How much radiation are you exposed to on a plane?
Oct 20, 2011, 11:03 am
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How much radiation are you exposed to on a plane?
A friend of mine just sent me this article; it's a pretty interesting read:
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/how...n-a-plane.html
So, I wonder if the next time one of the security folks tells me that I'm silly for opting out, because I get more radiation flying close to the sun, I can respond that that's mostly neutrons, which are non-ionizing, as opposed to the stuff from his blue boxes, which are ionizing? Can you imagine the blank stares I'd get in response?
(My technical knowledge is not in an area to say if one is worse than the other -- I'll let someone else chime in with that -- I'm more just commenting on the entertainment of the reaction.)
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http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/how...n-a-plane.html
So, I wonder if the next time one of the security folks tells me that I'm silly for opting out, because I get more radiation flying close to the sun, I can respond that that's mostly neutrons, which are non-ionizing, as opposed to the stuff from his blue boxes, which are ionizing? Can you imagine the blank stares I'd get in response?
(My technical knowledge is not in an area to say if one is worse than the other -- I'll let someone else chime in with that -- I'm more just commenting on the entertainment of the reaction.)
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Oct 20, 2011, 12:49 pm
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Oct 20, 2011, 1:16 pm
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A friend of mine just sent me this article; it's a pretty interesting read:
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/how...n-a-plane.html
So, I wonder if the next time one of the security folks tells me that I'm silly for opting out, because I get more radiation flying close to the sun, I can respond that that's mostly neutrons, which are non-ionizing, as opposed to the stuff from his blue boxes, which are ionizing? Can you imagine the blank stares I'd get in response?
(My technical knowledge is not in an area to say if one is worse than the other -- I'll let someone else chime in with that -- I'm more just commenting on the entertainment of the reaction.)
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http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/how...n-a-plane.html
So, I wonder if the next time one of the security folks tells me that I'm silly for opting out, because I get more radiation flying close to the sun, I can respond that that's mostly neutrons, which are non-ionizing, as opposed to the stuff from his blue boxes, which are ionizing? Can you imagine the blank stares I'd get in response?
(My technical knowledge is not in an area to say if one is worse than the other -- I'll let someone else chime in with that -- I'm more just commenting on the entertainment of the reaction.)
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Neutron radiation is considered the most severe and dangerous of all radiation exposure. It most definitely is ionizing just in a different way than protons and electrons.
Oct 21, 2011, 12:17 am
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P.S. A neutron walks into a bar. He sits down and orders a beer. The bartender brings him his drink, and the neutron asks, "how much?" The bartender says, "eh, no charge."
Oct 21, 2011, 4:45 am
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Maybe it is neutrinos, the particles that were measured moving faster than the speed of light. (Now being questioned and doubted.) It lasted long enough to inspire the following:
Bartender: I'm sorry, we do not serve neutrinos here.
A neutrino walks into a bar.
Seriously, someone smarter than me tells more here.
Pull quote:
Bartender: I'm sorry, we do not serve neutrinos here.
A neutrino walks into a bar.
Seriously, someone smarter than me tells more here.
Pull quote:
I was using a personal alarm dosimeter that relies on ionizations to work, and neutrons don't ionize things.
Oct 21, 2011, 6:58 am
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There is a much simpler rebut: "If you want to nuke your nads that is yer choice but I prefer mine like they are"
More seriously, the real issue to me is a credibility issue. TSA and the mfg can say what they want but the lack of independent data is the real problem.
More seriously, the real issue to me is a credibility issue. TSA and the mfg can say what they want but the lack of independent data is the real problem.
Oct 21, 2011, 8:13 am
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There is a much simpler rebut: "If you want to nuke your nads that is yer choice but I prefer mine like they are"
More seriously, the real issue to me is a credibility issue. TSA and the mfg can say what they want but the lack of independent data is the real problem.
More seriously, the real issue to me is a credibility issue. TSA and the mfg can say what they want but the lack of independent data is the real problem.
Last edited by unLogical; Oct 21, 2011 at 8:56 am
Oct 21, 2011, 11:23 am
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Oct 21, 2011, 1:10 pm
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Proton walks up to an attractive woman in a bar, says hello, if he could buy her a drink. She declines, saying, "no way, you repel me." He asks, "are you sure?" She says, "yup, I'm positive."