[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: NSA leak (fwd)
On Sun, Jul 27, 1997 at 11:46:00PM -0000, Secret Squirrel wrote:
> Subject: Re: NSA leak (fwd)
>
> Ian Goldberg <[email protected]> writes:
> > 2. Their cracker changes the state of 2^128 bits in 33 minutes. This is
> > being extremely generous;
>
> > (Actually, for all I know, terawatt power sources
> > may exist; that's out of my field. Please let me know if this is the case.
>
>
> Not within a few million miles of here, and they'd be hard to conceal.
>
> A few GW is fairly easy, by several methods.
Terawatts for a few microseconds is fairly standard technology, I
believe. Femtosecond laser pulses driven by *very* large capacitor
banks...
> Terrestrial fusion is not a serious contender yet, and I doubt
> it will be for a long time.
It's easy to generate lots of power through fusion. The problem is
confinement.