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by DeltaV
Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: Flags ...
Replies: 55
Views: 30460

Re: Flags ...

The similarity between this
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and this
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is intriguing.

What manner of intrigue was introducing humans to the Mandelbrot Set centuries before computers (assuming that the posted image is that old)?
by DeltaV
Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:57 am
Forum: Design
Topic: how to build a better electron accelerator/collimator?
Replies: 4
Views: 13670

Re: how to build a better electron accelerator/collimator?

Could be, I don't know. Just posting it as a possible option.
by DeltaV
Sat Jun 04, 2016 9:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hot lead fixed my computer. Fixed it real good.
Replies: 10
Views: 8240

Re: Hot lead fixed my computer. Fixed it real good.

I didn't say I intentionally breathed burning circuit board fumes... I was just oblivious to the danger, mesmerized by the easy pickin's of top-notch TTL and CMOS DIPs (some of them were even Mil-Spec ceramic packages).
by DeltaV
Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:24 pm
Forum: Design
Topic: how to build a better electron accelerator/collimator?
Replies: 4
Views: 13670

Re: how to build a better electron accelerator/collimator?

A plasma tube to bring particles up to speed at SLAC http://phys.org/news/2016-06-plasma-tube-particles-slac.html In plasma wakefield acceleration, energetic bundles of electrons or positrons traverse a plasma and generate plasma "wakes" for trailing bunches of particles to ride. Since the method c...
by DeltaV
Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Factor X have we finally found the fountain of Youth?
Replies: 378
Views: 292573

Re: Factor X have we finally found the fountain of Youth?

Avemar (Fermented Wheat Germ Extract) for various types of cancer:

(Click "References")
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integ ... m-extract#

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20155632
by DeltaV
Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hot lead fixed my computer. Fixed it real good.
Replies: 10
Views: 8240

Re: Hot lead fixed my computer. Fixed it real good.

Sounds like a good idea, but I would only do that now with an externally vented "shop" (non-food) oven. Back when I had the time and money for my electronics hobby, I used to salvage lots of good parts from circuit boards using a torch, but without forced ventilation. I stupidly breathed a lot of ve...
by DeltaV
Thu Jun 02, 2016 2:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hot lead fixed my computer. Fixed it real good.
Replies: 10
Views: 8240

Hot lead fixed my computer. Fixed it real good.

No, it's not what you think. My 7 year old notebook suddenly froze upon power-up, totally black screen (verified with flashlight reflection substituted for backlight), no Power-On Self-Test (POST) or boot, minor noises indicating CD/DVD access attempt, fan running, but nothing further, no BIOS error...
by DeltaV
Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:45 am
Forum: News
Topic: Extremely high Q-factor toroidal metamaterials
Replies: 2
Views: 4844

Re: Extremely high Q-factor toroidal metamaterials

Yes, I was not seeking to invoke tokamania.
by DeltaV
Tue May 31, 2016 1:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Joe Eck hits Tc = 187 C, 368 F
Replies: 70
Views: 65990

Re: Joe Eck hits Tc = 187 C, 368 F

High Temperature Superconductivity Using Just 3 Elements (Cu, Mg, O)
http://www.superconductors.org/ternary.htm
by DeltaV
Tue May 31, 2016 12:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Extremely high Q-factor toroidal metamaterials
Replies: 2
Views: 4844

Extremely high Q-factor toroidal metamaterials

Extremely high Q-factor toroidal metamaterials
http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.08779
by DeltaV
Fri May 27, 2016 1:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Second Worst President in US History.
Replies: 530
Views: 199545

Re: Second Worst President in US History.

Don't forget Hillarious.
by DeltaV
Fri May 27, 2016 1:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: Unusual NEO
Replies: 0
Views: 14539

Unusual NEO

1991 VG: Natural or Artificial? http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=80 Discovered by Jim Scotti using the University of Arizona’s Spacewatch telescope (normally used to detect small asteroids near the Earth), 1991 VG seemed to be about 10 meters in size, but did not appear to be an asteroid. In a 199...
by DeltaV
Sat May 21, 2016 2:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Skynet is coming.
Replies: 802
Views: 386685

Re: Skynet is coming.

Unethical Research: How to Create a Malevolent Artificial Intelligence
http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.02817
by DeltaV
Sat May 21, 2016 1:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
Replies: 250
Views: 255783

Re: Small Tri Alpha news blurp

I sincerely hope that EMC2, Tri-Alpha, Sorlox, Helion/MSNW, General Fusion and other left-coast fusion labs continually archive their latest results in a safe area, in preparation for slippages of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and San Andreas Fault. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/products/conterm...