"And I thought it was a spoof on playing whiffle ball...."
Actually, it is. They call the reactor a "wiffle ball" because a 3D map of it's magnetic fields looks like (you guessed it), a wiffle ball. Who says genius physicists don't have a sense of humor???
34 posted on 07/27/2009 9:56:54 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
( The Hog of Steel)