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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:15 AM Original message |
This little cell phone article has far reaching implications |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. So 5 seconds in the microwave should fully charge it, right? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Depends on how wide the spectrum of usable wavelengths is |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. At this point, "into the ether" is more a colloquial expression.. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. You stated it well |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Quite so. It's not being presented in a scientific context. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So its OK to make the common man stupider but not scientists? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It isn't being used that way. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ether |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. ether? I'm so old I knew what he meant. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. "Condensers" is the British word for capacitors, and is still in use there. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Not sure, but it could very well have been. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. The article is interesting, but your critique of the "ether" reference is offbase. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. What is the value of having a complete understanding of something that doesn't exist? |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I hear you, but I still disagree, sorry. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. also defined in Merriam Webster's 11th Collegiate (my bible, as an editor) as |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. My toothbrush does that... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You mean living under a high power transmisson line isn't such a good thing? |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Not exactly what they are saying |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. Interesting. Maybe Nokia should change its name to Nikola? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Nahhh, that name's not Finnished. (NT) |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. Very clever. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. With the term "ethernet cable" in wide usage, I'd bet most people who |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I've heard the word Ether used a lot, and I'm not old. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. I remember years ago there was a watch that was self winding... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. They had a weight in the back of the case that moved with your movement |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. They still exist today...Rolex watches are one example |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. It's mostly a questioned of size versus power. |
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