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Posted by mmeron on 07/26/06 05:09
In article <1153885291.221756.181200@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "Edward Green" <spamspamspam3@netzero.com> writes:
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>mmeron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>> In article <1153851951.619264.224640@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "Fred Goodwin, CMA" <fgoodwin@yahoo.com> writes:
>> >jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
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>> >> You get a European DVD and it won't play on your US DVD player.
>> >>
>> >> 1) Why are you surprised by this?
>> >
>> >I didn't assume anything, if that's what you're getting at. I asked
>> >the vendor ahead of time if it would play in a US DVD player and they
>> >said yes.
>> >
>> >On the off-chance that anyone else reading this decides to buy a copy
>> >and is told the same thing, I thought it would be a public service to
>> >post otherwise.
>> >
>> >> 2) Why are you posting this to sci.physics?
>> >
>> >I thought the story of how an average kid, working on his Atomic Energy
>> >merit badge for Boy Scouts, could take everyday materials and build
>> >himself a working nuclear reactor might be of interest to some of those
>> >in sci.physics. For those who are interested, see:
>> >
>> >"The Radioactive Boy Scout"
>> >
>> >http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html
>> >
>> >Those who are not interested are free to skip it.
>>
>> Old and stale story. Calling this a reactor is akin to calling a
>> hobbyist's rocket "a balistic missile".
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>A missile is something which flies through the air.
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>"Ballistic" is what happens after the fuel runs out.
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>Ergo, any hobbyist can build and fly a ballistic missile. ;-)
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>I've thought it interesting, from time to time, when I'm really,
>really, bored, how "missile", which originally said nothing about the
>means of propulsion, has become synonymous in the popular mind with
>"medium sized rocket".
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Well, medium and up, to be exact. But your point is well taken, in
the original meaning missile could just as well be a javelin or a
thrown rock.
>Is this the same kid who, supposedly, wrote up a design for a nuclear
>bomb accurate enough that he received a visit from the feds, who could
>neither confirm nor deny how close he had come, but presumably hadn't
>stopped by merely to say "nice try".
>
I think it is a different kid.
Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
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