[opendtv] Re: DEA-what? was: Re: Re: News: DIRECTV Sued Over HDTV Picture Quality
- From: Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:37:20 -0700
On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 11:22 -0400, Bob Miller wrote:
> On 9/21/06, Kon Wilms <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 14:32 -0400, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
> > > Kon Wilms wrote:
> > >
> snipped
> >
> > It is a commonly known fact that if someone were to hit us with a
> > nuclear bomb the first place they would drop one would be in eastern
> > Montana or South Dakota. The weather would carry fallout to the entire
> > east coast. 'Best bang for your buck'. Now besides this, no-one is going
> > to drop anything out in the middle of nowhere where you cannot get cell
> > reception. So you are quite safe wherever you are, Bert.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Kon
> >
> > And that cloud would make the US useless for whoever detonated it. I
> > thought a 100 MegaTon blast at an altitude of 250 miles over Kansas would
> > do a better job basically shutting down everyones laptop not to mention
> > everything else electric. EMP effect?
>
I think our current foes care more about body count than they do EMP'ing
a couple of PCs or invading the country. Fallout yields a constant
stream of casualties for decades to come, and renders entire areas off
limits for hundreds+ of years. Not to mention what it does to the food
chain and water supply. The psychological and economic effects of this
would be more devastating than any EMP blast, even if it meant
pandemonium in the streets for weeks on end without power, electricity
or water.
Just my 2c :) Sorry for being OT.
Cheers
Kon
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