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- RedneckRandy, on 05/17/2008, -2/+14210^14W. Isn't that a Jiggawatt? Do they drive a DeLorean through the center when the charge unleashes?
- Ghoztt, on 05/17/2008, -1/+98"Now Gordon, if you would be so kind as to push the specimen into the beam..."
- greenblob, on 05/17/2008, -12/+1011. To see what happens.
2. Because it's ***** awesome.
3. Who cares about practical application anyway? - Walty, on 05/17/2008, -3/+72"During the 100 ns discharge, the power output is 2.9*10^14 W..."
Thats what she said. - inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+66wikipedia has a detailed description of the uses of the machine and how it works:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_machine
also, this photo makes a great wallpaper. it definitely has high enough resolution. - bogoslav, on 05/17/2008, -3/+45Really impressive! But I didn't clearly get the purpose of this?
- hauntedchippy, on 05/17/2008, -0/+410.0012 seconds? But I want it now.
- dhughes, on 05/17/2008, -1/+41 Purpose = Disco.
- RandomGorilla, on 05/17/2008, -0/+37I do believe this machine constitutes steps 4, 5 and 6 in someone's world domination scheme.
- uriman, on 05/17/2008, -0/+32they can make this, but they can't make make sharks with lasers on their heads? unbelieveable
- garfonzo, on 05/17/2008, -3/+34Scientist A: Sweet, that was seriously hot hey?!
Scientist B: Shya! Fire it up again, I'm gonna throw this bag of sliced pickles in to see what happens... - JoemcC00L, on 05/17/2008, -2/+32Jiggawho?
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+26A Jiggawatt (Gigawatt) is only 10^9 W. 2.9*10^14 is 2.9*10^5 GW, or 2.9*10^2 TW (Terawatts). This is equal to 0.1 PW (petawatts), which would be 1/10 of one quadrillion watts (yes, 0.1 quadrillion is a real number).
- Fritzed, on 05/17/2008, -1/+26Full explanation - http://www.sandia.gov/media/z290.htm
- ahoyhoy, on 05/17/2008, -2/+26It's Ark technology!
- BaronVonZ, on 05/17/2008, -3/+26Jigga please!
- OpCzar, on 05/17/2008, -3/+26Ah, so that's what powers Ironman's house!
- AndrewDB, on 05/17/2008, -0/+23Jigga please?
- BTraina, on 05/17/2008, -1/+22Jigga what?
- sanman, on 05/17/2008, -5/+26The Z-reactor! It's a science project!
We built that to shut the hippies up! - JoemcC00L, on 05/17/2008, -2/+21Now to make it the size of a peanut jar and use it to power some sort of metallic battle suit!
Sorry, couldn't resist... - magistry, on 05/17/2008, -0/+16jiggawhat?
- DM01, on 05/17/2008, -0/+16They're waiting for you Gordon, in the tesssst chamberrrrrr.
- Omek, on 05/17/2008, -0/+15Yes, I'm curious as well. What is the purpose. I certainly looks cool tho...
- Ridgeliner7, on 05/17/2008, -6/+19Very cool !
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+13to study nuclear fusion
- TJ11240, on 05/17/2008, -0/+11because its a capacitor
- lmf49, on 05/17/2008, -0/+10Great Scott Marty!
- bokep, on 05/17/2008, -2/+12To get a nice picture
- LimeParrot, on 05/17/2008, -1/+11It reminds me of the 'machine' in "The Prestige".
- mantone2, on 05/17/2008, -0/+10Actually it doesnt look like this anymore. they changed the way the electricity runs through it and theres no more 'pretty' arcing. This all happened last fall. They are using a new electronic system to get the pull down in the nano-second range (cant remember how short but im thinking 500 ns. mabye less?) And they are using less water (a lot less) and less wiring to limit self induced impedence.
its pretty sweet, theres a lot of press releases on it. - kprooney, on 05/17/2008, -0/+9I want one
- lennybird, on 05/17/2008, -0/+8There is an art to microwaved pizza. If done correctly, I actually prefer left over, microwaved pizza - over freshly baked.
- futureisours, on 05/17/2008, -1/+8You could use it to kill a vorlon.
- FaithclubDotNet, on 05/17/2008, -2/+9Thanks for my new desktop wallpaper.
- fluxion, on 05/17/2008, -0/+7because what possible use could humans have for nuclear fusion?
- Meatball01, on 05/17/2008, -0/+7Gordon doesn't need to hear all of this, he's a highly trained professional.
- czeman, on 05/17/2008, -0/+7Gigawatt or Terawatt, who the hell wants to pay THAT electric bill?
- rift137, on 05/17/2008, -3/+10makes really good cookies.
but really, used to study plasma as a new source of energy. In its center is a ball of plasma created by superheated carbon wire, and encased by magnetic fields so that the earth dosn't blow up. - yaddayaddayoda, on 05/17/2008, -0/+6So what you're saying is... you *could* drive a Delorean through this when it's discharging, but the Delorean would turn into incandescent vapor.
- Pssdoff, on 05/17/2008, -0/+61. Steal Underpants
2. ??????
3. Profit
4. Use profits to buy Z-Machine
5. Use Z-Machine to build Z-Machine Clone Army
6. Z-Machine Clone Army steals all underpants on Planet Earth
7. World Domination
8. Finally get a Digg article to the front page. - wonderchemist, on 05/17/2008, -4/+10Um, this isn't some guys Wordpress blog, it's Sandia National Laboratories.
- TanisDLC, on 05/17/2008, -1/+7That is the coolest bug zapper I've ever seen!
- lennybird, on 05/17/2008, -0/+6leave out the "haha!", and you would've potentially been dugg up. From experience, I've found diggers don't like cheesy laughter via words.
- davidlick, on 05/17/2008, -0/+6The original atoms that made up your body ceasing to exist comes to mind.
- danmurf, on 05/17/2008, -0/+6"Dr. Freeman. You really shouldn't be out there. At the moment of synapse, as I teleport, this chamber will be bathed in deadly particles that have yet to be named by human science."
- Infidelcastr0, on 05/17/2008, -0/+5Step 1. Underpants
Step 2. ??????
Step 3. Profit
Step 4. Z-Machine
Step 5. Z-Machine
Step 6. Z-Machine
Step 7. ??????
Step 8. THE WORLD! - apophenic, on 05/17/2008, -0/+5It collects the power of a long period of time. It's like how the flash on a camera has to warm-up: its capacitors are charging, to release all the stored energy in one short flash. Capacitors discharge very quickly.
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