That is way too cool.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
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NoiseDesign - Dec 18, 2007 10:47:29 am PST #3866 of 25497
Our wings are not tired
Gudanov - Dec 18, 2007 10:49:16 am PST #3867 of 25497
Coding and Sleeping
Home improvement project
DXMachina - Dec 18, 2007 10:55:00 am PST #3868 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Think of the stereo system you could drive with it.
eta: I love that they're positioning it for the consumer market:
The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over their energy needs.
(italics mine)
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2007 10:58:23 am PST #3869 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The article mentions that it could be used to power an apartment building or even be used by a group of individuals who wanted off the power grid.
Somehow I imagine the government might put some... obstacles in the way of private citizens who want to own their own petite nuclear power plant....
eta: x-posty with DX's edit....
Tom Scola - Dec 18, 2007 10:59:07 am PST #3870 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I imagine the government might put some... obstacles in the way of private citizens who want to own their own petite nuclear power plant....
Pffft! What could possibly go wrong?
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2007 11:00:04 am PST #3871 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, I wonder how much it weighs...
::dusts off blueprints for nuclear powered zeppelin::
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2007 11:01:02 am PST #3872 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Pffft! What could possibly go wrong?
Remember that '70s made-for-TV movie about the nuclear powered super-bus?
NoiseDesign - Dec 18, 2007 11:01:34 am PST #3873 of 25497
Our wings are not tired
Pffft! What could possibly go wrong?
I'm sure they'd do great in Southern California. What could possible hurt an underground nuclear plant there?
tommyrot - Dec 18, 2007 11:02:58 am PST #3874 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm sure they'd do great in Southern California. What could possible hurt an underground nuclear plant there?
Crips and Bloods attempting drive-by shootings of each other's nuclear power plants?
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2007 11:03:16 am PST #3875 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So where do you buy lithium 6?