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

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

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

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

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  9. 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.

  10. 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"?

  11. 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.

  12. 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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