Could you read that again, please? How is there an average in there? Also, he mixed up density, temperature and energy density without blinking.

I'm not impressed.

OK here's a simple wikipedia peek for you my mouthy friend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

"The power production by fusion in the core varies with distance from the solar center. At the center of the Sun, theoretical models estimate it to be approximately 276.5 watts/m3,[55] a power production density that more nearly approximates reptile metabolism than a thermonuclear bomb."

An average fission reactor gives you about 1GW of electrical power and more like 3GW thermal power. To get a 1GW of power at the density of the Sun, you'd need a a building about 150 x 150 x 150 meters, just for the power production.

Since a fission reactor's core is much smaller than that, in many ways, we've already surpassed the conditions at the core of the Sun.

But anyways, maybe you can learn some lessons from this, like humility, and doing some simple peeking yourself before opening your big yap and inserting both your feet tonsil-deep.

Shoulda said POWER density.

" The "real" reason we don't have fusion power yet is because it requires creating a little piece of THE SUN inside a contained vessel. That's mind bogglingly difficult."

Not really. The conditions for fusion inside the Sun are actually mind-bogglingly MILD. Overall, the Sun converts ~4 million tons of matter into energy every second, yet it only has the energy density of decomposing manure. It's just that the Sun is so freaking HUGE.

The problem with getting fusion power on Earth is that we need to SURPASS by orders of magnitude the conditions at the heart of a star.

You're right, a for-profit only company would never have cut costs to the IT department. Nope.

Yes I can confirm that on my Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, the 2982791 update was present and it's removable.

Sure, I'm a hoarder, chances are I might have something I no longer use but would be happy if it helped you. Maybe you have the same situation?

I'm in Montreal.

I have two eyes, I guess I'd need two screens?

Mayhem in Monsterland looks pretty good I think.

You can build a Forward Mass Sensor and use a magnetic cannon to launch an iridium sphere nearby...

I can't cope with the way you spell "genius".

Of course, a lot of research was done by the private labs of corporations back then, like IBM, RCA, etc.. Engineering was a respected profession, you needed real talent to become an engineer or programmer and you could earn a good living that way in the West.

Then one day some bright psychopath realized it would be cheaper if universities did the research with government money instead.

Then you get the research done, your future employees come already in debt, and then they work for peanuts paying back their student loans.

So companies used to pay YOU to do research, now YOU pay to go to university and the companies get to keep the IP!

And social engineering and manipulation means that people will WILLINGLY do so!

Brilliant!

The worst thing in America is that the "fucked" are the loudest proponents of the "fuck the rest" mentality. It's a triumph of social engineering.

I think you'll find that the "software features turned on by an option" is widespread, not just with Tektronix. It isn't "defective", it's how engineering is done these days.

One time pad.