cold fusion?

No, i'm not talking about my company's inherited product.  palecur alerted me about this report.  This section,

The new cold fusion experiment went something like this: scientists inserted a small pyroelectric crystal (lithium tantalite) inside a chamber filled with hydrogen. Warming the crystal by about 100 degrees (from -30 F to 45F) produced a huge electrical field of about 100,000 volts across the small crystal.

provoked this response.

<lammah> dilithium!

The best part, for me, was in the summation at the end:

The current cold fusion apparatus still takes much more energy to start up than you get back out, and it may never end up breaking even.

"May"??  You mean there's a possibility we could defeat the specter of entropy?  Zounds!

cold fusion?

No, i'm not talking about my company's inherited product.  palecur alerted me about this report.  This section,

The new cold fusion experiment went something like this: scientists inserted a small pyroelectric crystal (lithium tantalite) inside a chamber filled with hydrogen. Warming the crystal by about 100 degrees (from -30 F to 45F) produced a huge electrical field of about 100,000 volts across the small crystal.

provoked this response.

<lammah> dilithium!

The best part, for me, was in the summation at the end:

The current cold fusion apparatus still takes much more energy to start up than you get back out, and it may never end up breaking even.

"May"??  You mean there's a possibility we could defeat the specter of entropy?  Zounds!

sleater-kinney @ the catalyst, 2005/06/06

The Lammah picked me up at work and we headed south to pick up arian1 at home, where the marvelous 2wanda had some delicious dinner ready for us.  After eating, we drove over the hill, parked, picked up our tickets and went in.

Mary Timony opened; she was, eh, OK.  Some of the songs she played had really interesting bits, but it was just her and her drummer up there and the songs didn't collect any momentum.  A fuller band, or even some electronic doodad to play loops, would've helped.

As the lights turned off in anticipation of Sleater-Kinney's arrival, a loud chirping of birds was played, to set a woodsy feel, i guess.  Then the ladies came out and played.

( set list )

Really good show, although i preferred their Fillmore show two years ago where the Bangs were the second opener (they were a LOT of fun).  I missed hearing "Sympathy" this time around, and i would've loved to have heard "Pompeii".  Corin seemed a little tired and her voice couldn't hit the really high bits near the end anymore.  Carrie played a bit with the lyrics in "Entertained", changing the years in the second verse and the respective rhymes.  I came home tired but satisfied.

sleater-kinney @ the catalyst, 2005/06/06

The Lammah picked me up at work and we headed south to pick up arian1 at home, where the marvelous 2wanda had some delicious dinner ready for us.  After eating, we drove over the hill, parked, picked up our tickets and went in.

Mary Timony opened; she was, eh, OK.  Some of the songs she played had really interesting bits, but it was just her and her drummer up there and the songs didn't collect any momentum.  A fuller band, or even some electronic doodad to play loops, would've helped.

As the lights turned off in anticipation of Sleater-Kinney's arrival, a loud chirping of birds was played, to set a woodsy feel, i guess.  Then the ladies came out and played.

( set list )

Really good show, although i preferred their Fillmore show two years ago where the Bangs were the second opener (they were a LOT of fun).  I missed hearing "Sympathy" this time around, and i would've loved to have heard "Pompeii".  Corin seemed a little tired and her voice couldn't hit the really high bits near the end anymore.  Carrie played a bit with the lyrics in "Entertained", changing the years in the second verse and the respective rhymes.  I came home tired but satisfied.