Boffins produce plasma at two billion kelvins

ben_j_davis · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:40

Thats pretty hot

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/09/hot_plasma/

Visage · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:41

Not as hot as moi.

Borris · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:41

Nor as hot as the crap inside poptarts.

Visage · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:41

....and its still cooler than the filling of a microwaved apple pie....

panthro · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:43

that picture in the article is so old.

MaxPower · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:44

Man, it's hot! How hot is it? It's so hot, I poured McDonalds coffee in my lap to cool off!

JohnnyG · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:45

"Scientists at the Sandia National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory have produced plasma at a sizzling two billion kelvins - hotter than a star's interior - although they're not quite sure how they did it"

Genius

Borris · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:46

I put it in McD's coffee to cool the coffee.

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MaxPower said:
Man, it's hot! How hot is it? It's so hot, I poured McDonalds coffee in my lap to cool off!

:/

Rich_L · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:46

Psh, the temperature generated in the centre of a proper High-Five exceeds 12 billion kelvin.

Real men have tiny circular High-Five scars on the middle of their palms from this.

gord · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:50

Rich_L said:
Psh, the temperature generated in the centre of a proper High-Five exceeds 12 billion kelvin.

Real men have tiny circular High-Five scars on the middle of their palms from this.

My mirrored aviators reflect the suns rays at 15 billion kelvins...

Sleepy · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:50

New wallpaper for moi (1.7Mb)

escape sanity · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:59

It does look rather awesome doesn't it?

*changes wallpaper

MaxPower · 9 Mar 2006 at 19:32

Sleepy said:
New wallpaper for moi (1.7Mb)

It doesnt look that hot to me, I bet you couldnt even get a decent tan from that.

Sic · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:13

MaxPower said:
Man, it's hot! How hot is it? It's so hot, I poured McDonalds coffee in my lap to cool off!

Johnny Carson said it

Le_Petit_Lapin · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:21

Anyone else got a strong urge to poke at it with a fork?

Borris · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:24

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Anyone else got a strong urge to poke at it with a fork?

Only if your toast drops down the back.

Otherwise, it's just fiddling.

Zip · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:32

What does it do apart from get really hot :confused:

Pickers · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:47

Zip said:
What does it do apart from get really hot

hot plasma = conditions for nuclear fusion = big win for energy generation

Visage · 21 Mar 2006 at 14:59

Pickers said:
hot plasma = conditions for nuclear fusion = big win for energy generation

= big loss for energy conservation

Pickers · 21 Mar 2006 at 15:01

Visage said:
= big loss for energy conservation

Energy conservation is only valid/required for non-renewable and/or damaging methods of generation.