I was quoting the Barney Miller episode where a kid made an atom bomb as a science project.
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
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.
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.
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.
Nutty - Oct 02, 2006 8:29:52 am PDT #1590 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was quoting the Barney Miller episode where a kid made an atom bomb as a science project.
OMG this was a movie too! In the movie, the kid stole the uranium from a military-guarded installation (not specifically working on bombs) and replaced it with Prell.
Kid really really wanted to win the science fair. Mayhem ensued.
tommyrot - Oct 02, 2006 8:31:13 am PDT #1591 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.
the kid stole the uranium from a military-guarded installation (not specifically working on bombs) and replaced it with Prell.
He must not have had cable, and had to make his own fun.
sarameg - Oct 02, 2006 8:32:05 am PDT #1592 of 10001
I share an office with a psycho. He left for the day about 15 minutes ago. He'd worked a full day. Because he came in at 4:45 am.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 02, 2006 8:33:29 am PDT #1593 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The Manhattan Project!
Topic!Cindy - Oct 02, 2006 8:35:38 am PDT #1594 of 10001
What is even happening?
Anyone else want to see a Ginger/tommyrot kerfuffle about bombs?
Ginger - Oct 02, 2006 8:38:30 am PDT #1595 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
No, in a uranium bomb, the two pieces of uranium sit at opposite ends of the bomb.
You're right. I was thinking plutonium. In that case, two pieces close together would certainly be highly unstable.
tommyrot - Oct 02, 2006 8:39:00 am PDT #1596 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.
Maybe Ginger is thinking of a plutonium bomb, where the plutonium pieces are arranged in a hollow sphere, surrounded by explosives. When the bomb goes off, the explosives implode the plutonium into a small ball, achieving critical mass and boomage....
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Topic!Cindy - Oct 02, 2006 8:39:44 am PDT #1597 of 10001
What is even happening?
Darn agreeable Buffistas.