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Finally, a True Green Laser
dusty writes "Remember those green lasers from Star Wars? Turns out that faking green lasers has been easy for years, but making true green laser diodes has been the stuff of science fiction. Until recently, that is. Now researchers from Japan have created the world's first true green laser diode. Until now, only red and blue laser diodes were available, and now with the addition of green, new TVs and projectors that are more efficient can be produced. And if you were wondering how green lasers pointers are already produced, it is a hack that involved doubling the frequency of an infrared laser. The new true green laser diodes have much higher efficiency than the current 6%, leading many to expect big time laser display breakthroughs in the near future. Ars Technica has a well-written article on this breakthrough."
I can't wait to get my new RGB Laser TV(TM)! Finally all those myths about how you'll go blind from staring at the TV will be reality!
This guy's the limit!
me to be the first to say: "laaayyser".
I'm sure Al Gore is thrilled with this news of green laser technology.
A laser diode is much more robust than a laser diode
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All we need now is some true frickin' sharks and we're in business.
Summation 2
A laser diode is much more robust than a laser diode and the frequency-doubling package of nonlinear crystals.
How waterproof are they? I've a few military applications regarding applying said diodes to a member of the selachimorpha order. Attached between it's snout and first dorsal fin would be the ideal configuration.
(laser diode).robustness > ( (laser diode)+(frequency-doubling package of nonlinear crystals) ).robustness
Better?
OMG!!! Ponies!!!
expected ;
Blue > Green > Red
At this rate, the next generation games consoles will need a UV power light.
I'm way ahead of the curve.. the front of my computer has a frickin' gamma ray emitter as ITS power light.
This is a substitute for a clever sig that fits within the maximum number of characters.
Hate to break it to you. They were props.
The goggles do nothing!
Karnal
it was Python, you insensitive clod!
`echo $[0x853204FA81]|tr 0-9 ionbsdeaml`@gmail.com
I don't like the use of public fields, please use a getter method.
After that, please wrap the entire algorithm within a business rules engine so that it can be understood by business analysts.
Do it yourself, it's open source.
I am the lawn!
Oh, Edmund... can it be true? That I hold here, in my mortal hand, a nugget of purest Green?
I don't mind dating a girl that has been with everybody, as long as she had a good shower afterwards.
Just like in the academy. -Wesley Crusher
frequency-doubling package of nonlinear crystals
^ frequency not defined
^ doubling not defined
^ the reserved word "package" cannot be used in this context
^ the reserved word "of" cannot be used in this context
^ the reserved word "nonlinear" cannot be used in this context
^ chamber in use, dilithium crystals cannot be accessed at this time
^ expected ;
Would you settle for a member of the perciformes order with an attitude?
They say the same thing, but they say it after the Canadian physicist.
SIG: HUP
Killing people is going to be a regrettable necessity for some centuries to come.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something" - Plato
Geneva Accords, 32 Nations Summit, April 2039, Section 329, Paragraph 27.
Dave
*sigh* As usual, I'm way behind the times. I'm still using infrared, but I do plan to upgrade to the visible spectrum in the near future.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Would you settle for a member of the perciformes order with an attitude?
Provided they're one of the Moronidae, sure.
"Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"
I'm way ahead of the curve.. the front of my computer has a frickin' gamma ray emitter as ITS power light.
Hey, okay! We believe you. Just...try and calm down. Whatever you do, don't get angry.
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
Then you left out a leading space.
Currently hooked on AMP
It's not illiteracy, it's attention deficit. Why read the whole sentence when you can just read
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attempting to compensate
Slipping shoelaces ?
Now the trick is finding enough sharks to make the display useful.
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ok seriously, you guys? Can we?
You make my head explode every time you talk to me.
And when your commenting, its like a lobotomy.
You think that I am dumb, wont you just explain to me?
I need a dictionary or car analogy.
Sometimes, life itself is sarcasm...
You make my head explode every time you talk to me. And when your commenting, its like a lobotomy. You think that I am dumb, wont you just explain to me? I need a dictionary or car analogy.
Was I wrong to read that as if it was written by Gilbert & Sullivan?
[UID-HeinzIntel]
would be to make a Green Lantern ring that uses green lasers controlled by Willpower. :)
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-Eric