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April 28th, 2005, 09:13 AM
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Re: OT: nuclear fusion in the palm of your hand
Once they figure out how to scale it up the results could be amazing! But, like you said Slick, one step at a time.
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April 28th, 2005, 09:17 AM
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Re: OT: nuclear fusion in the palm of your hand
Let's hope that one of those doesn't melt down and destroy New York City or something.
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April 28th, 2005, 09:19 AM
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Re: OT: nuclear fusion in the palm of your hand
Neh it would destroy Tokyo. It's pratically a law!
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April 28th, 2005, 09:21 AM
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Re: OT: nuclear fusion in the palm of your hand
Oh, right, New York City is the target of weather disasters. Paris is always the one hit by a big asteroid, right?
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April 28th, 2005, 09:29 AM
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Re: OT: nuclear fusion in the palm of your hand
Asteroids are unreliable little buggers. They'll strike anywhere. That's why they were kicked out of the natural disasters union. Serves them right.
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April 28th, 2005, 10:07 AM
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Re: OT: nuclear fusion in the palm of your hand
So if Nuclear energy (well-weapons) spawns Godzilla for 50 years of sci-fi movies, what will fusion energy spawn, eh? Will we get a new movie monster craze, or will Godzilla go to a fusion reaction? Inquiring minds want to know...
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April 28th, 2005, 10:12 AM
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Re: OT: nuclear fusion in the palm of your hand
I suspect something vauge and derivate in the style of MechaZilla or Mothra.
Sadly as fusion reactors don't detonate and spew radiation everywhere the options are limited.
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Re: OT: nuclear fusion in the palm of your hand
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Let's hope that one of those doesn't melt down and destroy New York City or something.
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Fusion reactors don't meltdown and are unlikely to destroy NYC, or even anything larger than several hundred meters in diameter. First of all, they produce little or no harmful (gamma) radiation, which is produced by fission and which is the sole "component" of a meltdown, and secondly if the magnetic containment fields (I am not making this up) lose cohesion the plasma'll disperse and vanish.
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