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Excellent e-mail from you guys, as always.First, from DQ reader reader William Barnes, in reference to Peter Jackson's upcoming three hour King Kong movie:
Hey, it took the man nine hours to tell the tale of two midgets dropping a magic ring into a pool of lava in order to kill a giant eyeball.
Next, several readers sent in a link to a site with more information about the atomic cannon. Incredibly, there are five short movies from the blast as well. Here's the link:
http://www.vce.com/grable.html.
Also in reference to the atomic cannon, DQ reader Larry sent in a postcard image from that era via PBS. Here's the link:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lasvegas/sfeature/sf_postcard_02.html.
Finally, another atomic cannon note. DQ reader Matt Haney sent in a link to a documentary about the history of nuclear weapons. Here's an excerpt from the website:
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945 until 1963.
Here's a link: http://www.vce.com/trinity.html.
Matt Haney also noted (about the post concerning counterfeiting and the possible use of plastic money in the U.S. in the future):
Plastic money rocks! As a transplant Canadian down here (Australia), I was a little skeptical about the whole concept - "Hyuk, Hyuk - Plastic money." I'm a convert. It doesn't rip, tear or shred. Money lost in a pair of jeans and sent through the wash comes out lemony sented and completely fine. Multiple times.
It feels and looks just like a brand new paper bill. Lasts forever.
It's also pretty hard to forge. All the bills have a transparent emblem on the bill about the size of a quarter.
DQ reader Joel Stein sent in an excellent link debunking the effectiveness of the iodine pen used to detect counterfeit bills. The Secret Service itself dismisses the pens as "not dependable." Here's the link:
http://www.randi.org/jr/120304youve.html#1.
Finally, from our man on the ground in Portugal, Nuno Rechena, in reference to the post about EA Sports games outselling the competition even though they're generally inferior:
Actually, PES 4 sold more 3.4 milion units worldwide than fifa 2004. It sold more in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Fifa sold more in England and in Germany.
That's amazing, and it's testament to the superlative quality of the Konami soccer series, which is one of the finest sports simulations ever made.
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