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Azathoth: Apr 3, 2001

haveblue posted:

This is what horse tranquilizers are actually supposed to be for and there's no way none of those people have any

10 seconds later it runs into a different ditch and gets stuck again

nah, it was 5 seconds and the same ditch

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BlankIsBeautiful: Apr 4, 2008; Feeling a little inadequate?

Chocobo posted:

There is nothing that infuriates me more in my life than people who try to pass in treacherous road conditions. Saving a few minutes is not worth killing people over.

Seriously. Any time I see snow just casually blowing across the road without sticking, I assume black ice. I've gotten close a few times, but so far no accident.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 19:43

RandomBlue: Dec 30, 2012; hay guys!; Biscuit Hider

Chocobo posted:

There is nothing that infuriates me more in my life than people who try to pass in treacherous road conditions. Saving a few minutes is not worth killing people over.

How many minutes are we talking here?

# ? Sep 19, 2020 19:53

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

8one6 posted:

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser goes into this and other American nuclear near-disasters and its pretty fascinating.

It's a great book but for the lazy there's also a movie, I think it's this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGp90esPAKs

BlankIsBeautiful posted:

Seriously. Any time I see snow just casually blowing across the road without sticking, I assume black ice. I've gotten close a few times, but so far no accident.

This seems to happen all the time when it's cold and dry, the powdery snow just flies across asphalt without sticking. You're absolutely right to be extra careful of course but in this case I think it's clearly just a dumbass truck trying to overatke when there wasn't enough time/distance to do it safely.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 19:57

Vanagoon: Jan 20, 2008; Best Dead Gay Forums
on the whole Internet!

^^^

Why? Public TV is copyrighted? I'm in TN fer Jebus sake.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 20:25

Stanky Bean: Dec 30, 2004

That tweet on the Damascus incident includes a photo of an 8 lb. 4 inch? socket. What type of application would a 4 inch diameter nut be necessary for?

# ? Sep 19, 2020 20:32

SyNack Sassimov: May 4, 2006; Let the robot win.
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Stanky Bean posted:

That tweet on the Damascus incident includes a photo of an 8 lb. 4 inch? socket. What type of application would a 4 inch diameter nut be necessary for?

I thought 4.5 was the average? this is very unsettling

# ? Sep 19, 2020 20:33

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Stanky Bean posted:

That tweet on the Damascus incident includes a photo of an 8 lb. 4 inch? socket. What type of application would a 4 inch diameter nut be necessary for?

Since it was an ICBM silo- rockets are typically attached to the pad with explosive bolts so the engines can spin up to full power before liftoff. And those would probably have to be pretty big to ensure they only release on command.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 20:47

shame on an IGA: Apr 8, 2005

Stanky Bean posted:

That tweet on the Damascus incident includes a photo of an 8 lb. 4 inch? socket. What type of application would a 4 inch diameter nut be necessary for?

The oxidizer tank pressure fill plug, basically the fuel tank cap for the missile.

Also, don't miss the delightfuly awful 80s tv movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5heVK6FgGQo

# ? Sep 19, 2020 20:57

Deptfordx: Dec 23, 2013

bad posts ahead!!! posted:

command and control was one of the best and most harrowing books i�ve ever read

My favourite part was where a US General in the 70's looked at the SIOP (Nuke Russian plan) and realised that there were so many targets just near Moscow. That without a single bomb dropping close enough to the city to harm it directly, that anyone not in a hardened NBC bunker would have rapidly received a lethal dose of radiation just from the fallout.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 21:03

Fearless: Sep 3, 2003; DRINK MORE MOXIE

Deptfordx posted:

My favourite part was where a US General in the 70's looked at the SIOP (Nuke Russian plan) and realised that there were so many targets just near Moscow. That without a single bomb dropping close enough to the city to harm it directly, that anyone not in a hardened NBC bunker would have rapidly received a lethal dose of radiation just from the fallout.

Or that the nukes were landing on Moscow so thick and fast that exploding nukes would undoubtedly destroy other nukes on the way in. There was significant anticipated wastage from both duds and accidental destruction.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 21:14

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Vanagoon posted:

^^^

Why? Public TV is copyrighted? I'm in TN fer Jebus sake.

I'm a dirty foreigner so it works out in my favor for once.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 21:37

Ornamental Dingbat: Feb 26, 2007

Vanagoon posted:

^^^

Why? Public TV is copyrighted? I'm in TN fer Jebus sake.

Did Tennessee secede again without telling anyone?

# ? Sep 19, 2020 21:47

Mozi: Apr 4, 2004; Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die; Nap Ghost

they decided to try it and tennessee how it goes

# ? Sep 19, 2020 21:58

A Festivus Miracle: Dec 19, 2012; I have come to discourse on the profound inequities of the American political system.

Deptfordx posted:

My favourite part was where a US General in the 70's looked at the SIOP (Nuke Russian plan) and realised that there were so many targets just near Moscow. That without a single bomb dropping close enough to the city to harm it directly, that anyone not in a hardened NBC bunker would have rapidly received a lethal dose of radiation just from the fallout.

Yeah, the rosy picture of a 'limited' nuclear engagement (where both sides have a gentleman's agreement to only hurl nuclear weapons at each other's military installations) still leaves the Earth a blasted nuclear hellscape, where anybody not in a hardened NBC shelter dies of radiation in the first few days, dies of radiation/starvation in the next few weeks, or dies of cancer a few years after the fact.

I firmly believe that the Great Filter that any semi-advanced intelligent life has to get through is discovering the power of the atom. I imagine that if we ever get to the stars (and I don't think we will), we're going to find quite a few worlds where intelligent life had existed and then nuked itself into oblivion.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 22:28

LifeSunDeath: Jan 4, 2007; still gay rights and smoke weed every day

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# ? Sep 19, 2020 22:43

Mustached Demon: Nov 12, 2016

A White Guy posted:

Yeah, the rosy picture of a 'limited' nuclear engagement (where both sides have a gentleman's agreement to only hurl nuclear weapons at each other's military installations) still leaves the Earth a blasted nuclear hellscape, where anybody not in a hardened NBC shelter dies of radiation in the first few days, dies of radiation/starvation in the next few weeks, or dies of cancer a few years after the fact.

I firmly believe that the Great Filter that any semi-advanced intelligent life has to get through is discovering the power of the atom. I imagine that if we ever get to the stars (and I don't think we will), we're going to find quite a few worlds where intelligent life had existed and then nuked itself into oblivion.

Social media is the great filter.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 23:13

Uthor: Jul 9, 2006; Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

Vanagoon posted:

^^^

Why? Public TV is copyrighted? I'm in TN fer Jebus sake.

I have a VPN installed have have tried Atlanta, Washington DC, and Chicago servers, get the same error. I turned off my VPN and got the same error. I switched it to a Canadian server and it worked fine. :canada:

# ? Sep 19, 2020 23:21

ekuNNN: Nov 27, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Mustached Demon posted:

Social media is the great filter.

https://twitter.com/SurreyRoadCops/status/1307211650051837952

# ? Sep 19, 2020 23:25

PirateDentist: Mar 28, 2006; Sailing The Seven Seas Searching For Scurvy

CommieGIR posted:

In OSHA history: Its the anniversary of the Damascus Titan II incident:

https://twitter.com/AtomicAnalyst/status/1307346247859175426?s=20

Hey, I got to see that (representative) socket in person. A few years ago I got to go on an exhaustive tour of the Titan II missile museum silo. Got to go into literally every room, nook, and cranny. Climb all the ladders, etc. Like 5 hours wandering around a rather small facility all things considered.

Lucked out as all hell as the tour guide was a former missileer who's first watch duty was in that very silo when it was operational. So we got the real story of what it was like to work in one, not the drama filled one the regular tour guides gave. TL';DR according to him: Mostly boring and loud. You couldn't be left alone, so if while on watch you had to take a piss, someone stood on the stairway to keep an eye on the console, and you, while you had to stick an arm out the shitter door while leaning over. The biggest OSHA there is they airflow they manage in the tunnel to the missile silo, so if the thing leaks its liquid fuel it doesn't flood the crew quarters with Aerozine 50. ("a 50:50 mix by weight of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine")

That and the Pima Air Museum are well worth your time if you somehow find yourself near Tucson Arizona with a day and a half to kill.

# ? Sep 19, 2020 23:30