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Diamonds As Room-Temperature Superconductors

Posted by timothy on from the repurposing dept.

Stormalong writes "This article describes research into using diamonds as room-temperature superconductors. If successful, perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!"

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  1. Hmm. by Renraku · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we can have computer rooms that look like levels from Megaman.

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  2. Engagement? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring

    You forget that most /.'ers associate "engagement" with a Counterstrike session ...

    1. Re:Engagement? by red_dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

      You forget that most /.'ers associate "engagement" with a Counterstrike session ...

      And with good reason. Did you actually believe that marriage was any different? ;)

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    2. Re:Engagement? by CrazyDuke · · Score: 2, Funny

      Alot of them sure act like they are "protecting the VIP."

      Then there are the ones that start an argument and do their best to make sure you can't defuse it.

      Then there are the accusations from no where that hit you like a headshot.

      And of course if you lose you get kicked out; and only then you can see the situation from a better perspective after it is too late to do anything about it.

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  3. Diamonds as CPUs by bujoojoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    "CPUs are Forever" is not conducive to Moore's Law.

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    1. Re:Diamonds as CPUs by 4of12 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Besides, "A Diamond is Forever" is a DeBeers marketing sloagan created in the 1920s, not some ancient piece of wisdom.

      DeBeers has recognized that it needs to market more effectively to the Slashdot crowd, many of whom have yet to make a substantial investment in a diamond.

      Their new slogan will be

      "Diamonds May be Thermodynamically Unfavorable at 1 atm and 300K, But Decay on a Time Scale Much Longer Than Your Marriage."
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    2. Re:Diamonds as CPUs by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

      " actually yellow zircons used to be among the most treasured gems of the ancient world"

      Does that mean you gave here a tin ring?

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    3. Re:Diamonds as CPUs by threephaseboy · · Score: 2, Funny
      but Discovery has been airing a documentary about the discovery.

      Score: -1, Redundant
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  4. Loved One by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny


    Don't you mean "one day your loved one might BE a diamond CPU"?

  5. engagement by frizz · · Score: 5, Funny

    What better way to say "forever" than with a diamond? What better way to say "maybe 18 months" than with a cpu?

  6. Obligatory Simpsons Quote by dr_dank · · Score: 2, Funny

    "If it is not superconductivity then it must be violating the second law of thermodynamics," he says.

    "In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

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  7. If successful, perhaps one day you could give your by Typingsux · · Score: 2, Funny
    love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!"

    That's great! Then I can base my next CPU purchase on 6-8 weeks of my salary.

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  8. Re:prices would SOAR! by k-0s · · Score: 5, Funny

    No thanks, I'll stick with AMD and cubic zirconias.

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  9. Professor Frink, is that you? by MidKnight · · Score: 2, Funny

    If successful, perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!

    Wow; the geek factor of that quote is off the charts!

    "Professor Frink, Professor Frink, He makes you laugh, he makes you think...."

  10. Success! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If successful, perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!"

    Now THAT would be what I would call success! A nerd getting engaged, wow...

  11. The only conceivable possibility... by Alsee · · Score: 4, Funny

    he believes that the results of his experiments ... can only be explained by a new type of superconducting state. "If it is not superconductivity then it must be violating the second law of thermodynamics," he says.

    Yep. Once you exclude the possiblility that you somehow screwed up your experiment you can safely conclude the only possibility is violation of the second law of thermodynamics.

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  12. quick, call slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm doing research on turning human crap into a room temperature, superconducting, teleporting, anti-gravity, and faster than light propulsion system. If successful it will make star trek possible.

    There, now post me on slashdot!

  13. Engagement Rings by breon.halling · · Score: 2, Funny

    "If successful, perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!"

    That's assuming you don't ever want to get married. =p

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  14. What slashdotters would demand... by GQuon · · Score: 5, Funny

    would be that they are "free as in deBeers".

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  15. Prove your love by jonerik · · Score: 4, Funny

    If successful, perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!

    Because, God knows, women can be counted on for preferring a practical gift over a romantic one.

  16. Think of the marketing possibilities ... by Zorlon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oracle + Diamond CPU + Intel = Unbreakable Diamond Inside

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  17. No problem! by Tackhead · · Score: 2, Funny
    > We need women before we can give them diamonds!

    You misunderstand.

    "Since we'll never have women, now we have a use for all those frickin' diamonds!"

    And if you *do* have a woman, all you have to do is say "Honey, there's a Slashdot posting that says diamonds can be room-temperature superconductors. Can you hand me my, uh, I mean your engagement ring for a few minutes? Yes, honey that is a 1kV supply and a vaccuum pump", and you'll be back in bachelorhood with the rest of us.

  18. But... by JonnyElvis42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If successful, perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!

    ...What if I want her to say "Yes"?

  19. A beowulf cluster would be... by lpret · · Score: 2, Funny

    my girlfriend's hand. She loves diamonds. Hmm, methinks that if we break up I can "borrow" those back to power my next computer?

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  20. Re:Yea, so? by insanecarbonbasedlif · · Score: 2, Funny

    And vacuume[sic]s are sooo hard to maintain...

    Why, last week I spent four hours pumping all the air out of my lightbulbs...

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  21. What everyone REALLY wants to know.... by freeze128 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but can you OVERCLOCK it? :)

  22. Can I Give her Diamond Token Ring? by multi-flavor-geek · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are all Token Rings any way, but hopefully I can get meaningful 2 way communication next time, and not just a bunch of lost packets and wasted resources.

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    1. Re:Can I Give her Diamond Token Ring? by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 3, Funny

      You big HIPPI, the only kind of conversation you know is LOCALTALK. Some of us like to keep things more international, and ditch the backwoods jargon. You know, keep the topic ARC a somewhat wide. In any event, get off your cheapskate ass and go find the nearest ATM, withdraw some cash(at least FDDI dollars) and buy that girl a real ring.

  23. Great... by chinton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does that mean I'm gonna have to pay three months salary for my next CPU?

  24. Really corny article text. by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If successful, perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!"

    And promptly have her kick your nuts in.

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  25. "If successful, perhaps one day you could give..." by Joey7F · · Score: 2, Funny

    "If successful, perhaps one day you could give your love a diamond engagement CPU instead of a ring!"

    You don't know a whole lot of women do you?

    For marriage that is defintely out, but for engagement purposes, perhaps it could serve as a token ring?

    --Joey