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Camera Flashes Kill Nanotubes

Fnordmonger writes "New Scientist is running a story claiming that flash photography can cause nanotubes to explode. Basically , the carbon absorbs heat, which cannot be dissipated. Instead, the energy is released in an explosion. There is a cool video there of the stuff going off."

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  1. my friend zach has a nanotube... by edrugtrader · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    between his legs.

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

    ...for not telling us what kind of 'read' it is.

    Seriously. Your stuf is ok. malda needs his plug pulled for a while...timothy too.

    - good read
    - interesting read
    - fast read
    - must read
    ..ahhhhhh!!!!!

  3. Mirror incase of slashdotting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://213-96-79-5.uc.nombres.ttd.es Its temporary and will be gone in a day or so.

  4. Re:Not as bad as it sounds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not if you poured hot grits down natalie portmans petrified pants! NANOTUBE THAT!

  5. Re:What's that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ok, call me an idiot.

    Idiot.

    Or better yet, complete and utter fucking brainless cocksucker.

    Here's an idea genius, next time you don't know what something is, try looking for information on a fucking search engine. Or are you too fucking stupid to figure that out?

  6. German massacre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Yet again a lunatic with a gun has run amok with terrible consequences.

    This time in Germany 14 teachers, 2 students and a police officer have been killed by a deranged former pupil!

    It's about time the private ownership of guns, even for "hunting", is banned all over the world! Only the military and the police should have weapons. They are psychologically screened and trained in the safe use of lethal weapons.

    1. Re:German massacre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      The gunman, dressed all in black, stalked the corridors, rooms and toilets of the school, seeking out adults and then gunning them down

      Top-class reporting from the CNN again.

      Of course the gunman wore black... that's how you're supposed to recognize and turn in all the nuts in your class.

    2. Re:German massacre by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      or maybe he just wore all black because he thought he was a commando you fucking dolt

  7. Fake Text!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This article is fake, please ignore.

  8. Re:Ouch, hope NASA knows this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    overrated?? It hadnt even been moderated yet! So many crack smokers on this site...

  9. Re:GOATSE.CX DON'T CLICK by viking099 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Beware...
    the above link, in plain text: http://pediatrics.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm ?site=http://goatse.cx

    Warning!

  10. Re:Alternative uses by docbrown42 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's that Miss XXX said! ;)

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  11. Re:GOATSE.CX DON'T CLICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, yeah, so now I get dinged twice because I try to warn hasty clickers away.
    Ah well, just like that one guys says in his .sig; Mod me up, mod me down, it's only /. karma.

    -Viking099

    BTW, I'm posing anon, so that the trolls who got mod priv's won't get another chance to dick me over.

  12. Re:Building Materials by seigniory · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that was so not funny

  13. Re:GOATSE.CX DON'T CLICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Viking, why the heck do you want to post a link to goatse.cx on the board??????? I thought you were more legit than that!

  14. Re:Ouch, hope NASA knows this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Overrated is based on the RATING, not the moderation. So a dull comment posted at 2 would be overrated, even if it's not offtopic, troll, or flamebait.

  15. Re:GOATSE.CX DON'T CLICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Because it would have been missed.
    But then again, I guess you didn't think about that. I wonder why?

    oh yes. Because you're a dolt.

  16. I bet they're blaming it on Bin Laden by Sgt.+Latino · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    After all, isn't he responsible for just about anything that goes boom in the States?

    That sneaky bastard!

  17. Re:GOATSE.CX DON'T CLICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    heh
    funny.

    if I'd wanted to post a link I would have.

    but I didn't, now did I?
    and I posted the plain text of the link to avoid the lameness filter... prolly shoulda done it a little differently.
    ah well, c'est las vie

  18. Re:GOATSE.CX DON'T CLICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Huh? You aren't making sense! This was a legit article and you posted a bunch of goatse.cx stuff! WHY?

  19. Re:GOATSE.CX DON'T CLICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hey, what can I say, I'm a martyr by choice.
    And I doubt it will be remembered by anyone, especially me.

    Puerile twit.

  20. Re:GOATSE.CX DON'T CLICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    because I want to be one of the few, the proud, the 31337.

    that and I highly doubt many moderators are going to be trolling at 0 or -1 anyways.

  21. Best .sig so far by EnglishTim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My Other machine is your Linux Box

    Ha ha ha ha

    Much funnier than the comment.

  22. Itchy & Scratchy Land by raoulortega · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So that's why you can use flash photography to defeat the bezerk robots.

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  24. Another One Bites the Dust by caspper69 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, a controversial member of chart-topping American R&B trio TLC, was killed in a car crash in Honduras on Thursday, a spokeswoman for her record label said.

    No other details were supplied by Laura Swanson, a representative of Arista Records in New York.

    Lopes becomes the second female R&B singer to die tragically in less than a year, following the death last August of rising star Aaliyah in a plane crash in the Bahamas. Arista rapper Notorious B.I.G. was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in 1997.

    Lopes, a 30-year-old native of Philadelphia who provided the raps for TLC, made headlines in 1994 after she was arrested for burning down the house of then-boyfriend, former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Andre Rison. She was fined and sentenced to five years' probation, and then entered rehab to deal with a drinking problem.

    Atlanta-based TLC's most recent album, 1999's "FanMail" topped the U.S. pop album charts for five weeks, and generated eight Grammy Award nominations. The group ended up with the trophies for best R&B album and best R&B performance for "No Scrubs," a savage put-down of loser boys.

    TLC, which Lopes formed with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, burst onto the music scene 10 years ago with its debut album, "Oooooooh...On the TLC Tip." Its 1994 follow-up, "CrazySexyCool," brought the group mainstream success, with help from the multi-million-dollar video for the ballad "Waterfalls." The album also won TLC Grammys (news - web sites) for best R&B album and R&B performance ("Creep").

    "FanMail" sold more than eight million copies, and secured TLC's place as the most successful female trio in history. But the band was highly combustible, with Lopes providing the fodder. She threatened to quit prior to the recording of "FanMail," and was reportedly infuriated that none of the eight songs she had written for the album made the final cut.

    In subsequent interviews, Lopes exchanged insults and accusations with her frustrated colleagues. Their 1999/2000 tour was marred by poor sales in some markets and on-stage theatrics underscoring their feuding.