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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/12/facebook_makes_you_sad/
Right now SW is making me sad because it is turning more and more into a cesspool.
Your about 6 months behind me here. Give it up, you'll feel better, and be able to laugh when someone cross posts the insanity.
I'm not actually on it anymore. Kind of gave it up when I came onto ML about 5 months ago.
It's kinda funny to me... Here at ML, we have probably the broadest skillset of any IT forum out there... Since I've been here, I haven't posted on SW near as much either. I only log in every day or two to answer the stupid questions I get in email, lol.
Then you're doing better than me. I rarely visit SW anymore, unless I have to. I feel like I graduated to the big boy party around here. Digging deep into subjects and technical matters. Just felt that SW was a mile wide and an inch deep in technical content.
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I am rarely on forums posting much anymore, mainly reading, lots of projects going on.
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I'm still over there in the TP list. Ha ha, just realized that it is a TP list. Goes with with the WC.
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Trump's Mar-a-Lago kitchen cited for food safety violations
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Boy learns to drive on YouTube for McDonald's joyride
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US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
Yes
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
Yes
Aren't those supposed to be more destructive than the nukes the USA used in WWII? Less radiation, but still.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
Yes
Aren't those supposed to be more destructive than the nukes the USA used in WWII? Less radiation, but still.
Not that I'm aware of. They are still conventional, although very powerful. The issue I see here is that this is an airbust bomb against a cave. It's not really what it was designed for. I guess show of force?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
Yes
Aren't those supposed to be more destructive than the nukes the USA used in WWII? Less radiation, but still.
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Really, really close in total yield. Hiroshima was the smaller of the two dropped. The MOAB is still smaller. The FOAB that Russia has should be larger than Nagasaki significantly, even though it is still conventional.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
Yes
Aren't those supposed to be more destructive than the nukes the USA used in WWII? Less radiation, but still.
Not that I'm aware of. They are still conventional, although very powerful. The issue I see here is that this is an airbust bomb against a cave. It's not really what it was designed for. I guess show of force?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast
That is the only thing I can think of, but it doesn't really seem effective if your "shock and awe" doesn't really do anything than shake the ground.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
FOAB
I thought the FOAB was only 44-50 tons of TNT. The little boy that was dropped on Nagasaki I believe was 15 Kilotons.
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@Kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
Yes
Aren't those supposed to be more destructive than the nukes the USA used in WWII? Less radiation, but still.
Not that I'm aware of. They are still conventional, although very powerful. The issue I see here is that this is an airbust bomb against a cave. It's not really what it was designed for. I guess show of force?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast
That is the only thing I can think of, but it doesn't really seem effective if your "shock and awe" doesn't really do anything than shake the ground.
Right, there is speculation that this was in reaction to a soldier that was recently killed? But that's only speculation. My guess is a show of force. "We have this and we're not afraid to use it!" mentality.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
FOAB
I thought the FOAB was only 44-50 tons of TNT. The little boy that was dropped on Nagasaki I believe was 15 Kilotons.
Hiroshima was 15KT, Nagasaki was 21KT from what I've seen.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
FOAB
I thought the FOAB was only 44-50 tons of TNT. The little boy that was dropped on Nagasaki I believe was 15 Kilotons.
Hiroshima was 15KT, Nagasaki was 21KT from what I've seen.
That's right. Little boy was Hiroshima and Fat Man was Nagasaki. You're right in both instances.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
FOAB
I thought the FOAB was only 44-50 tons of TNT. The little boy that was dropped on Nagasaki I believe was 15 Kilotons.
Hiroshima was 15KT, Nagasaki was 21KT from what I've seen.
That's right. Little boy was Hiroshima and Fat Man was Nagasaki. You're right in both instances.
I had that reversed too in yield until I researched in 30 minutes ago.
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@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
Yes
Aren't those supposed to be more destructive than the nukes the USA used in WWII? Less radiation, but still.
Not that I'm aware of. They are still conventional, although very powerful. The issue I see here is that this is an airbust bomb against a cave. It's not really what it was designed for. I guess show of force?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast
That is the only thing I can think of, but it doesn't really seem effective if your "shock and awe" doesn't really do anything than shake the ground.
Right, there is speculation that this was in reaction to a soldier that was recently killed? But that's only speculation. My guess is a show of force. "We have this and we're not afraid to use it!" mentality.
I work with the government. If a top general had to request the use of this bomb, I find it hard to believe they were able to get it approved and deployed that quickly.
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@Kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US just dropped the third largest bomb (not including tests of course) ever.
The MOAB?
Yes
Aren't those supposed to be more destructive than the nukes the USA used in WWII? Less radiation, but still.
Not that I'm aware of. They are still conventional, although very powerful. The issue I see here is that this is an airbust bomb against a cave. It's not really what it was designed for. I guess show of force?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast
That is the only thing I can think of, but it doesn't really seem effective if your "shock and awe" doesn't really do anything than shake the ground.
Right, there is speculation that this was in reaction to a soldier that was recently killed? But that's only speculation. My guess is a show of force. "We have this and we're not afraid to use it!" mentality.
I work with the government. If a top general had to request the use of this bomb, I find it hard to believe they were able to get it approved and deployed that quickly.
Don't these have to be dropped by a C-130?
