Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
Friday, September 19, 2003 :::
Actually, Steve, I was after the excess energy thing they mention. I wanted to use p + B11 to 3He4, but the design I came up with was going to require much closer tolerances than would have been practical, and quite possibly would have radiated away more energy in radio waves than it released from the boron nuclei.
The article does raise an interesting question: does the writer know what "sine qua non" means? Let's not be to quick to assume otherwise; he may have merely felt that it was worth misusing just to have it in there.