But what about the resulting EMP blast that would knock out all your electronics?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 18:15, 1 reply)

Valve 3G dongle.
Sorry, you are quite right:-)

but then I wasn't entirely serious. I'd be a screaming face-melty apparition of doom before my appreciation that Google 'was a bit slow' would kick in.

The trick apparently is to not have it plugged in and powered when the EMP hits, that was the theory with the bomber fleet that were supposed
to deliver the payload in the 70s, turn arse on to the ballistic arc post-release, turn off everything electrical and pull the cockpit blinds.

/Vulcan bomber pilot for an uncle.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 18:22, closed)

You could always wrap it in tinfoil for an impromptu Faraday cage.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 18:41, closed)

*sighs. Yes, it's inevitable.
/gets travel Scrabble out.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 19:26, closed)

Genuinely impressed about Uncle Vulcan pilot.
Me old man was a front-line Lightning pilot. Intercept Ivan's bombers from West Germany without enough fuel to get back in the event of the balloon going up because there wouldn't be a 'back' to return to.

They painted the Vulcans anti-flash white. Like that would ensure the megaton blasts would bounce harmlessly off. Ah, it was a happier age.
(judgetheobscure used to sweep in butchers' shops., Fri 15 Jun 2012, 0:35, closed)

Mr uncle had to pancake one after the landing gear didn't fully deploy
this with potentially 5 megatons in the bomb bay. Except they couldn't tell you what they were ferrying. *taps nose.

I do love the Lightning. Two engines and a paper plane wing, just enough room for a little guy to sit in the top in a bubble. And Mach 2!
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 15 Jun 2012, 1:03, closed)