U. chemists B. Stanley Pons, left, and Martin Fleischmann describe their
cold-fusion experiments during a press conference in 1989
Posted on 05/10/2006 1:07:58 PM PDT by neverdem
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I know how they feel. I hate when I do that.
Insightful.
I think there's an old joke about a guy who invented a Perpetual Motion machine. He takes it to patent office, but they're very reluctant. "We don't accept those, sir. They don't work." But the man says his works. "My machine is different," he says. "All I need is an outlet where I can plug it in and you'll be able to see for yourself."
Well, on the plus side, there is no longer any danger of a warp core breach...
For a moment I thought this article was about the effect of 'SONOLUMINESCENSE' -
Ultrasonic waves in water or some other suitable liquid, when subjected to standing waves, create a tiny momentary bubble that as it collapses, its' insides will heat up to hotter than the the surface of the Sun for a mircosecond,
thus generating a glow about the bubble's inner surface !
BLAH Blah blah
Don't tell me! Let me guess!
They blew themselves up in a blinding thermonuclear flash!
I thought the glow came from plankton...
When experimenting with possible nuclear fusion, it's best to know what equipment you're using...............doh!............
all occur in the first three sentences of the article. These are prejudicial phrases that would not be typically seen in a fair and balanced news article. Therefore, I am more skeptical of this story than I am of the original cold fusion article.
"This reminds me eerily of what happen at Utah University"
I was just thinking that. Supposedly reputable scientists say "hey, we found something" then a while later it's "hey, our equipment was bad" or "hey, we made a mistake". You'd think they would be really careful about any announcements from previous experience.
U. chemists B. Stanley Pons, left, and Martin Fleischmann describe their
cold-fusion experiments during a press conference in 1989
But considering the nature of their work, I wouldn't be too surprised if they were running on adrenaline...and that multiplies the chance of error considerably (been in that position myself).
Absolutely. If you aren't careful, you can end up like Doc Ock in "Spider Man 2".
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I swear, Flash and Dale would be goners if Zarkov made these kinds of slips . . . |
yeah, it's not cold fusion, though.
Sorta like landing your plane with your gear up, isn't it? You tend to have that helpless feeling. :^)
Sonofusion is cold, in the sense that the bulk temperature is "cold". I agree that theoretical temperatures in the cavitation bubbles might be very hot.
Fine, but that's not what separates "cold fusion" from mainstream science, where fusion only occurs (however localized) at extremely high energies.
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