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by dch24
Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:01 pm
Forum: Awareness
Topic: Yet another Polywell website
Replies: 49
Views: 84911

Ok, I assumed you were hosting somewhere else. If you're hosting your own service, then you have a lot more control over it. (of course!) NearlyFreeSpeech.net is quite capable of serving high traffic websites. Why do you say you "don't know" about it? Can you cite specific data or site owners? I jus...
by dch24
Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:49 pm
Forum: Awareness
Topic: Yet another Polywell website
Replies: 49
Views: 84911

Re: polywellnuclearfusion.com site

Hi, Bill I would be willing to host your site for free. I will monitor traffic as necessary and my ISP is usually good about throttling back DOS attacks. email to elrodwinlin at yahoo your email address for the site is also getting bounced mrchito, What service do you think makes sense for hosting ...
by dch24
Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:47 pm
Forum: Awareness
Topic: Yet another Polywell website
Replies: 49
Views: 84911

Re: cyber-squatters

I'm sure a few people here have run into this already. Somebody is sitting on the domainname "polywellfusion.com". (I doubt if it's somebody here, but please correct me if I'm wrong...) He is probably waiting to make a profit of opportunity, i.e., for someone to make an offer. However, it's going t...
by dch24
Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:49 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: The consequences of quasi-neutrality in the cusps
Replies: 100
Views: 78294

whispering starts that the latest WB7 data is getting out

just kidding :lol:
by dch24
Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:02 am
Forum: News
Topic: Google Polywell Fusion Counter
Replies: 207
Views: 96565

EricF, I'm another layman, so take what I say and disbelieve it thoroughly. But look at Fusion Cross-Sections (scroll down to the paragraph that starts with "The reaction cross section"). Some materials will fuse very easily, and others hardly at all. You can get more fusions by cranking up the temp...
by dch24
Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:27 am
Forum: News
Topic: Some News On Superconductors
Replies: 23
Views: 11099

pBj is a neutron producer. About 4 or 5 orders of magnitude less than D-T or D-D but still a neutron producer. Side reactions. BB = Beam - Beam BG = Beam - Gas Oh yeah, that's right. Thanks! Are the calculations (cross section, etc.) for side chain reactions in a pBj machine based on the assumption...
by dch24
Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:03 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Some News On Superconductors
Replies: 23
Views: 11099

Sorry, I feel like I'm being slow on the uptake, but can I ask -- 1 Mw ~ 1,000 hp. So trucks powered by fusion reactors may be in the cards. If the radiation issues can be worked out. What radiation issues? The heat load on the coils? The most important question is the steady state question. Second ...
by dch24
Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:35 pm
Forum: Fund-Raising
Topic: Project 10 to the 100 (funding of 10 million by google)
Replies: 17
Views: 35667

Not to be a grammar Nazi, but it's Boron

Not Boran.
by dch24
Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:24 pm
Forum: Administration
Topic: Back up forum's contents?
Replies: 16
Views: 21866

OK, I've modified the swish-e spider to crawl talk-polywell.org I posted the backup of the forums here: http://polywell.nfshost.com/2008_12_06_few_links.tar.bz2 (6,047,321 bytes) The script I use is here: http://polywell.nfshost.com/2008_12_06_phpbb_spider.txt Joe, you'll see lots of accesses by the...
by dch24
Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:37 pm
Forum: Administration
Topic: Back up forum's contents?
Replies: 16
Views: 21866

The thing is, it turns out wget isn't the right tool for the job. So I've got to write it up in perl when I can find a spare minute.

Then running it every two weeks would be completely automatic.
by dch24
Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:13 pm
Forum: Administration
Topic: Back up forum's contents?
Replies: 16
Views: 21866

Hi derg, did you get a chance to download the backup while I had it posted?

I will post another one in a few months and leave it posted for a week or so.
by dch24
Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:00 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Electron Temperature
Replies: 5
Views: 4233

So in the very center that would probably be low ("cold"). And it would be highest ("hot") right around the magrid. I know for sure the ions (H- and B5-) are the opposite. Can somebody explain which way around the electrons are? This is how I thought they were: (but kcdodd is making me wonder which...
by dch24
Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:26 am
Forum: Awareness
Topic: GE, Honeywell, Raytheon, etc?
Replies: 4
Views: 6486

Re: GE, Honeywell, Raytheon, etc?

There are companies interested. I'm not at liberty to say who. I think the realities even at big companies are pretty tough. R&D budgets are for specific research objectives, with concrete, monetary outcomes. The fact that there are big companies paying attention (thanks, MSimon!) means a lot. It m...
by dch24
Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:30 am
Forum: Design
Topic: Alpha collector geometry idea...
Replies: 42
Views: 32719

tombo, that design sounds good to me. One question 93143 had was what the shape of the grids/plates for lateral deflection should be -- specifically, he did the thought experiment of lateral deflection using wedge-shaped plates, and noted that the high voltages would not allow a sharp edge on the in...
by dch24
Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:29 am
Forum: Implications
Topic: Cap and Trade implications.
Replies: 39
Views: 26652

It's possible that the costs of raw materials (copper, for one) and equipment will make coal plants seem expensive relative to a BFR plant. That depends on the operating cost of the BFR -- and I believe MSimon when he says the power supplies are a major part of that -- amortized over its lifespan. I...