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The second cube continued to burn, its sides falling into the slag pile that had consumed the first. "You know, we could make it flare up by throwing some water
by adolph 5y ago
The second cube continued to burn, its sides falling into the slag pile that had consumed the first. "You know, we could make it flare up by throwing some water on it," one of the Livermore engineers suggested. It seemed like a good idea to us, so he pulled out a garden hose with a trigger nozzle and doused the fire with a few quick spurts. The water instantly turned to steam. Thick clouds of white smoke bellowed forwards, out of the chamber. We were covered with a fine white powder.
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- Cycl0ps 5y agoI enjoyed that, thanks for sharing
- adolph 5y agoGlad to remember it and see others enjoying the old stories. I, like others, read "Build Your Own NeXT" with an eye opened for "casting magnesium!" rather than "run a VM with a time-honored OS." Given the recent anniversary, maybe it would be apt to add a vintage looking sticker with red inked "This machine is a server. DO NOT POWER IT DOWN!!"? https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-...