Something amazing? Meteor showers are rather ho-hum in my opinion. We get several a year, they' can be consistent, it's one of my astronomical effects that we get to enjoy, going to watch the meteor showers is like the FOX News of nature. Broad and general, it is enjoyed by the multitudes for the sake of being a "meteor shower."
1. Any device that is capable of emitting a very intense, narrow, parallel beam of highly monochromatic and coherent light (or other electromagnetic radiation), either continuously or in pulses, and operates by using light to stimulate the emission of more light of the same wavelength and phase by atoms or molecules that have been excited by some means.
Orig. treated as the name of a particular kind of maser (optical maser) emitting visible light, laser is now the general term for all devices of this kind, whatever the wavelength of the emitted radiation.
1960 N.Y. Times 8 July 7/6 The Hughes device is an optical maser, or ‘laser’, (the ‘l’ standing for ‘light’). 1960 Aviation Week 18 July 97/2 The optical Maser is also referred to by the term Laser. 1960 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 9/4 The laser, a device for amplifying light which could conceivably be developed to produce a searchlight beam that would reach the moon, is still a paper project as far as British scientists are concerned. 1961 Jrnl. Appl. Physics XXXII. 178 [Paper received 13 June 1960.] The Fabry-Perot interferometer has been suggested for use as a high~mode LASER (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) resonator. 1961 Observer 19 Feb. 5/2 The new ‘laser’, as it is called, uses a mixture of helium and neon gas to produce a continuous beam of infra-red radiation... Previous devices have produced only brief pulses of light. 1962 Science Survey III. 27 The principle of the maser has been extended also to solid materials and, in addition, it has been found possible to make a light maser (or ‘laser’) that produces, not microwaves, but visible light. 1963 Electronics Weekly 2 Jan. 1/4 The new high-power laser uses a six-inch by half-inch ruby. 1963 Monsanto Mag. Mar. 9/2 Early lasers absorbed energy from a strong burst of ordinary white light, organized it, then expelled a powerful beam of a different kind of light. 1963 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 19/4 Already in metal working the term ‘Gillette power’ is used as a measure of the laser's metal-vaporising capabilities. It represents the number of stacked razor blades through which a beam can bore its way. 1964, 1966 [see HOLOGRAM]. 1969 Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 53/1 Lasers have been operated which produce visible radiation, ultraviolet, infrared and even submillimetre radiation. 1970 [see HOLOGRAPH v.]. 1971 Sci. Amer. June 21/3 A laser is a device for generating or amplifying a beam of light whose waves are both monochromatic (all the same wavelength) and coherent (all in step). The light beam emitted by a laser can be made almost perfectly parallel, its divergence angle being theoretically limited only by diffraction effects. 1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 266/2 The first purely chemical lasers requiring no external source of energy to initiate or sustain laser excitation have been operated successfully.
2. attrib. and Comb., as laser beam, bomb, light, reflector; laser-guided, -ignited ppl. adjs.; laser-heat vb.; laser disc, a disc on which signals or data are recorded to be reproduced by directing a laser beam on to its surface and detecting the light reflected or transmitted by it; laser-driven ppl. a., powered by a laser beam; laser printer, a non-impact printer in which a laser is used to form a pattern of dots on a photosensitive drum corresponding to the pattern of print required on a page.
1963 Monsanto Mag. Mar. 10/3 A *laser beam can generate intense heat10,000F. or higherin a small area. 1970 Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 28 Aug. 17/1 A laser beam, focused through the lens of the eye, can weld a detached retina back into place by creating scar tissue.
1970 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 4/2 Scientists..maintain that the *laser bomb..is a theoretical possibility. 1972 Guardian 29 June 4/3 The drawback to the laser bomb is that the plane producing the beam must keep it on target until the bomb's impact.
[1978 Electronics & Communications in Japan LXI. 97/1 The signal is read from the laser vi
At 20,000 feet, what would an RPG fired by an insurgent do to the thing? That doesn't seem high enough to avoid ground-to-air fire, and without the maneuverability of a fighter jet, or even helicopter...
I'll throw two spaces in when writing papers for school, but looking back at it from a new perspective, if it comes from an era of typewriting, I should switch to one...
It does bring up an interesting question, Which products are owned by roughly fifty percent of the population of the United States(or other countries)?
Living in mosquito country, Grand Forks has a wonderful system in place! Besides offering summer jobs for young adults, the benefits of having a summer round mosquito control dropping this precious oil into channels,stagnant pools and other open water areas(besides pools I'm sure) offer residents something to mention besides the weather.
Oh howdy der Bob, How's it gowin?
Ohh not bad John, not bad. Just enjoying the wether, gunna pack up for the lake and do some toobin'.
Oh well 'at's a good idya! The mosquito count there is over a 'undred. Have a good one der!
You too!
When the count reaches a limit of ~100 for too long, or whenever they really feel like it, a
C-130
from the local air force base mists the town. I'm not entirely sure what's in the second mix. Probably prozac...
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Something amazing? Meteor showers are rather ho-hum in my opinion. We get several a year, they' can be consistent, it's one of my astronomical effects that we get to enjoy, going to watch the meteor showers is like the FOX News of nature. Broad and general, it is enjoyed by the multitudes for the sake of being a "meteor shower."
I read the doom article and was disgusted, but at least the spinach article was on idle, probably where this belonged...
A traffic jam full of taxis in front of your apartment will totally screw your wifi.
They wifi is to crowded and somebody has to find an ethernet cable.
SCARY!
tl;dr brah brahasdfasdf abrahghahg I'm not old enough to know much
The Ivory Tower does nothing!
1. Any device that is capable of emitting a very intense, narrow, parallel beam of highly monochromatic and coherent light (or other electromagnetic radiation), either continuously or in pulses, and operates by using light to stimulate the emission of more light of the same wavelength and phase by atoms or molecules that have been excited by some means. Orig. treated as the name of a particular kind of maser (optical maser) emitting visible light, laser is now the general term for all devices of this kind, whatever the wavelength of the emitted radiation.
1960 N.Y. Times 8 July 7/6 The Hughes device is an optical maser, or ‘laser’, (the ‘l’ standing for ‘light’). 1960 Aviation Week 18 July 97/2 The optical Maser is also referred to by the term Laser. 1960 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 9/4 The laser, a device for amplifying light which could conceivably be developed to produce a searchlight beam that would reach the moon, is still a paper project as far as British scientists are concerned. 1961 Jrnl. Appl. Physics XXXII. 178 [Paper received 13 June 1960.] The Fabry-Perot interferometer has been suggested for use as a high~mode LASER (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) resonator. 1961 Observer 19 Feb. 5/2 The new ‘laser’, as it is called, uses a mixture of helium and neon gas to produce a continuous beam of infra-red radiation... Previous devices have produced only brief pulses of light. 1962 Science Survey III. 27 The principle of the maser has been extended also to solid materials and, in addition, it has been found possible to make a light maser (or ‘laser’) that produces, not microwaves, but visible light. 1963 Electronics Weekly 2 Jan. 1/4 The new high-power laser uses a six-inch by half-inch ruby. 1963 Monsanto Mag. Mar. 9/2 Early lasers absorbed energy from a strong burst of ordinary white light, organized it, then expelled a powerful beam of a different kind of light. 1963 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 19/4 Already in metal working the term ‘Gillette power’ is used as a measure of the laser's metal-vaporising capabilities. It represents the number of stacked razor blades through which a beam can bore its way. 1964, 1966 [see HOLOGRAM]. 1969 Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 53/1 Lasers have been operated which produce visible radiation, ultraviolet, infrared and even submillimetre radiation. 1970 [see HOLOGRAPH v.]. 1971 Sci. Amer. June 21/3 A laser is a device for generating or amplifying a beam of light whose waves are both monochromatic (all the same wavelength) and coherent (all in step). The light beam emitted by a laser can be made almost perfectly parallel, its divergence angle being theoretically limited only by diffraction effects. 1972 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 266/2 The first purely chemical lasers requiring no external source of energy to initiate or sustain laser excitation have been operated successfully.
2. attrib. and Comb., as laser beam, bomb, light, reflector; laser-guided, -ignited ppl. adjs.; laser-heat vb.; laser disc, a disc on which signals or data are recorded to be reproduced by directing a laser beam on to its surface and detecting the light reflected or transmitted by it; laser-driven ppl. a., powered by a laser beam; laser printer, a non-impact printer in which a laser is used to form a pattern of dots on a photosensitive drum corresponding to the pattern of print required on a page. 1963 Monsanto Mag. Mar. 10/3 A *laser beam can generate intense heat10,000F. or higherin a small area. 1970 Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 28 Aug. 17/1 A laser beam, focused through the lens of the eye, can weld a detached retina back into place by creating scar tissue. 1970 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 4/2 Scientists..maintain that the *laser bomb..is a theoretical possibility. 1972 Guardian 29 June 4/3 The drawback to the laser bomb is that the plane producing the beam must keep it on target until the bomb's impact. [1978 Electronics & Communications in Japan LXI. 97/1 The signal is read from the laser vi
SKITSNAK!
I wish I had mod points for you sir.
Think of the children !
Post? I may need to pirate Civ 4 again...
At 20,000 feet, what would an RPG fired by an insurgent do to the thing? That doesn't seem high enough to avoid ground-to-air fire, and without the maneuverability of a fighter jet, or even helicopter...
It's OK :D
I'll throw two spaces in when writing papers for school, but looking back at it from a new perspective, if it comes from an era of typewriting, I should switch to one...
o rly?
It does bring up an interesting question, Which products are owned by roughly fifty percent of the population of the United States(or other countries)?
Apple doesn't get virii like PCs.
Living in mosquito country, Grand Forks has a wonderful system in place! Besides offering summer jobs for young adults, the benefits of having a summer round mosquito control dropping this precious oil into channels,stagnant pools and other open water areas(besides pools I'm sure) offer residents something to mention besides the weather.
Oh howdy der Bob, How's it gowin?
Ohh not bad John, not bad. Just enjoying the wether, gunna pack up for the lake and do some toobin'.
Oh well 'at's a good idya! The mosquito count there is over a 'undred. Have a good one der!
You too!
When the count reaches a limit of ~100 for too long, or whenever they really feel like it, a C-130 from the local air force base mists the town. I'm not entirely sure what's in the second mix. Probably prozac...
The government could be replaced by a small script...
You have as good of an understanding as the rest of us
A 30 second download for a 7 Gb file? You're either a big fat liar or just fat.
thx for the entropy
Four digit UI's are known for their "Big Dickedness"
When they're released separately?
learn2type
Mod up!