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From: Kevin Gleeson on 6 Apr 2010 08:41 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. That's OK, as long as you didn't look at him. Kev
From: Diogenes on 6 Apr 2010 08:56 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 Oh G - e - o - r - g - e . . . Are you getting this yet, George? ================= Onya bike Gerry
From: George W Frost on 6 Apr 2010 08:57 "theo" <theodoreb(a)bigpond.com.au> wrote in message news:686388ea-9b00-4c18-8cb2-3683ddc21fd4(a)k19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... 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 ****************** Because you know that you will always lose
From: George W Frost on 6 Apr 2010 08:58 "Diogenes" <cynic(a)society.sux.ok> wrote in message news:be1mr5luvr429obh6eropo9bh2dtp78pub(a)4ax.com... > 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 I will loan it to you especially for that test Gerry Then you won't have to ask me
From: Marty H on 6 Apr 2010 09:48
On Apr 6, 9:02 pm, 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. and here I was pissed that my first DVD player was worth $1600 mh |