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Re: some gear

Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
Date	2016-03-17 00:30 -0700
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Subject	Re: some gear
From	"nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com>

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On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 4:52:55 PM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
> Just found this online.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/llnl/3501671601
> 
> It's the Master Oscillator Room for the NIF laser fusion facility. It
> ggenerates the 192 shaped fiberoptic pulses that get amplified to
> free-space megajoule level to whack the hydrogen pellet in the target
> chamber.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/llnl/3421902499/in/photostream/
> 
> The black rackmount boxes with the circular fan grilles are our
> fiberoptic arbitrary waveform generators.

  Nice toys. ;>)

  One thing bugs me though- why do such scenes have to be lit with contrasting colors from different angles? Yours aren't as extreme as some I used to see in Sci Am or EDN or other old dead tree magazines, but still.


  Mark L. Fergerson

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some gear John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 16:52 -0700
  Re: some gear DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-16 22:35 -0700
    Re: some gear John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-17 08:43 -0700
  Re: some gear "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 00:30 -0700
    Re: some gear John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-17 10:18 -0700
      Re: some gear DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-17 10:46 -0700
    Re: some gear Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2016-03-17 21:34 +0000
  Re: some gear mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2016-03-17 10:30 -0700
  Re: some gear The Hemulen <hemulen@moomin-valley.fi> - 2016-03-18 10:22 +0000
    Re: some gear John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-18 09:06 -0700
      Re: some gear Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2016-03-18 09:14 -0700
        Re: some gear John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-18 20:22 -0700
          Re: some gear dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2016-03-19 10:41 -0700
      Re: some gear bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2016-03-18 14:56 -0400
      Re: some gear George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-03-18 20:02 -0700
      Re: some gear "Tom Del Rosso" <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> - 2016-03-19 12:10 -0400
        Re: some gear John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-19 10:20 -0700
          Re: some gear DaveC <not@home.cow> - 2016-03-19 14:38 -0700
          Re: some gear rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-03-19 18:36 -0400
  Re: some gear bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2016-03-18 07:15 -0400
    Re: some gear mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2016-03-18 10:16 -0400

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