OT Re: SpamAssassin tested by lwn.net

[Kelson <ke...@speed.net>]

jdow wrote:
> And of course, when reading BAYES_99 pronouncements one must ALWAYS be
> aware that YMMV in big glowing radioactive Cherenkov Radiation Blue
> letters is always presumed. Matt's note above proves it.

Finally, a use for HTML in email!

Though I'm not sure beta-particle-induced phosphorescence quite stacks 
up next to Cherenkov radiation...

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>

Re: OT Re: SpamAssassin tested by lwn.net

[jdow <jd...@earthlink.net>]

From: "Gene Heskett" <ge...@verizon.net>

> On Friday 03 March 2006 17:56, jdow wrote:
>>From: "Kelson" <ke...@speed.net>
>>
>>> jdow wrote:
>>>> And of course, when reading BAYES_99 pronouncements one must ALWAYS
>>>> be aware that YMMV in big glowing radioactive Cherenkov Radiation
>>>> Blue letters is always presumed. Matt's note above proves it.
>>>
>>> Finally, a use for HTML in email!
>>>
>>> Though I'm not sure beta-particle-induced phosphorescence quite
>>> stacks up next to Cherenkov radiation...
>>
>>Having seen the latter there is NO comparison. Seeing a large lump of
>>"object" at the bottom of a large pool sitting there glowing quietly
>>in an unearthly blue is quite an experience. (And as a "Unified
>> Science" tracked engineering student at Univ of Mich the class all
>> did this as part of the Physical Chemistry course in semester 4. That
>> was an experience I'm not going to forget soon.)
> 
> Humm, I wonder how long the leaves in the alpha badge stayed up?

Nah, safe installation, deep very clear pure water. Neutron radiation
would have been the significant danger. We all wore badges. But nothing
untowards happened. Exposure times were limited. We were NOT by any
stretch tickling the dragon's tail.

{^_-}

Re: OT Re: SpamAssassin tested by lwn.net

[Gene Heskett <ge...@verizon.net>]

On Friday 03 March 2006 17:56, jdow wrote:
>From: "Kelson" <ke...@speed.net>
>
>> jdow wrote:
>>> And of course, when reading BAYES_99 pronouncements one must ALWAYS
>>> be aware that YMMV in big glowing radioactive Cherenkov Radiation
>>> Blue letters is always presumed. Matt's note above proves it.
>>
>> Finally, a use for HTML in email!
>>
>> Though I'm not sure beta-particle-induced phosphorescence quite
>> stacks up next to Cherenkov radiation...
>
>Having seen the latter there is NO comparison. Seeing a large lump of
>"object" at the bottom of a large pool sitting there glowing quietly
>in an unearthly blue is quite an experience. (And as a "Unified
> Science" tracked engineering student at Univ of Mich the class all
> did this as part of the Physical Chemistry course in semester 4. That
> was an experience I'm not going to forget soon.)

Humm, I wonder how long the leaves in the alpha badge stayed up?

I've not had that pleasure (of seeing cherenkov radiation) myself 
anyplace but in a telescope image, but I did handle a bar of uranium 
several times, using only some potholder mitts that weighed about 6-7 
lbs each.  That was in 1947 at the Iowa State Fair where the AEC had 
set up a promo tent down in the middle of the horsetrack.  They 
normally kept it in a lead casket that probably weighed a ton or so, 
and had live geiger counters all over the place,  Pick it up out of the 
casket and all the counters around sounded like ripping canvas.
Since I was only 12 at the time, its weight did impress me as it was 
obviously heavier than I thought a lead bar that size would be, about 
50 pounds counting the potholders.  Thinking back on that, I hung 
around thinking it was cool, but probably got more than a years dose in 
that 4 days I made it to the fair.  And amazingly, I'm still around, 
not that it makes any great difference to anybody but me.  Next year 
they didn't bring it, just the paper propaganda promoting atomic 
energy.  Safety considerations I was told when I asked.  Yeah sure.

>{^_-}   Joanne

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Re: OT Re: SpamAssassin tested by lwn.net

[jdow <jd...@earthlink.net>]

From: "Kelson" <ke...@speed.net>

> jdow wrote:
>> And of course, when reading BAYES_99 pronouncements one must ALWAYS be
>> aware that YMMV in big glowing radioactive Cherenkov Radiation Blue
>> letters is always presumed. Matt's note above proves it.
> 
> Finally, a use for HTML in email!
> 
> Though I'm not sure beta-particle-induced phosphorescence quite stacks 
> up next to Cherenkov radiation...

Having seen the latter there is NO comparison. Seeing a large lump of
"object" at the bottom of a large pool sitting there glowing quietly
in an unearthly blue is quite an experience. (And as a "Unified Science"
tracked engineering student at Univ of Mich the class all did this as
part of the Physical Chemistry course in semester 4. That was an experience
I'm not going to forget soon.)

{^_-}   Joanne