Whoops! Computer technician accidentally wipes out info on Alaska's $38 billion fund

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that time a flock of geese set off the early warning system thingie or something.

Yes, and they also elected Bush for president.

Having said that, I'd be more worried about russian nukes. I don't know how many are left, or where they are.



You think it would take half their arsenal to set a nuclear winter off?

I was under the impression that that sort of thing doesn't take that much, but I'm not sure where I got that impression.

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I thought half wasn't actually that much

Reading off teh Wikipedia, there was some research done into nuclear war. They estimated if two opposing nations used about fifty 15kt weapons each it would have catastrophic environmental effects.

Have you seen Teh Sum of All Fears, by the way. Shitty film, but fascinating plot.

[Snee]

Yeah, I saw it.

The movie would have been interesting, science-wise, but Ben Affleck annhilated it for me.

As for the US arsenal, I dunno what shape it's in, so I'm prolly talking rubbish.