Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:32:42 -0500 From: "Michael W . Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ECC memory error reporting Message-ID: <20030216113242.A83233@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <200302151911.12976.wes@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 07:11:12PM %2B0000 References: <20030214070641.GV20271@techometer.net> <200302141653.54888.wes@softweyr.com> <20030215161152.B65022@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200302151911.12976.wes@softweyr.com>
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 07:11:12PM +0000, Wes Peters wrote: > Yeah. Most of the radiological materials used in the USA during > the nuclear boom of the 40s and 50s were dug out of the ground > within a 200 mile radius of Moab. The rock buttes around there > are dotted with old uranium mines, also rich in Cs 137 and Sr 90. > > The Bureau of Land Management (aka the Bureau of Livestock and > Mining) has slowly been cementing over the entrances of the mines > for years. People go in there and wander around, not realizing > they're getting a lifetime of radiation in a 2-hour visit and > inhaling concentrations of Radon that make doctors shudder in > horror. Aha! Now I know where to send my brother-in-law on holiday... -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Absolute BSD: http://www.AbsoluteBSD.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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