Comments on: Inside the National Ignition Facility http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kalel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1719298 Kalel Wed, 06 May 2009 17:42:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1719298 What a beautiful and complex device! Where do I insert my frozen dinner? What a beautiful and complex device!

Where do I insert my frozen dinner?

]]> By: eecue http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1719218 eecue Wed, 06 May 2009 16:11:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1719218 Thanks for the kind words! @wolfhammer: you are wrong. =] it is fusion, fusing together hydrogen atoms. @hbouda: hydrogen bombs are fusion @seefish: the thing is working now, they are going to try and create fusion later this year or early next year. the official dedication ceremony is may 29th. Thanks for the kind words!

@wolfhammer: you are wrong. =] it is fusion, fusing together hydrogen atoms.

@hbouda: hydrogen bombs are fusion

@seefish: the thing is working now, they are going to try and create fusion later this year or early next year. the official dedication ceremony is may 29th.

]]> By: Wolfhammer http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1719101 Wolfhammer Wed, 06 May 2009 13:38:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1719101 Fusion and Fission are quite different. We (humans) have had no problem with fission ie Nuclear Bombs. Its fusion that causes so many headaches. If the Sun was using fission, it would have gone out a while back - like the moment it was born... So why in this article does it say "self-sustaining fusion reaction like the ones in the sun or the explosion of a nuclear bomb" ? Am I wrong or is is this article wrong? (Probably me...) Fusion and Fission are quite different.
We (humans) have had no problem with fission ie Nuclear Bombs.
Its fusion that causes so many headaches.
If the Sun was using fission, it would have gone out a while back – like the moment it was born…
So why in this article does it say “self-sustaining fusion reaction like the ones in the sun or the explosion of a nuclear bomb” ?

Am I wrong or is is this article wrong?
(Probably me…)

]]> By: Larfin Jackarse http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1719042 Larfin Jackarse Wed, 06 May 2009 12:12:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1719042 umm..... Only one country in the world could do this. And amazingly that fascist Termanegger (joke) is supporting it. Yeah, sorry, you are right...let's hope it fails so Chrysler can build more V10's. umm…..

Only one country in the world could do this. And amazingly that fascist Termanegger (joke) is supporting it.

Yeah, sorry, you are right…let’s hope it fails so Chrysler can build more V10′s.

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1719006 Christophe Wed, 06 May 2009 11:03:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1719006 Waiting fot the 'I survive the National Ignition Facility' T shirt :) Waiting fot the ‘I survive the National Ignition Facility’ T shirt :)

]]> By: seefish3 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1718990 seefish3 Wed, 06 May 2009 10:15:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1718990 Ok, I read the WHOLE article while wearing my glasses and carefully thought out my comment before posting.... The photography in the article is gorgeous. It strikes me as interesting that in the real world of science nobody bothers to round off the edges of things like they do in movies. You know its a real-world photo when you see lots of right angles... Didn't see any dates in the article, though. Is there a first-use day that I can celebrate with a "Runaway artificial sun threatens the planet" party? Ok, I read the WHOLE article while wearing my glasses and carefully thought out my comment before posting….

The photography in the article is gorgeous. It strikes me as interesting that in the real world of science nobody bothers to round off the edges of things like they do in movies. You know its a real-world photo when you see lots of right angles…

Didn’t see any dates in the article, though. Is there a first-use day that I can celebrate with a “Runaway artificial sun threatens the planet” party?

]]> By: hbouda http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1718987 hbouda Wed, 06 May 2009 10:04:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1718987 Isn't the sun fusion and a nuclear bomb fission ? Isn’t the sun fusion and a nuclear bomb fission ?

]]> By: MosselKots http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1718986 MosselKots Wed, 06 May 2009 10:04:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1718986 NIFty lasers ... uhuh (sorry) And all those people afraid of science should remember that it's science that gives them their live expectancy of 80yrs today... As opposed to 40, only a century and a half ago. Go Science! Ignite away =] NIFty lasers … uhuh (sorry)

And all those people afraid of science should remember that it’s science that gives them their live expectancy of 80yrs today…
As opposed to 40, only a century and a half ago.

Go Science!

Ignite away =]

]]> By: yweln http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1718781 yweln Wed, 06 May 2009 07:22:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1718781 Am I the only person that saw Spiderman 2? This won't end well. Am I the only person that saw Spiderman 2?

This won’t end well.

]]> By: Robolasse http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/comment-page-1/#comment-1718775 Robolasse Wed, 06 May 2009 07:19:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/06/inside-the-national-ignition-facility/#comment-1718775 LHC vs. NIF - who would win? :-) LHC vs. NIF – who would win? :-)

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