It's Alive!!!A Wyoming high school senior who built a nuclear reactor was disqualified from the International Science and Engineering Fair this month on a technicality.
It seems that 18-year-old Conrad Farnsworth of Newcastle had competed in too many science fairs.
According to the Casper Star-Tribune (http://bit.ly/16vSW4c), the infraction was reported by the former director of the Wyoming State Science Fair, who later did not have her contract renewed. Officials at the University of Wyoming, which sponsors the state event, said after the international fair that the director acted outside her authority.
HS Kid Builds Reactor, Kicked Out Of Science Fair
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skb12172
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HS Kid Builds Reactor, Kicked Out Of Science Fair
at least the lady who kicked him out got her ass fired for it. Somehow, I think this kid will end up better off than her, down the line...
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I wonder if this kid is related to Philo Farnsworth, one of the inventors of television?
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Re: HS Kid Builds Reactor, Kicked Out Of Science Fair
Participated in too many science fairs? Well, we certainly can't be sanctioning that sort of behavior. 
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Re: HS Kid Builds Reactor, Kicked Out Of Science Fair
You'd be amazed (or maybe not) about how the other little gems' teachers would be all over it, if he won after having violated an eligibility technicality. The teachers get intensely competitive in the extra-curricular realm. They'd have had her job, too.blackeagle603 wrote:Participated in too many science fairs? Well, we certainly can't be sanctioning that sort of behavior.
What she should have done is told him, "I'm sorry, you missed a technicality on eligibility, but this is the coolest thing ever. Let's feature it as a non-competitive project."
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Common sense from a school admiistrator? Psh...Incidently, I agree, but it is too late now, because she's busy looking for another job. 
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Do you really want to try screwing with a guy who can build his own nuclear reactor?
Might as well try cuckolding a pig farmer while you're about it...
Might as well try cuckolding a pig farmer while you're about it...
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You mean like Robert Pickton?evan price wrote: Might as well try cuckolding a pig farmer while you're about it...
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