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Scientists building world's most-powerful 'SUPER LASERS' that can RIP holes in space
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| 24 January 2018
| Anthony Blair
Posted on 01/24/2018 8:44:59 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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Dr. Gordon Freeman, white courtesy phone please.
To: Ciaphas Cain
a phenomenon known as “breaking the vacuum”.
= = =
We called it “Cutting the Cheese”
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posted on
01/24/2018 8:47:10 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(All posts are /s, unless otherwise specified.)
To: Ciaphas Cain
Baloney. What a bunch of nonsense.
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posted on
01/24/2018 8:47:40 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: Ciaphas Cain
To: Ciaphas Cain
To: Steely Tom
Also, what could go wrong?
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posted on
01/24/2018 8:53:21 PM PST
by
longfellowsmuse
(last of the living nomads)
To: longfellowsmuse
yep. Whack one planet in our solar system and the whole system loses equilibrium.
See how smart that is!
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posted on
01/24/2018 8:55:14 PM PST
by
himno hero
(hadnuff)
To: plain talk
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posted on
01/24/2018 8:55:24 PM PST
by
LukeL
To: Ciaphas Cain; All
‘The Shanghai Superintense Ultrafast’
I think I saw that in a dirty movie once...and ONCE was enough! ;)
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posted on
01/24/2018 8:56:20 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Ciaphas Cain
I would like to publicly acknowledge the denizens of the U.K. for bringing us the term boffins.
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posted on
01/24/2018 8:57:02 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: Steely Tom
In Quantum Physics space itself is physical and can be folded and effect by gravity and energy. Ask yourself this question what was before the universe? What is the universe expanding into? The answer is nothing and nothing itself is different than empty space, because space can be measured.
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posted on
01/24/2018 8:57:17 PM PST
by
LukeL
To: himno hero
“Whack one planet in our solar system and the whole system loses equilibrium.”
Next thing you know the whole galaxy just tipped over
To: LukeL
Hey! Nothing can too be measured. I know this because Mueller has a whole lot of nothing on Trump.
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posted on
01/24/2018 9:02:07 PM PST
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
To: Ciaphas Cain
Lizardo and Hikita already did this in 1938.
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posted on
01/24/2018 9:05:06 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: LukeL
This excerpt is from LaserFocusWorld, and explains a bit more about the vacuum birefringence they are planning to study.
“The combination of the 100 PW laser and the XFEL will initiate exploration of the vacuum birefringence, one of the most prominent strong-field quantum-electrodynamic effects, says Ruxin Li, the project leader. Normally a vacuum is thought of as completely empty — but according to quantum electrodynamics, it is actually full of virtual particles that continually appear and vanish.”
To: Disambiguator
I would like to publicly acknowledge the denizens of the U.K. for bringing us the term boffins.
You should see www.theregister.com.uk. Its all boffins and punters over there.
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posted on
01/24/2018 9:13:13 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
To: Steely Tom
My reaction, as a Ph.D. in Physics, is the opposite. Not saying that they will do it.
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posted on
01/24/2018 9:13:17 PM PST
by
dr_lew
To: dr_lew
What are they going to do?
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posted on
01/24/2018 9:17:52 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: Ciaphas Cain
i have no idea how that would work!
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posted on
01/24/2018 9:20:36 PM PST
by
MNDude
To: Ciaphas Cain
Tearing the universe a new one...
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posted on
01/24/2018 9:21:33 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
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