Interesting Websites.

joshua

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In the Aviation Videos thread, we have mentioned the early nuclear bomb effects calculators.
Of course, it's a lot simpler these days - http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
I note that even a Hiroshima/Nagasaki-sized airburst over Market Square would get rid of most of Stafford's traffic lights, probably without a noticeable drop in the standards of the road surfaces.
Seems quite an efficient process...

You might notice an improvement in the roads, a nice smooth glassy finish
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Gramaisc

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You might notice an improvement in the roads, a nice smooth glassy finish
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Depending upon the prevailing weather conditions, the detonation can often provoke a brief spell of localised precipitation after the explosion.

This, with the 'glassy smooth finish' on the road surfaces, could lead to reduced grip.

This would, obviously, need to be considered when risk assessments are undertaken.
 

BobClay

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Very interesting site. I've had one or two arguments with locals around here who insisted that the satellite station was a 'prime target' and we'd all go under if it got hit. I argued that the prime target would be Cheltenham, (or Fort Meade in the US) which would render outlying stations pretty much useless.
I've tested a strike on the station with this site and it would need to get to the Nagasaki bomb range (20 Kilotons, this was the second plutonium bomb detonated, the first one being the Trinity test site in the USA, the Hiroshima bomb was a Uranium Gun design) before it would disturb the pub, and even then you might have time to order in a quick pint. :P
If you got to the megatonnage range with thermonuclear weapons, well ... game over. ( Not that I want to test these ideas for real.) :eek:
 

SketchyMagpie

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Every time you visit this link you'll get a new "deep fake" image of a seemingly real person constructed by AI. Freaky.
 

BobClay

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Today is Pi day. Nothing like going on the piss to celebrate 3.14159265359......... -----► (this way to infinity..) :P

 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Today is Pi day. Nothing like going on the piss to celebrate 3.14159265359......... -----► (this way to infinity..) :P

If it's all the same to you I'll celebrate this instead.

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After all, what has maths ever done for us?
 

industryarch

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Today is Pi day. Nothing like going on the piss to celebrate 3.14159265359......... -----► (this way to infinity..) :P


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BobClay

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Strange isn't it. You don't really think of the Internet as being 'old' but, it pretty much is now. I first went on with an old 486 PC and ye olde squawky phone modem on the shelf beside the phone (before they were built into the motherboard and later networked.) This would be early to mid 90's and as I remember Netscape was the browser of choice at the time.
My civil service job colleagues were looking at the internet with some degree of terror, because here was a comms system that was going to be a big problem monitoring wise, but at that time the whole organization was being wound down because the Cold War was over, and we were now entering the 'Peace Bonus.' (Yeah, like that f****** happened !!!)

Eventually someone realised it would all have to be wound up again, because 'Peace Bonuses' are fleeting and only dickhead politicians wind down their intelligence services between conflicts.
 
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