Comments on: Laser > GRB

By: defectiverobot

defectiverobot — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:46:39 +0000

“Welcome to Bad Astronomy’s ‘Skeptologists on Ice!’”

Ben Stein: “I’ve been giving myself shock treatments.”
PZ Myers: “Up the voltage.”

By: DaveKan

DaveKan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:54:04 +0000

Yeah, but can it hammer a six inch spike through a board with its…

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:04:08 +0000

The had a Pwatt laser years ago…. Call me when you get to 1000 P watt, atto sec., ultra chirped, kilo beam fusion.

By: Mike Peel

Mike Peel — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:46:56 +0000

Apologies for being nit-picky, but don’t you mean the _known_ universe, i.e. that which use Earthlings have seen? I’d hate to be on this planet if some extraterrestrial civilization thought “Ha! So they think they have the brightest light source in the universe! We’ll show them!”, followed up by a demonstration…

By: drksky

drksky — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:37:56 +0000

“I don’t think that ‘the heavily shielded goggles’ would help protect you against a direct hit from that laser!”

I can’t help help myself:

“Ze goggles, ze do nothing!”

By: Gavin Flower

Gavin Flower — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:59:14 +0000

I don’t think that ‘the heavily shielded goggles’ would help protect you against a direct hit from that laser!

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:17:54 +0000

Grant said:
“Do the designers have this dream where they’re standing on top of a pyramid wearing these sun-god robes while millions of naked women scream and throw little pickles at them?”

No, that’s my dream. They’re not screaming. They are laughing. Oh, the little pickles… well never mind about that.