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by JohnFul
Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:07 am
Forum: News
Topic: Fusion Research Treaty
Replies: 4
Views: 2057

Fusion Research Treaty

I don't believe there is one actually. In 1958, there was the Treaty of Rome that created EurAtom, and that same year Eisenhower unilaterally declared Atoms for Peace, which declassified magnetic fusion research. There has been cooperation and sharing since then, even bileteral agreements, but I can...
by JohnFul
Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:32 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Polywell FOIA
Replies: 475
Views: 190141

Dtibbits wrote:
I assume you are applying the "cooked" discription to WB2,4, etc.
The picture of WB-7 in the tank on page 14 http://www.nmsbaprogram.org/LinkClick.a ... &tabid=202

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by JohnFul
Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:26 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Polywell FOIA
Replies: 475
Views: 190141

I've always known that Polywells to date have generated huge volumes of contaminant gas, mostly hydrogen. Since this probably came from metal surfaces being hit by high-energy particles, and the surfaces acquired a "cooked" appearance, solving it was vital, probably the essential missing link to go...
by JohnFul
Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:05 am
Forum: News
Topic: Polywell FOIA
Replies: 475
Views: 190141

That pdf mag is dated 2008. Set the wayback clock to 2008. This is WB-7. I recall there were some initial issues, arcing I thought. Ok, so the high speed camera diagnostics tracked down the problem. The part I don't understand is the spectral analysis of the impurities. What was that all about? In ...
by JohnFul
Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:13 am
Forum: News
Topic: Polywell FOIA
Replies: 475
Views: 190141

I don't recall seeing this one before. Anyone know what that was about?

http://www.nmsbaprogram.org/LinkClick.a ... &tabid=202

Page 15.

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by JohnFul
Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:22 pm
Forum: News
Topic: emc2's website
Replies: 232
Views: 153568

I've lurked for quite some time now and finally registered in February.

The Domain name is parked with Network Solutions. That's why the "under construction" page. There appears to be no host or MX records.


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by JohnFul
Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:05 pm
Forum: News
Topic: emc2's website
Replies: 232
Views: 153568

Of note on the EMC2 site, Dr. B's email has been replaced with Rick's. And it is Rick@emc2fusion.com vice .org. Granted this could be a typo, but just for fun I checked out: http://www.emc2fusion.com/ and got "Site under construction". Hmmmm. ' According to whois, is registered to: Energy Matter Co...
by JohnFul
Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: Is Capitalism Evil?
Replies: 43
Views: 11595

Hmm. In my little corner of the world consolidation is part and parcel to commoditization. Think electricity or phones or cloud... Simon Wardley does a decent job of explaining it here: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/cloud-grid/situation-normal-everything-must-change A bit longish, but mildly enter...
by JohnFul
Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: 'Bloom Box' on 60 Minutes tonight
Replies: 31
Views: 12625

@ 98% uptime, that's not good enough for a tier 1 datacenter. In fact, it appears that Google used Bloom Box to power parts of their Mountain View Ca campus, not their data center. http://blogs.forrester.com/it_infrastructure/2010/02/a-bloom-box-powering-the-data-center-hold-your-horses.html Now if ...