On Saturday, November 17, 2001, at 09:50 AM, Eric Cordian wrote:
No ones hair is falling out. Really.
Well, not from radiation anyway.
--
Remember, half-measures can be very effective if all you deal with are
half-wits.--Chris Klein
[EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
detonation. You can actually hold a subcritical mass of plutonium in
your hand for awhile - I'm told it feels warm. Can't say I've tried it
myself.
hold on mr. expert.
you hold a sub
!Dr. Joe Baptista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :
Where did this bullshit come from? Did someone take a ravioli recipe and
do some search and replace?
Is Dr. Joe Baptista really Jim Choate in disguise?
My favorite short quote :
The trick is to bring the U-235 masses together at the same time.
A propaganda weapon doesn't have to work, it just has to present a
threat of working to people who may or may not understand how it is
meant to work. It doesn't have to be a credible military weapon. A
kamikaze airliner isn't a credible *military* weapon against anyone who
can afford artillery.
exactly right Ken .. as i said before to Tim May - propaganda is the
key. Example - antrax theatre.
i must admit i'm warming up to Tim May's tall pipe means of attaining
critical mass - much easier then playing with explosive and timing
devices - my only question is do our experts see a problem
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 03:15:39PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i must admit i'm warming up to Tim May's tall pipe means of attaining
critical mass - much easier then playing with explosive and timing
devices - my only question is do our
And you might mention for the nuclearly impaired that the fuel used in
RTGs is not the same as the fissionables used in reactors and weapons.
Marc de Piolenc
Eric Cordian wrote:
Peter Trei wrote:
I have a vague memory of seeing a photo of a ?3 inch? ball of Pu (isotopic
composition
Tim wrote:
The bomb instructions Joe provided are as accurate as most recipes in
The Anarchist Cookbook.
(A book my local Sheriff's Department banned in 1970.)
How did the Sheriff's Department manage to do this?
Now - i've replied to you below - but I think were missing the point of
the post. So i'll repeat - it's easy to do harm when you have the will to
die to rally your cause - as we have seen on sept 11. and i find it
regrettable that conditions exist in which people use extreme methods
to focus
On Friday, November 16, 2001, at 08:20 PM, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
One thing that is bothering me these days are all the reports coming out
of Afganistan that nuclear bomb making plans were found. Big
deal. Anyone on the planet can make a nuclear device if they have the
appropriate
On Saturday, November 17, 2001, at 12:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now - i've replied to you below - but I think were missing the point of
the post. So i'll repeat - it's easy to do harm when you have the will
to
die to rally your cause - as we have seen on sept 11. and i find it
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Tim May wrote:
I'd guess that the tall pipe version is the most buildable of the
basement nukes. (In a nutshell: a tall drainpipe, perhaps 40 feet tall.
Set up in an apartment building, warehouse, etc. At the base the pipe is
reinforced with copious amounts of
On Saturday, November 17, 2001, at 12:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Tim May wrote:
I'd guess that the tall pipe version is the most buildable of the
basement nukes. (In a nutshell: a tall drainpipe, perhaps 40 feet tall.
Set up in an apartment building, warehouse,
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Tim May wrote:
The idea _is_ for it to detonate, not just have a severe thermal
excursion!
No Tim - that is incorrect. The Thermal incursion will do just
swell. Remember these people are making a point. So the nuclear device
is nothing more then a prop in an endless
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Bill Stewart wrote:
At 11:56 PM 11/16/2001 -0800, Tim May wrote:
Nearly all metals are malleable to some extent (in that they don't shatter
when subjected to shear forces), but I was responding to your beat the
metal in a stainless steel bowl idea. Good luck on beat U
A couple of corrections from somebody who began studying this threat
fifteen years ago.
There is little danger to weapons builders from exposure to fissile
materials, because they have very little spontaneous radioactivity. The
radioactive emissions come when the device goes supercritical during
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
detonation. You can actually hold a subcritical mass of plutonium in
your hand for awhile - I'm told it feels warm. Can't say I've tried it
myself.
hold on mr. expert.
you hold a sub critical mass in your hand and in a few days you end up
Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
hold on mr. expert.
you hold a sub critical mass in your hand and in a few days you end up
shitting out your guts, lose your hair and die.
so i assume the person who had the opportunity to hold such a critical
mass is now dead. where are you getting your info on
F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
Consider that nuclear weapons could not be built if the fissiles had
high rates of spontaneous decay - the stuff would detonate prematurely,
resulting in a fizzle. That, incidentally, is why plutonium cannot be
used in a gun-type device - two isotopes are
on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 12:24:31AM -0800, Tim May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Friday, November 16, 2001, at 08:20 PM, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
Anyone on this planet can build a nuclear device. So the only issue
in building the device is the will to die for a cause. And the only
thing
One thing that is bothering me these days are all the reports coming out
of Afganistan that nuclear bomb making plans were found. Big
deal. Anyone on the planet can make a nuclear device if they have the
appropriate materials. The hard part is staying alive due to exposure
while manufacturing
At 11:20 PM 11/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
\Divide the U-235 into two five pound masses. Beat it evenly into the
inside of one of your salad bowls. U-235 is malleable like gold so you
should have no problem shaping it. Do the same with the other U-235 mass
and shape it into the other salad bowl.
On Friday, November 16, 2001, at 09:08 PM, Steve Schear wrote:
At 11:20 PM 11/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
\Divide the U-235 into two five pound masses. Beat it evenly into the
inside of one of your salad bowls. U-235 is malleable like gold so you
should have no problem shaping it. Do the
On Friday, November 16, 2001, at 09:08 PM, Steve Schear wrote:
At 11:20 PM 11/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
\Divide the U-235 into two five pound masses. Beat it evenly into the
inside of one of your salad bowls. U-235 is malleable like gold so you
should have no problem shaping it. Do the
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Tim May wrote:
Gold is malleable AND is denser than steel.
Uranium is NOT malleable AND is denser than steel.
Incorrect. Uranium is an actinide series element. It is a hard silver
almost white substance which is both malleable and ductile. Of course
this does not
Hello !Dr.,
That's just description of chain reaction from school
course of physics, every kid know that from age 14.
It's impossible to find somewhere in universe 2 kilos of
pure plutonium.
So, impossible to built nuclear bomb with wight less then 40-50
kilos, and definitely impossible to built
On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Sergei Kolodka wrote:
To be realistic - everyone can built BIG bomb with ammony,
acetone and sugar - things from nearest supermarket.
Not as big as nuclear one, but enough big to destroy
building.
That is the issue is it not? The fact is the building of a nuclear bomb
Here's a reference which should give you a good but brief outline of
Uranium and it associated properties and uses.
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/92.html
Incendentally this reference is taken from the CRC Handbook of Chemistry
and Physics a great reference manual. I still have my
On Friday, November 16, 2001, at 10:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Tim May wrote:
Gold is malleable AND is denser than steel.
Uranium is NOT malleable AND is denser than steel.
Incorrect. Uranium is an actinide series element. It is a hard silver
almost white
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