[time-nuts] Time of death-Again

Marshall Eubanks tme at americafree.tv
Wed Oct 27 23:00:31 UTC 2010


On Oct 27, 2010, at 6:51 PM, Perry Sandeen wrote:

> Gents,
> 
> Wrote: < If you want a sub-microsecond time of death, sit on a bomb like Major T. J. "King" Kong in "Dr. Strangelove," and get your friends to time and triangulate the prompt radiation. That should be good to a few 10's of nanoseconds.
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> Absolutely Not So!
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> The H-Bombs are slowed by parachutes so the bomber can get away.  The outside temperature for a B-52 at operating altitude over Russia would likely be at least minus 60 degrees F.
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> Major T, since he was wearing an indoor uniform, would become a solid block of ice before the bomb went off so his TOD has a variance of time between when became a solid chunk of ice and the time of instant defrosting.  This could be 30 to 60 seconds.  Totally un-acceptable accuracy for even the cadet grade newbe time-nut ;)
> 

I didn't say that the bomb had to be falling as you sat on it, but if it is, then, yes, you should wear the proper protective gear. Wouldn't
want the timing to get messed up.

Regards
Marshall


> Why, anyone accepting such an error would have to answer to the Coca Cola company distributor at Burpelson Air Force Base.
> 
> Carpay Diem, Carpell Tunnel-Whatever
> 
> Regards,
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> Perrier
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