I remember reading a while back about a high school student who wanted to build a reactor. He went to junk yards and shopped on the internet for things like smoke detectors that contain tiny bits of radioactive materials. He bought lots of old glow-in-the-dark clocks which contain radium.
He managed to produce some really nasty radiation. The shack he was using gave off a glow visible from the street. Haz Mat had to clean it up.
As impressive as this is, it isn't fusion. Don't you guys read these articles?
"The ball is, literally, a small sun, where an electric field forces deuteron ions (a form of hydrogen) to gather, bang together and occasionally fuse, spitting out a neutron each time fusion occurs."
I don't know why nobody sells it in the U.S. I sent an email to thinkgeek and never heard back. This would seem to be the type of gadget they would sell.
BTW, don't buy a GP32 is you aren't technically adept. It's not a GBA. It's not much harder to use than a MP3 player, but it's not idiot proof like a GBA.
Like lawyers from other countries are any different.
You have to remember, lawyers are a lower lifeform, parasitic in nature. They are drawn to ambulances, disasters, and any other form of suffering like their cousins, the sharks, to blood.
They will not only bite the hand that feeds them, they will take the arm and part of the shoulder.
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I remember something about a glow visible from the street. There may have been more than one article about it...
No, it isn't. If you just put enough U-235 together in the same place, it'll go BOOM all on its own.
If you don't put together just right, it will just melt and vaporize. "Right" means with sub-millisecond timing.
The implosion calculations were done on banks of IBM mechanical calculating machines.
I remember reading a while back about a high school student who wanted to build a reactor. He went to junk yards and shopped on the internet for things like smoke detectors that contain tiny bits of radioactive materials. He bought lots of old glow-in-the-dark clocks which contain radium.
He managed to produce some really nasty radiation. The shack he was using gave off a glow visible from the street. Haz Mat had to clean it up.
As impressive as this is, it isn't fusion. Don't you guys read these articles?
"The ball is, literally, a small sun, where an electric field forces deuteron ions (a form of hydrogen) to gather, bang together and occasionally fuse, spitting out a neutron each time fusion occurs."
Yes.
It's uh, kind of crude. I did most of the work in one long, caffine overdosed session.
The whole I cut for the DVD drive doesn't fit too well. I have thought about putting up some pics on mini-itx.com.
These all make my portable mini-itx box, built into a $5.99 Kmart tool box (painted beige, of course), look kinda lame.
Of course, my oldest son still insists it's the coolest thing I've ever built.
D'oh!
How about a beowolf cluster of mini-itx boxen built into SCO executives and lawyers skulls?
mmm, lawyer skulls...
How many houses in Wyoming cost $300,000? FWIU, that's a cheap house in CA.
Housing is usually your biggest expense. All other things being equal, cheaper housing more than offsets a reduction in salary.
IIRC, FedEx isn't union. UPS is.
Brown. Yeah, like the stuff on the bottom of my shoe...D'oh!
Goddamn UPS won't even ring the doorbell. They just dump the package on the porch, even if they are supposed to get a signature.
I nearly tripped over my new DVD burner on my way in the house the other day, and my wife had been home ALL DAY!
the IRS
Who do you think the "government agency" using SSNs as ID numbers was?
At least in Tennessee, we now have the option to leave our SSN off our drivers license.
My wife is extremely paranoid about shredding everything, but she puts outgoing mail in our mailbox on the street. I'll have to inform her.
I don't know why nobody sells it in the U.S. I sent an email to thinkgeek and never heard back. This would seem to be the type of gadget they would sell.
I'll sell you my GP32 (I want a new one with the built in light).
Those examples all happened yesterday, during a 25 minute commute. BTW, I had more phone related fun on the way home today.
Also, who sponsored the research, the cell phone industry? Was the research weighted correctly (all cars have radio, what half maybe have phones)?
There are many, many shitty drivers. Phones do not help things. Hands-free may help. Jeebus knows it really couldn't hurt.
Do you seriously think they're going to sell two of them?
If it played pokemon ruby/sapphire Taco & Hemos would buy two, but it won't, so they won't.
You sir, be a pirate. Arrrr!
Or how about a GP32 and a phone?
BTW, don't buy a GP32 is you aren't technically adept. It's not a GBA. It's not much harder to use than a MP3 player, but it's not idiot proof like a GBA.
Frankly, that research sounds like bullshit to me.
I have never had three people run me off the road in two minutes playing with the radio.
I never have to wait on an asshole at a green light because they are putting in a CD.
Phones are more distracting. People wave their arms and go to their special place on the phone.
You have to remember who makes the rules for lawyers in the U.S: Lawyers
Also IIRC, most congresscritters (I seem to remember an 80% figure at one time) are lawyers.
Lawyers are not going to change the rules to hamper other lawyers. Lawyers are not going to pass laws to hamper lawyers.
"First, we shoot all the lawyers..."
Because of housing costs in CA, you may see an actual *RISE* in disposable income, depeding on where you are moving to.
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Like lawyers from other countries are any different.
You have to remember, lawyers are a lower lifeform, parasitic in nature. They are drawn to ambulances, disasters, and any other form of suffering like their cousins, the sharks, to blood.
They will not only bite the hand that feeds them, they will take the arm and part of the shoulder.
Unless you're illegally sharing and downloading music
Personally, no. Since everybody knows that no music worth listening to was created since the 70's, my LP collection keeps me warm at night.
By matching partial IP addresses to zip codes
This sucks. When is a P2P app with good speed going to come out with good anonymity?
With all the lawsuits and shit, good ideas and code should be flowing.
Fox is the exception that proves the rule. IIRC, they have no ties to the music industry (the MPAA, on the other hand...)
The Register was about the only other source I saw carrying the news.