From: Diogenes on
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:08:29 GMT, "George W Frost"
<georgewfrost(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Diogenes" <cynic(a)society.sux.ok> wrote in message
>news:2h0lr51f08r2v7hl1o43rdao5aaoinb97p(a)4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:57:06 GMT, Lars Chance
>> <lars.chance(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I heard that they made their crews wear eye-patches.
>>>That way they'd only lose the uncovered eye and still be able to see out
>>>of the other one.
>>>Now that I say that I'm pretty sure that'd be a myth.
>>
>> Then perhaps you might like to check out these links:
>>
>> http://www.flightgear.dk/flash.htm
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Looking_Glass
>>
>> "At DEFCON 2 or higher, the Looking Glass pilot and co-pilot were
>> both required to wear an eye patch, retrieved from their Emergency War
>> Order (EWO) kit. In the event of a surprise blinding flash from a
>> nuclear detonation, the eye patch would prevent blindness in the
>> covered eye, thus enabling them to see in at least one eye and
>> continue flying. Later in history, the eye patch was replaced by
>> goggles that would instantaneously turn opaque when exposed to a
>> nuclear flash, then rapidly clear for normal vision."

>I have a welding mask that does just that

Let me know how it works for nuclear flashes.


=================

Onya bike

Gerry
From: Diogenes on
On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:50:36 GMT, "Joe Murray" <murrayjd0(a)lycos.com>
wrote:

>"Kevin Gleeson" <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote in message
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>
>> I had a quantum break down last week, but it was only a small one so I
>> didn't worry about it.

>I called my cat Schr�dinger, because sometimes he's there and sometimes he's
>not.

Whilst he is inside a box?

=================

Onya bike

Gerry
From: BT Humble on
Diogenes wrote:
> Then perhaps you might like to check out these links:
>
> http://fat.ly/s28me
>
> http://fat.ly/4eg4j
>
> "At DEFCON 2 or higher, the Looking Glass pilot and co-pilot were
> both required to wear an eye patch, retrieved from their Emergency War
> Order (EWO) kit. In the event of a surprise blinding flash from a
> nuclear detonation, the eye patch would prevent blindness in the
> covered eye, thus enabling them to see in at least one eye and
> continue flying. Later in history, the eye patch was replaced by
> goggles that would instantaneously turn opaque when exposed to a
> nuclear flash, then rapidly clear for normal vision."

From that first link, check out the $7.2M pair of goggles. These days you
can buy an auto-darkening welding helmet that does the same job for $100.

Thanks, modern technology! :-D


BTH

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From: theo on
On Apr 5, 8:56 pm, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 03:49:21 -0700 (PDT), theo
>
> <theodo...(a)bigpond.com.au> wrote:
> > Some-one else eventually solved the B52 windscreen problem.
>
> Yes, it's called nuclear disarmament...

I wish. They do actually have instantaneous-black-out windscreens.

> >So do you think there was any point in going to the moon George?
>
> The real question is "Is there any point in debating with George?"

A very good point.

Theo
From: Kevin Gleeson on
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:02:17 +0000 (UTC),
YnRAaHVtYmxldG93bi5vcmc=(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au (BT Humble)
wrote:

>Diogenes wrote:
>> Then perhaps you might like to check out these links:
>>
>> http://fat.ly/s28me
>>
>> http://fat.ly/4eg4j
>>
>> "At DEFCON 2 or higher, the Looking Glass pilot and co-pilot were
>> both required to wear an eye patch, retrieved from their Emergency War
>> Order (EWO) kit. In the event of a surprise blinding flash from a
>> nuclear detonation, the eye patch would prevent blindness in the
>> covered eye, thus enabling them to see in at least one eye and
>> continue flying. Later in history, the eye patch was replaced by
>> goggles that would instantaneously turn opaque when exposed to a
>> nuclear flash, then rapidly clear for normal vision."
>
>From that first link, check out the $7.2M pair of goggles. These days you
>can buy an auto-darkening welding helmet that does the same job for $100.
>
>Thanks, modern technology! :-D

But that can't be the case! Why would you spend that amount of money
to come up with something that would save a lot of peoples' eyesight
or ummm, not, or something. I dunno, this research thing is really
pie in the sky innit?

Kev

BTW - can someone tell me (with a bit of research) why the hell the
latest version of Forte won't accept my Signature. When it is just
"Kev" and I have been using it for a decade or more now. I wonder if
the LHC might be able to answer that fundamental question of the
universe.
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