how to nuke the SUN

just to end every thing(no future ,no judgement)
i can't help it am a muslim(outlaw now).
but this idea always pops to me,when ever i feel there's noway out for the world.
we can start it as a religion among java programmers(SUN).
every suned will pay a percentage of the money he gets out of java(hey a typical religion ,you won't feel different)
then we would design the bomb that will go into the sun.
and we will write the code to control its' carrier(yeah i read the comments in suns' demos,but who cares)
i'm just kidding ,it's just that nobody congratulated me for passing today

Two Things:
1) Congratulations on passing today!
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Mark

Congratulations!
The guidance systems should not be alarge problem.
The real problem of course is that the SUN already is a massive ongoing nuclear reaction. Wouldn't we just be adding fuel to the fire?

Guy

I'll join your religion, so long as I can do a Benny Hinn and cultivate a wild bouffant
cheerio
rowan

I don't think you can blow up the sun. The sun already wants to blow up really bad, but gravity is keeping it from doing it. Increasing the rate of the nuclear reaction of the sun will just make it run out of fuel faster and burn out sooner.
If you want to destroy the sun, I think your only real choice is to somehow move a black hole in the near vicinity. That will suck off material and make it die sooner. Plus, all that radiation from the increased mass ejections and accelaration near the event horizon would probably kill off all organic life on our planet. This of course assumes we stay in orbit around the sun long enough to be killed by the radiation. More likely, we'd probably get thrown out of the solar system and all freeze to death.
[ March 19, 2002: Message edited by: Rob Ross ]

Congratulations for passing exam !!

Originally posted by Rob Ross:
I think your only real choice is to somehow move a black hole in the near vicinity.

I will move it.
just show me where is it ??

Well, it?s simple enough in fact. First of all we need to build a bomb, it should compress - not explode...
That is, this bomb (!) should just act like a big magnet - suck everything in - It can even use solar energy itself in the beginning. So, more it takes in, dust, black matter, meteorites, small planets - we could throw in Moon as a catalyst to speed up the action if you want - it swallows more - eventually it will become a blackhole, consuming Sun itself in the process!
We could even take over other galaxies!!

Oops that was my 100 million dollar idea!!!

Tie a big rope around the Sun. Then spin it in circles very fast. Be sure that you hold it way over your head so that you miss hitting the other planets when you spin it.
The centrifical force will cause the gaseous matter of the Sun to trail behind (sort of like a burning comet) and eventually the Sun will be reduced to a managable mass.
You will need to spin it for a VERY long time.
Then you just toss away the pebble that is left.

Originally posted by Rob Ross:

If you want to destroy the sun, I think your only real choice is to somehow move a black hole in the near vicinity. That will suck off material and make it die sooner. [ March 19, 2002: Message edited by: Rob Ross ]

There are other options. Introduce large amounts of Tritium. You'll turn a nuclear sizzle into a nuclear fizzle.

Originally posted by Cindy Glass:
Tie a big rope around the Sun. Then spin it in circles very fast. You will need to spin it for a VERY long time.

You better get a teflon rope. That's gonna get pretty hot.

And the winner is : : : :
member 3498 ....
How do you feel now that you are a noodle prize winner ?
and please don't toss away the pebble iwant to put it in a necklace!!

Oh! Oh! Thank you! Thank You! To think - I am a "noodle prize winner"!

What an honor - what a priviledge.

(Cindy wipe tears from eyes and sniffs while straightening shoulders)
I would just like to say that I am proud to have won such an auspicious award, and that I will use my title to work towards world peace and prosperity.
Well, that is until the Sun goes out.

PS: Rob - will you run down to the store and pick up some teflon rope . . . . .

Originally posted by Jim Bedenbaugh:

There are other options. Introduce large amounts of Tritium. You'll turn a nuclear sizzle into a nuclear fizzle.

And the exact difference between a sizzle and a fizzle is....?
Actually I agree that Cindy should have won, if not very practicle (teflon rope is pretty expensive) it would certainly have looked the most spectacular.