Nick Denton, 98% dead
A new interactive web game: how dead are you? Plug in the address of the nearest landmark, choose the megatonnage...
A new interactive web game: how dead are you? Plug in the address of the nearest landmark, choose the megatonnage of the al-Qaeda suitcase U-Haul bomb, and see just how dead you'd be. I used to have a book which advised on blast and fallout patterns in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack on the UK. West Sussex always looked like a good bolthole. This is much more sophisticated. Okay, let's enter the data. Here's me, in Nolita. Epicenter, well, Wall Street, I guess. Oh dear, 98% dead.
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