nuclear testing

TRX
March 28, 2013
18:
> Civilians were allowed to watch this blast from 11 miles away,

I would pay at least as much as the gate fee for a major rock concert, to attend such a thing.

What finer thing than to watch the light of ten thousand suns challenge infinity? And, given how much it has affected our world since 1945, how few people have actually gotten to see it?

TRX
March 29, 2013
32:
@28:
Or think of a color-blind man.
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I deal with that every day.

"Red" and "green" are a major hassle. Yes, we'll color-code "danger", "electically hot", and traffic lights to colors 15% of all males can't see...