...the end of existence,

April 13, 2002 12:13 PM

...the end of existence, the long shadow cast by nuclear weapons. Includes a powerful testimony from a hiroshima survivor.
posted by johnnyboy (9 comments total)

Wait, nuclear weapons are bad now? And I needed 1.2 MB of Flash to tell me that?
posted by nicwolff at 12:57 PM on April 13, 2002

Great link johnnyboy. A simple but compelling refresher for this new age we seem to ineluctably be heading.
posted by crasspastor at 1:26 PM on April 13, 2002

Good link. Takes a while to load on a modem, but I liked that you could take their quiz while you waited and that they link to extra info at the end of the presentation.

I found the nuclear accidents page particularly interesting, so here's a link to it for those who don't want to or can't load the flash presentation.
posted by lucien at 1:34 PM on April 13, 2002

Seriously. I hope macromedia gets credit for spreading the word.
posted by Settle at 1:37 PM on April 13, 2002

...and, a link to a html site with the first-hand account of the Hiroshima Atomic bomb by hibakusha, who was a child when the event took place.
posted by lucien at 2:15 PM on April 13, 2002

Seriously. I hope macromedia gets credit for spreading the word.

Macromedia had nothing to do with the development or production of the piece. It was created and developed by a company in Vancouver BC called bayleaf and is the work of a very talented designer Tony Ke.
posted by pixelgeek at 2:24 PM on April 13, 2002

pixelgeek, he was being sarcastic :)
posted by mdn at 4:19 PM on April 13, 2002

Yes.......nuclear weapons are 'bad' now. However methinks 1.2mb is preferable to 1.2 kilo/mega tonnes.
posted by johnnyboy at 4:05 AM on April 14, 2002

pixelgeek, he was being sarcastic :)

God loves little children and smilies.

And I did have to set the record straight incase anyone actually read this and, like me, didn't understand that they were attempting to be sarcastic.
posted by pixelgeek at 10:20 AM on April 15, 2002