On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Gabriel wrote:
> Greetings James
Hello again Gabriel! :o)
> It demonstrated a yield of 500 Kt in the Ivy King test at Eniwetok (15
> November 1952 local).
I found that test detailed at enviroweb.org which is fascinating.
> This bomb used the large diameter (60 inch) 92 point implosion system
> developed for the Mk 13 high yield fission bomb, and the Mk 6 bomb
> casing and components. The Mk 18 weighed 8600 lb
I do believe my estimated size comparison to a minivan was perhaps
just a bit inadequate. ;o) What a monstrous tool of destruction!
> I even have a few video clips on my computer that shows nuclear tests
> and the Ivy King test is included in my collection.
I collected a few test clips years ago when the doe.gov website had
them, they're in the useless realvideo format. Very small postage stamp sized
videos, quite worthless. How good are yours?
> The clip shows the test from start to finnish including the trajectory
> that the bomb takes through the air and the detonation in the test
> area. Quite spectacular and frightening to witness.
Did you ever read anything about the test your country made? Also, is
it true that your country (back under white rule) was in league with israel to
develop atomic bombs? If that's true, it's horrible, since semites and negroes
should NEVER have access to atomic bombs! Thankfully, your president (De
Klerk) dismantled the bombs and destroyed the plans and all of the
infrastructure to make them before handing control of the government over to
the negroes. Woe to the world if the negroes ever got control of nuclear
bombs! It's really too bad that world (jewish) pressures forced you into
economic isolation because of your _wise_ institution of Apartheid. We used to
have the same policy here, we called it Segregation, and it worked well to
protect and benefit _both_ races, today our cities are war zones, negroes
running in packs like wild dogs, pretty much the same as yours are, but lucky
for us, the majority of the crime there is black on black.
I remember back in September of 1979 there was a nuclear test detected
by the US Vela satellite. We were told it was an atmospheric nuclear explosion
apparently in the vicinity of South Africa's Prince Edward Island. At the time
it was presumed to be a joint israeli / south africa test. Know anything about
this that I don't? :o)
> I also have a clip about an underground test that shows the earth
> shoot up 200 feet before a fireball shoots from the top of the rising
> mount of earth, all in about two or three seconds.
Which test was that? Normally the underground tests are designed to
be deep enough to encase all the radioactive fallout underground. If what you
describe happened, then the actual yield was significantly higher than the
calculated yield for that test. Oops! :o)
> Did you know they even made a nuclear powered ramjet for use in cruise
> missiles?
I remember research into nuclear powered jet aircraft and rockets too,
but it was far too contaminating to be implemented.
> They did indeed have a successfull test of the engine but they
> cancelled the program out of fear of what would happen if one of these
> were launced accidentally over U.S. soil, there would be no easy way
> to stop the thing unless you shot it down.
Once again, sanity reigned supreme. :o)
> They even wanted to make a nuclear powered bomber but the project was
> rejected for the same reason as above and the shielding for air crews
> would eat up a lot of payload weight anyway.
You know, they have DU armor on the sides of US tanks now, the
radiation they put into the bodies of the tank drivers certainly MUST be
detrimental to their health (usually later in life). Let's not forget that
military ammunition is made of DU now. :o/
> Radiation facinates me for some reason and I eat up anything that I
> can find on the subject.
Me too, I have heaps of geiger counters, of all types and models, pen
type dosimeters, film badges, scintillation counters, and so on. My library is
FILLED with books on nuclear physics. My favorite titles are "Atomic Energy;
Glasstone", "Principles of Nuclear Reactor Engineering; Glasstone", and
"Biological Effects of Radiations; Grosch/Hopwood". In college I had hands-on
with a training reactor, (Iowa State University, UTR-10 Research Reactor). We
had a Pu239 starter pellet and Be mirror, which also served as a "neutron
howitzer" when not used to start the reactor. We also had small quantities of
tritium, and a huge tank of deuterium oxide. The reactor is as of 1999, gone.
:o( No other students, now or in the future will ever experience the JOY which
I felt as we brought that water moderated, enriched U, 10kw thermal Argonaut
research reactor online, watching the neutron counter needle rise, by
triggering the fission reaction using the Pu239 starter.
I am currently licensed for reactor byproduct material, I am not
licensed to possess source material however. I use sealed sources in my work,
typically transuranium isotopes like Am241 in mC quantities.
> I even "aquired" a working X-ray machine in my exploits but did not
> have the guts to switch it on beyond the first test, after I saw the
> photos about what happened to the inventor's hands after he played to
> much with it.
The aforementioned book "Biological Effects of Radiations" has
pictures of their hands, which was caused by them taking repeated exposures of
their hands. Most had their fingers slough off! I'm currently looking to
acquire either a dental or veterinary X-ray, since those operate off 110 power
and require no special power requirements. The only working X-ray system I
have now is a homemade rig, basically about 120kv fed into a power rectifier
tube. It produces soft X-rays.
> Another thing that facinates me is rockets and other space propulsion
> systems and even now I am trying to come up with my own designs.
Me too! :o) I've designed a number of solid rocket engines and
rocket systems, my favorite fuel was roofing tar / KClO4. :o) I've also
worked on the design and construction of various spacecraft subsystem
components. The most notable mission is the [removed] mission.
> I even built myself an illegal anti personel rocket launcher with a
> frag grenade tip, but later took it apart for safety and legal
> reasons.
I played a lot with explosives too when I was a teenager. Tetraamine
Copper (II) Nitrate was an interesting primary which I discovered. It was easy
to make too, all the materials could be had at the pharmacy. :o) I
experimented with a number of unconventional reduction nitrification
techniques, since it was difficult (impossible) for me to obtain nitric acid,
even back then (the late 1970's).
> I do a lot of crazy things and have so far emerged unscathed exept for
> a few scars on my hands.
I'm a safety zealot myself, I too am unscathed. :o)
> I have never even seen snow in my life and summer here in hellishly
> warm, winter here is my personnal favorite season as it is only cold
> at night, comfortable during the day and there is far less insects
> that bother you.
Sounds like Sydney Australia. :o) It is both extremes here in Iowa.
Hot in the summer, cold in the winter, brief periods of comfortable weather
both spring and fall. It's spring now. Spring is usually wet and chilly,
while the best season of all here is fall, dry yet comfortable.
> Yesterday I got a 19inch screen that only blew two small component's
> along with 5 pentium notebooks that all have active TFT colour screens
> on one of my dumster diving trips, pretty cool haul for a single day
> and quite a lot of fun.
Amazing! I presume these are slower pentiums, like 75's right?
> Comparing the christian mail and the atheist mail made me realise that
> we are more civilised, much more polite, more intelligent and open for
> new ideas than the christian Zealots will ever be.
As I said many times, the prerequisite of atheism is acumen! Those
who lack intellectual prowess default to one of the religions. Some christian
said, as noted somewhere on the website, (paraphrased) "You have to be
intelligent to understand Science, but _ANYONE_ can understand christianity".
That was right on the mark! :o) Christianity provides _easy_ (albeit
inaccurate) answers that anyone, at any mental ability level can understand,
_especially_ the weak minded. Anyone capable, or driven to understand the
verifiable truth, will usually drift away from the fables and false stories
depicted in the various religions.
> If it wasn't for my family forcing me to go to church I would have
> been a atheist much sooner and we even had a compulsory religion class
> in school which I tried to boycott in grade 11 year but was almost
> expelled for doing it and I had to write an apology letter to the
> teacher for skipping his class, freedom of religion indeed.
For the most part, religion is kept out of our schools. :o)
> Even now I hide my atheism from the rest of my family as they wouldn't
> understand my reasons for doing it especially my pshycotic
> schizophrenic older brother who might become homicidal again and come
> after me.
I find I have to hide it too, thus I heavily edit my website to make
sure nobody can connect my name ([removed] J. [removed]) or ([?] James [?]) [aka
"James" on antichrist dot net] with me. Given that this is a 90% christian
country, and our police, military, and our leaders (such as GW Bush) are mostly
christian zealots, I have to remain somewhat anonymous, lest I face their
wrath, be denied contract options, and so on. Let me tell you what our
president said about atheists once... (prior to election)
Sherman: What will you do to win the votes of the Americans who are
Atheists?
Bush: I guess I'm pretty weak in the Atheist community. Faith in god is
important to me.
Sherman: Surely you recognize the equal citizenship and patriotism of
Americans who are Atheists?
Bush: No, I don't know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor
should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.
Sherman: Do you support as a sound constitutional principle the separation
of state and church?
Bush: Yes, I support the separation of church and state. I'm just not very
high on Atheists.
You can clearly see why one does not boldly proclaim their atheism in
_this_ country at least, it can cost you _everything_ however it is possible
for the clever to deduce who runs antichrist dot net fairly easily.
> Goodbye And enjoy the sunshine
That I will do Gabriel, even tho a cold front is moving back in. :o/
Cheers!
James
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