New Molecules for a Faster Internet

Roland Piquepaille writes "An international team of researchers has discovered a new generation of optical molecules which interact 50% more strongly with light than any molecules ever tested. These organic molecules, known as chromophores, have been theorized by physicists at Washington State University, synthesized by chemists in China and tested for their actual optical properties by chemists in Belgium. But if they're excellent candidates for being used in optical technologies such as optical switches and Internet connections, these new materials should not be used before several years — if ever. Read more for additional details and a picture of the physicist who broke a law he established in 1999."

Comments

Re:I don't get it

[ClamIAm]

Well, when you put a big fat teaser in your Slashdot submission (which coincidentally links to a story written by the submitter), you are able to break the law of RTFA, which states that "Slashdotters don't read articles with boring blurbs". I only pray it doesn't continue:

"Find out what unexpected shell command will totally hose your system. Details in the real story!!1"

Also, I'd like to congratulate Roland Piquepaille. Not many Slashdot submitters can whore themselves out to a point where it pisses me off enough to boycott reading anything they submit, but 'ol Roland here has done it. Now please DIAF.

Re:I don't get it

[Ctrl-Z]

No, it's just another Piquepaille. I didn't actually realize it until I clicked on the article link. Unfortunately, by that point, the damage had been done.

Re:Off Topic, No Guilt

[Lord_Dweomer]

Please mod parent down. This guy is some farmer in Saskatchewan who has ZERO academic credentials listed on his site and who continuosly spams his energy crap. Just check his posting history. Hell, he even spams it twice in this same story.

Re:Roland sucks - even your version is wrong

[wish bot]

Too damn right. Usually I just ignore Roland's articles...but this one has just pissed me right off.

Re:I don't get it

[ultranova]

"Find out what unexpected shell command will totally hose your system. Details in the real story!!1"

Type:

su -c "rm -Rf / > /dev/null 2>&1 & ; disown %1"

and give your password when prompted. The efficient multitasking of Linux will hose your system in the background. How to set up a voice synthethiser talking with HAL's voice in the foreground is not covered in this post.