It's been a hell of a week!, er WEEKS, MONTHS! VERY OT

[Brad Parker]

William Donzelli wrote:
...
>books) that are absolutely essential. If the basement bomb builder just
>thinks that whacking two hunks of material together to get critical mass
>is going to blow up the city, all he will end up doing is making a mess
>out of his (parent's) basement.

yes, true, but if this mythical person knows anything about the physics
of shaped charges, it might be a lot more than a basement.  And that
information has been available publically for a long time.

-brad