tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post708959104376792284..comments2023-05-10T08:55:47.701-07:00Comments on Richard Carrier Blogs: Atheists in FoxholesRichard Carrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-17629120982815585382011-10-07T14:45:53.440-07:002011-10-07T14:45:53.440-07:00Magnesium is thermite (or one variety of it; you c...Magnesium <i>is</i> thermite (or one variety of it; you can make thermite out of a lot of different metals, such as aluminum).<br /><br />A thermite magnesium fire is just a magnesium fire supplied with an oxidized metallic agent (many metal oxides will do). Metal oxides are regularly found in paint. Like you might put on a ship say. Decks. Walls. Pipes. Ceilings.<br /><br />Worse, magnesium Richard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-63069872415166935002011-09-19T02:41:57.782-07:002011-09-19T02:41:57.782-07:00spinning blades generate a huge (read: lethal) sta...<em>spinning blades generate a huge (read: lethal) static charge</em><br /><br />My chemistry teacher mentioned something about helicopters, but I don't know if he mentioned the blades (all I took away from his story was that helicopters move in air and aren't grounded). Anyway, now I know why the ceiling fans at work are so dusty. Mystery solved!<br /><br /><em>Because it's made of Pikemann Urgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587558012877707537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-65448686880335220732011-09-15T09:56:42.729-07:002011-09-15T09:56:42.729-07:00We didn't have fighters or anything with engin...We didn't have fighters or anything with engines big enough to eat you, but high winds could tip a helicopter, and you'd better not be on the outer deck when its blades swing down... <br /><br />Another risk is that (and this <i>Hunt for Red October</i> does get right) its spinning blades generate a huge (read: lethal) static charge, so anyone who touches the helicopter as it hovers is Richard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-26074586156606609612011-09-15T09:26:57.779-07:002011-09-15T09:26:57.779-07:00I only got evangelized on the Navy base I trained ...I only got evangelized on the Navy base I trained at, by a Navy guy. Coast Guard, not. But neither of us were on duty, so I didn't consider it inappropriate. Indeed, his effort had precisely the opposite effect he'd hoped for, because he got me to read the whole bible, cover to cover. Bad move on his part. I tell some of this story in <i>Sense and Goodness without God</i> pp. 14-17.Richard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-67967326172921551582011-09-14T21:50:50.495-07:002011-09-14T21:50:50.495-07:00DOES YOUR PROBABILITY KEEP YOU WARM AT NIGHT?
Oka...DOES YOUR PROBABILITY KEEP YOU WARM AT NIGHT?<br /><br />Okay, seriously, though. I would love to learn how to use a sniper rifle. That, and archery!<br /><br /><em>In fact life at sea in general brings countless dangers that they train the hell out of you to prevent</em><br /><br />I saw a doco on an American aircraft carrier. One of the flight deck crew explained the dangers of being too close Pikemann Urgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587558012877707537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-88836104559740489382011-09-14T20:04:09.606-07:002011-09-14T20:04:09.606-07:00I'm an Air Force veteran. I had a desk job so ...I'm an Air Force veteran. I had a desk job so I was never really in harms way. But still, during Commander's Calls there would always be a reference by the commander to trusting in god of some sort to get us through rough patches. Besides my main career field, I also did Honor Guard as sort of a second duty that sometimes took precedent over my primary.<br /><br />Being in the business ofAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12762450398018434571noreply@blogger.com