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Post #37,417 by imric 5/3/02 10:13:28 PM Reply	Oooh... [link\|http://unisci.com/stories/20022/0502024.htm\|I want one]! Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #37,423 by Ashton 5/3/02 10:38:35 PM Reply	Hmmm - synchrotron radiation on Steroids and already polarized! Tell ya what - build that 10 petawatt PS and we'll talk about the zeptosecond generator.. (and I thought my Tek 284 Tunnel Diode 30 pSec T_r generator was kewl :( A MILLION Tesla! So Imric - if'n ya could extend that pulse-time juuust a bit, say 24 orders of magnitude (?) your home magnet thingie could simultaneously attract and crush.. all the cars, water heaters and Re-bar in LA. Do I see where you're going with this wish? Ashton Attn. Home Security: we have here a magneto-Terrorist a borning!
Post #37,424 by imric 5/3/02 11:04:54 PM Reply	Nah... It'd just be fun to be able to fiddle around with atoms... And - here's a thought - doesn't it sound as if it could function as combo Shiva reactor and Tokamak? What a fun toy that would be to play with! Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #37,433 by Ashton 5/3/02 11:54:21 PM Reply	Except.. if we ever got that genie outta the bottle: Free. Energy. (!?) Given our propensity for limitless wants and boundless waste - can bet that the entropy would raise the planetary temp rapidement! I'll admit that monster machines are fascinating.. for a time. Been there / done - But somewhere along the way, I suppose that we shall Have to begin looking just a tad farther than the next fiscal Quarter. [oil] ?? Naah... [Population] (even if we can't even Talk about sex! and Really screw up with the [God] thing...) my 3 parsecs/fortnight A.
Post #37,470 by imric 5/4/02 8:24:51 AM Reply	No problem... We'll just cool the Earth itself! Hmm... Lasers to radiate the energy away... Possible motive source for solar-sailing asteroid mining ships... Interplanetary commerce, possible interstellar probes... And who knows what our manipulation of the atom might yield? Think BIG! Think SMALL! X-treme science! Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #37,596 by admin 5/5/02 9:53:22 PM Reply	The Puppeteers ... and their quintuple planets... Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #37,600 by imric 5/5/02 10:50:40 PM Reply	Klemperer Rosette, no? Hey - most of the grand visions of scifi require essentially unlimited supplies of energy... We're gonna end up living in a sci-fi future anyway - I'd rather it was an energy rich one... With lotsa robots! And beautiful alien babes! and spacecraft... and anti-grav sleeping plates... and... Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
Post #38,437 by static 5/13/02 7:38:12 AM Reply	Mmm. New knowledge. milli - micro - nano - pico - femto - atto - zepto Hafta see if I can use it somewhere. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #38,539 by Meerkat 5/13/02 10:22:39 PM Reply	What next? zepto - harpto - grouchto - :-) On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.

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