I've been usin' a quill pen / animal skins, for months now. 
except, while I'm on FR.
Posted on 07/28/2009 11:02:53 AM PDT by redpoll
Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. ‘Transparent aluminium’ previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.
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McCoy: You realize that by giving him the formula you’re altering the future.
Scotty: Why? How do we know he didn’t invent the thing?
Short enough to be irrelevant for all practical purposes, but long enough to justify a headline (and maybe another gubmint grant somewhere).
that’s the politicosecond. 1/10,000 of a femtosecond.
altho its been argued that because its happening so fast, that the promise may already be broken before it is made.
A Keyboard! How Quaint!
Although as you suggest, both quantum mechanics and experience suggest that a politician's promise may be broken before it is in fact, made.
It might also help explain the Alternative Universe in which most Democrats appear to operate - no matter how infinite the possible number of outcomes, they always elect the one that results in higher taxes and less freedom.
I've been usin' a quill pen / animal skins, for months now.
except, while I'm on FR.
Beam me up Scotty!!!
I can do that with my skylights and glass pyramid roof.
40 x 10-15
0.000000000000040 seconds.
That's a lot of zeros after that decimal point.
one quadrillionth (one over 1 with 15 zeros after it) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond - Look quickly
Hello, Computer?
This stuff is really cool. So many uses. I just sold 50 tons of this material to the military. It’s stacked right over there. No there... ok see it? No? Well give me the check and I will show you exactly where it is.
Gotta love it! that was my first thought, lol.
Seriously - Transparent aluminum - How cool is that!?
Tatt
How long is a femtosecond? About the time it takes for Obama to break a campaign promise.
This turned the aluminium nearly invisible to extreme ultraviolet radiation.
Most of us don't see well in the extreme UV part of the spectrum.
Also, why do they consider it a new form of matter? Isn't it still a solid.?
You win the most appreciated response of the day. Thanks, bud.
Cool...Still nothing beats the soothing sound of raindrops on a tin roof. Love listening to that...better sleeping noise than any Sharper Image toy could ever provide....LOL
*(AKA"Sapphire")
Or a tent...
Just got back from a lakeside camping trip and slept to the sound of rain on the tent...
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