**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Dec 24 17:18:40 2020 Dec 24 17:18:40 * Now talking on ##physics Dec 24 17:18:40 * Topic for ##physics is: Welcome! | How to play: Think, then ask your question with as much description as possible (try mathb.in imgur.com awwapp.com). And don't ask to ask! | Ops: ##physics-ops Off-topic: ##not-physics | NOTE: you must identify to NickServ to talk! (/msg nickserv help) Dec 24 17:18:40 * Topic for ##physics set by sujeet!sujeet@unaffiliated/freeboson (Thu Jul 26 04:33:21 2018) Dec 24 17:18:40 -ChanServ- [##physics] Don't ask to ask... ask! Dec 24 17:20:51 Hi all! How much did https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy (the bomb) physically weigh? 4,400 kg? Dec 24 17:20:52 [WIKIPEDIA] Little Boy | ""Little Boy" was the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II. It was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. The bomb was dropped by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., commander..." Dec 24 17:21:11 said it had 64 kg of uranium Dec 24 17:23:44 * portalrat (~muskrat@trivialand/player/muskrat) has joined Dec 24 17:24:16 can this atomic bomb be so much more destructive? (NSFWish) https://www.shlomifish.org/Files/files/images/ride-bomb_528_poster.jpg Dec 24 17:30:36 * Windshield (~Windshiel@120.20.209.129) has joined Dec 24 17:30:50 HELO Dec 24 17:31:11 Can a magnetic bottle contain/retain electromagnetic radiation? Or only matter? Dec 24 17:32:03 Windshield: what's a magnetic bottle? Dec 24 17:32:36 They are part of tokamaks- utilised in fusion reactors Dec 24 17:36:11 and did anyone detonate a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon (hydrogen bomb)? i suspect is is in fact just a bit of uranium covered with a lot of sand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkyYk1Jr-cg Dec 24 17:36:12 [WIKIPEDIA] Thermonuclear weapon | "A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb), is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation atomic bombs, a more compact size, a lower mass or a combination of these benefits. Characteristics..." Dec 24 17:39:41 * dude12312414 has quit (Remote host closed the connection) Dec 24 17:44:56 i suspect the hbomb was an intelligence hoax inspired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove and earlier mass destruction paranoias (e,g: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged , but not limited to it) Dec 24 17:44:56 [WIKIPEDIA] Atlas Shrugged | "Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. Rand's fourth and final novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing. Atlas Shrugged includes elements of science fiction, mystery, and romance, and it contains Rand's most extensive statement..." Dec 24 17:48:23 Many hydrogen bombs have been operated successfully in peacetime. Dec 24 17:51:13 Windshield: hmmm... Dec 24 17:54:06 * quant4242 has quit (Quit: quant4242) Dec 24 17:56:57 Windshield: also "[not so] little boy" didn't destroy everything in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima which was a smaller town then, and now radiation levels there are fine. you have higher chances of getting cancer by smoking than by living there Dec 24 17:56:58 [WIKIPEDIA] Hiroshima | "Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi, , also UK: , US: , Japanese: [çiɾoɕima]) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US $61.3 billion..." Dec 24 18:02:42 * capefeather (~capefeath@2607:fea8:3a9e:1400:103b:bb7f:21b6:4ae8) has joined Dec 24 18:02:47 * johnkeats6 (~johnkeats@2804:14c:32:a0cc:888b:f291:6e9a:ebaa) has joined Dec 24 18:03:21 [offtopic] this is kinda what i consider my modernisation of atlas shrugged: https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Summerschool-at-the-NSA/ ; i was kinda appointing/crafting a successor for the role of "The Messiah", only for her to make it a common cause. Dec 24 18:03:22 [ Summerschool at the NSA - A Screenplay - Shlomi Fish’s Homesite ] - www.shlomifish.org Dec 24 18:04:45 * Rashad (~textual@2a01:9700:1299:d600:3549:319:4351:e553) has joined Dec 24 18:04:51 Rashad: hi Dec 24 18:05:07 Rashad: sup? Dec 24 18:05:14 hi Dec 24 18:05:23 rindolf just arrived at Irbid Dec 24 18:05:29 Rashad: ah Dec 24 18:05:51 Rashad: did you see what i said earlier? Dec 24 18:06:42 Rashad: it may be more relevant for ##security though Dec 24 18:09:12 Rashad: you like Irbid, right? 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