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Things I did not know….. 18 Oct 2011 | 08:38 pm
….that 48 people were killed in 1980 when a space-launch rocket exploded whilst being fuelled at Plesetsk in the then Soviet Union. The rocket used hydrogen peroxide as fuel, and the method of fuel...
The Nothing 14 Oct 2011 | 01:17 am
*Sent by phone so no apologies for looking like a cobbler's thumb* It has been interesting watching the decline in productivity among the libertarian/rightwing-ish blogging community, and indeed ther...
Atomkraft? Ja Bitte! 13 Oct 2011 | 10:58 am
This would be the disaster where –to the best of my knowledge- no one has been killed, hurt, maimed or otherwise offended. An event in stark contrast to the shitload of water and tectonic activity dow...
Monbiot in being-sane shocker 22 Mar 2011 | 11:24 pm
My perception of reality was somewhat shaken today by an article by George Monbiot which I would struggle to disagree with: Some greens have wildly exaggerated the dangers of radioactive pollution. F...
Because I have to link to such genius 22 Mar 2011 | 11:12 pm
(Click for biggerer) I don’t know how he does it. XKCD
Dave comments… 22 Mar 2011 | 10:40 pm
“4.4%? And that's CPI? Christ. I reckon you're actually living in Buenos Aries or Weimar Germany. If you hear either people banging pots and pans or see boiled crow on a restaurant menu, you'll know ...
It can be done 21 Mar 2011 | 11:07 pm
This the Joban line in the Hitachi-Naka city area of Japan: By anyone’s conservative assessment of the situation: that is buggered. Estimated time to repair? 6 weeks. Far be it to from me to specu...
Still more informative than the BBC 18 Mar 2011 | 02:51 am
But still… That’s that cleared up for you.
Rational response…or the other thing 17 Mar 2011 | 03:16 am
You don’t have a resource like M.M.Dave© on standby and not use him to educate the unwashed. So I asked, “Dave, what the blistering blue fuck is this?”: “This is the rarely seen 'nuclear safety conc....
FYI, Doom Merchants 17 Mar 2011 | 01:48 am
You see, I was thinking this wouldn't be Japan if the data wasn't available in a progress tracking table: http://www.jaif.or.jp/english/news_images/pdf/ENGNEWS01_1300273535P.pdf Updated 3/4 times a ...
