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MSNBC on Infinera's Optical Chip

Posted by timothy on from the tripping-fantastic dept.

pnoti writes: "This article at MSNBC is a loose overview of Infinera's new chip with circuits that control the flow of light instead of the flow of electrons. 'If this chip performed as they hoped, it would shatter many of the theoretical limits regarding the behavior of light in optical communications networks.'" Update: 04/10 04:26 GMT by T : That's MSNBC, not The New York Times -- oops.

22 of 132 comments (clear)

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. asdf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    woohoo hey baby whoopy whoop

  3. second post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah.
    optical networking is cool.
    optical networking is theoretically fast.
    optical networking is theoretically as fast as the speed of light.
    yeah.

  4. uhhhh by iamjim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sign me up...

    Intel Lasium?

  5. ny times? by Dolly_Llama · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Title of article says new york times, link points to msnbc... editors on crack yet again.

    --

    Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -- Carl Sagan

    1. Re:ny times? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Awww come on, that was funny. Some moderator needs to get a sense of humor, or at the very least, an appreciation/acceptance of those who do.

  6. Login for New York Times by Rebel+Patriot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    username: privatenospam
    password: privatenospam

    --
    Slackware forever. Honestly, what else would you trust when it absolutely positively has to be stable, secure, and easy
    1. Re:Login for New York Times by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Umm... it's not nyt you fucking cut/paste doofus.

  7. Who cares? by leviramsey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Monolinux reports that Mozilla 1.0RC1 is due within a week. This is surely News for Nerds and Stuff that Matters!

    1. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      HOW long have I been waiting for 1.0??? An announcement that it is due in a week doesn't mean anything, I want to actually see it compile on machine before I believe it.

    2. Re:Who cares? by on+by · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Cool! That r0x0rz my s0ks0rz!!

  8. Spelling... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    indium phosphide valley?! Yuk!

  9. +1 Informative? My ass! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Fluff factor" my ass! It's an identical copy of the same article? What, different font size or something? Get real, karma whoooooooooooooore.

  10. The shock will come when by tcd004 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's revealed that one can spy on another's computer activity by tracking the flickering light escaping from the cracks of the computer case!

    Switzerland shifts out of Neutral

    Tcd004

  11. Re:Porn Passwords by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    PLEASE POST THEM

  12. Hewy there fellas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I cannot seem to load Jedi Outcast in lenis, fella. How for is the loading help here? Many users seem knowledgeable in the natalie portmans and the grits and the j00nix how can I play star wars my obsession on lenis penis?

    Oh, Can I not? I am needing the help here, hella. I hope the fish has tansliterated well for justivce!

  13. Re:Makes you wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Hey, where did I ever claim to have a point?

    -CSCX

  14. Re:India's Brain Drain is US's gain by leviramsey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The answer: nothing. India has been a country that has been "almost there" for decades.

    The real important news, though, is Mozilla 1.0RC1 is almost here!

  15. Re:Red Herring by leviramsey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Red Herring, MSNBC, the NYTimes, and Slashdot have all been scooped by:

    MONOLINUX , which has found that Mozilla 1.0RC1 is less than a week away!
  16. Go ahead, mod me down your communist gnu fucks. Yk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They might have achieved enlightment. Or cholera. Or NUCULAR WEAPONS.

    Perhaps even a spicier curry? Or a stinkier armpit? Or even a non biased opionion from an obvious sand-nigger-camel-jockey named "raahul_da_man"

    Dirty towel head terrorist fag.

  17. Re:A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Part 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot republishing copyrighted material... I smell lawsuit. I think I am going to anonymously mail someone about this. I bet you have MP3's too that illegal you know!

  18. Re:Postus With the Mostus by Bitter+Old+Man · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    When I was a boy, my dear father bought my brother and I a magnifying glass. It was an unseasonably warm and sunny summer on the farm, and we had just discovered a nest of spotted Wyoming honey beetles. Why, I certainly wouldn't have wanted to be them under the heat of that magnifying glass! No, sir. Nowadays, I tell this story, and the animal rights killjoys just get all over me. I tell you, PETA is an organization from Hell. None dumber, or more annoying! They tell me I can't even eat meat. How in the sam hill am I supposed to get through my week without my sixteen ounces of fresh-cut tenderloin? I'll eat my steak, I'll eat it well-done, I'll eat it with salt and pepper, and none of it is any of those damn hippies' business! None of their business, I tell you! None! Then want to take away my freedom, and turn this fine country into a police state, but I won't let them. The liberal bastards haven't taken my guns away yet. Let them try, I say. Let them try.

    - Bitter Old Man