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France to Be Site of World's First Nuclear Fusion

Posted by timothy on from the vive-la-fusion dept.

brad writes "The New York Times (free registration) is reporting that 'France won an international competition today to be the site of the world's first nuclear fusion reactor, an estimated $12 billion project that many scientists see as essential to solving the world's future energy needs.'"

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  1. Re:Dup Fusion by PrivateDonut · · Score: 5, Insightful

    both are on the front page!

    dont the /. editors read /. ?

  2. Correction by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 5, Funny
    The headline says France to Be Site of World's First Nuclear Fusion... but that is speculative.

    Since they already have EuroDisney, and this Fusion thingy might not pan out, the headline just as easily could have been:

    France to Be Site of World's Second Largest Boondogle

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    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
  3. Half Life by keytoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like the half-life of a slashdot story is about 7.5 hours...

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  4. Let's sing! by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the news that doesn't end,
    yes it goes on and on my friend,
    some people started posting it not knowing it's a dupe,
    now they'll continue duping it forever just because...

    (repeat)

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  5. Re:Hey editors by hjo3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know, other people have already made numerous comments to this effect. How hard is it for YOU to check the comments before YOU post?

    Yeah, no hypocrisy here...

  6. Wait, people... by Colz+Grigor · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Wait a second, folks... this isn't a duplicate story! Don't you see? The first one was posted under the Science category, and this article is about Hardware.

    All joking aside, wouldn't it be nice if SlashDot's main page worked just like the moderation system? Every submitted story would start with a value of 1 and each moderator could push a story up or down one point. Of course, it all comes together when each user sets their own threshhold for front page stories...

    I'm guessing this feature has already been suggested for SlashCode implementation. Maybe I should go check...

    ::Colz Grigor

  7. Re:Dup Fusion by l3ert · · Score: 5, Funny

    And that's why they cause servers meltdown.

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  8. You're doing it all wrong... by crimson30 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yours didn't have a NY Times link. And yours wasn't at all misleading and sensationalist, either. To spice things up, maybe add a condescending sentence at the end, like so:

    The world's first fusion reactor is soon to be completed in France. Nuclear Fusion is what powers the sun and hydrogen bombs. w00t!

    And last, but not least, submit it under the wrong category, like say, Star Wars.