From: Sayke@aol.com
Date: Mon Aug 23 1999 - 00:56:42 MDT
In a message dated 8/22/99 11:08:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, random@qnet.com
writes:
> [*] to avoid the circular firing squad's dilemma, more than two beams are
> needed so that missed pulses don't fry the opposite launch optics. Four
> beams originating at the corners of a tetrahedron should work... but more
> would produce a smoother implosion. Asymmetries in the implosion will
> cause the resultant hole the shoot off in the opposite direction. Thus two
> beams meeting at right angles could create a hole shooting off at .7 c
so lemme get this straight: you could make smallish,
stable-for-several-years-black holes, aim them with high degrees of accuracy
by adjusting the laser geometry, and fire them really freakin fast...
as of right now ive got a colt .45. when im an SI ill get me one of
these... ;)
"boneless beef bottom sirloin butt-ball tips!!!" -- in big letters on a
cardboard box found along the railroad tracks.
sayke
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