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by scareduck
Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:45 am
Forum: News
Topic: Any One Read Japanese/Chinese? Or is it Korean?
Replies: 7
Views: 5011

That's Korean.

Looks like a rehash of the keepalive stuff we saw earlier.
by scareduck
Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:21 am
Forum: News
Topic: Some comments from Rick Nebel
Replies: 29
Views: 20794

To be honest, I'm not sure that Nebel's comment that "There are Phd plasma physicists" isn't incorrect in the final "s". (Hullo, Art!)
by scareduck
Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:39 am
Forum: News
Topic: "The verdict is positive"
Replies: 99
Views: 57204

The problem in Greece is they did not shoot enough kids on enough days to make the risk of riots unwarranted. The proverbial wiff of grape. and I think governments should stay out of people's lives. One of these things is not true. That said, I would still like to see my questions from a couple pag...
by scareduck
Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:56 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Tokamak ELM Solution? Magnetohydrodynamic stability.
Replies: 10
Views: 5133

The word "toroidal" appears in the title, so my inclination is to say "no". Bussard had a deathly fear of doughnuts!
by scareduck
Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: MTF Illustration
Replies: 64
Views: 62344

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Fusion Device!

Rube Goldberg would be proud.
by scareduck
Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:55 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: What if there were no electrons?
Replies: 42
Views: 20151

Re: What if there were no electrons?

D Tibbets wrote:What if there were no electrons?
Then electrostatic repulsion would cause the atoms comprising your body to fly apart!
by scareduck
Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:36 pm
Forum: News
Topic: "The verdict is positive"
Replies: 99
Views: 57204

So when can I read the report? Now that it has passed review, is it public domain, company propriatary, or classified? I can understand keeping it private for patent purposes, but it'd be great to be able to read it. Useful questions: 1) Who was on the review panel? 2) What are their backgrounds? 3...
by scareduck
Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Global Warming Concensus Broken
Replies: 424
Views: 153017

Now MSimon is saying the data is wrong. Anyone who believes global warming exists should not look at the data because it is misleading. It really does depend on the data, though. From what I can tell, data archiving, modification, and selection are all significant faults. Steve McIntyre at Climate ...
by scareduck
Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Focus Fusion boys got some money to play with?
Replies: 7
Views: 7130

Re: Song and Dance.

Helius wrote:What the heck were they doing in Chile?
Because they can't get anyone anywhere else to take them seriously...

We've been over and over these guys before. Eric Lerner comes awfully close to being a science crank.
by scareduck
Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:29 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Press Release: BlackLight Power signs first commercial deal.
Replies: 17
Views: 11779

Is there some way to keep these Blacklight trolls off this board? Please? These guys are scam artists!
by scareduck
Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How did we convert from horse and buggy to automobiles
Replies: 91
Views: 35127

MSimon wrote:Due to advances in LiIon technology battery performace is due to double (minimum) over the next 10 years (complete the research, pilot production, full scale production, commercial roll out).
[snip]

Good stuff, MSimon!
by scareduck
Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:25 am
Forum: News
Topic: Funds For Fusion Research Available
Replies: 2
Views: 2651

It's pretty rare that you see a crank like that.
by scareduck
Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: How did we convert from horse and buggy to automobiles
Replies: 91
Views: 35127

In fact the system most able to do the right thing (which does ot mean that they will) is that in China. Government can persist with thoroughly unpopular measures. At this point, anything getting in the way of China modernizing their economy will be met with crushing blows. China is trapped behind ...
by scareduck
Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: Cloud burn-through power
Replies: 6
Views: 3927

One of the cool ideas I liked back in the 1970's was the L5 Society - put a bunch of solar collectors at the L5 point and beam microwave power back to earth. Would have cooked a lot of birds! Back in 1979, there was a humor paperback book published called The 80's: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Dec...