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JoeP wrote:Existing genes or modified? I would think modified.

Initially it was existing. Subsequently, the Supreme Court invalidated simple discoveries or isolation of the gene, but left genes that were "manipulated" externally, even if they weren't modified.

There is precedent, though. Gene's are naturally occurring, but patents have been granted on them.

If memory serves, EW later removed the dielectric since it had no appreciable effect and proceeded with the vacuum test with a design more similar to Shawyer's. Per the emdrive wiki and comments on NSF, NASA only produced results when using an HDPE extruded dielectric. http://emdrive.wiki/Experimen...

I also donated.

I wonder if it makes sense to lock this thread to prevent the questions and Dr. Park's answers from getting lost in the discussion to follow. And maybe make it sticky, too.

Tom Ligon wrote:... two archive drives for videos are 2 TB each, giving it a teraquad of hard drive space.

If you're doing RAID, make sure it's RAID1, not RAID0. If you're not, make sure you're backing up these drives to something. Drives fail all the time. I'd hate to see you lose data.

paperburn1 wrote:modified rabies virus,! is not this how the omega man movie started?

Dating yourself. Don't forget I Am Legend and 28 Days Later.

I like "Beware of The Leopard" myself.

What about natural Mach Effect phenomena? I've never been able to think of a natural phenomenon that would generate more than insignificant effects. You really need fantastically high internal energy and UHF to get a pronounced effect. I suppose if you had entire crystal planets being swung through...

Sure. But is the goal to create the largest reactor, or to demonstrate a viable reactor?

This bit from the tech crunch article on Helion made me laugh for it's (I think unintentional) implication.

Unlike ITER, the international effort to build the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor ....

Not again!

Genius.

crowberry wrote:As the PbLi-liquid is spinning very fast it will mix very well

Wouldn't the high centripetal acceleration tend to separate the Pb and Li rather than mix them based on the sedimentation principle? That is, wouldn't it act like a centrifuge, separating the elements rather than mixing them?