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Instant Messaging With Neutrinos
An anonymous reader writes "A group of scientists has for the first time sent a message using a beam of neutrinos – nearly massless particles that travel at almost the speed of light. The message was sent through 240 meters of stone and said simply, 'Neutrino.' From the article: 'Many have theorized about the possible uses of neutrinos in communication because of one particularly valuable property: they can penetrate almost anything they encounter. If this technology could be applied to submarines, for instance, then they could conceivably communicate over long distances through water, which is difficult, if not impossible, with present technology. And if we wanted to communicate with something in outer space that was on the far side of a moon or a planet, our message could travel straight through without impediment.'"
Once we get cheap narrow-beam neutrino transmitters and receivers that can do gigabit/terabit speeds, I'll buy several thousand and set up true point-to-point peer-to-peer networking with my neutrino-enabled peers all over the planet! Fiber optics required? Hah! Just point and shoot!
Obviously the neutrinos, with which the http reply was sent, passed straight though your computer.
404 just means "cross section too low, send more packets"
I, for one, think that anything with the potential for better internet access X feet below the water is an excellent idea.
Damn straight.
There is no reason why there should be any place on Earth that a man can't download some Internet porn. In the Mariana Trench? porn. Bermuda Triangle? porn. 1 mile underground trapped in a mine? still porn. Far side of the Moon? more porn.
Of course there will always be some other benefits, like search and rescue beacons that can cut through any interference and touchy feely crap like that.
Unfortunately, it would be in one ear and out the other.
they sent word "neutrino" but on the other end, they recieved message "Thanks fucking god you _finally_ figured this out. Lets just say that Milky Way contains four intelligent civilizations, and yours is not among three smartest".
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In the Mariana Trench? porn. Bermuda Triangle? porn.
Didn't Mariana Trench and Bermuda Triangle star together in "Deep Diving III: Plumbing the Depths"?
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
No. Its just that the article summary arrived before the article.
boom boom
My bad, the GPS cable was loose.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
No, that was Transatlantic Trip IV: Laying the Cable
Well, at least this will be new tool to get messages through the thick skulls of certain managerial PHB's.
And right out the other side, just like normal.
Well it's a great thing that technology never improves then. We'll almost certainly never develop better neutrino detection technology.....especially considering we just plain don't have time, what, in between skinning bears, chopping up bones with primitive stone axes, and stacking up big rocks to form a crude fire pit at our latest migratory camp.
Gotta run now, tribe needs a hand. A hunter found a field of skunky smelling trees with big flowery arms, totally covered in some weird looking crystals. Looks like great kindling for the bonfire. Ugh is stacking em up and getting ready to light. Back later...