Trinity Day,...

Troubleshooter · 07-16-2005, 03:01 PM

...am I the only one who missed it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_test

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2005, 05:11 PM

Yes...it's true...we used nu-clear weapons on Japan.

Troubleshooter · 07-16-2005, 05:22 PM

Um, that's not Trinity Day.

Nice try though.

wolf · 07-16-2005, 05:31 PM

I am wearing my tee shirt today.

Trinity Day gets marked on my calendar.

Troubleshooter · 07-16-2005, 05:33 PM

Nice.

I really need to get that shirt.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2005, 05:44 PM

Who declared it Trinity Day?

wolf · 07-16-2005, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Who declared it Trinity Day?

Bomb geeks.

capnhowdy · 07-16-2005, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Who declared it Trinity Day?

Evidently a man of the cloth there was looking out the window and said "the Father, the Son, and the Holy shit!!"

Elspode · 07-17-2005, 02:59 PM

I have some fused sand, called Trinitite, from the Trinity site.

It is my understanding that I'm not supposed to, but I do.

capnhowdy · 07-16-2005, 05:33 PM

Oppenheimer was very much in touch when he thought of the Hindu scripture:["Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of worlds.".....]
..But Bainbridge hit the nail on the head when he said: [" Now we are all sons of bitches"].
Hard to believe its been that long ago. This bomb was a joke compared to what could happen now. Really scary.

Troubleshooter · 07-16-2005, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

This bomb was a joke compared to what could happen now. Really scary.

True.

To put it in a perspective from my personal experience:

1) the weapon used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki are now used as the detonators for our present weapons

2) today's weapons are so prodigious that a Trident ICBM submarine, one vessel in the whole fleet carries twice the firepower expended in all of WWII, including all of the nuclear weapons dropped as well as the test detonations.

The Trident II missile carries 8 MIRVs with 100 kt of explosive capacity, whereas Little Boy yielded 13 kt.

And just to add to the

factor, any submarine can launch a Tomahawk (TLAM-N) with a payload of up to 200 kt, not to mention air launch, surface craft and so on.

wolf · 07-16-2005, 05:42 PM

National Atomic Museum

I ordered from the website, although when I finally get to the Southwest I am SOOOO going there.

I wanted the colored one but they were out of it. I also have the Fat Man and Little Boy shotglasses.

Clodfobble · 07-18-2005, 08:56 AM

Uh, Els... you really sure that's healthy for your family to have that just lyin' around?

glatt · 07-18-2005, 09:07 AM

When I was a kid, we had this old wind-up alarm clock that had hands that would glow in the dark without holding it up to the light first. Really cool. My dad took it away from us though. He's a physicist, and brought home a geiger counter one day from work. The thing went absolutely nuts when he held it close to the clock. Cool. Never saw that clock since then.

wolf · 07-18-2005, 10:58 AM

There's a house in Lansdowne, PA that the government finally had to cart away in lead lined barrels because the family that lived there in the 30s had done some piecework for the radium factory ... I remember something about filling needles with radium.

It's mentioned in this superfund cleanup report, as well as in this PDF file which details another superfund site in the area.

07-16-2005, 03:01 PM	#1
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Trinity Day,... ...am I the only one who missed it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_test __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

07-16-2005, 05:11 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes...it's true...we used nu-clear weapons on Japan. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-16-2005, 05:22 PM	#3
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Um, that's not Trinity Day. Nice try though. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

07-16-2005, 05:31 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am wearing my tee shirt today. Trinity Day gets marked on my calendar. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-16-2005, 05:33 PM	#5
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Nice. I really need to get that shirt. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

07-16-2005, 05:44 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Who declared it Trinity Day? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-17-2005, 02:59 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I have some fused sand, called Trinitite, from the Trinity site. It is my understanding that I'm not supposed to, but I do. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-16-2005, 05:33 PM	#10
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Oppenheimer was very much in touch when he thought of the Hindu scripture:["Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of worlds.".....] ..But Bainbridge hit the nail on the head when he said: [" Now we are all sons of bitches"]. Hard to believe its been that long ago. This bomb was a joke compared to what could happen now. Really scary. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-16-2005, 05:42 PM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	National Atomic Museum I ordered from the website, although when I finally get to the Southwest I am SOOOO going there. I wanted the colored one but they were out of it. I also have the Fat Man and Little Boy shotglasses. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-18-2005, 08:56 AM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Uh, Els... you really sure that's healthy for your family to have that just lyin' around?

07-18-2005, 09:07 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	When I was a kid, we had this old wind-up alarm clock that had hands that would glow in the dark without holding it up to the light first. Really cool. My dad took it away from us though. He's a physicist, and brought home a geiger counter one day from work. The thing went absolutely nuts when he held it close to the clock. Cool. Never saw that clock since then.

07-18-2005, 10:58 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	There's a house in Lansdowne, PA that the government finally had to cart away in lead lined barrels because the family that lived there in the 30s had done some piecework for the radium factory ... I remember something about filling needles with radium. It's mentioned in this superfund cleanup report, as well as in this PDF file which details another superfund site in the area. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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