[ RadSafe ] End Of An Era

Mon Jun 14 10:40:08 CDT 2010

No flaming intended. I agree re. acronyms - each of us uses them, and while 
they may make perfect sense to the user(s); more often than not they make 
no sense to anyone else (regardless of language).

Best regards,

Michael LaFontaine

At 09:10 AM 14/06/2010 -0600, neildm at id.doe.gov wrote:
>Gentlemen -
>
>Let's not start flaming; you are both equally right - and equally wrong.
>Most of us can't even keep track of all the acronyms at our own
>facilities, much less worldwide.
>
>This has been used to good effect in places.  I recall a speculative
>fiction novel which uses it to slip in a subtle joke. Glossing over
>detail, it concerned two planets which ultimately nuke each other back -
>not to the Stone Age - but to the Cambrian.  The god of one culture was
>named Vran, which is about as close as you can get in English to the
>Russian acronym equivalent to MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction.
>
>Dave Neil
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu
>[mailto:radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Michael
>LaFontaine, P. Phys.
>Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 5:47 PM
>To: franz.schoenhofer at chello.at; Jeff Terry
>Cc: Radsafe
>Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] End Of An Era
>
>Dear Franz,
>
>I respect your physics opinions, but cannot come to terms with your
>penchant for denigrating the United States. I'm not sure what your
>metric is for  this current missive. Contrary to what you believe, the
>US is 3rd in overall land area at 9.6 million km^2 (just behind Canada
>and Russia), this is more than double the EU's combined land area of 4.3
>million km^2 (most of the EU could fit into the six largest US states
>with room to spare). Population wise, the 300+ million of the US
>compares quite favourably with the combined 500 million of the combined
>EU, and vastly outnumbers the population of any individual EU country.
>
>Like it or not, the US, despite the global recession, is still one of
>the economic power-houses of the world; and remains the only super-power
>in more than the military sense of the term.
>
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Michael LaFontaine, P.Phys.
>Canadian
>
>At 09:24 PM 13/06/2010 +0200, franz.schoenhofer at chello.at wrote:
> >Thank you Terry to give me the explanation and parallel the enlightment
>
> >that Wikipedia which anyway has to be used very sceptical is very
> >different in different languages. This explains why I did not find CP-5
>
> >by my search in the German version. The only explanation - shocking for
>
> >some US hardliners like Mr. Koff - is that in the "rest of the world"
> >this seems to be of no real importance. Sorry Mr. Koff (he sent a
> >message to me personally, which was intended to insult me) but the
>"rest of the world"
> >outside the USA has not the obligation of knowing any abbreviation in
> >whatever country of this world, including the USA with its minor
> >contribution to population and surface area. Mr Koff, you still do not
> >understand?
> >
> >The more important reason I contact you directly, Terry, is that
> >during the last few days at least two of my messages have been
> >distributed, but with the label, that they might be SPAM. They were not
>
> >rejected. Could you please check this?
> >
> > From my own experience of the South West I can tell you that your wish
>
> > to experience temperatures exceeding 100 F will be met without any
> > doubt! On many days you will long for the "cool" 100F! Anyway I envy
> > you to go to NM, I have been there last time in October two years ago.
>
> > I also envy you for the possibility to meet Dan, because I have not
> > managed to meet him yet and he seems to be one of the really
> > knowledgable people in many different fields.
> >
> >With my best regards and wishes
> >
> >Franz
> >
> >
> >--- Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu> schrieb:
> > > Hi Franz,
> > >
> > > CP-5 is Chicago Pile-5:
> > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile_5
> > >
> > > It was the first reactor built on the Argonne East (Lemont IL) site.
> > >
> > > The naming convention started with CP-1, the first man-made nuclear
> > > reactor built on the campus of the University of Chicago.
> > >
> > > 40 C is very nice. I hope to see it when I go to New Mexico in a few
>
> > > weeks.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > Jeff Terry
> > > Asst. Professor of Physics
> > > Life Science Bldg Rm 166
> > > Illinois Institute of Technology
> > > 3101 S. Dearborn St.
> > > Chicago IL 60616
> > > 630-252-9708
> > > terryj at iit.edu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jun 7, 2010, at 4:41 PM, franz.schoenhofer at chello.at wrote:
> > >
> > > > ---- Jeff Terry <terryj at iit.edu> schrieb:
> > > >> Good bye CP-5. Sorry, all I had was a cell phone camera.
> > > >>
> > > >> Jeff
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear Jeff,
> > > >
> > > > Please excuse my obvious ignorance - What is CP-5? Since I very
> > > > often recommend to persons seeking information on RADSAFE to
> > > > consult first Google I tried it myself. - no satisfying result, no
>
> > > > one linked to "reactors" or "radioactivity". Could you please
> > > > enlighten those Europeans, Asians, Africans, Australians who dwell
>
> > > > unknowingly in the shadow of the great USA? You cannot  seriously
>
> > > > expect that everbody on RADSAFE knows what CP-5 is.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards from +40 degree Celsius (+100 Farenheit) in Sevilla,
> > > > Spain!
> > > >
> > > > Franz
> > >
> >
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