Yeah well what do you expect from an actor? They'll say anything and make it sound legit.
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Yeah well what do you expect from an actor? They'll say anything and make it sound legit.
that's been a favorite of mine as well.......
Oh that smell of freshly trimmed weed permeating the air. That sweet sound of clipping scissors of trimming everywhere. The visions of migrant hipppy trimmers camped everywhere. It is that magical time of year.
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refreshing point of view dddaver!
It's 8:15am. Do you know where your buds are at? Just a public service announcement from your local stoner.
I've been entertaining stones on IC since 2011 but I'm just getting started!!!! Enjoy your weekends IC!!!!!
anyone got another term for "thesaurus"...?
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treasury of words
You will always find it ......
You will always find it ......
The last place you look
You will always find it ......
The last place you look
Probability.
Is probability a human construct?
Things either happen or they don't.
Aliens will either make first contact this Friday, or not.
Is probability a human construct?
Things either happen or they don't.
Aliens will either make first contact this Friday, or not.
Nuclear fusion: Confinement
"The key problem in achieving thermonuclear fusion is how to confine the hot plasma. Due to the high temperature, the plasma can not be in direct contact with any solid material, so in fact it has to be located in a vacuum. But as the high temperatures also imply high pressures, the plasma tends to expand immediately and some force is necessary to act against this thermal pressure. This force can be either gravitation in stars, magnetic forces in magnetic confinement fusion reactors, or the fusion reaction may occur before the plasma starts to expand, so in fact the plasma's inertia is keeping the material together." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_fusion
Using high pressure may be the only real way to obtain sensible nuclear fusion power. If you can get high pressure reactors, then higher efficiency is more easily obtainable using lasers & sound generators for heat source (concentrated in a small space). I'm unsure if it'll ever be feasible w/o high pressure using today's techniques to get a decent efficiency, maybe so but could be better... Just using high temps alone is not what the sun does - it uses pressure (actually causing both high temps as well).
May be done by using Argon or inert gas/plasma buffer (possible in a cooling loop/radiator) in hi-temp ceramic container where reaction is compressed for ultra high pressures by rail gun fired pistons from 4 or more directions evenly. Amount of H2 (Hydrogen used) can be a minuscule amount to start reaction making things easier fired by a PWM controlled pulsed jet. Heat can be generated by lasers and/or sound.
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"The key problem in achieving thermonuclear fusion is how to confine the hot plasma. Due to the high temperature, the plasma can not be in direct contact with any solid material, so in fact it has to be located in a vacuum. But as the high temperatures also imply high pressures, the plasma tends to expand immediately and some force is necessary to act against this thermal pressure. This force can be either gravitation in stars, magnetic forces in magnetic confinement fusion reactors, or the fusion reaction may occur before the plasma starts to expand, so in fact the plasma's inertia is keeping the material together." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_fusion
Using high pressure may be the only real way to obtain sensible nuclear fusion power. If you can get high pressure reactors, then higher efficiency is more easily obtainable using lasers & sound generators for heat source (concentrated in a small space). I'm unsure if it'll ever be feasible w/o high pressure using today's techniques to get a decent efficiency, maybe so but could be better... Just using high temps alone is not what the sun does - it uses pressure (actually causing both high temps as well).
May be done by using Argon or inert gas/plasma buffer (possible in a cooling loop/radiator) in hi-temp ceramic container where reaction is compressed for ultra high pressures by rail gun fired pistons from 4 or more directions evenly. Amount of H2 (Hydrogen used) can be a minuscule amount to start reaction making things easier fired by a PWM controlled pulsed jet. Heat can be generated by lasers and/or sound.
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