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You know Jay Leno. Any car guy in Southern California will profess to know Leno personally, HOT ROD editors included, because they see him everywhere, driving some really oddball stuff. We know him not only because he's the host of The Tonight Show every weekday night, but also because he's a legitimate, no BS car guy. Unlike some other Hollywood wannabe wankers, Leno actually knows his stuff, works on his own stuff (with very accomplished help, of course), and drives his old cars daily. He also writes a monthly column for Popular Mechanics.
He drove from his home in Massachusetts to Los Angeles in the early '70s in his '55 Buick (and says he actually lived in it for a while) to try and make it big in the world of stand-up comedy. He became Johnny Carson's go-to stand-in in the '80s before taking the reins of The Tonight Show from Carson in 1992. In the years hence, he has amassed an enormous collection of cars and motorcycles stored in two large buildings just off of Burbank's Bob Hope airport, and drives at least one of them every day, never hesitating to stop and tell you all about the car he's driving or help with roadside assistance. He's really a good dude. One of us.
You can see most of the cars on his website, JayLenosGarage.com, where he regularly posts videos of his latest finds and technical tidbits. You'll even see a few HOT ROD feature cars on there. Tons of credit must go to his righthand man and chief mechanic, Bernard Juchli, who runs Leno's Big Dog Garage and maintains his fleet of historic cars and bikes.
We wanted to ask him some questions that the typical Hollywood machine would never think of, so we cornered him in his shop one day and turned on the voice recorder. Here are his candid answers.
HR. What's up with the denim?
JL. When I do my videos, we do them whenever I can get five minutes. Doing the show, after we're done taping, I go to the garage, so if I just wear the same thing in every video, the continuity stays the same. A lot of times, I'll drive the car one day, but we'll do the technical shoot the next week or the week before, so it's easier that way. Plus they're the only clothes I own.
HR. Do you ever have to check with your wife before buying a car?
JL. No, actually. But I don't know when she buys shoes, so that works out. But when I buy cars, I say, "Honey, you remember this one. You saw this one like six months ago. I painted it. Remember, it used to be blue?" That's the easiest way.
HR. Ever hide a car from her?
JL. No, I never had to hide one. But when a car guy comes home reeking of transmission fluid, women know where you've been. If you suddenly have brand-new underwear and are clean-shaven, they're like, 'What's going on here?'
HR. Who's the most hard-core car guy you know?
JL. It depends on how you define it. [Jerry] Seinfeld is pretty hard-core Porsche. Jerry has probably the greatest collection of historical Porsches and is extremely knowledgeable. And then there are guys like Bodie Stroud [of BS Industries], and these guys who are builders, who are not so much historical or model-oriented, they're technically oriented. There are several different categories. Jerry is a hard-core Porsche guy, but he's not into tearing into engines and rebuilding them, but he can give you all the dimensions and give you all the specifics—he studies it and would probably beat anybody on Porsche trivia in terms of who designed what and everything. And then there are other guys who are mechanical guys but could care less about what year it was built or how many they made, ya know?
HR. When buying a car, who are you most competitive with?
JL. There's never really any competing that goes on. I like cars that have a story, and sometimes you buy the story as much as you buy the car. The car I'm not really that interested in; if it's a one-owner and was taken care of, then it takes on a meaning to me. Like hot rods of the '30s that have all the period equipment on them. It all depends.
The weird part is that people will use your name. A guy was advertising a '55 Packard, for like $40,000. So one guy sent in a deposit and the guy told him, "Well, Jay Leno offered me $70,000, so I'm gonna sell it to him." So the guy called me up and was angry with me, yelling at me. I said, "I already have a '55 Packard, I don't even know about this car." So that kind of thing can happen, too.
HR. Do you ever sell a car?
JL. Oh no, you don't sell cars! What a horrible thought that is! I'm still trying to track down stuff I got rid of in the '70s. The cars are my kids. I enjoy them and take care of them. I can't bring myself to part with any of them. Obviously, if there was some cataclysmic thing and someone was ill, then sure I would probably do it if that was the case. But at this point, I don't have to sell anything, so I don't. It's like that girl you dated in high school…now I can drive the car I drove in high school. I've had my '55 Buick for 40 years.
"If you restore a car, and you're making money doing it, then you're doing it wrong."— Jay Leno
HR. What do you want that you don't have?
JL. I can't think of anything. There are certain things…the other day I saw a '66 Pontiac Catalina, one of those big, goofy 2+2s, with a 421, four-speed, eight-lug wheels—which to me is the greatest wheel GM ever did, that eight-lug Pontiac wheel. I love that wheel. It was just nice—a nice original car optioned that way from the factory—and I thought, that's pretty cool, I like that. So you get the kinda bug in your head for that, that oddball stuff.
HR. The Barrett-Jackson auction in Vegas is this weekend. Are you going to watch it and maybe bid on something?
JL. I might watch a few minutes of it, but I'm not much for the auctions. I tell people, if you're looking for a car, go to the website for that car. Every car has a car club with a website, and every car probably has an older guy who's stepping down or retiring and he'll probably want $1,500 more than what one is going for on the open market, but chances are it's got $5,000 worth of upgrades and improvements, and it's been maintained. If you buy a Corvair off the street or from the Corvair club, the Corvair club car might be a couple bucks more, but you're gonna get something that's been taken care of and updated because it's his car. The great thing about car restoration is, if you restore a car, and you're making money doing it, then you're doing it wrong. Most guys put their hearts and souls into these projects, and when they sell 'em, they don't get nearly what they put into them. But they don't care because they like them. I'm that way. I put way more into my cars than they're probably worth, but that's OK. I like to think I'm preserving a piece of history or saving it for the next guy—whatever you want to call it. When you buy a car from a guy that's in a car club, you know the brakes are good, you know the block's not cracked, you know all those things that you don't know when you buy it somewhere else. There's a history to the car, and the other club members know the history.
HR. You drive your stuff a lot. Has anybody ever crashed watching or photographing you drive?
JL. One day, I was driving my '13 Mercer Raceabout on the 405 [freeway], and it was bumper-to-bumper, like 20 mph, and this guy's waving at me. He said, "Hey, Jay," and I said, "Hey, what's up?" He's waving his cell phone and I said, "Be careful," and bang, he hits the guy in front of him. And I got sued for driving a mobile distraction that the lawyer said was designed to make people look away from the road. We went to court, and it was thrown out, but I still had to go to court, and it cost me some money.
HR. That's ridiculous.
JL. Yeah, well, that happens. Welcome to the world, ya know?
HR. What does HOT ROD have to do to get on The Tonight Show?
JL. Something! You have to do something! You know what's weird? We live in a time when kids are not as into cars as they were when I was young. I mean, I was born the day I got my driver's license. That was it. I meet kids now that are more into cell phones and things like that. Usually, if your dad didn't know how to use a screwdriver, then you probably don't know how. I grew up with a dad that thought he might want to go into ignition repair when he was a kid, so he worked on cars, and I learned from him, and we did stuff together. The modern-day generation of kids, their dads don't work on cars, so they don't know. I stopped the other day to help a guy that had a flat tire on a 7-series Beemer, a nice one, a sporty car. And he says, "There's no way to get the wheels off." And I said, "No, they're under that plastic piece." And he goes, "Where?" "Well, there's a tool in your glovebox. If you pop that plastic hubcap off, the lug nuts are under that." And he was stunned! And he had a BMW, and he was a car guy, but he just never worked on cars, didn't have a place to work on cars, so he didn't know how to change a tire. It's not his fault. If you don't have any practical experience or you've only had cars that didn't break, that's what happens.
HR. Can I ride your jet bike?
JL. Can you ride it? Well, I'm not sure what the liability is there, but I've got 10,000 miles on that jet bike. It goes good. I use it a lot. The great thing about the jet bike is it shuts the Harley guys right up. They go, "Hey, what is that some kind of Japanese…oh, oh, it's a jet. OK." So it's kinda fun.
Leno Fun Facts
His full name is James Douglas Muir Leno.
He was the voice of Jay Limo in the 2006 movie Cars.
Adam Carolla tells us that Leno is the most hard-core celeb car guy he knows.
In addition to the '75 Hemi, Jay has a '70 Challenger R/T with a 426 Hemi and a stick, and a '66 Coronet Hemi car.
Nabbing a quote from one of the videos at JayLenosGarage.com, Jay says of the Coronet, "This is the one car I have which my wife does not understand why I find it attractive. She thinks it looks like a taxicab. She thinks it looks like a police car."
The Big Dog Garage is adjacent to the Bob Hope Airport, formerly known under a variety of names including Lockheed Air Terminal, as that aircraft maker was housed at the airport and other locations nearby. During WWII, the entire facility was camouflaged underneath massive tenting that was decorated on top to appear as a rural neighborhood.


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A-Patch updated for Windows Live Messenger 2012 (16.4.3508.0205)Praise be to God.
Changelog (1.43 build 24)
New: Added compatibility for Windows Live Messenger 2012 version 16.4.3522.0110
Changelog (1.43 build 23)
New: Added compatibility for Windows Live Messenger 2012 version 16.4.3508.0205
Changelog (1.43 build 22)
New: Added compatibility for Windows Live Messenger 2012 version 16.4.3505.0912
Changelog (1.43 build 21)
Improved: Remove advertisement from IM window should also remove the banner ad
Changelog (1.43 build 20)
New: Added compatibility for Windows Live Messenger 2012 version 16.4.3503.0728
Feature: Remove advertisement from main window
Feature: Remove text advertisement in the IM window
Feature: Polygamy/Multi-MSN - open more than one Messenger at once
Feature: Remove the "See More Offerings" items in the file menus
Feature: Remove "Featured" section from the Emoticons "more" dialog box
Feature: Disable Nudge Shake (thanks digitaldj)
Feature: Remove Nudge Delay (thanks digitaldj)
Feature: Remove Search Bar.
Feature: Remove the "Connected to..." bar
Feature: Accept more than 3 files (transfers at a time) (thanks digitaldj)
Feature: Disable Photo Sharing (thanks Erazor)
Feature: Disable Video Sharing (thanks Erazor)
Note: To remove the image ad banner in the conversation window, untick the "Show expanded footer in conversation windows" option under the Tools > Options > Messages window in the Windows Live Messenger options.
Download A-Patch for Windows Live Messenger 2012
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A-Patch for Yahoo Messenger 10Praise be to God.
A-Patch for Yahoo Messenger has been released! This one is for the current latest version (10.0.0.1270) and the one before it (10.0.0.1102). At the moment there are 3 options, expect a couple more soon. Spread the word!
Feature: Remove Contact List Advertisement
Feature: Remove Chat Room Advertisement
Feature: Polygamy (Multi-Messenger)
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New Tips & Tricks SectionPraise be to God.
I've added a new Tips & Tricks section to the website which includes instructions on how to disable the new Windows Live Messenger animations.
Do you know any other tips or tricks for Messenger? Let me know via the contact form, thanks!
Tips & Tricks
A-Patch Facebook PagePraise be to God.
I've created a new facebook page for A-Patch. If you're a fan of A-Patch then feel free to drop by, "become a fan", and leave a message :-)
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A singer/songwriter who appeared season 4 of "The Voice" will be performing at Missouri University of Science and Technology tonight.
Caroline Glaser will perform at 7 p.m. at the Havener Center atrium. The show is open to all ages.
Glaser, a Chesterfield native, has been touring the country.
She is about to release a new extended play (EP) musical recording titled "Better Days Vol. 2" in September, which will include one of her songs, "Dream of You."
The six-song EP will be released Sept. 16.
Her first EP titled "Caroline Glaser, Vol I." was three-song debut that was released in December 2013.
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Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase
Now in its lucky 13th year, the Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase features works made in the last 18 months by artists older than 18. The pieces can be up to 20 minutes in length.
This year's showcase was organized by Wexner Center media arts curators Jennifer Lange and Chris Stults, along with Rohauer Collection curator Tim Lanza. Special thanks to Wexner Center editors Paul Hill and Mike Olenick. (app. 100 mins.)
Keep reading for a complete list of films.
Hounded (2008)
Directed by Michael Ivey and Jake Housh, Columbus
Video, 5 mins., 30 secs.
A short and sweet story of love, dogs, and obsession. When folk art collector Ellen Hoover took in a stray puppy, it changed her life and her taste in art.
Driveway (2006)
Directed by Lisa Siders and Denise Burge, Cincinnati
Video, 3 mins., 47 secs.
An American Gothic of sorts, combining domestic with primal imagery and set to the music of the imaginary "band" called The Dozens.
Digital Underpants (2008)
Directed by Matt Meindl, Columbus
Video, 1 min., 30 secs.
A manic collage of teenage love letters and exploding hearts.
Waiting Room (2007)
Directed by Trevor Hollen, Fairborn
Video, 9 mins.
Three people trapped.
Dot Dance (2008)
Directed by Lily Skove, Columbus
Video, 1 min., 21 secs.
Lo-fi live visual effects are performed and worn by the choreographer and filmmaker in this playful dance of light.
The Happiest Day of His Life (2007)
Directed by Ursula Burton, Delaware
35mm, 13 mins.
Shot through a colorful lens, this comedic role-reversal film challenges gender roles and traditions with a sense of humor.
Outside, Looking In (2007)
Directed by Adon Newman, Columbus
Video, 8 mins., 30 secs.
A meditative animation that entices the viewer into a realm where the two- and three-dimensional worlds are in constant flux.
Bye Bye For Now (2007)
Directed by Colin James McDonald, Columbus
Video, 4 mins., 1 sec.
What happens to a balloon when it's let go? The story of a young girl's journey up above the clouds.
Roger & Betty (2008)
Directed by Daisy Blakelock, Dayton
Video, 9 mins.
A portrait of aging individuals who practice the fading art of artistic dance, rollerskating.
Directed by Bruce Checefsky, Cleveland
16mm, 6 mins., 43 secs.
Photographed on twenty-five-year-old direct-positive film, TUAREG is a melodious assemblage of Alencon, Venetian, and Point D'espirit lace.
The First Snowmaker (2008)
Directed by Amber Cecil, Columbus
Video, 3 mins., 9 secs.
The complex process of snowflake creation is illustrated in this animated, Rube Goldenberg-inspired short.
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Directed by Stacie Sells, Columbus
Video, 1 min., 40 secs.
The path of social norms, gender in society, and how we are led by our culture to abide by these norms are all questioned in this experimental short work.
Stackerella (2008)
Directed by Rachel Hanna, Columbus
Video, 4 mins., 37 secs.
A parody of a classic love story set in the world of balloon art.
Directed by Jon Keppel, Columbus
Video, 4 mins., 45 secs.
Light is manipulated off-screen to illuminate a stream of running water as it flows into the basin of a large stainless steel sink in this silent experimental work.
Figurines (2008)
Directed by Matt Mulcahey, Cincinnati
Video, 2 mins., 50 secs.
"I wish I could write a poetic metaphor about the color of my grandmother's coffin lining and the color of her eyes. But the truth is I don't remember the color of her coffin lining. I don't even remember the color of her eyes."
Red & Blue (2008)
Directed by Tyler Ayres, Columbus
Video, 4 mins., 20 secs.
A short story about personality and perseverance.
Aftermath (2007)
Directed by Megan Shevenock, Columbus
Video, 2 mins., 6 secs.
Investigates the distillation of emotion through a single act or gesture, or through a series of gestures.
Annie! (2008)
Directed by Christa Michelle Bloede, Fairborn
Video, 12 mins.
A documentary portrait of a young woman stricken with paraplegia after one tragic night—and how it's only a handicap if you let it be one.


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PTI301: Comp App 1 (2013-2014)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Computer Apps I
COURSE LENGTH: 18 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The Computer Applications I course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to expand technology knowledge and apply various technology applications.This course will equip the student with the necessary technology tools for personal use, employment and advanced education.
Major Instructional Activities: The Computer Applications I course includes modules with core requirements for word processing, database, spreadsheet, presentation software, and information literacy skills. After completion of the required core modules, based upon interest or need, a student may select any of the other modules. Students will have the opportunity to test out of any core module. Instruction will be provided in a lab utilizing individualized instruction and electronic learning services. The Computer Applications I course modules include, but is not limited to the following options:
- Word Processing
- Information Literacy
- Spreadsheets
- E-Communications
- Databases
- Graphics
- Presentations
- Operating Systems
- Imaging Programs
- Wireless Devices and Innovations
- Security
- Code of Ethics
- Self and Society
- Integrated Projects
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be required to demonstrate an understanding of the technology applications by passing objective tests, problem-solving tests, and the successful completion of projects.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, students should be able to
- Select the appropriate application program for a problem.
- Use database management software to demonstrate an understanding of database design, creation, data input, data manipulation (search/sort/query), data editing, and report production.
- Use spreadsheet software to demonstrate an understanding of spreadsheet design (including "if-then" statements), formula development, editing, formatting, and printing procedures.
- Create charts and graphs using spreadsheet data.
- Analyze and evaluate solutions.
- Integrate various applications such as spreadsheets, databases, and graphics and word processing documents, etc.
- Use software to design, create, import data/graphics, edit, format, sequence, and produce a variety of applications.
- Maintain files appropriately.
- Demonstrate an understanding of security and risks.
- Demonstrate use of a scanner, digital device, and other hardware tools.
- Demonstrate use of wireless and other innovative devices.
- Demonstrate use of imaging software.
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of operating systems.
- Demonstrate information literacy skills.
- Understand the concepts of ethical issues as related to information systems (e.g. privacy, property, and access).


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Reading Serre's letter to Gray , I wonder if now modern expositions of the themes in Klein's book exist. Do you know any?
"Geometry of the Quintic" is available for free at my website.
Jerry Shurman
I got interested in this subject last year and just got round to writing up some notes which I hope may be of use.
I also have a python script which implements the Klein's icosahedral solution of the quintic linked from this page.
I covered Klein's "Lectures on the Icosahedron" in a modern way in my doctoral thesis:
Elliptic Curves and Icosahedral Galois Representations, Stanford University (1999) http://www.math.purdue.edu/~egoins/notes/thesis.pdf
A much shorter and more direct exposition is my publication in IMRN:
Icosahedral $\mathbb Q$-Curve Extensions, Mathematical Research Letters 10, 205–217 (2003) http://intlpress.com/site/pub/files/_fulltext/journals/mrl/2003/0010/0002/MRL-2003-0010-0002-00019947.pdf
Chapter 5 of McKean and Moll's "Elliptic Curves" explores the circle of ideas around Ikosaeder.I'm not sure if you'd consider this sufficiently "modern" - it's certainly a contemporary book but it doesn't use, say, scheme-theoretic language.
In Glimpses of algebra and geometry by Gabor Toth, chapter 25 is devoted to Klein's main result.
There is a (german) new edition of Klein's "Vorlesungen über das Ikosaeder ..." by Peter Slodowy (1993) with a large (about 80 pages) section of comments and remarks about new developments.
There is the outrageously expensive "Geometry of the quintic" by Jerry Shurman, which discusses both Klein and Doyle-McMullen approaches (and then some more).
In my PH Thesis work http://systembit.es/schwarz.htm
In my papier I have asociatted a Riemann Surface to each Schwarz function triangle. After that ,I´ve got genus and geometric density of spherical tesselation expresions in a new method. Then I see Their Poincare Groups ( of each above Riemann Surfaces) as index normal finite subgroup of Г(2) (Thanks to Modular Function Lambda). Then I calculate signature of these fuchisian Groups. Finally I see there are only nine ( of above Riemann Surfaces) more Dihedrical cases.
I think my idea is a new interpretation of Schwarz triangles , different one to the Famous Schwarz Classification based on 14 Schwarz triangles +Dihedrical cases.
Alfonso García firstname.lastname@example.com
You could also take a look at Section 1.6 of Finite Mobius Groups, Immersion of Spheres, and Moduli, by Gabor Toth.


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6 Tiny Mistakes That Caused Apocalyptic Explosions
#3. The Late Delivery That Created the World's Loudest Crash
We've all been there. Some jackhole is late getting you a report, or updating a spreadsheet, or approving your lap band surgery. So you're the one who gets yelled at by the boss or has to sit through another MTV Spring Break with your shirt on. In either case, someone else's error put you in a bind. But no matter how bad your situation was, you've got nothing on the victims of the Halifax explosion.
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"On the upside, we still have a bitterly cold winter to look forward to."
On December 6, 1917, a Norwegian ship called the SS Imo arrived in the Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada. The ship was there for a simple mission: get some relief supplies for war victims in Belgium, turn around, go home. The problem was that their coal, aka ship juice, was late. For two days the ship sat in the harbor, waiting. Late deliveries happen every day, though. Hell, we bet this very article is making someone somewhere late for something.
The Disaster:
Remember that children's book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie? Of course you do, because the ending was unforgettable. If you give a mouse a cookie, that mouse will fuck your wife. And if you're late delivering a coal shipment, a ship is going to get delayed. If a ship gets delayed, it's going to find itself stuck in traffic. And then it's going to collide with a French ship carrying war ammunition.
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Illustrated by Satan.
The actual disaster was a little more complicated, but not by much. When the SS Imo finally got refueled, the harbor was logjammed with typical wartime traffic -- and the Imo wasn't piloted by the most patient of captains. On one side of the narrow channel conveniently called "The Narrows" was the Imo, which picked up speed to pass dawdling ships. In the oncoming "lane" was the Mont-Blanc, a ship loaded with explosives on its way to France. And even though the Mont-Blanc had the right of way, there was nowhere for the Imo to go -- the space was too narrow. As a last ditch attempt to avoid the collision, the Mont-Blanc made a hard left and the Imo reversed its engines. If only one ship had made a move, things might have worked out alright. Unfortunately, it didn't.
Between the TNT, the picric acid, the guncotton and the straight-up oil on board, the Mont-Blanc didn't stand a chance. Neither did anyone else in the harbor or surrounding city. The Halifax explosion would go down as the largest unintentional man-made explosion ever -- and that record still holds.
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The explosion was felt and heard up to 220 miles away.
#2. The Butterfingers in a Fireworks Factory
You've dropped something before, right? A slippery plate, a heavy box of books, a baby. At worst, you break something valuable; at best, you laugh it off and jump on the bar and do a little dance, on account of the all the whiskey you've been drinking.
Surely there's never been an occasion when one slip of the fingers killed people, or destroyed property, or delivered an explosion that damaged 2,107 buildings.
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Photos can be hypothetical, right?
The Disaster:
Apparently, there was. On November 3, 2004, two employees at the N.P. Johnsens Fyrverkerifabrik fireworks factory in Denmark dropped a box. In that box were fireworks. And somehow, some way, the simple friction that resulted from the drop ignited the fireworks in the box and a fire started. A fire in a fireworks factory.
Which isn't so much pretty as it is goddamn apocalyptic.
Every explosive in that factory erupted, one after another, in the most spectacularly horrific spectacle that you can possibly imagine. Yes, people were injured, one person died, homes were destroyed and the whole thing was a terrible, awful tragedy. But holy shit, wait until you see the video of what the explosion looked like:
As far as spectacular accidents go, you're not going to top that. Not unless it was, like, a nuclear bomb or something ...
#1. The Explosive Mistake in a Nuclear Bomb Recipe
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Have you ever tried to whip up a gourmet meal, but discovered that you didn't quite have all the ingredients, so you did a little improvising? Maybe the lasagna called for ricotta cheese, but you're not a Rockefeller so you just substituted cottage cheese instead?
That's kind of what happened in 1954, when the guys in charge of testing the hydrogen nuclear bomb slapped together their bomb juice and they had to make a call -- which kind of lithium to use? We could go into the technicalities of what different types of lithium do to a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb, but really, unless you're a supervillain, those details aren't important. What is important is that one type was thought to be inert (and thus would just act as filler) and it wasn't. So it was kind of like if they accidentally made a whole cannon out of gunpowder.
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About half a second in, everything looks good so f- OH, HOLY SHIT!
But, it's just a hydrogen-bomb test. What could possibly go wrong?
The Disaster:
So they're ready to test their bomb at the Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. The scientists are at a safe distance to observe an explosion that they figured would be in the neighborhood of 4 to 6 megatons (equivalent to 4 to 6 million tons of TNT).
So they lit the fuse and realized how totally wrong their math was.
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"Do you think anyone saw?"
They watched as a fireball 50,000 feet tall erupted in front of them, and kept growing. The explosion formed into a mushroom cloud 130,000 feet tall -- almost 25 miles straight up, the height of 90 freaking Empire State Buildings stacked on top of one another.
The stem part of the mushroom cloud was over 4 miles wide, which looked tiny compared to the 62-mile width of the cap.
When it was all done, the eggheads calculated that the final yield was actually 15 megatons; two and a half times more than the expected 6. Within an hour, radiation levels at the forward observation posts were high enough that the scientists in charge had to evacuate to an emergency bunker.
The islanders who actually lived in the area didn't have that bunker-hiding luxury. They eventually returned to the islands, only to find out decades later that the radioactive soil was poisoning everything they grew.
"Oh, no, this is all perfectly fine. Well, goodbye forever!"
There was one tiny bright spot out of the whole screw-up. A Japanese fishing boat was exposed to the fallout as well (that's not the bright spot, by the way) and outrage over America's recklessness inspired someone in Japan to spin the whole horror story into a real horror story: a little one called Godzilla.
For more large impressions from tiny sources, check out 5 Tiny Mistakes That Led To Huge Catastrophes and 7 Bullshit Rumors That Caused Real World Catastrophes.