Posted by kdawson (58% noise) View Skip An anonymous reader writes “The construction and test firing of the National Ignition Facility have been completed. NIF was designed as the first facility ever to achieve self-sustaining nuclear fusion and, in particular, to reach the point of ignition i...

 http://wtcdemolition.blogspot.com/ In attempting to ascertain what caused the destruction of the WTC on 9/11/01, and the great heat and molten metal observed for up to six months afterward, one must account for ALL the phenomena involved in WTC destruction, and the aftermath-- and not just one...

Accelerated sea-level rise? I mentioned a few days ago a report that sea levels are rising faster than predicted by the IPCC. There is another such report just out here. Below is an email on the subject from Professor Dr. Nils-Axel Morner [morner@pog.nu], a leading world authority on sea levels and ...

Here is some of the chat I had this afternoon with my old school friend on the Nuclear Sub.. In case you wondered what goes on in their heads.. Lots of cool stuff. I cleaned up the typing a little. Thanks S, I'm so glad we're still friends after all these years, loved chatting to you this afternoon!...

Matt & I flew down to Tucson for his mother's surprise 80th birthday party. I love his family, and it was great to see them, including some new ones who had shown up for the big event. I finally met cousin Sabrina, a charmingly quirky girl who not only speaks Knitter (yes, she's on Ravelry!) but is ...

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Watchmen is great. Dana's review is basically right, so consider this a "me too" and an expansion on certain themes. As all nerds now know, the movie changes key events from the end of the graphic novels. I think that the major change was the right decision: giant psychic squid are awesome, but pret...

Watchmen: The Movie I come to this blank page after leaving my email inbox, where I was reading responses to a Facebook Status update thread regarding various people's disappointment with Watchmen. (There’s a sentence that would have made no sense twenty years ago, and may still not.) I concur...

A Gates of Vienna reader named Gryffilion sent us this movie review. We don’t get out to the movies very often, so posting a review of one counts as a vicarious thrill. Who’s Watching “The Watchmen�? Why Watch “The Watchmen�?by Gryffilion This weekend, I had the misfortune to watch the f...

THE EVIDENCE IS THAT THE OCEAN IS COOLING, NOT WARMING An email below from Craig Loehle [Craigloehl@aol.com] Hansen's theory that CO2 forcing is hiding in the oceans can't be true if the oceans are cooling, as my latest paper shows (Energy & Environment Vol. 20, No. 1&2, 2009). Excerpt below: Coolin...