and how I plan to change money.
This is the only one I can help with. Don't bother. Your bank or credit card will be the easiest and cheapest way to get local currency.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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.
brenda m - Oct 02, 2006 8:03:48 am PDT #1580 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
megan walker - Oct 02, 2006 8:06:48 am PDT #1581 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Your bank or credit card will be the easiest and cheapest way to get local currency.
Just make sure you check beforehand with them on their conversion fees, which usually range from 1% to 3% and can make cards more expensive than changing hard currency. Ask specifically because companies (AMEX I'm looking at you) are notorious for not disclosing them.
Dana - Oct 02, 2006 8:08:15 am PDT #1582 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I was always planning to use my ATM card supplemented by my credit card. And then I spent an hour reading about ATM-card scams. I'm still planning to use my ATM card, since it seems to be the best option. But now I'm paranoid about it.
Ginger - Oct 02, 2006 8:16:11 am PDT #1583 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The ATM card usually gets you the best rate.
Re: how to dismantle a bomb
If they get too close to one another, the combined critical mass will flood the area with radiation, and you will die.
Uh, no. They're right next to each other in the bomb. If that were the case, you wouldn't need these instructions because of the already being dead.
Tom Scola - Oct 02, 2006 8:17:37 am PDT #1584 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
"Where the hell did you get an atom bomb!?" - Detective Dietrich
§ ita § - Oct 02, 2006 8:19:40 am PDT #1585 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ginger, you should drop that guy a line.
Ginger - Oct 02, 2006 8:22:02 am PDT #1586 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
"Where the hell did you get an atom bomb!?"
You can get the instructions on the internet. Then you go to WalMart and buy two pieces of perfectly machined plutonium and Bob's your uncle.
tommyrot - Oct 02, 2006 8:22:37 am PDT #1587 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Uh, no. They're right next to each other in the bomb. If that were the case, you wouldn't need these instructions because of the already being dead.
No, in a uranium bomb, the two pieces of uranium sit at opposite ends of the bomb. When the bomb goes off, conventional explosives push the two pieces of uranium together, achieving critical mass and setting off the chain reaction. If you place the two pieces of uranium together by hand, it won't explode in a big mushroom cloud, but the uranium will melt or vaporize and it will produce enough radiation to kill anyone nearby.
Tom Scola - Oct 02, 2006 8:24:24 am PDT #1588 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I was quoting the Barney Miller episode where a kid made an atom bomb as a science project.
Megan E. - Oct 02, 2006 8:26:40 am PDT #1589 of 10001
Freaky-ass aquatic creature:
My husband would run screaming in the other direction if he ever came across that bug/creature/thing! I'm not usually bug-phobic but I'm pretty sure I'd be right behind him.