tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post5144541649376872325..comments2013-04-11T20:52:46.925-07:00Comments on Notorious: Issue 2.7 - Dealing with NovaThe Great Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09289623983609678924noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-31714364809624522792013-04-11T20:52:46.925-07:002013-04-11T20:52:46.925-07:00Oh man, it stopped there? Fuck!Oh man, it stopped <i>there</i>? Fuck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-11624587910288667352013-03-22T09:19:47.609-07:002013-03-22T09:19:47.609-07:00Aw man, I just discovered this!Aw man, I just discovered this!Senevrihttp://negamafoozle.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-68383868248227750412012-06-19T10:24:48.233-07:002012-06-19T10:24:48.233-07:00R.I.P. Notorious?R.I.P. Notorious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-40204295306892104402011-11-07T06:20:12.768-08:002011-11-07T06:20:12.768-08:00Hippo? Is this one done?Hippo? Is this one done?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-37732428463330777142011-10-18T23:23:23.626-07:002011-10-18T23:23:23.626-07:00Aww, it's always sad when I catch up to the la...Aww, it's always sad when I catch up to the latest chapter. <br /><br />Great story, will definitely be waiting on the edge of my seat for the next one.PolaronT2MRRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-67021518138710154072011-09-07T00:32:35.104-07:002011-09-07T00:32:35.104-07:00Is there an update schedule so I don't have to...Is there an update schedule so I don't have to check every day?Belial666https://www.blogger.com/profile/02091844146077994927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-31992151576551790372011-09-02T09:17:07.152-07:002011-09-02T09:17:07.152-07:00You know it's serious when the pyro runs out o...You know it's serious when the pyro runs out of explosions ;)Um the Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147381914778509596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-70567262591046223942011-08-30T15:44:09.369-07:002011-08-30T15:44:09.369-07:00Sadly, magnetic containment won't work for ful...Sadly, magnetic containment won't work for full-blown nuclear explosions, as opposed to a slow fusion reactor. 90% of the blast's energy escapes as gamma radiation which the magshield won't stop and another 6% is neutrons and neutrinos, which are electrically neutral and again won't be stopped. And because the gamma rays are a lot faster than even electrons, let alone heavier charged particles, they're going to seriously fry your magshield generator before it works on whatever energy the field would affect.<br />However, three ways exist to harness nuclear explosions; the lasing rods I mentioned above, a paragravity generator producing gravitic lenses, and a shaped nuclear charge - i.e. shaping the explosion itself so it mostly goes the way you want it to.<br /><br />There are, of course, more complex and exotic ways to shape a thermonuclear detonation in fantasy such as parachronic fields, nuclear dampers, or a big cylinder made of unbreakable material that works as a cannon. By the time however you learn to shape the Strong and Weak fundamental forces or are capable of temporal manipulation, nuclear weapons strart to look like second-rate firecrackers.Belial666https://www.blogger.com/profile/02091844146077994927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-31847297752696462832011-08-30T14:19:13.477-07:002011-08-30T14:19:13.477-07:00@ Belial
Yes indeed, Tsar Bomba could do Superman ...@ Belial<br />Yes indeed, Tsar Bomba could do Superman some harm....but, for a little more finesse, how about combining the detonation with a magnetic focussing system, similar to the nuclear mines in David Drake's RCN series? Concentrating that much power (or at least a portion of it), should make for a messier kill....and the expected look of shock on his face as he realises someone has managed to burn a whacking great hole through his chest satisfies my need for comedic effect........ <br /><br />(for readers not familiar with the concept, the mine in question is a static anti-spacecraft weapon - large nuke inside a magnetic containment shell. Mine trips, nuke detonates, and in the fraction of a second before the shell is consumed, it harnesses a portion [~20%] of the output into a focussed beam of toasty nuclear death....)Mycroftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-63436739097363046882011-08-28T19:27:43.689-07:002011-08-28T19:27:43.689-07:00Speaking as a comics fan who is also a physicist, ...Speaking as a comics fan who is also a physicist, to compare events, powers and effects, I use energy.<br /><br />The energy a human-sized target would take from a kiloton-level atomic detonation if they were standing right next to the bomb itself is about the same to the energy needed to hurl a locomotive into orbit or jump the same weight across a continent - something Superman and other such superheroes have been shown as able to do in a single action. So, a punch from Superman would do more damage because that kind of energy is concentrated on a fist-sized area rather than spread out over the entire body though. Thus a kiloton-level nuke can cause pain but not any kind of lasting harm to Superman-level guys.<br />A megaton-level nuke delivers a thousand times more energy. So if Superman is standing right next to it when it blows, it would feel to him like he's punched by his own strength all across his body.<br />The Tsar Bomba could go up to 100 megatons for its variable yield warhead. That kind of nuclear weapon could potentially kill Superman outright if he's standing right next to it. It can crush railway cars like a 200-pound man stepping on beercans up to five miles away from ground zero and it can obliterate 99% of all buildings up to 15 miles from ground zero. It's the kind of weapon you use when you want to level mt. Everest in a single blow.Belial666https://www.blogger.com/profile/02091844146077994927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-64299205341505942442011-08-28T18:05:42.517-07:002011-08-28T18:05:42.517-07:00Sovereign's more Captain Marvel than Superman ...Sovereign's more Captain Marvel than Superman (his origins are, like Marvel's, magic-based); as to whether or not he'd survive a laser-beam powered by a nuclear blast, I honestly have no clue!The Great Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289623983609678924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-34015104089849146022011-08-28T16:30:42.296-07:002011-08-28T16:30:42.296-07:00Heh. Precision over brute force is an argument as ...Heh. Precision over brute force is an argument as old as war itself. Though with the kind of tech comic universes have, it can be a moot point.<br /><br />For example, a laser warhead is a nuke surrounded by lasing rods that harness the power of the nuclear explosion into terawatt-class lasers for a couple milliseconds. With laser warhead technology you can actually target and control the energy of a nuclear weapon. And the power you channel into those lasers it's still the energy of an atomic detonation. Would even a guy like Sovereign (your world's version of Superman, right?) survive something like that without serious wounds?Belial666https://www.blogger.com/profile/02091844146077994927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-51003005830696401992011-08-28T15:54:32.313-07:002011-08-28T15:54:32.313-07:00I doubt it. Even when he was a killer, Jack prefer...I doubt it. Even when he was a killer, Jack preferred precise, surgical explosions rather than the wildly powerful high-end stuff. Part of his rage at the hotel bombing is because of all the innocents killed--but there's also some part of him that feels contempt at the sheer brutal imprecision.<br /><br />Also, thanks!The Great Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289623983609678924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151473286970381364.post-4687973281761049442011-08-28T15:41:56.491-07:002011-08-28T15:41:56.491-07:00Awesome story, as always.
I wonder though. Does h...Awesome story, as always.<br /><br />I wonder though. Does he know how to make pocket nukes? Once you get past the rarity of the materials, making something like the W72 warhead (20 kilos weight, kiloton-range) would be fairly easy. The tech is over half a century old after all.Belial666https://www.blogger.com/profile/02091844146077994927noreply@blogger.com