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From: Diogenes on 6 Apr 2010 05:59 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 6 Apr 2010 06:00 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 >news:4omkr5d0t33jrvdm6eqojuh108jtdl7faq(a)4ax.com... > >> 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 6 Apr 2010 07:02 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 -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: theo on 6 Apr 2010 07:23 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 6 Apr 2010 08:40
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. |