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Can anyone post a copy of the report here, or do we all need to download our individual copy from the FIA site?

Hi Joe!
I've been checking daily to see if the site's been resurrected. Thanks so much for your efforts. I can't wait to get back to my daily lurking.

Interesting. In all my years of lurking on this site, I've never looked at the Wikipedia article. If I wanted to stay informed regarding fusion efforts (especially EMC2), I always visited, well . . . here! Thanks for the link below! added the patent info to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

@ladajo
My apologies. Now (having actually read through the article) I see your point. (Shoulda done that first . . . rats!)

This (credentials) is an interesting discussion, but waaaaay OT. Can we get some discussion regarding the actual article? Or, is the "credential" discussion fundamental to understanding the article? If not, maybe start a new thread.

Joe and Peter - I'd like to add my thanks! I've missed the forums!

Joe - I'd like to especially call out my thanks for the replies to my emails during the outage. The updates were much appreciated.

Regards,
Paul

As promised, the session was posted to the Princeton Media Central site. https://mediacentral.princeton.edu/media/Thursday+Colloquium%2C+August+6%2C+2015%2C+%22The+Lockheed+Marin+Compact+Fusion+Reactor%22%2C+Dr.+Thomas+McGuire%2C+Lockheed+Martin/1_5j8kix93 I've sent an email to the folks at Princeto...

pdxpyro wrote:I've sent an email to the folks at Princeton asking when it will be posted on the Princeton Media Central site. I'll update as soon as I get a reply.

Response was:
"The file will be available this Monday afternoon."

I've sent an email to the folks at Princeton asking when it will be posted on the Princeton Media Central site. I'll update as soon as I get a reply.

I emailed Carol Ann Austin, organizer of the colloquium to see if it would be streamed via the Princeton Media Central site. Her reply was:

"Hi. Yes, it will probably be streamed, as long as the speaker signs the PPPL waiver forms.
Thanks."

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