Interactive Nukemap Now In 3D 192
Lasrick writes "The brilliant Alex Wellerstein has an interactive map that shows the effects of a variety of atomic bombs on whatever city in the world you choose (you can designate the yield or choose from a wide variety of pre-programmed yields, like Fatman, Little Boy, or what the Soviets had at time of the Cuban Missile Crisis). Compelling in a scary sort of way. A 3D version is available."
Funny game. (Score:5, Funny)
The only way to win is not to play.
So I "nuked" Detroit... (Score:5, Funny)
...and the simulation reported a 40% increase in property values inside the blast radius.
I had no idea the sim was that accurate.
(I kid. I kid because I love. 519 represent! )
DG
Re:So outdated (Score:3, Funny)
No, he's just another threat. But he could make the other threats more dangerous. The US relies upon the NSA to avoid another Pearl Harbor. The information Snowden stole can show governments and organization that are adversaries of the US how to avoid or minimize the chances of detection by the NSA, and perhaps more. His four laptops of secrets are said to be extremely damaging. The revelations Snowden has made have already resulted in reports of terrorist groups changing their communications methods away from those more susceptible to US interception. Oddly enough he fled to two countries that count themselves as adversaries of the US to varying degrees, up to and including the threat of attack by nuclear weapons. Former career KGB officer and current Russian President Vladimir Putin will gladly suffer Snowden's presence. I'll be somewhat surprised if we hear of any similar leaks from China, Russia, or other countries that are either currently or trending authoritarian or worse - after all, you don't want to upset your hosts. It's also interesting that Snowden's lawyer spokesman in Russia reportedly does PR work for the FSB. Sweet.
If Obama had a city... (Score:0, Funny)
Re:They had these during the Cold War, slow news d (Score:2, Funny)
Just that this time, it's you Americans who are the warmongering expansionist extremist crazy country.
Yep, to us Europeans, you're worse than Russia and China. Combined, even.. I think only North Korea or Pakistan can still beat you. But Pakistan doesn't have a big lead on you, to be frank.
And I'm a European who usually defends the USA by saying that one can't generalize this, since there are a lot of great people in the USA too. But honestly, that's true for Pakistan and North Korea too. It's always the few confident assholes who spoil it for the pathetic rest.
Oh, and we here in Germany try hard to imitate you guys by the way. So the joke's on us, I guess... ;)