And also! I thought a nuclear explosion caused a magnetic pulse. Is that correct? Cause I got all nitpicky on The Sum of All Fears, and I'm wondering if I'm right.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Emily - Mar 04, 2005 2:04:17 pm PST #4250 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
tommyrot - Mar 04, 2005 2:06:28 pm PST #4251 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, can someone tell me some basic facts about photons?
You can make torpedos out of them.
OK, photons can be visible light, but in fact photons can be any electromagnetic radiation, like microwave or radio or whatever. Photons are emited when an electron goes from a higher-energy orbit of an atom to a lower energy orbit. Photons are weird in that they behave both as particles and as waves.
tommyrot - Mar 04, 2005 2:08:20 pm PST #4252 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I thought a nuclear explosion caused a magnetic pulse. Is that correct?
Yes. It will disable radios, comptuters, cars (except for old diesel cars that don't need electricity to run) and other electronics.
DavidS - Mar 04, 2005 2:08:54 pm PST #4253 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I thought a nuclear explosion caused a magnetic pulse. Is that correct?
Yes it is. Hence the EMP bombs they've designed.
bon bon - Mar 04, 2005 2:10:31 pm PST #4254 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Apparently a hybrid is not only possible, it's very common in Europe. I stand corrected! Never had heard of it before.
A choke controls the tightness of the spread. This is a good overview of chokes, etc.
Lee - Mar 04, 2005 2:14:04 pm PST #4255 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I can't believe I am the first person to say this:
I'm having my first Girl Scout cookies ever.
Deprived freak.
I have work I could be doing. I could even be cleaning my office. Right now, though, not so much.
I do get to cross one more thing off my move to do list, which is to find a home for my old G3.
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2005 2:16:42 pm PST #4256 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Deprived freak.
I prefer to call it "being from the 3rd world." I have had many nummy Girl Guide cookies (which are very different from what y'all have here), but where in hell would I find a Girl Scout?
That's rhetorical. I don't actually need a Girl Scout.
Emily - Mar 04, 2005 2:18:07 pm PST #4257 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Photons are energy *coughlightparticlewhatevercough*s, and therefore have no mass? That's the thing I'm struggling with getting an intuitive understanding of.
Also, so would an MP damage electronic stuff (like, the data stored in it) or just turn it off? There's still issues -- the PDA "Ryan" ends up with, with an email message still onscreen, is definitely out -- but I'm wondering about the Marine helicopters that show up rather soon after the blast, cell phones, radios, etc.
I say "Ryan" because that ain't Jack Ryan. Sorry. No.
Lee - Mar 04, 2005 2:18:28 pm PST #4258 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I prefer to call it "being from the 3rd world." I have had many nummy Girl Guide cookies (which are very different from what y'all have here), but where in hell would I find a Girl Scout?
But you've been in this country for years now.
Emily - Mar 04, 2005 2:18:45 pm PST #4259 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Also, I was a Girl Scout. So if anyone asks, you're all set.