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Comment On a more serious note.... (Score 1) 146

It is astounding how many people (not on /.) will read this and think to themselves "that's so cool"! Educated people, working in banks and stuff. When the SFR made the noise I've had several arguments with people and they were totally buying the SFR. Any arguments about why it won't work were met with one of these counter arguments:
1. Mass production will bring the cost down.
2. 50 years people thought that cellphone is impossible.
3. First computers cost a fortune, now they are dirt cheap.

Submission + - Researchers Find New Phase of Carbon, Make Diamond at Room Temperature (ncsu.edu)

home-electro.com writes: Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered a new phase of solid carbon, called Q-carbon, which is distinct from the known phases of graphite and diamond. They have also developed a technique for using Q-carbon to make diamond-related structures at room temperature and at ambient atmospheric pressure in air.

Comment Re:Rant: I can't wait until slashdot 131 IQ... (Score 1) 85

It was practical 30 or more years ago. I've read TFA. They basically experiment with materials changing their optical properties after being treated with a laser pulse - exactly the same tech used in CD and DVD. And laser discs before that.

But wait - now it is groundbreaking - they are doing it on a single storage cell. And they call it a "chip".

Wow. That is soooooo cool.

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