Can World's Largest Laser Zap Earth's Energy Woes? 372
newviewmedia.com writes "Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory plan on using a laser the size of three football fields to set off a nuclear reaction so intense that it will make a star bloom on the surface of the Earth. If they're successful, the scientists hope to solve the global energy crisis by harnessing the energy generated by the mini-star."
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:5, Funny)
everyone dies apart from Bruce Willis
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Re:bad journalism (Score:5, Funny)
And from the article
Ted Stevens, is that you?
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:3, Funny)
Don't worry, it's safe to approach during nighttime.
How long until..... (Score:1, Funny)
...these laser are small enough to be mounted on a shark.....
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:4, Funny)
"Don't worry folks. The fire at Lawrence Livermore will burn itself out at the Mississippi."
Re:Funding... Anyone? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, if the star turns out to be a problem, you can get rid of it with a black hole from the LHC...
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:2, Funny)
Better yet, almost everyone lives apart from Bruce Willis!
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:4, Funny)
At the very least this is one laser you don't want to look into with your remaining eye.
Or its a weapon? (Score:3, Funny)
I wouldn't be surprised if its a death star type laser.
Wanted... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:5, Funny)
My question is "Can we find a shark big enough?"
White cat (Score:4, Funny)
Brief though it may be ... (Score:1, Funny)
Won't we be for at least a short time a binary system?
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:3, Funny)
But damn if this doesn't sound like the opening to the plot of a disaster movie.
It is. It's the plot of Spiderman 2.
Oh, wait, I thought you said disastrous movie.
Re:The BBC did this much better, back in January (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder (Score:4, Funny)
Any chance we could use the laser ON Mississippi? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... (Score:0, Funny)
How about the fact that the SELF SUSTAINING FUSION REACTION goes out in the water like a fucking candle? Noooo, nothing will put out a fusion reaction, except, you know, the same thing that puts out a regular fire.
Hey, fuckfaces (aimed at the writers and producers), Spiderman is a story about a geek overcoming physical limitations to enact justice using his well above average intellect and insight. That's right, it's a movie for geeks. You know, the kind of people who would SCOFF at the mutilation of science.
Next time, remember that you can't spell science fiction without science. Pfft, if your movies indicate that you probably can't spell anything.
Re:bad journalism (Score:3, Funny)
nobody can second guess what fruits fundemental research will bear.
Most of the research I've done into fundamentalists indicates that they don't bear fruits well at all.
And I don't think you're supposed to call them "fruits", it's kind of derogatory.
Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)
Budget restrictions prevented that, so they will use Roseanne Barr in a finned sharkskin bikini.
the size of three football fields (Score:2, Funny)
Re:bad journalism (Score:1, Funny)
They are trying to figure out the time cube. That's the third reason.