From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Jul 16 2001 - 16:44:52 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> And all imported packages do go through sniffing protocols when they
> come into the country. Don't be silly.
>
> Now, a true pony nuke is about 80 lb, and has a yeild of abour 8kt. It
> also is sniffed when it comes into the country, and a radiation source
> would glow like a neon sign in an xray machine.
Mike, I have to say I'm skeptical about this. Is there a really good
reason why it's harder to smuggle 150 kilos of uranium than 150 kilos of
cocaine?
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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