Comments on: Nuclear Catfight Goes Surreal

By: Sarge

Sarge — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:52:09 +0000

Jeebus … what’s next for this guy?
Is he going to start ranting, “The laughed at me at The Institute — LAUGHED I tell you! I’ll show them! I’ll show them ALL!”

By: NineInchNachos

NineInchNachos — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:23:27 +0000

Sounds like somebody needs to call a wahmbulence. Just dial nine wah wah carl (after you finish your wahburger + french cries).

By: C_h_a_n

C_h_a_n — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:10:30 +0000

And the Flying Spaghetti Monster will come and eat them all!! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_spaghetti_monster )

By: Theresa Hitchens

Theresa Hitchens — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:50:08 +0000

I think you have to be seriously concerned about the credibility of a scientist who regards himself as a genius surrounded by a “confederacy of dunces” out to get him. That is straying awfully close to tin-foil-hat territory. And the fact that Collin’s wife was making money out of the sale of hafnium doesn’t put him in the same league as everyone else he accuses of simply being out to steer where the money goes? Oh-Kay.….

By: DS

DS — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:22:29 +0000

It's hard to imagine any legitimate scientist taking the route of internet defamy over simple scientific review. If you have proof, than reproduce it for scientific review, and make sure it can be reproduced. Just because something can be done once (if it WAS done once), doesn't mean that millions of dollars should be thrown at it in an attempt to make it useful. Same could be said for alot of research. Take so-called 'lifter' technology. Yes, it has been proven that you can levitate a balsam wood frame-like object using high voltage capacitors. But do you think the USAF is going to suddenly invest a bunch of money in trying to turn this into a manned craft of some kind? Even if triggered release from hafnium isomers was possible, it costs way too much to produce even a miniscule amount of the element. There is only a handful of labs that produce this isomer. One of them is SRS Technologies in Huntsville, AL. The amount of hafnium isomer that they have produced is probably around 12 times less than what is needed to produce any kind of weapon. It's a specialty item...for research purposes only...and very very expensive. So, in the end it's not worth it. It's true that the research continues on other nuclear isomers besides hafnium, but it's doubtful that some 'end all' energy source is going to sprout from such research. Oh yeah, and btw....NO scientist in his right mind would turn down an oppurtunity to recieve a security clearance on research. That's retarded. Having a security clearance as a researcher these days not only increases your employability, but also opens up all kinds of resources not readily available to mainstream scientists. So...there ya go. I say prove your case Collins, but whatever you do, try to retain a bit of credibility by not defaming your critics. Everyone has critics. That's how you get good at something.