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Old 03-12-2008, 08:26 AM   #46
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What a freak. No, I'm not talking about him.

I was referring to 15yo Thiago Olson, who built a nuclear reactor in his basement for $3500.

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HOW IT WORKS

Two vacuum pumps suck air out of the central chamber, leaving a near-total vacuum. Loose atoms in here interfere with fusion and lower yield.

The chamber is filled with deuterium and jolted with about 45,000 volts of electricity.

A negatively charged grid of thin steel wires attracts the now-positive particles, sometimes causing them to collide.

Colliding particles fuse to form helium-3. The resulting neutron emission is measured, proving that fusion occurred.
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Old 03-12-2008, 03:17 PM   #47
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also in Michigan, you wouldn't think there would be two .

That's seroiusly good work and for $3500, one of those vacuum pumps on it's own costs that much.
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Old 03-12-2008, 03:20 PM   #48
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don't ask how he knows..... ....
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Old 03-13-2008, 12:44 AM   #49
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Without the magic, you'd have to resort to this.
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Old 03-13-2008, 07:11 AM   #50
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Amazing magic...seems that 15 year old's got that touch. He should become a physicist and patent his work
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Old 03-13-2008, 09:59 PM   #51
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I when I die and wake up in heaven it looks like this.
Twoud be very magical. ( yes heaven should be practical and beautiful)
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Old 03-14-2008, 12:52 AM   #52
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I when I die and wake up in heaven it looks like this.
Twoud be very magical. ( yes heaven should be practical and beautiful)
grr...sorry...I'm sleep deprived. graveyard job
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:14 AM   #53
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Sure, go for it.
Nothing to worry about at all.
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:22 AM   #54
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Without the magic, you'd have to resort to this.
First of all, one of those pictures had John the evangelist holding a book. SHOPPED! They didn't have books back then. Secondly, Ill bet in all those libraries pictured, you couldn't find the Leave it to Beaver episode where Eddie Haskell steals the milk money.
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:40 AM   #55
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spud, quit giving bruce the business.

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Old 04-03-2008, 11:44 AM   #56
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Secondly, Ill bet in all those libraries pictured, you couldn't find the Leave it to Beaver episode where Eddie Haskell steals the milk money.
And I'll bet that on the internet, you won't find a copy of any article from any newspaper, ever. But at a library you can go to the micro-fiche.

And there's the problem: With the internet, we will have omnipotence, instant access to all the information that has been uploaded; BUT we will use this limited knowledge to the exclusion of original source materials; thus dumbing-down our knowledge of the subject, as we repeat only the easily accessible facts, from the top 5% of the subject.
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Old 04-03-2008, 11:59 AM   #57
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Is there anything more beautiful than a real library, though? I miss the darn card catalog, even!
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Old 04-03-2008, 12:48 PM   #58
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Is there anything more beautiful than a real library, though? I miss the darn card catalog, even!
When the library in my firm threw its card catalog away, I took it home. It's in my shop. One drawer holds cassette tapes, and the other 3 drawers hold misc hardware. It's actually very nice to look at.
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Old 04-03-2008, 12:57 PM   #59
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When the library in my firm threw its card catalog away, I took it home. It's in my shop. One drawer holds cassette tapes, and the other 3 drawers hold misc hardware. It's actually very nice to look at.
What a catch! The neighbor acrsoos from my mom's house found and re-finished one to store craft/sewing supplies.

I believe that a card-catalog-style cabinet would be the ideal storage solution for a large compact disc collection. And, in 1000 years, my relatives would have to go on Antiques Roadshow to find out that the card catalog was not originally intended as a storage unit for this archaic media format.
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Old 04-03-2008, 01:35 PM   #60
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When the library in my firm threw its card catalog away, I took it home. It's in my shop. One drawer holds cassette tapes, and the other 3 drawers hold misc hardware. It's actually very nice to look at.
Our campus nurse was around to snag two of them when our library switched over. She has one cabinet in her office and the other she says her husband uses at home.

I'm way jealous!

Can't believe my dad never came across one. There's nothing on earth he doesn't have, such as some seats from the old hockey arena. He and my uncle brag to each other about their great finds. One day Uncle Jim says to my dad "I bet I have something you don't have. An airport runway light." Dad says "I have three."
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