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Scientists Set New Coldest Temperature Record

Posted by michael on from the wear-your-mittens dept.

one_who_uses_unix writes "Scientists recently successfully cooled a gas to the coldest temperature ever recorded ABC News reports. This is good news for proponents of basic research (read non-applied) which has seen shrinking budgets over the past few decades, and for overclockers hoping to squeeze 1 more cycle out of their CPUs."

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  1. Why was this posted? by tomcio.s · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Other discoveries and applications remain to be found -- but the scientists are at least certain new ones will be found." -- From article

    What does that sentence mean? Isn't it like saying the earth is round and it spins and because of that we are certain that there might be another sunrise around the corner???

    And how does this discovery help the overclockers.. especially ones on a budget???

    Oh, wait why am I asking.. This is Slashdot isn't it.
    Sigh, time to find a semi-credible news source.

  2. Overclocking? by Mad+Quacker · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "and for overclockers hoping to squeeze 1 more cycle out of their CPUs."

    Sorry to burst your bubble, but chips stop working completely at temperatures that cold. In fact chips for extraterrestrial use often need heaters to bring them up to operational temperatures.

    Absolute zero is absolute because it means zero atomic movement; no electron movement; no Quake frames per second.

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    "I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots." George HW Bush