What happens when they've given away enough prizes and gained enough research to throw together a moon mission, but it turns out that each of the bits don't fit together because the software was written in different languages or the square filter doesn't fit in the round hole?
"In the end it was no quicker to reach the corners of the screen than a small box anywhere else on the screen."
You've completely missed the point. It's not whether it's quicker to hit the corners, it's that it's much easier to hit the corners. You can hit any of the corners with your eyes close while standing on your head. That's how damn easy it is. Now trying clicking "Submit" on the first try in the same way.
I've accidentally given my password out as a result of focus stealing. I was logging in somewhere, a message window pops up while I'm watching TV or something, and I type and enter my password to whoever sent the message. Luckily enough, the password looked enough like nonsense that I saved myself by typing more lines of nonsense and acting like I was crazy or something....
What are you going on about? SNL's Z Machine has been going at 2 Megajoules for quite some time, and ZR will easily achieve 2.7 MJ. Meanwhile, lasers are stuck down in the kJ and hoping for glimpses of even 1 MJ.
NIF is done for. It will never amount to anything. The most we can hope from it is that they will realize they were screwed from the beginning and donate the 4 lasers they've built to somewhere like Sandia National Labs, to make some single-shot compression videos or 3D views to determine capsule symmetry.
This project is hopeless from the go. Unless they plan on using thousands of lasers, they will never get the symmetry available in setups like pulse-powered z-pinches (which can also do fast ignition, such as Sandia National Labs Z-Machine), and lasers are far more inefficient for this purpose.
NIF was a failure from the start. This is ICF (inertial confinement fusion through capsule ablation) combined with, quite literally, a "big frickin laser" to finish off the job and overcome and instability or asymmetry problems.
For more info on this, you would want to check out Sandia National Labs, where they're doing just this research. When ZR (Z-machine Refurbished) comes online (2007 I think), they'll once again be a step ahead of the rest.
TFA serves as an introduction to some nice fancy words like "breakeven" and "ignition", but that is all. It was made clear long ago that lasers are hopeless for this purpose.
Apparently the teacher was advanced enough to teach you E=mc^2, but skipped over dimensional analysis.
If E is in Joules and m is in kg, c would have to be in m/s for the equation to work. Otherwise you'd need a conversion factor. That's all units are, attached labels that assume you're being consistent throughout the equation.
This is my third summer at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico.
Positives:
1. Great weather.
2. Great pay.
3. Opens up many avenues for future employment (or so I've heard)
No LANL scandals + no LLNL funding cuts = long-term job security, at the only lab seriously exploring the only feasible fusion production method
Negatives:
1. Not a lot of desk space.
2. Shortage of windows.
Desk space at the lab is currently in high demand, so if you're an intern, you'll likely be stuck in a borderline liveable area, at least until you get your clearance (ie not the first year).
Isn't one of the major goals of this orbiter to look for signs of water, and didn't the British orbiter recently find a "pool" of frozen water in a crater? It'll be interesting to see this orbiter's observations of the pool, especially at the resolution the size of a dinner table (compared with previous orbiters' resolution the size of a bus). Martian animal fossils, anyone?
Actually, I was referring to before the shuttle enters space. The last two shuttle problems (Columbia) and the current minor problem that the article discusses, were the result of problems happening before the shuttle enters space. We could keep track of all the tags before it enters space, and determine if anything could've damaged the tiles. At the very least, they should be placed on the more critical tiles, such as those that lead to the Columbia disaster. If we concentrated on those tiles, we could put multiple tags all over them and know for sure if any part of the tiles were damaged.
You don't necessarily have to choose to be a contrarian all the time.
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That might not actually be a bad idea! Although I think they'd have to offer a lot more than a million dollars.
The final centennial prize will be awarded by NASA to NASA: One ginuiiine billion-dollar streak in the midnight sky.
What happens when they've given away enough prizes and gained enough research to throw together a moon mission, but it turns out that each of the bits don't fit together because the software was written in different languages or the square filter doesn't fit in the round hole?
"Houston... we've had a problem..."
From where else could we be given arbitrary unfounded reasons for setting back progress for decades to come?
Bioethics: Making mongers of monkeys since Roe v. Wade.®
Too bad any hope of increased capital will be lost paying for the Slashdot traffic.
"In the end it was no quicker to reach the corners of the screen than a small box anywhere else on the screen."
You've completely missed the point. It's not whether it's quicker to hit the corners, it's that it's much easier to hit the corners. You can hit any of the corners with your eyes close while standing on your head. That's how damn easy it is. Now trying clicking "Submit" on the first try in the same way.
I've accidentally given my password out as a result of focus stealing. I was logging in somewhere, a message window pops up while I'm watching TV or something, and I type and enter my password to whoever sent the message. Luckily enough, the password looked enough like nonsense that I saved myself by typing more lines of nonsense and acting like I was crazy or something....
What are you going on about? SNL's Z Machine has been going at 2 Megajoules for quite some time, and ZR will easily achieve 2.7 MJ. Meanwhile, lasers are stuck down in the kJ and hoping for glimpses of even 1 MJ.
NIF is done for. It will never amount to anything. The most we can hope from it is that they will realize they were screwed from the beginning and donate the 4 lasers they've built to somewhere like Sandia National Labs, to make some single-shot compression videos or 3D views to determine capsule symmetry.
This project is hopeless from the go. Unless they plan on using thousands of lasers, they will never get the symmetry available in setups like pulse-powered z-pinches (which can also do fast ignition, such as Sandia National Labs Z-Machine), and lasers are far more inefficient for this purpose.
NIF was a failure from the start. This is ICF (inertial confinement fusion through capsule ablation) combined with, quite literally, a "big frickin laser" to finish off the job and overcome and instability or asymmetry problems.
For more info on this, you would want to check out Sandia National Labs, where they're doing just this research. When ZR (Z-machine Refurbished) comes online (2007 I think), they'll once again be a step ahead of the rest.
TFA serves as an introduction to some nice fancy words like "breakeven" and "ignition", but that is all. It was made clear long ago that lasers are hopeless for this purpose.
1. Blow $4 billion
2. Only build 4 of the 192 lasers
3. Lose entire budget
4. ???
5. Fusion!
Apparently the teacher was advanced enough to teach you E=mc^2, but skipped over dimensional analysis.
If E is in Joules and m is in kg, c would have to be in m/s for the equation to work. Otherwise you'd need a conversion factor. That's all units are, attached labels that assume you're being consistent throughout the equation.
... the famous mathematical constant, alpha-omega = 14.2 million.
This is my third summer at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico.
Positives:
1. Great weather.
2. Great pay.
3. Opens up many avenues for future employment (or so I've heard)
No LANL scandals + no LLNL funding cuts = long-term job security, at the only lab seriously exploring the only feasible fusion production method
Negatives:
1. Not a lot of desk space.
2. Shortage of windows.
Desk space at the lab is currently in high demand, so if you're an intern, you'll likely be stuck in a borderline liveable area, at least until you get your clearance (ie not the first year).
Isn't one of the major goals of this orbiter to look for signs of water, and didn't the British orbiter recently find a "pool" of frozen water in a crater? It'll be interesting to see this orbiter's observations of the pool, especially at the resolution the size of a dinner table (compared with previous orbiters' resolution the size of a bus). Martian animal fossils, anyone?
and when the Z-machine gets refurbished (to become ZR) next year, it'll be pumping out 26+ million amps.
Sandia National Labs' Z-machine has been pumping out 20+ million amps for quite some time.
Don't worry, someone here understood what you meant :)
Let's hope the person with the money agrees to only pay them when he has safely returned to Earth.
... of dupe articles...
Actually, I was referring to before the shuttle enters space. The last two shuttle problems (Columbia) and the current minor problem that the article discusses, were the result of problems happening before the shuttle enters space. We could keep track of all the tags before it enters space, and determine if anything could've damaged the tiles. At the very least, they should be placed on the more critical tiles, such as those that lead to the Columbia disaster. If we concentrated on those tiles, we could put multiple tags all over them and know for sure if any part of the tiles were damaged.
You don't necessarily have to choose to be a contrarian all the time.
Wow, some serious issues going on in your head.