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EU Intent on Hosting International Fusion Reactor

Posted by samzenpus on from the who-wouldn't-want-one dept.

Raunch writes "The BBC says that EU is determined to be one of the sites that host the multi-billion-dollar International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Even if they have to do so less-than-internationally: 'If there is no agreement at six we are determined to do it with fewer.' Not only that, but 'The EU wants an agreement on the project before the end of the year'"

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  1. Re:To preempt some things by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, you started it!

  2. Yay by z0ink · · Score: 2, Funny

    A deadline? Wait .. I thought the purpose of government was to prevent things from getting done. Couldn't have happened anywhere else but the US^H^H^H EU!

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  3. T4 by molywi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess it's to speed up the filming of Terminator 4.

  4. A bunch of cowboys by jaymzter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm tired of the Euros and their damned 'go it alone' attitude! The world just became a more dangerous place.

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    1. Re:A bunch of cowboys by iapetus · · Score: 2, Funny

      For the record, 'irony' doesn't mean 'kind of like iron'. Hope this helps.

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  5. Name? by PygmyShrew · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't help thinking that the word "Experimental" in the name is going to frighten people unnecessarily.

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  6. Electric Bill by pklong · · Score: 2, Funny

    But who will pay the electric bill

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  7. Re:haha you stupid american pig-dogs by secretsquirel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ya, too bad we've had cold fusion up and running at area51 since the 70's. We just like to laugh at everyone else throw their money into dead-ends.

  8. Location, Location, Location by arashiakari · · Score: 3, Funny

    QUOTE: "If I were a fusion scientist going to work on ITER, I'd much prefer to live in beautiful France than in the sparsely populated bit of North Japan where ITER would be built."

    Yeaahhh... but that's not the point!

    1. Which location will make a better video game when it all goes sour and opens a spiraling portal to Dark Aether?

    2. You don't want the scientists to be distracted by the svelte natives.

    3. Don't do that!

  9. Re:Hey eurofag by Colm+Buckley · · Score: 3, Funny
    Suck my balls

    Hey, mod this up! +10 insightful! Never seen a more witty or erudite reply in all my years on Slashdot!

  10. Re:1 month = 1 reactor by CountBrass · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ahem! President Bush announced the war was over a long time ago. What you meant to say was "With the cost of the Iraq peace draining at about $1.5B per week...".

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  11. Re:*Sigh* by lxmeister · · Score: 2, Funny
    It reminds of of a quote from Hitchhiker's Guide. The Golgafrinchans are trying to invent the wheel but have failed despite trying for years. After Ford Prefect tells them it is the single most simple invention ever thought up, the Golgafrinchan retorts:

    "Alright, if you're so clever, what colour should it be?"