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Salutations from Birmingham

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 12:34 am
by Virginia Cobbs
Hello,
I'm just a kid from Birmingham, Alabama (not the UK, sadly) with an interest in building a fusion reactor. I came across this site after watching Jamie Edward's TED talk and figured I'd give fusion a try myself. Ultimately, I want to experiment a bit with the WB-6 reactor type torus design, but of course that's just a thought and the goal at the moment is to build a classic Farnsworth-Hirsch type fusor.

Best regards,
-Virginia

Re: Salutations from Birmingham

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:24 pm
by Rex Allers
(Posting my new-user reply again.)

When you registered you clicked to accepted the terms that were given on the 1st registration page:
Fusor Forums - Registration

That page contains the same as what is listed here:
Board index - Announcements - Announcements and Site Administration Topics
Fusor.Net Policies and Procedures
and specifically The Rules: #1

but you failed to do that. Please change your username to comply.

Changing your Username

The forum rules require you to use your full name as your username. Many people miss that and create an account with some tag name or not First and Last name.
This forum does allow you to change your username.

Here's how:
  • Login to the board
  • click your current username in the upper-right of the main page and select User Control Panel from the pull-down
  • In the tabs at the top, select Profile
  • At the left column, select Edit account settings
  • Edit the Username: field to be your full name
  • Type your password in the Current password: field (near bottom of page)
  • Click Submit button at bottom
  • Note: After you change Username, the new name becomes what you use to login to the Forum. Your password should remain the same.
I also suggest adding a Location to your profile. It can help to know generally where a member is in the world to adjust a response to them. I have used my City and State, but if you are worried it could be more general -- just State, something like Central USA, just your Country is better than nothing.

Adding a Location
(Skip the first 3 steps if you are already in the Profile section from doing the Username update.)
  • Login to the board
  • click User Control Panel near the top of the main page
  • In the tabs at the top, select Profile
  • At the left column, select Edit profile
  • Edit the Location: field
  • Click Submit button at bottom
This Location information will appear in the right column, under your name, when you post.

Re: Salutations from Birmingham

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:38 pm
by Rich Feldman
Welcome, Virginia. We could use more girls here. :-)

Please don't be put off by people citing the username rule. Somebody has to do it, and Rex offers technical guidance.
In fact I do my share of citing rules to noobs. My first day at this forum, a long time ago, was as "klugesmith".

Your personal introduction, as a first post, puts you ahead of most of the pack. Hope you stay in touch.

Re: Salutations from Birmingham

Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 8:28 pm
by Jackson Oswalt
What's unfortunate about not living in the UK? Taylor Wilson and I are both from the US. In fact, his old state, Arkansas, is minutes away from me.