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Physicists create tabletop antimatter 'gun'
Phys.Org ^
| 06-25-2013
| Bob Yirka
Posted on 06/25/2013 10:10:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
No, that was red mercury - or was it the Russians?
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:19:23 AM PDT
by
Errant
To: DManA
Or annihilate your enemies. Only usable in space since positrons would hit and annihilate atmospheric particles rather than the target. Someone is sure to look at scaling this up.
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:19:36 AM PDT
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: Billthedrill
A story I read a couple of decades ago in Omni:
100 years in the future, we live in a world with a computer network very similar to what we call the internet. Some guys are mining the astroid belt, which have been determined to be the remains of a blown up planet.
They come across an artificially made device the size of a football. They bring it to the head office and notice it is some sort of electronic device with computing capabilities so they plug it into their computer, effectively plugging it’s contents into the world’s computers. It dumps its data on their computer screen.
It is instructions on how to blow up a planet using simple ingredients and tools found around the house.
The end...
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:21:09 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: dfwgator
"Where’s the Ka-Boom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Ka-Boom."
Sorry due to the sequester all Earth shattering KaBooms have be cancled. You'll just have to be satisfied with a silent disintegration, besides that's how thwe Earth ends not with a bang but with a whimper.
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:22:37 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Red Badger
Obama needs to get one to al qaeda ASAP, it’s the only way to ensure world peace!
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:25:24 AM PDT
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Obama lies, smokes, blasphemes, eats pork, reads your mail, eavesdrops and drinks during Ramadan)
To: Red Badger
Well if they can just figure how to bottle it, work on that duration some, we might have a product we could export to the Chinese for their Mars shuttle!
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:25:48 AM PDT
by
Errant
To: Red Badger
Biden already has added it to his list to ban.
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:26:00 AM PDT
by
hadaclueonce
(dont worry about Mexico, put the fence around kalifornia.)
To: Red Badger
“...they are also found in jets emitted by black holes and pulsars...”
Let’s just hope we really understand how this works: black holes emit jets of positrons and not the other way around :-)
To: Red Badger
The Founders never would have written the Second Amendment had they known about anti-matter guns.
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:27:05 AM PDT
by
FLAMING DEATH
(I'm not racist - I hate Biden too!)
To: Red Badger
Encapsulate the anti-matter into a photon torpedo. :-)
To: Red Badger
What else?
A phased plasma rifle in a 40 watt range.
Just what you see pal...
To: Red Badger
A table top version? Dang. Mine looks like this...
Actually I saw this going down I-40 outside Nashville on Saturday.
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:29:11 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Red Steel
Did anyone happen to notice that one of the ‘side effects’ of this ‘gun’ is the production of GAMMA RAYS?...................
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:29:26 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: cuban leaf
It is instructions on how to blow up a planet using simple ingredients and tools found around the house. The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse by John Ringo, discusses Moores Law as it applies to genetic engineering equipment, and what happens when any biology grad student can create his own plague.
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:29:36 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: DannyTN
Must have been headed to the Pawn Stars shop..................
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:30:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: Resolute Conservative
Eventually some HS kid will make one in his garage and become the next Steve Jobs..........iGun.........
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:31:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: DannyTN
Kinda difficult to find ammo for that these days.................
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:32:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Want to be surprised? Google your own name......Want to have fun? Google your friend's names........)
To: Red Badger
it’s only a short hop from this to a “thimble nuke” ;).
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:32:57 AM PDT
by
schm0e
("we are in the midst of a coup.")
To: Red Badger
*** has succeeded in building a tabletop antimatter “gun” capable of spewing short bursts of positrons.***
Isn’t that the weapon used by Jane Fonda in BARBARELLA!
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:33:15 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: Red Badger
Did anyone happen to notice that one of the ‘side effects’ of this ‘gun’ is the production of GAMMA RAYS?................... Did anyone notice this device is powered by a "petawatt laser", where "petawatt" is defined as a billion megawatts?
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posted on
06/25/2013 10:33:34 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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