photontaker - Slashdot User

Comment Re:also partially incorrect (Score 1) 807

by photontaker on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @06:23PM (#18255706) Attached to: 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood

Actually, Cherenkov (I'm misspelling it) is caused by the radioactive decay particles going faster than the speed of light in the medium they're traveling in. It's analogous to the wake that a boat pushes in front of itself when traveling across water.

Before anyone says "you can't go faster than the speed of light", it is true that you can't go faster than the speed of light IN A VACUUM. But light doesn't travel quite as fast in air or any other material. This is the definition of the index of refraction.

Consumers Unlikely To Pay $500 for iPhone 412

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 23, 2007 @04:06PM from the that-is-a-mighty-pricey-phone dept.

narramissic writes "A survey by online market research firm Compete Inc. finds that of the 26% of those who said they're likely to buy an iPhone, only 1% said they'd pay $500 for it, while 42% said they'd likely buy the phone for $200 to $299. Sixty percent of likely iPhone buyers would be willing to make the switch to AT&T wireless to get it."

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