As for getting "up to speed", let's just say I've lived in a cave for the last bunch of years (a cave of SONET and DWDM). There's lots of stuff that's new to me and amusing, so if you don't like it you can hit the delete button (or kick me out of your Anarchy again).
-TD
From: Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Duct-tape and tin foil nukular reactor? Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:16:46 -0800
On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 10:30 AM, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
Here's a story about a kid who basically made a duct-tape and tin foil reactor. Or almost. If it's a hoax, its a pretty good one. http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html -TD
Inspiring... :)
This was widely reported, in a major magazine article ("Atlantic Monthly," if I remember correctly) several years ago. It was also debunked.
A "reactor" made with bits of smoke detectors (Am-241) and other cruft is _not_ a reactor.
This "Tyler Durden" nym claims to be a high school physics teacher, IIRC, and also claims to have once worked in industry. The high school part I find plausible, the industry part also plausible (given some of the folks I had to work with).
And yet he posts at least a couple of credulous, recycled news stories or rumors each week.
He desperately needs to get up to speed. Maybe he can't.
--Tim May
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