On 11/01/2015 08:12 PM, goran@gothic.com.au wrote:
And you reckon that there'll be an island to retire to in such case?
Goran
Maybe so, maybe no. Maybe New Zealand? The southern hemisphere would probably escape the worst fallout, because inter-hemispheric mixing is relatively slow. Short-lived stuff would decay before it got there.
On 02/11/2015 13:25, Mirimir wrote:
On 11/01/2015 02:25 AM, jim bell wrote:
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While the first few collected rewards would probably be in the tens of thousands of dollars range, after a few hundred are collected I think the price could easily drop to the low thousands.
Really? Let's say that there was a viable AP system. What would bids be like for top US officials? There are maybe a couple billion people who want them dead. Even at $1 each, that's a lot of money!
Also, consider the potential for collateral damage. Let's say that I'm the captain of a Russian nuclear sub. The aggregate value of the US Congress might hit $100 billion, no? So what might I do? First, kill my crew, after making suitable arrangements. Then nuke Washington, and collect my winnings. Maybe drop out for a few years in some deep part of the Pacific. Then buy an island, and retire.
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