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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?
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On 27/09/2024 20:43, Brett wrote:
> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:55:50 -0000 (UTC)
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:21:53 -0000 (UTC), Brett wrote:
>>>
>>>> You hear physicists talk of microscopic black holes, but the force
>>>> that keeps atoms apart is so much more powerful than gravity that
>>>> such talk is just fools playing with math they don’t understand.
>>>
>>> That would mean that neutron stars (all the atoms crushed so tightly
>>> together that individual subatomic particles lose their identity)
>>> couldn’t exist either. But they do.
>>
>> Radio pulsars exist.
>> The theory is that they are neutron stars. But theory can be wrong.
> 
> Some of the pulsars are spinning at such a rate that they would fly apart,
> so we know the theory is wrong.

They are not flying apart - so we know /you/ are wrong.

> 
> “A pulsar (from pulsating radio source)[1][2] is a highly magnetized
> rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of
> its magnetic poles.[3] This radiation can be observed only when a beam of
> emission is pointing toward Earth (similar to the way a lighthouse can be
> seen only when the light is pointed in the direction of an observer), and
> is responsible for the pulsed appearance of emission. “
> 
> This sounds like an electric motor, 

So basically your argument is that pulsars spin, electric motors spin, 
therefore pulsars are electric motors?  Where did you learn about logic, 
from watching Monty Python films?

> and if you think a galactic
> civilization would not turn such into a gas station, I have news for you.
> You can take advantage of the huge gravity to feed it oil barrel
> projectiles full of liquid hydrogen to feed off of the explosions for more
> power generation and keep the generator alive. The resulting spectrum would
> be artificial, but we lack the theory to understand that.
> 
> A Dyson sphere compared to a pulsar looks like a comparison of a desk fan
> to a modern wind mill.

Ah, so the electric motor is powered by oil barrels filled with liquid 
hydrogen?  That makes /much/ more sense.