From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 15:54:39 MST
On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Damien R. Sullivan wrote:
> Carbon lacks resistance to oxygen; faced with diamondoid grey goo, toss
> in a lighted match. It'll be like a coal dust explosion.
If it's floating, and not passivated. A few atomic layers of silica or
alumina on top of it, and you can use it a filling for fire extinguisher.
> Or think "Thread" on Pern; flamethrowers are excellent.
>
> Good to hear silicon has an ultrasound vulnerability.
Flesh and grass has that, too. Plus, sonickating a whole planet would seem
to require a rather large ultrasonics bath.
What is interesting is that nanoporous silicon with nitrates allows
self-destructing dies. Could be a good way to blow up die areas containing
secrets in tamperproof crypto designs.
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