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Scientists Freeze Pulse Of Light

Posted by simoniker on from the mr-bigglesworth-looks-on dept.

Smitty825 writes "After slowing down light to slow speeds, scientists at Harvard University have been able to stop light for a very brief period of time without destroying its energy. The article explains how it is different from this previous light-stopping science story - this will hopefully help the development of quantum computers and ways to communicate over long distances without being eavesdropped on."

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  1. interesting stuff.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you all suck.
    you're all nerds.
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    you all live in your mom's basement smoking weed and eating cheetos.
    you couldn't get laid if a woman dropped on top of you and tore your pants off.

    1. Re:interesting stuff.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      you all suck.
      I suck dick. I don't know about the rest of the Slashdot community.

      you're all nerds.
      I'm smart, if that's what you mean. Most others on Slashdot are, too.

      you're all gay.
      In fact, I am! Everybody else, not so much.

      you all live in your mom's basement smoking weed and eating cheetos.
      The only part that's remotely correct about that is smoking weed.

      you couldn't get laid if a woman dropped on top of you and tore your pants off.
      If everyone on Slashdot is gay, why would they want to have sex with a woman in the first place? Plus, man-on-man action is at least fifty times hotter.

  2. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Try to be a bit heterosexual next time, hm?

  3. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    in soviet russia, the Light stops you !

    Same thing in America.

  4. Stoping Light by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Superb! Shouldn't be too long before they'll be able to stop time.

    I for one welcome or new time overlords.

    - Moomin

  5. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, that joke is older than YOU.

  6. Re:Very interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    All I'm saying is the [RI|MP|??]AA's

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    The market is doing fine. The market is fucking booming. It's the thieves that you're referring to, and nobody gives a fuck what they want. You can't have other people's stuff without their permissions, shit-for-brains.

    I'm a bit of a coder

    Oh, lord.

    soon-to-be-extinct dinosaurs

    Wrong.

    update their business models

    Wrong.

    Fair Use is fair use

    If you even know what "fair use" means, I'll eat my fucking shoe.

    Broadcast Flag my ass!

    If you can even tell me what the "broadcast flag" actually is and what it does, I'll eat my other fucking shoe.

    Asshole.