Archives for 17 March 2007

How to Set the Path in Windows 2000 and Windows XP

Published on 17 Mar 2007 at 1:01 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Internet, Note to Self, Software, Solutions.

Another note to my future self…
The path is now handled by Windows 2000 and Windows XP, so forget about autoexec.bat and the like.  The path is a system environment variable, which can be changed by:
1. Go to the desktop and right-click on My Computer.
2. Click on Properties.  This brings up a System Properties window.
3. Click […]

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Sonofusion

Published on 17 Mar 2007 at 1:13 am. No Comments.
Filed under Acoustics, Inventions, Physics, Research.

I am the chair of our physics department’s weekly colloquium, and this week our guest speaker was Dr. Richard T. Lahey Jr., the Edward Hood Jr. Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  Dr. Lahey spoke to us about his recent successes in sonofusion.  In short, sonofusion is the act of achieving nuclear fusion by […]

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