The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread VI
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Try buying something. If they put you in cuffs, it's fake.
There's a type of marker stores use to test the chemical properties to see if it's (most likely) real. Or try to pay for something with it in a self serve machine. They have scanners.
PlutonianEmpire
King of the Plutonian Empire
Yet another question of mine stands.
Never heard of that. But also never tried to take a computer across the border.
Zack
99% hot gas
Because you're a bad singer, Ne-Yo.
PlutonianEmpire
King of the Plutonian Empire
Now I have two questions:
1. Some astronomers say that the reason the sun and moon look big compared to pictures and 3d astronomy programs is because that it is a psychological illusion. How or why is that?
2. I recently heard a prophetic prediction of a terrorist nuclear attack in the USA. Then I remember from a novel where such a attack occurs, if there's broadcasting equipment in the vicinity of the fireball, then some sort of pulse will knock out the communications satellite. The book was based in the 1990's. My question is, if such an attack takes place today, will the pulse bounce back and fry computers connected to the internet?
1. Some astronomers say that the reason the sun and moon look big compared to pictures and 3d astronomy programs is because that it is a psychological illusion. How or why is that?
2. I recently heard a prophetic prediction of a terrorist nuclear attack in the USA. Then I remember from a novel where such a attack occurs, if there's broadcasting equipment in the vicinity of the fireball, then some sort of pulse will knock out the communications satellite. The book was based in the 1990's. My question is, if such an attack takes place today, will the pulse bounce back and fry computers connected to the internet?
A nuclear explosion generates an electromagnetic pulse. Unshielded electronic equipment within a certain radius experiencing a pulse will likely be burned out. Satellites are probably too distant for a ground burst to burn them out. A blast intended to burn out as much equipment as possible would be detonated at as high an altitude as possible. Even in space directly intended to wipe out satellites.
Hasn't happened to me yet.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
Is anyone here not affected by plot spoilers? I don't know, they just don't seem to affect my enjoyment of a book, show, movie, or video game.
I didn't know I had the quote perfect. So sue me.Google, along with Wikipedia, tells me it's Network, from '76
It's not psychological. It's the gravitational field of the earth when either the sun or the moon is seen. The sun and moon only look big when near the rise or set position but never directly above.
Once upon a time I didn't worry about them. Then I started to change my mind and was glad I did. If there's a show I really care about, I don't want to see what's coming before it happens. Shows I care less about I care less about the spoilers.
Fr8monkey
Deity
Here is some reference on Electro-Magnetic Pulse. It is a bit scientific but in a nutshell, unless an electronic target is "hardened", or protected from an EMP, the electronics can be fried beyond repair. THis includes vehicles, computers, cell phones... anything with electronics.
An EMP is line of sight, so to have an effect on multiple targets, the blast must be an air burst. the higher the blast, the wider ranging the affect. Thing is the higher up the bomb, the larger the blast has to be... A blast at 300 miles above the ceer of the US ( like above Kansas, for example) could efect the whole country but the blast will have to be a massive one.
Did this help?
I have known roughly 150 US citizens return to the US, most of them with laptops, and not a one mentioned having the laptop stolen by customs.
Gravitational? Can you explain it further?
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