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Comment It's the measurement (Score 5, Informative) 136

If you attempt to measure it in the way you would measure a wave, it will present itself as a wave.

If you attempt to measure it in the way you would measure a particle, it will present itself as a particle.

Light doesn't choose to be a particle or a wave at any given time, the measurement we use defines the characteristics it has. Nothing more, nothing less.

Comment Can't Get 1 Year Predictions Right (Score 4, Informative) 393

You have a computer prediction (and a software one at that) that is attempting to look 5 years into the future. Yeah, good luck with that. Any article talking about the future in such a way is simply a marketing ploy. Nothing more. Nothing less.

A reasonable road map demonstrating how this could possibly be achieved on the other hand would have some credibility.

Compared to this article, the Mars folks look a little less crazy.

Comment Punishment for leaking NSL? (Score 1) 159

So, if they are told they can't indicate they received an NSL, and there is otherwise no proof the NSL was delivered due to lack of evidence aside from whatever the FBI has, then if someone were to leak that they received an NSL (or any other form of acknowledgement to this effect) then this by itself would require some further action by the FBI to arrest, rub out, or otherwise eliminate the person under some other reason to avoid revealing the contents or existence of the NSL?

It seems like being sent to unspeakable places is really the only option (scary, I know) since FPMITA (federal pound me...) would require a reasonably clear case against the person, and therefore require the FBI to cough up whatever reason they can? I know I know, they will just make shit up...but still.

Comment Re:"repeatable independently verifiable reproducti (Score 1) 350

A patent only matters if those who you are trying to protect against are under (or cave or submit) to the jurisdiction of the region in which the patent is held. Unless you file a patent in every single industrialized nation for something as significant as this, and the idea is to make money, the better option is to keep it a trade secret so you don't need to disclose any details that those outside of the jurisdiction of the patent don't have the details handed to them.

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