your kids are doing on the net. The children aren't responsible for their actions, You are.
Mod me flamebait if you want... but think about it for a minute. What would have happened, in the heat of the moment, if instead of crashing a plane into the Pentagon, they detonated a small, dirty nuke.
It's already been said; but, you're spot on. At one time the PS2 was restricted because
a.) individually it exceeded the TOPS limit and clustered they could make an pretty good "super-computer" (this was actually demonstrated at a university)
b.) They had enough I/O capability built in that, with very little work, they could be (theoretically) used as a missle guidance computer (picture a cruise missles with a "Sony Inside" label)
Oops, it made it through (passed) the House already. You blinked.
unfortunately, it already made it through the House. The Senate is looking it over now.
I'm not saying I condone this; that it's politically or morally correct. You have to admit it's a real possibility.
You forgot Japan. Fujitsu makes Sparc's. NEC makes pretty good computers, at least the Earth Simulator seems to be fairly fast...