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To: long-gone who wrote (35813)6/24/1999 12:53:00 PM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116766
 
OT Four-minute warning

<< Drinking coffee could protect people from radioactivity, according to scientists in India who have found that mice given caffeine survive otherwise lethal doses of radiation. >>

newscientist.com

Hi Richard,

Now there's a handy tip for handling an attack by a nuclear terrorist or an India-Pakistan nuclear exchange.

Not sure you would want to survive if everyone around you had 100 cups of coffee (or equivalent) in them ... I am sure my wife would kill me.

< vbg >

John

PS - Imagine sitting with your gun, your gold bars, and your 100th cup of java ... scary stuff.