Building a Homemade Nuclear Reactor In NYC 219
yukk writes "Mark Suppes, a web developer for Gucci, is working on his own personal fusion reactor. His work in a NYC warehouse using $35,000 of his own money and $4,000 raised on a website has made him the 38th independent researcher recognized as creating a working fusion reactor. How's that for a hobby?"
Re:Neat (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Simply a Fusor (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Neat (Score:5, Funny)
We all saw spiderman 2.
And we all want the 2 hours of our life back.
But... (Score:3, Funny)
I am disappointed (Score:3, Funny)
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he works for gucci? (Score:5, Funny)
i know everyone is freaked out about the military thoecracy of iran and the cult of personality of north korea with nukes, and that nuclear technology will inevitably trickle down to smaller and smaller states: suriname, east timor, vanuatu... and then factional organizations: al qaeda, FARC, doctors without borders, make a wish foundation, girl scouts...
but when fashion designers have their hands on nuclear technology, i think we can pretty much declare the effort to contain nuclear technology over, and just start writing the epitaph for civilization. we're doomed
Re:he works for gucci? (Score:3, Funny)
The idea of fashion designers pretty much means we're doomed.
Re:Uh Typo (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah! well you just wait until we hit peak light elements~
Re:Yes, but... (Score:4, Funny)
or will it run Linux....
Re:Yes, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Of course it will run Linux. But you will have to modify fstab, short pin 22 to ground when booting, and recompile the kernel.
Re:Simply a Fusor (Score:4, Funny)
Don't you mean Apple? The government needs to break them up for all their anti-competative behavior. You can't expect the invisible hand of the market to do anything with a company that makes such cool products.
Re:what could possibly go wrong ? :) (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And how is he not in jail? (Score:5, Funny)
***This guy will be lucky if his neighbors don't lynch him***
People who live in NYC don't generally care enough about their neighbors to lynch them. Now Texas or Oklahoma, There any half way decent rabble rouser can get a lynch mob together with just a megaphone and few cases of beer.
Nuclear Reactors Aren't Dangerous... (Score:4, Funny)
Mr. Wizard -- Today Timmy, we're going to take an old spatula, an inner tube and some macaroni noodles to make a nuclear reactor.
Timmy – Gee, Mr. Wizard! Aren't nuclear reactors dangerous?
Mr. Wizard -- No, Timmy! But old spatulas are! They can poke your little eyes out!
Re:Neat (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Neat (Score:5, Funny)
Up in arms? Like perhaps EIGHT arms?
Re:what could possibly go wrong ? :) (Score:3, Funny)
There are a lot of things I'd worry about. The biggest, if he did make it work (the article didn't say it worked, just that he was trying, which makes it non-news), would be the risk of fire. Ok, so you built a nuclear reactor in your apartment. Did you use sufficient gauge wiring when hooking up everything in your apartment, or are there small gauge extension cords run all over the place? :)
There are plenty of other things to worry about, but they'd be completely project unrelated. Like, waking up in the middle of the night feeling your girlfriend tickling your leg, and then finding out it's a roach. :)
Re:And how is he not in jail? (Score:4, Funny)
So, pretty much any NASCAR race, rodeo, or BBQ then? :-P
I kid, I kid. (Especially since people from Texas and Oklahoma are known to carry guns. ;-)
Re:Neat (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Uh Typo (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Neat (Score:3, Funny)
Obviously his insurer needs to know it cost him $35k when some yahoos decide to grab his fusion machine after they read about it.
This would explain why SOME DIY Fusors cost hundreds of dollars, but this one costs $35k, its a Gucci.
Re:Simply a Fusor (Score:3, Funny)