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The LCD Panel vs. The Crossbow
Ev!LOnE was one of several readers to point out an interesting LCD stress test: "ASUS recently came out with Asus LS201 — a TFT monitor with a protective panel made of crystal-sapphire. What I didn't imagine was the amount of punishment that thing can take. Apparently some Ukrainians shared the same concern and went for a test." Translation not necessary, but some clues about the narration would be appreciated in comments.
While that left me agape, I keep having visions of police with these things strapped on the front and back flashing subliminal messages and doubling as bulletproof vests.
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I do wonder how they do against a bullet (slow bullet like an ordinary 38), maybe you need to double them
I get it now. If you disagree with the majority on
During the Vietnam war some US helicopters were using synthetic sapphire crystals for bullet-proof windows.
It's nice they have gotten the process cheap enough for LCD screens. Definitely won't scratch when you clean it with ordinary cleaners.
can claim prior art
The Ukrainians' background music was Mason Williams's Classical Gas:
I wonder if they have to pay these things called "royalties" in the Ukraine?
Because most of us don't use a stand if you get a high end monitor. I use monitor arms, I could not even imagine wasting desk space with the stands let alone having to suffer with looking at them that low.
People blow $599.00 on a "premium" LCD monitor and then bitch about paying $199.00 for a decent arm that will outlast 12 monitors and give you real freedom. Hell get decent LCD arm and the speakers are even off the desk mounted off the arms as well.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
That kind of toughness makes real sense in expensive mobile devices. I was surprised that the iPhone didn't come with a sapphire or diamond screen.
This isn't exotic technology today. The typical supermarket checkout scanner uses sapphire or diamond coating on the glass. That's why it can survive years of canned goods (and, for Home Depot, hand tools) being scraped across the scanner. In the checkout scanner world, plain glass lasts 2-4 weeks. For diamond, the makers claim 9 years. The sapphire vendor offers a lifetime warranty.
I just have fohooCOWtville.myminicity.com (remove herbivore) blocked in my Privoxy setup. It certainly reduces fear of these nasty links.
And, oh yes, if there's a fund setup to catch and kill these bastards, I fully support it.
Or just DDOS ripway.com (or is it h1.ripway.com), I guess.
I think that you are, somehow, missing the point.
I don't give a damn how strong the crossbow is. He shot it at the monitor and it bounced off
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CRTs are pretty durable. A typical CRT screen is already holding back a few thousand pounds of atmospheric force; a mere punch or two isn't going to bother it.
"They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
Reminds me of the commercial about the detergent that would get any stain out of carpeting, or your money back. Someone sent in a swatch of carpet "stained" by battery acid. They made a print add out of it about a decade ago. (Sorry, I can't remember the name of the product.)
Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
Nope, sex toys are excluded as un-patentable subject matter (immoral) - the same class as drug paraphernalia
A "utility patent" must be "new, unique and nonobvious." In late November, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in KSR v. Teleflex -- the case that will determine what constitutes a "nonobvious" invention. We should have a ruling in the next two months.
ummm, newsflash update...
.22 rifle. boss likes to target shoot. :-)
in my office in the past year...
* 2 sets of bows + arrows. we used to go to an archery club 2 miles away from our work place one a week before the other nerd's missus had a kid. currently trying to find a club a bit closer to my home. great fun, very relaxing. and the people you meet are fascinating.
* 1 shotgun. boss holds a licence
* 1
* 1 air pistol. boss is an idiot who doesn't know when to stop.
* 1 crossbow. my brother was showing the other nerd here as he was thinking of getting one.
* 1 sledgehammer. i use it to ensure that disks that are thrown out aren't casually used to see if there is any info on them. very therapeutic, i heartily recommend it.