Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 13 Sep 2004 at 12:50, Major Variola (ret) wrote: When I was a teen I would save the instant-cold packs after soccer games, and recrystalize the AN within. It melts and gives off bubbles but I never collected enough N20 nor did it detonate. You need a lot of heat to detonate AN, but

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Bill Stewart wrote: The news says that North Korea's government says they were blowing the top off a mountain as part of hydroelectric construction. Yes, I heard it driving home this afternoon. Blowing up a mountain without any kind of warning (assuming that this isn't a

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread Tyler Durden
I still think we're seeing the early stages of a Jonestown-like scenario. If we see Kim Jong Il summoning the entire NK population to PyongYang, then we can be pretty sure they're going to nuke themselves! -TD From: John Kelsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED],

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread Bill Stewart
The news says that North Korea's government says they were blowing the top off a mountain as part of hydroelectric construction. They don't quote any unnamed officials saying Whoops...

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread Peter Gutmann
Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AN is extremely deliquescent; perhaps the sulphate was for that? No, it was specifically required as a desensitiser by the European nitrogen cartel, since they felt the pure nitrate was too dangerous for processing into fertiliser. Removing chunks

Re: Forest Fire responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:59 PM 9/13/04 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: If a nuke goes off a few dozen meters under a mountain, is there anyone there to see it? What is the sound of one mountain moving? You can get dust rising off the mountain ---find the video of the Paki tests. But not a big rising cloud. An

Re: Nanometer Bamboo Carbon TEMPEST Protection

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
t 10:10 AM 9/14/04 -0700, John Young wrote: From: dumbshit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: effectively prevent computer radiation especially computer radiation, which does much harm to human body. Yeah, it really taxes my feng-shei The main material of FANGFUWANG is active nanometer bamboo carton.

Re: Nanometer Bamboo Carbon TEMPEST Protection

2004-09-14 Thread Bill Stewart
At 10:10 AM 9/14/04 -0700, John Young wrote: From: dumbshit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: effectively prevent computer radiation especially computer radiation, which does much harm to human body. At 08:42 AM 9/14/2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: How do you say scam for the clueless in Mandarin?

Geopolitical Darwin Awards

2004-09-14 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 09:27 AM 9/14/04 -0400, John Kelsey wrote: From: Major Variola (ret) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Removing chunks with dynamite is trying rather hard for a Darwin award. As far as I can tell from what's reported in the new, a great deal of North Korea's daily operation fits that category. How about Iran