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Commented on (Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
Gold is a little less dense than lead, but it's a far better conductor, resulting in a more complete Faraday cage. If you're uncertain though, you could pair up your lead hat with one lined with copper wire mesh underneath...

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zhochaka commented on
(Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
That does make a lot of sense, Charlie. But it raises the question of just how the gold market works. How have the swivel-eyed-loons been able to buy enough to shift the markets by so much? Gold has uses in industry, and I suspect a big chunk of the cause might be that. Mobile phones are reputedly a richer source of gold than the ore from South African mines. If, for instance, the US market doesn't encourage recycling of defunct electronics, does that push gold prices up?...
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Bellinghman commented on
(Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
The world's highest consumption of gold is in India. They're importing about 1000 tonnes a year, and you can be pretty sure that it's not going into industry — otherwise, China would be way ahead....
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frozenincarbonite commented on
(Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
Dang, for a moment I thought you were going to announce news of a brand new Merchant Princes book :(...
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Bellinghman commented on
(Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
he's still writing. As I understand it, he's done the first draft of the next volume, but it takes a long time from that through the editing, copy editing, &c &c. Don't expect it for a while. But you do have The Rhesus Chart to come a bit sooner - hey, it's got cover art now....
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https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlrVQ-l_yeD7M_5tpWXFu89t3rkNN421MU commented on
(Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
Of course the Queen is not a reptoid. According to Neil Gaiman's historical document Study in Emerald, she's an immortal alien tentacle monster....

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