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Light-Producing Nanotubes Could Mean Faster Chips
CannibalBob writes "From PCWorld: Researchers at IBM have used carbon molecules to emit light, a breakthrough that could replace silicon as the foundation of chips and lead to faster computers and telecommunication equipment. This is the first time light has ever been generated from a molecule by applying electricity. Read the article."
Could this lead to optical computers? I mean if we can create light from single molecules that must happen with a decent amount of efficiency. Could this lead to using light instead of electricity for computing? I'm not sure if it would be better, but it would certainly be interesting. Kiriwas
A pair. of russian scientists have figured it out for a while so it's no big deal.
Fat, whiney people piss me off...
Not all fat people piss me off, just the whiney ones. What do I mean by that? Well, let me explain. In my view, fat people can be put into three groups; fat whiney people who don't do anything about it, fat people who are not whiney and don't do anything about it, and fat people (whiney or not) that are doing something about it.
The people who don't whine are no problem; they don't bother me at all. Their attitude is, "Hey, I am fat, but I don't care, and I don't care what you think either." For whatever reason, they don't have a desire to loose and weight and they don't complain about being fat. As long as they are not living off of tax dollars because they have somehow gotten their weight problem classified as a disability, I could care less.
People who are honestly doing something about their weight are not a problem either. If they don't whine about their weight, then that is respectable. If they whine about their weight, then I do not have as much respect for them, but at least it is not hard to deal with. I just ask them if they have had any success - which, if they have honestly been trying, they will have - and they something more positive to talk about. Problem solved, and the whining stops.
The people that really piss me off are the ones that say "I just can't seem to loose any weight." I know many people like this, a few that have spent hundreds of dollars on workout equipment that did nothing but gather dust. I know one in particular that claims to work out, but sits at her desk and munches on food nearly constantly. "It is fat free," she claims. Don't you get it moron, it does not matter how much fat is in your diet, if you consume more calories than you spend, your body makes new fat cells to store the extra calories. You would think that someone with a college degree in physics could grasp that concept.
It is not a damn metabolism or glandular problem either, you lazy pig! Have you ever seen pictures of people in starving third-world countries, or of Jews in the Nazi concentration camps? Ever remember seeing a fat person in any of those pictures? If, as you say, it is a medical problem, then why do people who eat next to nothing get very thin? I am sure that, considering the prevalence of these strange fat retaining medical problems, that at least one starving Jew or third-world citizen would have a similar problem, but I don't remember seeing any fat people in those pictures. The answer is simple; stop shoving food in your fat face, you idiot, and do more than take a leisurely walk with your dog! Real exercise means you have to sweat, and be short of breath. Eating well does not mean having a regular burger and small size fry; it means have a damn apple instead!
Over the many years since I have left my parents' home (and thus been in charge of what I eat and when), I have gone up and down the scale. Never once did I think to myself, "Hey, I am taking this step aerobics class, but I just can't seem to loose weight," while scarffing down a Big Mac with a super-sized order of fries. When my wife was pregnant, she ate a lot, and I ended up eating a lot as well. Eventually, I got tired of my clothes being so tight and decided to lose weight. I did it by cutting back what I eat and exercising a lot. I lost thirty pounds. It took a while, cause I love my food, but I did I - and I did it without whining about it!
Of course carbon can emit light... If you can turn lead into gold, you can make anything do anything. (What's that, you say? You can't turn lead into gold? Well, why not? You can turn a tree into a diamond! Don't believe me? What's a tree made of? Carbon. What's a diamond made of? Carbon. So they're both made of the same thing but look different... If the tree is turned into ashes which are then compressed with a shitload of pressure and heat, you'll get a diamond. That's expensive to do and diamonds aren't really that valuable when you consider that two families control the release of diamonds from their vast reserves. But turning lead into gold is relatively cheap and generates a huge return on investment. I regularly turn lead into gold but I won't tell you how it's done. You have to follow that path on your own and stumble along the way like I have. Once you know how, it's very easy. I'll tell you that much.) So, basically, what you're telling me is that if I apply enough electricity to something made out of carbon, it will emit light. That might explain some strange things.