[TheForge] Hellooooooo!

[Demon Buddha]

Darrell wrote:
> Uranium has a half life of 704million years.

	That's 235.  238 is 4.51 billion years, not that that makes any 
practical difference. :)

 > Unless you build your
> entire house out of it with at least 6 foot thick walls it would 
> probably not be hazardous to you.

	I wouldn't go that far.  You would not want to go walking around with a 
hunk of 238 in your pocket.  Your parts wouldn't like it very much after 
a while.

> It is the stuff with the very short half life that can be harmful if not 
> handled properly. We already have the technology to do that.

	As I said, technology isn't the major problem.  People are.