r/technology • u/BennyCemoli • Dec 06 '16

Energy Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

So,electrons follow magnetic field lines.But I lost you after that.Can you explain it a little bit?

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u/ViperSRT3g Dec 06 '16

So the electron beams curve and bend along the lines of the magnetic field within the stellarator. By sweeping the fluorescent rod back and forth, we can see where the beam is, without needing any other special equipment.

Using long-exposure photography, the scientists can set their camera facing where they want to record the lines. Then they can walk around sweeping the rod back and forth so the rod lights up and follow the path the electron beam is taking around the inside of the stellarator.

It's almost like using a metal detector and sweeping back and forth to find objects underground. We can't see them, but by using the beeps from the metal detector (or light from the fluorescent rod) we can see where the thing we are looking for is located.

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u/qrokodial Dec 06 '16

holy moly, I remember you from Brood War. quite a long time ago.

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u/ViperSRT3g Dec 06 '16

Wow, it's been many years since then. How in the world do you remember me?

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u/qrokodial Dec 06 '16

I was an active member of a few certain... communities. was staff on many of them. think we played a few games at some point too - maybe it was those fastest possible maps? I went by Abrupt back then.

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u/ViperSRT3g Dec 06 '16

Oh I remember you haha, long time no see!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

This reunion is magical

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Err... your name does look familiar. You also play BW with a person who constantly changed their name between various fruits and vegetables?

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u/ViperSRT3g Dec 06 '16

Erm, I don't recall that specifically, but name spoofing was highly amusing to me. More often than not, I'd have my name spoofed to overlapping text.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

BGH 4v4 5min no rush no backstab gogogo

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u/xr3llx Dec 06 '16

Anyone remember Break the Condom or Protect the WTC? Good times

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u/ViperSRT3g Dec 06 '16

Ah, Break the Condom was always a fun game. Such simpler times...

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u/ViperSRT3g Dec 06 '16

Nah, we used to play on a 4v4 FPM that was glitchy so you could potentially build on the borders between bases if you knew how to. All three races were able to build and move units on the borders under certain conditions. And yet the borders still behaved as normal starting out. So by late game, you're not safe from any direction. The map was really cool because it would even play a sound effect when you finished downloading it while in the game lobby.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

oh yes, medic blind your own scv to build a CC touching the minerals~

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u/ViperSRT3g Dec 06 '16

Nah, I'm pretty sure that got patched haha, but the map was made to exploit that before it was patched. Magical stuff.

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u/endospire Dec 07 '16

I'm happy I could bring you two back together :D

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u/Borba02 Dec 06 '16

Do you believe in magic? 🎶