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The Blackest Material
QuantumCrypto writes "Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created 'the world's first material that reflects virtually no light.' This anti-reflection technology is based on nanomaterial and could lead to the development of more efficient solar cells, brighter LEDs, and 'smarter' light sources. In theory, if a room were to be coated with this material, switching on the lights would only illuminate the items in the room and not the walls, giving a sense of floating free in infinite space."
dupe.
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch.
Moves like a fish, steers like a cow.
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry.'" -Gary Larson
I guess we know what material Hotblack Desiato used to make his stunt ship...
So, THAT black?
The answer is none.
None more black.
You mean it's not Dolomite?
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Emo's are going to love this stuff.
spoonerize "magic trackpad"
"giving a sense of floating free in infinite space" Well I tried standing in a dark space with my eyes shut, which must be pretty much the same thing, and all that happened to me was that I felt like an idiot, especially when people saw me climbing back out of the office supply cabinet.
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
Can we get a picture?
A blindfold works pretty well for that too.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
All of my kid's Goth friends are probably rejoycing and wondering when they can get a t-shirt or trechcoat made of this stuff.
Real programmers use "copy con program.exe"
DOUGAL: Anyway, what else did you order?
TED: Priest socks. Really black ones.
DOUGAL: I read somewhere, I think it was in an article about priest socks that priest socks are blacker than any other type of socks.
TED: That's right Dougal. Sometimes you see lay people wear what look like black socks but if you look closely you'll see they're very, very, very, very, very, very, very dark blue.
DOUGAL: Actually that's true. I thought my uncle Tommy was wearing black socks but when I looked at them closely they were just very, very, very, very, very, very, VERY, very, very, very dark blue.
TED: Never buy black socks in a normal shop. They'll shaft you every time!
The rain would, if it could only see it.
Attention zealots and haters: 00100 00100
Things to help you relax are available in liquid, pill, written, aural, visual, surgical and human forms, among others. Maybe give one of them some serious consideration.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Here's a picture, in one of the very few graphic formats Slashdot will accept in a comment, XBM -
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#define noname_width 16
#define noname_height 16
static char noname_bits[] = {
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HOMER: What are you inferring?
LISA: I'm not inferring anything. You infer; I imply.
HOMER: Well that's a relief.
Good. Cheap. Fast. Pick Two.
Why did people think this is/was a dupe? It looks genuine, even though the URL didn't work for me. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=1956 worked for me, though, which I got from their main page.
The new black?
Depends on the city of course. Around here, the optimal pattern is a mix of concrete and brick spattered with rat feces and black magic marker grafiti. You'll blend right in.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?