Real Genius
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"Was it a dream where you see yourself in, sort of, Sun God robes, on a pyramid, with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?... Why am I the only one who has that dream?" :laugh: Love that movie. -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect
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"Self realization: I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: 'I drank what?'" :cool: [Edit]We could do this all day :-D[/Edit] -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect -- modifed at 13:52 Thursday 25th August, 2005
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"Self realization: I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: 'I drank what?'" :cool: [Edit]We could do this all day :-D[/Edit] -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect -- modifed at 13:52 Thursday 25th August, 2005
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"But the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency reckons it has solved the problem by merging liquid and solid state lasers to cut the size and weight by "an order of magnitude," according to its Web site." :wtf: Advanced weapons research is published on their web site? Americans are crazy. :)
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
Indeed we are...:-D Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
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If you have ever watched the movie "Real Genius", or have had your intelligence used for evil in any way, you will like this one:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-08-24T180800Z_01_EIC465206_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-LASER-DC.XML[^]
Val Kilmer responded to the article as saying, "Ice is nice!"
JKroschel wrote: Val Kilmer responded to the article as saying, "Ice is nice!" The Iceman has spoken. :) Good music: In my rosary[^]
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If you have ever watched the movie "Real Genius", or have had your intelligence used for evil in any way, you will like this one:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-08-24T180800Z_01_EIC465206_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-LASER-DC.XML[^]
Val Kilmer responded to the article as saying, "Ice is nice!"
i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker -- modifed at 16:05 Thursday 25th August, 2005
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i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker -- modifed at 16:05 Thursday 25th August, 2005
Chris Losinger wrote: i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. Probably not in the design requirements that it ever do so...:-D Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
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i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker -- modifed at 16:05 Thursday 25th August, 2005
Well, name your variables, and maybe we might be able to calculate it, in a very geeky manner. :) Good music: In my rosary[^]
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i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker -- modifed at 16:05 Thursday 25th August, 2005
A lot I guess. But I think they are not going to miss often... Ok, not a big addition to discussion, but I am testing new sig :) ------- I got 99 problems... but a sig ain't one.
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"But the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency reckons it has solved the problem by merging liquid and solid state lasers to cut the size and weight by "an order of magnitude," according to its Web site." :wtf: Advanced weapons research is published on their web site? Americans are crazy. :)
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
John Cardinal wrote: Advanced weapons research is published on their web site? Americans are crazy. Yup. There are many contractors and engineers who have to watch CNN and discovery channel to know what they can or cannot talk about. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker -- modifed at 16:05 Thursday 25th August, 2005
Chris Losinger wrote: i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. It's a focusing laser, so past the apex of the beam it all depends on the range of the item being fired, and the power of the laser, atmospheric scatter, in air particle profile and a few more varriables. Just use your slide rule. ;P _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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"Self realization: I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: 'I drank what?'" :cool: [Edit]We could do this all day :-D[/Edit] -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect -- modifed at 13:52 Thursday 25th August, 2005
jasontg wrote: [Edit]We could do this all day [/Edit] We just need synchronized viewing of Real Genius this weekend.... "Oh sure, I tell you, then you tell somebody else, and the next thing you know, we're in the middle of another ice age." _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Chris Losinger wrote: i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. Probably not in the design requirements that it ever do so...:-D Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
then let's hope they never fire below the horizon... :~ Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
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Well, name your variables, and maybe we might be able to calculate it, in a very geeky manner. :) Good music: In my rosary[^]
x, d, i and Rho ;) Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
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then let's hope they never fire below the horizon... :~ Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
Brings a whole new realm to the concept of 'friendly fire'... Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
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If you have ever watched the movie "Real Genius", or have had your intelligence used for evil in any way, you will like this one:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-08-24T180800Z_01_EIC465206_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-LASER-DC.XML[^]
Val Kilmer responded to the article as saying, "Ice is nice!"
I guess if we imagine it, we'll eventually figure out how to build it. Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power Eric Hoffer All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
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i wonder how far the beam needs to travel before it diffuses enough so that it's not a danger to anything else. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker -- modifed at 16:05 Thursday 25th August, 2005
well, through space a hell of a long way. Other than that very dependant on, of course, dust in the air. What would happen with a fiber optic network if the laser beam got into the fibres? Would it melt everything attached to the network? Nunc est bibendum!
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"Self realization: I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: 'I drank what?'" :cool: [Edit]We could do this all day :-D[/Edit] -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect -- modifed at 13:52 Thursday 25th August, 2005
jasontg wrote: "Self realization: I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: 'I drank what?'" That's stupid, because Socrates would have known what he was drinking unless someone had switched the drinks or it tasted different from what he had expected.
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jasontg wrote: "Self realization: I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: 'I drank what?'" That's stupid, because Socrates would have known what he was drinking unless someone had switched the drinks or it tasted different from what he had expected.
Anonymous wrote: That's stupid, because Socrates would have known what he was drinking unless someone had switched the drinks or it tasted different from what he had expected. :wtf: :laugh: -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect
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well, through space a hell of a long way. Other than that very dependant on, of course, dust in the air. What would happen with a fiber optic network if the laser beam got into the fibres? Would it melt everything attached to the network? Nunc est bibendum!