The gyros they use are indeed a miniature vibrating mechanical type, they have 7 of them arranged in various axes for redundancy. The gyros are about 0.75"x0.75"x0.6" and cost approximately $70. I've seen them at a workshop run in their home town of Plymouth, England (and pocketed a broken one)
Three words: Fast Breeder Reactor.
Use a U-235 reactor to produce power and, at the same time, neutrons to turn freely available U-238 into Pu-239, which can then be used to power other reactors. This process actually "produces" more fuel than it uses.
Fusion is undoubtably the way to go, but running out of uranium won't be a problem any time soon; as soon as we begin to run out, switch to fast breeder reactors.
Actually modern reactors (that is, not graphite-cooled like Chernobyl) cannot meltdown no matter what happens. As soon as they begin to overheat, the water used to moderate them will boil. Steam does not moderate neutrons so the reaction will stop. Nevertheless it could cause some annoying problems when it comes to restarting the reactor.
You seem to imply that in going from A to B, although it all happens within a few minutes, each neuron is replaced one-by-one. This sounds like a very good idea to me as although I might not want to be transferred all at once, it wouldn't bother me to go piece by tiny piece.
Could something similar be done with the B to C transition? i.e. with the radio link, the function of each electronic "cell" is emulated one-by-one by the computer, destroying each of them as they are transferred while keeping the link open to maintain integrity. This way there would be no big switch, no two minds existing at the same time and no "death".
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Ammonium Nitrate is one of the least sensitive explosives on Earth, and virtually impossible to set off. To detonate it you require a significant amount of a primary explosive, which needs expertise and materials that are harder to get hold of. That said, you can just use drain cleaner, hair bleach and paint dissolver.
Some guy has done it by hand using just scratches in plastic... could a similar system engrave a simple hologram in a CD? Maybe you could have 3d diagrams showing how to insert the thing into a CDROM drive.
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Um... 10^100 is 1 with 100 zeroes following it. 10^1 == 10, 10^10 == 10000000000, etc.
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The gyros they use are indeed a miniature vibrating mechanical type, they have 7 of them arranged in various axes for redundancy. The gyros are about 0.75"x0.75"x0.6" and cost approximately $70. I've seen them at a workshop run in their home town of Plymouth, England (and pocketed a broken one)
Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick! This is a troll?
Three words: Fast Breeder Reactor. Use a U-235 reactor to produce power and, at the same time, neutrons to turn freely available U-238 into Pu-239, which can then be used to power other reactors. This process actually "produces" more fuel than it uses. Fusion is undoubtably the way to go, but running out of uranium won't be a problem any time soon; as soon as we begin to run out, switch to fast breeder reactors.
Actually modern reactors (that is, not graphite-cooled like Chernobyl) cannot meltdown no matter what happens. As soon as they begin to overheat, the water used to moderate them will boil. Steam does not moderate neutrons so the reaction will stop. Nevertheless it could cause some annoying problems when it comes to restarting the reactor.
Could something similar be done with the B to C transition? i.e. with the radio link, the function of each electronic "cell" is emulated one-by-one by the computer, destroying each of them as they are transferred while keeping the link open to maintain integrity. This way there would be no big switch, no two minds existing at the same time and no "death".
Ammonium Nitrate is one of the least sensitive explosives on Earth, and virtually impossible to set off. To detonate it you require a significant amount of a primary explosive, which needs expertise and materials that are harder to get hold of. That said, you can just use drain cleaner, hair bleach and paint dissolver.
"...I see a Nobel prize for the first guy who can store energy (not kinetic, and not height delta potential) in an inert substance." e=mc^2 ?
Some guy has done it by hand using just scratches in plastic... could a similar system engrave a simple hologram in a CD? Maybe you could have 3d diagrams showing how to insert the thing into a CDROM drive.
Um... 10^100 is 1 with 100 zeroes following it. 10^1 == 10, 10^10 == 10000000000, etc.