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by choff
Tue Nov 05, 2019 6:27 am
Forum: News
Topic: That Salvatore Pais again... Fusion Reactor Patent
Replies: 12
Views: 19679

Re: That Salvatore Pais again... Fusion Reactor Patent

The Pais design looks a little bit like Nebel's new design with all the rotation. So, if it were possible to take the Polywell design, and cause the magrids to spin at a high speed, you could conceivably attain both high temperatures in the plasma and a high beta magnetic field via induction. Nebel'...
by choff
Tue Oct 01, 2019 3:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1155350

Re: SpaceX News

Dang!
by choff
Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:29 am
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1155350

Re: SpaceX News

Had a speculative wild@$$ thought today, probably can't start a POPS cycle in a Polywell, how about small bubble cavitation in the plasma center using microwaves?
by choff
Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: Worlds in Collision
Replies: 0
Views: 11714

Worlds in Collision

https://www.cnet.com/news/jupiter-may-have-been-smashed-by-head-on-collision-with-massive-young-planet/ "NASA's Juno spacecraft has given us unreal views of the gas giant Jupiter. But Juno isn't just a member of the interplanetary paparazzi, it's a fully capable cosmic lab with instruments designed ...
by choff
Sun Aug 11, 2019 6:33 pm
Forum: News
Topic: US navy patents exotic propulsion aircraft
Replies: 5
Views: 14539

Re: US navy patents exotic propulsion aircraft

Maybe an F35 will get to sneak right up close to one and take it's picture.
by choff
Thu May 23, 2019 3:14 am
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1155350

Re: SpaceX News

by choff
Sat May 18, 2019 5:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Skynet is coming.
Replies: 802
Views: 387067

Re: Skynet is coming.

Didn't the first Sherman Tank ammo in WW2 use a coiled razor sharp ribbon in the shell that would unravel inside the target?
by choff
Sun May 05, 2019 1:48 am
Forum: News
Topic: EMC2 news
Replies: 440
Views: 454058

Re: EMC2 news

Joel Rogers is the Chief Scientist, looks like it's in my backyard.
by choff
Thu Apr 18, 2019 5:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: 2014 only the hottest year on the cooked books...
Replies: 97
Views: 149698

Re: 2014 only the hottest year on the cooked books...

This technology has potential, only perhaps not of the good kind.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/04/16/ ... te-change/
by choff
Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: Sell The Whitehouse to Trump
Replies: 993
Views: 530152

Re: Sell The Whitehouse to Trump

I wonder if pieces of the Great Wall of China and Hadrian's Wall get stolen for souvenirs.
by choff
Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: Sell The Whitehouse to Trump
Replies: 993
Views: 530152

Re: Sell The Whitehouse to Trump

Could use the wall for electric power transmission, this would provide an added security enhancement. Might get the odd brownout from would be climbers.
by choff
Wed Feb 20, 2019 6:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Collapse Of Complex Societies
Replies: 8
Views: 17500

Re: The Collapse Of Complex Societies

Just finished reading "In The Shadow of The Sword" about the rise of the Islamic Empire(and decline of the Byzantine Empire). Another good source would be Bill Warner's dynamic battle map.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_To-cV94Bo
by choff
Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Sell The Whitehouse to Trump
Replies: 993
Views: 530152

Re: Sell The Whitehouse to Trump

I have very serious concerns about a Starbucks CEO becoming POTUS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_FOdCiaJgI


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