<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article09_11_28_1812203</id>
	<title>Tapering Waveguide Captures a Rainbow</title>
	<author>kdawson</author>
	<datestamp>1259437860000</datestamp>
	<htmltext>SubComdTaco passes along news of researchers in the US who have <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18205-rainbow-trapped-for-the-first-time.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&amp;nsref=tech">trapped a rainbow</a> in a tapering waveguide. The <a href="http://arxiv.org/pdf/0911.4464v1">research is described</a> (PDF) on the arXiv. <i>"In 2007, Ortwin Hess of the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK, and colleagues proposed a technique to trap light inside a tapering waveguide [made of metamaterials]...  The idea is that as the waveguide tapers, the components of the light are made to stop in turn at ever narrower points. That's because any given component of the light cannot pass through an opening that's smaller than its wavelength. This leads to a 'trapped rainbow.' ... Now Vera Smolyaninova of Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues have used a convex lens to create the tapered waveguide and trap a rainbow of light. They coated one side of a 4.5-mm-diameter lens with a gold film..., and laid the lens &mdash; gold-side down &mdash; on a flat glass slide which was also coated with film of gold. Viewed side-on, the space between the curved lens and the flat slide was a layer of air that narrowed to zero thickness where the lens touched the slide &mdash; essentially a tapered waveguide. When they shone a multi-wavelength laser beam at the... gilded waveguide, a trapped rainbow formed inside. This could be seen as a series of colored rings when the lens was viewed from above with a microscope: the visible light leaked through the thin gold film."</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>SubComdTaco passes along news of researchers in the US who have trapped a rainbow in a tapering waveguide .
The research is described ( PDF ) on the arXiv .
" In 2007 , Ortwin Hess of the University of Surrey in Guildford , UK , and colleagues proposed a technique to trap light inside a tapering waveguide [ made of metamaterials ] ... The idea is that as the waveguide tapers , the components of the light are made to stop in turn at ever narrower points .
That 's because any given component of the light can not pass through an opening that 's smaller than its wavelength .
This leads to a 'trapped rainbow .
' ... Now Vera Smolyaninova of Towson University in Baltimore , Maryland , and colleagues have used a convex lens to create the tapered waveguide and trap a rainbow of light .
They coated one side of a 4.5-mm-diameter lens with a gold film... , and laid the lens    gold-side down    on a flat glass slide which was also coated with film of gold .
Viewed side-on , the space between the curved lens and the flat slide was a layer of air that narrowed to zero thickness where the lens touched the slide    essentially a tapered waveguide .
When they shone a multi-wavelength laser beam at the... gilded waveguide , a trapped rainbow formed inside .
This could be seen as a series of colored rings when the lens was viewed from above with a microscope : the visible light leaked through the thin gold film .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>SubComdTaco passes along news of researchers in the US who have trapped a rainbow in a tapering waveguide.
The research is described (PDF) on the arXiv.
"In 2007, Ortwin Hess of the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK, and colleagues proposed a technique to trap light inside a tapering waveguide [made of metamaterials]...  The idea is that as the waveguide tapers, the components of the light are made to stop in turn at ever narrower points.
That's because any given component of the light cannot pass through an opening that's smaller than its wavelength.
This leads to a 'trapped rainbow.
' ... Now Vera Smolyaninova of Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues have used a convex lens to create the tapered waveguide and trap a rainbow of light.
They coated one side of a 4.5-mm-diameter lens with a gold film..., and laid the lens — gold-side down — on a flat glass slide which was also coated with film of gold.
Viewed side-on, the space between the curved lens and the flat slide was a layer of air that narrowed to zero thickness where the lens touched the slide — essentially a tapered waveguide.
When they shone a multi-wavelength laser beam at the... gilded waveguide, a trapped rainbow formed inside.
This could be seen as a series of colored rings when the lens was viewed from above with a microscope: the visible light leaked through the thin gold film.
"</sentencetext>
</article>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30269968</id>
	<title>does that mean...</title>
	<author>EgNagRah</author>
	<datestamp>1259596800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>all this stuff is real?
<a href="http://www.lawoftime.org/home.html" title="lawoftime.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.lawoftime.org/home.html</a> [lawoftime.org]
I'm hoping so.</htmltext>
<tokenext>all this stuff is real ?
http : //www.lawoftime.org/home.html [ lawoftime.org ] I 'm hoping so .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>all this stuff is real?
http://www.lawoftime.org/home.html [lawoftime.org]
I'm hoping so.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256516</id>
	<title>I like soap bubbles better...</title>
	<author>Baldrson</author>
	<datestamp>1259400540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>Soap bubbles are better because I can make them myself, they float around in the air and they look like little gas planets with swirling atmospheres.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Soap bubbles are better because I can make them myself , they float around in the air and they look like little gas planets with swirling atmospheres .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Soap bubbles are better because I can make them myself, they float around in the air and they look like little gas planets with swirling atmospheres.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256538</id>
	<title>Russian Accomplishments in Science and Mathematics</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259400720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The Russians have made many contribtions to science and mathematics.  Consider Alexei A. Abrikosov, 	Vitaly L. Ginzburg, and Zhores I. Alfero.  The first 2 scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2003.  The 3rd scientist won it in 2000.
<p>
Grigory Perelman won the Fields Medal in 2006.  (In 2002, he proved the Poincare Conjecture.)
</p><p>
Now, Vera Smolyaninova had made a major advance in optical science.
</p><p>
Why have the Russians accomplished so much in science and mathematics?
</p><p>
On the other hand, why have the Africans (and African-Americans) accomplished almost nothing in science and mathematics?  Africans seem to lack the ability to process advanced mathematics, which is a characteristic of all Russian accomplishments in physics.
</p><p>
Does the fact that African IQ is about 20 points less than Russian IQ (and Japanese IQ) explain African failure in science and mathematics and also African failure in creating a modern, first-world society?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The Russians have made many contribtions to science and mathematics .
Consider Alexei A. Abrikosov , Vitaly L. Ginzburg , and Zhores I. Alfero. The first 2 scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2003 .
The 3rd scientist won it in 2000 .
Grigory Perelman won the Fields Medal in 2006 .
( In 2002 , he proved the Poincare Conjecture .
) Now , Vera Smolyaninova had made a major advance in optical science .
Why have the Russians accomplished so much in science and mathematics ?
On the other hand , why have the Africans ( and African-Americans ) accomplished almost nothing in science and mathematics ?
Africans seem to lack the ability to process advanced mathematics , which is a characteristic of all Russian accomplishments in physics .
Does the fact that African IQ is about 20 points less than Russian IQ ( and Japanese IQ ) explain African failure in science and mathematics and also African failure in creating a modern , first-world society ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The Russians have made many contribtions to science and mathematics.
Consider Alexei A. Abrikosov, 	Vitaly L. Ginzburg, and Zhores I. Alfero.  The first 2 scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2003.
The 3rd scientist won it in 2000.
Grigory Perelman won the Fields Medal in 2006.
(In 2002, he proved the Poincare Conjecture.
)

Now, Vera Smolyaninova had made a major advance in optical science.
Why have the Russians accomplished so much in science and mathematics?
On the other hand, why have the Africans (and African-Americans) accomplished almost nothing in science and mathematics?
Africans seem to lack the ability to process advanced mathematics, which is a characteristic of all Russian accomplishments in physics.
Does the fact that African IQ is about 20 points less than Russian IQ (and Japanese IQ) explain African failure in science and mathematics and also African failure in creating a modern, first-world society?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256412</id>
	<title>Traped light?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259399520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Quantum computers with Optronic pathways are now possible, I wonder how much longer it will be before Asimov's fiction becomes reality...<br>When the day comes (and it's not to far away) that we can no longer claim to be the most intelligent thing we are aware of will we chose to be slave, master or form a symbiosis?<br>Just because we create something does not mean that we can claim ownership of it, I wonder if that's why no one has ever seen god?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Quantum computers with Optronic pathways are now possible , I wonder how much longer it will be before Asimov 's fiction becomes reality...When the day comes ( and it 's not to far away ) that we can no longer claim to be the most intelligent thing we are aware of will we chose to be slave , master or form a symbiosis ? Just because we create something does not mean that we can claim ownership of it , I wonder if that 's why no one has ever seen god ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Quantum computers with Optronic pathways are now possible, I wonder how much longer it will be before Asimov's fiction becomes reality...When the day comes (and it's not to far away) that we can no longer claim to be the most intelligent thing we are aware of will we chose to be slave, master or form a symbiosis?Just because we create something does not mean that we can claim ownership of it, I wonder if that's why no one has ever seen god?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256542</id>
	<title>Like an interference pattern?</title>
	<author>PPH</author>
	<datestamp>1259400720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sounds like an old high school science experiment. Take two microscope slides (flat pieces of glass) lay one on top of another with a thin shim separating them at one end, illuminate this with a monochromatic light and see the fringes. With white light, the peaks for each wavelength would occur at different locations, resulting in a 'rainbow'. Same thing works with soap films, using internal reflection, as the film flows downwards due to gravity and becomes thicker at the bottom (wedge-shaped).
</p><p>This is also a neat trick for measuring the thickness (or diameter) of a small object. Using it as the shim, count the fringes per centimeter, do some math and you know how thick it is.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sounds like an old high school science experiment .
Take two microscope slides ( flat pieces of glass ) lay one on top of another with a thin shim separating them at one end , illuminate this with a monochromatic light and see the fringes .
With white light , the peaks for each wavelength would occur at different locations , resulting in a 'rainbow' .
Same thing works with soap films , using internal reflection , as the film flows downwards due to gravity and becomes thicker at the bottom ( wedge-shaped ) .
This is also a neat trick for measuring the thickness ( or diameter ) of a small object .
Using it as the shim , count the fringes per centimeter , do some math and you know how thick it is .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sounds like an old high school science experiment.
Take two microscope slides (flat pieces of glass) lay one on top of another with a thin shim separating them at one end, illuminate this with a monochromatic light and see the fringes.
With white light, the peaks for each wavelength would occur at different locations, resulting in a 'rainbow'.
Same thing works with soap films, using internal reflection, as the film flows downwards due to gravity and becomes thicker at the bottom (wedge-shaped).
This is also a neat trick for measuring the thickness (or diameter) of a small object.
Using it as the shim, count the fringes per centimeter, do some math and you know how thick it is.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256510</id>
	<title>Re:Also neat because?</title>
	<author>Ambiguous Coward</author>
	<datestamp>1259400480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Offtopic</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Nevermind, I just managed to RTFA.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:D</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Nevermind , I just managed to RTFA .
: D</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Nevermind, I just managed to RTFA.
:D</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256494</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256346</id>
	<title>Great!..</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259398920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>now we just have to prove that unicorns exists and put them behind bars.</p><p>Suddenly tripping of unicorns and rainbow is not that cool anymore. It is, right?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>now we just have to prove that unicorns exists and put them behind bars.Suddenly tripping of unicorns and rainbow is not that cool anymore .
It is , right ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>now we just have to prove that unicorns exists and put them behind bars.Suddenly tripping of unicorns and rainbow is not that cool anymore.
It is, right?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256322</id>
	<title>skittles</title>
	<author>Lehk228</author>
	<datestamp>1259441760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>did they try tasting it?</htmltext>
<tokenext>did they try tasting it ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>did they try tasting it?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30257702</id>
	<title>Old news</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259414280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The scientists at Mars Inc have been doing this for years. Further they've even perfected the process of capturing the flavor; in other word, one is able to taste the rainbow. Believe it or not, you can actually find this remarkable technology at your local store.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The scientists at Mars Inc have been doing this for years .
Further they 've even perfected the process of capturing the flavor ; in other word , one is able to taste the rainbow .
Believe it or not , you can actually find this remarkable technology at your local store .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The scientists at Mars Inc have been doing this for years.
Further they've even perfected the process of capturing the flavor; in other word, one is able to taste the rainbow.
Believe it or not, you can actually find this remarkable technology at your local store.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256312</id>
	<title>Not exactly a pot...</title>
	<author>Shadow of Eternity</author>
	<datestamp>1259441640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>But the ends still technically had gold beneath them.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>But the ends still technically had gold beneath them .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>But the ends still technically had gold beneath them.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256438</id>
	<title>What happens when the laser is turned off?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259399760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sorry, perhaps I am being too dense (ha ha) but if the rainbow disappears when the laser is turned off, they created a rainbow, not trapped it. I see one every time it rains on a oil-slick at a gas station.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sorry , perhaps I am being too dense ( ha ha ) but if the rainbow disappears when the laser is turned off , they created a rainbow , not trapped it .
I see one every time it rains on a oil-slick at a gas station .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sorry, perhaps I am being too dense (ha ha) but if the rainbow disappears when the laser is turned off, they created a rainbow, not trapped it.
I see one every time it rains on a oil-slick at a gas station.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30259624</id>
	<title>RE: Newtons Rings type experiment.</title>
	<author>numb7rs</author>
	<datestamp>1259525280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>While similar in effect to an interference patter type experiment, the actual physics behind the experiment in the article is subtly different. A 'Newtons Rings' type pattern emerges when the distance between the two (partially) reflective surfaces are a certain distance apart, coinciding with an integer value of wavelengths of the light involved. This can can, in theory, be any distance, as long as exact number of wavelengths fit inside. For example, standard interferometers can have distances as large as a centimetre, which is huge compared to the wavelength of visible light.<br>
<br>
The effect described is based on the distance between two very reflective surfaces being <strong>smaller</strong> than the wavelength of light involved, thus preventing the light from travelling further down the waveguide. The taper on the waveguide means that as you go to shorter wavelengths of light, it can travel further, thus generating a 'trapped rainbow' of visible light inside the waveguide.<br>
<br>
A key difference to note is that the fringe pattern generated by an interferometer type setup repeats itself as you increase/decrease the distance between the two reflective surfaces, so generating a series of lines or concentric circles. The setup with the 'trapped rainbow' will create a single rainbow pattern.</htmltext>
<tokenext>While similar in effect to an interference patter type experiment , the actual physics behind the experiment in the article is subtly different .
A 'Newtons Rings ' type pattern emerges when the distance between the two ( partially ) reflective surfaces are a certain distance apart , coinciding with an integer value of wavelengths of the light involved .
This can can , in theory , be any distance , as long as exact number of wavelengths fit inside .
For example , standard interferometers can have distances as large as a centimetre , which is huge compared to the wavelength of visible light .
The effect described is based on the distance between two very reflective surfaces being smaller than the wavelength of light involved , thus preventing the light from travelling further down the waveguide .
The taper on the waveguide means that as you go to shorter wavelengths of light , it can travel further , thus generating a 'trapped rainbow ' of visible light inside the waveguide .
A key difference to note is that the fringe pattern generated by an interferometer type setup repeats itself as you increase/decrease the distance between the two reflective surfaces , so generating a series of lines or concentric circles .
The setup with the 'trapped rainbow ' will create a single rainbow pattern .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>While similar in effect to an interference patter type experiment, the actual physics behind the experiment in the article is subtly different.
A 'Newtons Rings' type pattern emerges when the distance between the two (partially) reflective surfaces are a certain distance apart, coinciding with an integer value of wavelengths of the light involved.
This can can, in theory, be any distance, as long as exact number of wavelengths fit inside.
For example, standard interferometers can have distances as large as a centimetre, which is huge compared to the wavelength of visible light.
The effect described is based on the distance between two very reflective surfaces being smaller than the wavelength of light involved, thus preventing the light from travelling further down the waveguide.
The taper on the waveguide means that as you go to shorter wavelengths of light, it can travel further, thus generating a 'trapped rainbow' of visible light inside the waveguide.
A key difference to note is that the fringe pattern generated by an interferometer type setup repeats itself as you increase/decrease the distance between the two reflective surfaces, so generating a series of lines or concentric circles.
The setup with the 'trapped rainbow' will create a single rainbow pattern.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256752</id>
	<title>Re:Traped light?</title>
	<author>CRCulver</author>
	<datestamp>1259402880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>Quantum computers with Optronic pathways are now possible, I wonder how much longer it will be before Asimov's fiction becomes reality... When the day comes (and it's not to far away) that we can no longer claim to be the most intelligent thing we are aware of will we chose to be slave, master or form a symbiosis?</p></div> </blockquote><p>Your musings sound not so much like Asimov's fiction, but futurist Ray Kurzweil's predictions in books like <i> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143037889?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=3636363-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=0143037889" title="amazon.com">The Singularity is Near</a> [amazon.com] </i>. One of Kurzweil's observations is that as soon as we can create a machine equivalent to a human brain, we can create a machine more powerful than a human brain.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Quantum computers with Optronic pathways are now possible , I wonder how much longer it will be before Asimov 's fiction becomes reality... When the day comes ( and it 's not to far away ) that we can no longer claim to be the most intelligent thing we are aware of will we chose to be slave , master or form a symbiosis ?
Your musings sound not so much like Asimov 's fiction , but futurist Ray Kurzweil 's predictions in books like The Singularity is Near [ amazon.com ] .
One of Kurzweil 's observations is that as soon as we can create a machine equivalent to a human brain , we can create a machine more powerful than a human brain .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Quantum computers with Optronic pathways are now possible, I wonder how much longer it will be before Asimov's fiction becomes reality... When the day comes (and it's not to far away) that we can no longer claim to be the most intelligent thing we are aware of will we chose to be slave, master or form a symbiosis?
Your musings sound not so much like Asimov's fiction, but futurist Ray Kurzweil's predictions in books like  The Singularity is Near [amazon.com] .
One of Kurzweil's observations is that as soon as we can create a machine equivalent to a human brain, we can create a machine more powerful than a human brain.
	</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256378</id>
	<title>Amazing work, but brings to mind a quote</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259399220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>"If humans could put Rainbows in a Zoo, they would."<br>--Bill Watterson, via Hobbes in Calvin and Hobbes.</htmltext>
<tokenext>" If humans could put Rainbows in a Zoo , they would .
" --Bill Watterson , via Hobbes in Calvin and Hobbes .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"If humans could put Rainbows in a Zoo, they would.
"--Bill Watterson, via Hobbes in Calvin and Hobbes.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256590</id>
	<title>Russian "Leprechauns" in Science and Mathematics</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259401140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The Russians have made many contribtions to science and mathematics.  Consider Alexei A. Abrikosov, 	Vitaly L. Ginzburg, and Zhores I. Alfero.  The first 2 scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2003.  The 3rd scientist won it in 2000.
<p>
Grigory Perelman won the Fields Medal in 2006.  (In 2002, he proved the Poincare Conjecture.)
</p><p>
Now, Vera Smolyaninova had made a major advance in optical physics.
</p><p>
Why have the Russians accomplished so much in science and mathematics?
</p><p>
On the other hand, why have the Africans (and African-Americans) accomplished almost nothing in science and mathematics?  Africans seem to lack the ability to process advanced mathematics, which is a characteristic of all Russian accomplishments in physics.
</p><p>
Does the fact that African IQ is about 20 points less than Russian IQ (and Japanese IQ) explain African failure in science and mathematics and also African failure in creating a modern, first-world society?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The Russians have made many contribtions to science and mathematics .
Consider Alexei A. Abrikosov , Vitaly L. Ginzburg , and Zhores I. Alfero. The first 2 scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2003 .
The 3rd scientist won it in 2000 .
Grigory Perelman won the Fields Medal in 2006 .
( In 2002 , he proved the Poincare Conjecture .
) Now , Vera Smolyaninova had made a major advance in optical physics .
Why have the Russians accomplished so much in science and mathematics ?
On the other hand , why have the Africans ( and African-Americans ) accomplished almost nothing in science and mathematics ?
Africans seem to lack the ability to process advanced mathematics , which is a characteristic of all Russian accomplishments in physics .
Does the fact that African IQ is about 20 points less than Russian IQ ( and Japanese IQ ) explain African failure in science and mathematics and also African failure in creating a modern , first-world society ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The Russians have made many contribtions to science and mathematics.
Consider Alexei A. Abrikosov, 	Vitaly L. Ginzburg, and Zhores I. Alfero.  The first 2 scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2003.
The 3rd scientist won it in 2000.
Grigory Perelman won the Fields Medal in 2006.
(In 2002, he proved the Poincare Conjecture.
)

Now, Vera Smolyaninova had made a major advance in optical physics.
Why have the Russians accomplished so much in science and mathematics?
On the other hand, why have the Africans (and African-Americans) accomplished almost nothing in science and mathematics?
Africans seem to lack the ability to process advanced mathematics, which is a characteristic of all Russian accomplishments in physics.
Does the fact that African IQ is about 20 points less than Russian IQ (and Japanese IQ) explain African failure in science and mathematics and also African failure in creating a modern, first-world society?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256310</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30257216</id>
	<title>Re:Russian "Leprechauns" in Science and Mathematic</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259409000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Does the fact that you are a retard make you feel happy?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Does the fact that you are a retard make you feel happy ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Does the fact that you are a retard make you feel happy?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256830</id>
	<title>I'm interested to see what journal that gets in</title>
	<author>Interoperable</author>
	<datestamp>1259403720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It was a very simple experiment to perform. It doesn't make any measurement of the group velocity or demonstration of trapped light (which would typically involve releasing it controllably and detecting it). The original proposal involved meta-materials to achieve a region with a negative index of refraction to use as the waveguide. They could then (hopefully) manipulate the meta-material to controllably store and retrieve light.</p><p>It seems this experiment used a simple meta-material the consisted of the glass surfaces, the 30-nm gold coating and the air gap in a Newton's rings setup. They may even have had the gold coated lens lying around and did the experiment over lunch (which just involved taking a picture). I don't think it's all that interesting until they get storage and retrieval.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It was a very simple experiment to perform .
It does n't make any measurement of the group velocity or demonstration of trapped light ( which would typically involve releasing it controllably and detecting it ) .
The original proposal involved meta-materials to achieve a region with a negative index of refraction to use as the waveguide .
They could then ( hopefully ) manipulate the meta-material to controllably store and retrieve light.It seems this experiment used a simple meta-material the consisted of the glass surfaces , the 30-nm gold coating and the air gap in a Newton 's rings setup .
They may even have had the gold coated lens lying around and did the experiment over lunch ( which just involved taking a picture ) .
I do n't think it 's all that interesting until they get storage and retrieval .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It was a very simple experiment to perform.
It doesn't make any measurement of the group velocity or demonstration of trapped light (which would typically involve releasing it controllably and detecting it).
The original proposal involved meta-materials to achieve a region with a negative index of refraction to use as the waveguide.
They could then (hopefully) manipulate the meta-material to controllably store and retrieve light.It seems this experiment used a simple meta-material the consisted of the glass surfaces, the 30-nm gold coating and the air gap in a Newton's rings setup.
They may even have had the gold coated lens lying around and did the experiment over lunch (which just involved taking a picture).
I don't think it's all that interesting until they get storage and retrieval.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30257746</id>
	<title>Re:Leprechaun,Christmas sale, free shipping discou</title>
	<author>coolforsale1321</author>
	<datestamp>1259414820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><a href="http://www.coolforsale.com/" title="coolforsale.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.coolforsale.com/</a> [coolforsale.com]  Dear ladies and gentlemen Hello, In order to meet Christmas, Site launched Christmas spree, welcome new and old customers come to participate in the there are unexpected surprises, look forward to your arrival. Only this site have this treatmentOur goal is "Best quality, Best reputation , Best services". Your satisfaction is our main pursue. You can find the best products from us, meeting your different needs. Ladies and Gentlemen weicome to my coolforsale.com.Here,there are the most fashion products . Pass by but don't miss it.Select your favorite clothing! Welcome to come next time ! Thank you! <a href="http://www.coolforsale.com/productlist.asp?id=s76" title="coolforsale.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.coolforsale.com/productlist.asp?id=s76</a> [coolforsale.com]   (Tracksuit w) ugg boot,POLO hoody,Jacket, Air jordan(1-24)shoes $33 Nike shox(R4,NZ,OZ,TL1,TL2,TL3) $35 Handbags(Coach lv fendi d&amp;g) $35 Tshirts (Polo<nobr> <wbr></nobr>,ed hardy,lacoste) $16 free shipping Thanks!!! Advance wish you a merry Christmas</htmltext>
<tokenext>http : //www.coolforsale.com/ [ coolforsale.com ] Dear ladies and gentlemen Hello , In order to meet Christmas , Site launched Christmas spree , welcome new and old customers come to participate in the there are unexpected surprises , look forward to your arrival .
Only this site have this treatmentOur goal is " Best quality , Best reputation , Best services " .
Your satisfaction is our main pursue .
You can find the best products from us , meeting your different needs .
Ladies and Gentlemen weicome to my coolforsale.com.Here,there are the most fashion products .
Pass by but do n't miss it.Select your favorite clothing !
Welcome to come next time !
Thank you !
http : //www.coolforsale.com/productlist.asp ? id = s76 [ coolforsale.com ] ( Tracksuit w ) ugg boot,POLO hoody,Jacket , Air jordan ( 1-24 ) shoes $ 33 Nike shox ( R4,NZ,OZ,TL1,TL2,TL3 ) $ 35 Handbags ( Coach lv fendi d&amp;g ) $ 35 Tshirts ( Polo ,ed hardy,lacoste ) $ 16 free shipping Thanks ! ! !
Advance wish you a merry Christmas</tokentext>
<sentencetext>http://www.coolforsale.com/ [coolforsale.com]  Dear ladies and gentlemen Hello, In order to meet Christmas, Site launched Christmas spree, welcome new and old customers come to participate in the there are unexpected surprises, look forward to your arrival.
Only this site have this treatmentOur goal is "Best quality, Best reputation , Best services".
Your satisfaction is our main pursue.
You can find the best products from us, meeting your different needs.
Ladies and Gentlemen weicome to my coolforsale.com.Here,there are the most fashion products .
Pass by but don't miss it.Select your favorite clothing!
Welcome to come next time !
Thank you!
http://www.coolforsale.com/productlist.asp?id=s76 [coolforsale.com]   (Tracksuit w) ugg boot,POLO hoody,Jacket, Air jordan(1-24)shoes $33 Nike shox(R4,NZ,OZ,TL1,TL2,TL3) $35 Handbags(Coach lv fendi d&amp;g) $35 Tshirts (Polo ,ed hardy,lacoste) $16 free shipping Thanks!!!
Advance wish you a merry Christmas</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256310</id>
	<title>Leprechaun</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259441640000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>So the bloody leprechaun lied to us !</p><p>You need to have two very thin pots of gold first, so you can find the end of the rainbow.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>So the bloody leprechaun lied to us ! You need to have two very thin pots of gold first , so you can find the end of the rainbow .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>So the bloody leprechaun lied to us !You need to have two very thin pots of gold first, so you can find the end of the rainbow.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256750</id>
	<title>Trapped light you say...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259402880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>By crossing this technology with a ballistic projectile... Ohohoh oh Photon Torpedo! Where did I put that patent form...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>By crossing this technology with a ballistic projectile... Ohohoh oh Photon Torpedo !
Where did I put that patent form.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>By crossing this technology with a ballistic projectile... Ohohoh oh Photon Torpedo!
Where did I put that patent form...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256352</id>
	<title>What they're really researching</title>
	<author>Broofa</author>
	<datestamp>1259398980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>Dr. Hess was later quoted as saying, "While we're obviously pleased with our success so far, we won't be satisfied until we've trapped not only the rainbow, but the leprechaun and pot of gold as well.  Until then, we remain disturbingly dependent on grant money for our research."</htmltext>
<tokenext>Dr. Hess was later quoted as saying , " While we 're obviously pleased with our success so far , we wo n't be satisfied until we 've trapped not only the rainbow , but the leprechaun and pot of gold as well .
Until then , we remain disturbingly dependent on grant money for our research .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Dr. Hess was later quoted as saying, "While we're obviously pleased with our success so far, we won't be satisfied until we've trapped not only the rainbow, but the leprechaun and pot of gold as well.
Until then, we remain disturbingly dependent on grant money for our research.
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30257656</id>
	<title>TU is not in Baltimore, MD</title>
	<author>Registered Coward v2</author>
	<datestamp>1259413680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It's in, well, Towson, which is in Baltimore County, MD.</htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's in , well , Towson , which is in Baltimore County , MD .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's in, well, Towson, which is in Baltimore County, MD.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256598</id>
	<title>Nothing new here, move along...</title>
	<author>ctrl-alt-canc</author>
	<datestamp>1259401320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Selective absorption is a well known effect that takes place whenever a wave propagates in a medium where two boundary conditions have to be fulfilled at once. We observe it regularly in our lab while sending acoustic/elastic waves into a pack of slabs of material. The same thing happens with electromagnetic waves, just like Isaac Newton observed <a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~scdiroff/lds/LightOptics/NewtonsRings/NewtonsRings.html" title="harvard.edu" rel="nofollow">a few centuries ago</a> [harvard.edu]. Sending the light in a direction parallel to the lenght rather than perpendicular does not discover anything new. Next post, please...</htmltext>
<tokenext>Selective absorption is a well known effect that takes place whenever a wave propagates in a medium where two boundary conditions have to be fulfilled at once .
We observe it regularly in our lab while sending acoustic/elastic waves into a pack of slabs of material .
The same thing happens with electromagnetic waves , just like Isaac Newton observed a few centuries ago [ harvard.edu ] .
Sending the light in a direction parallel to the lenght rather than perpendicular does not discover anything new .
Next post , please.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Selective absorption is a well known effect that takes place whenever a wave propagates in a medium where two boundary conditions have to be fulfilled at once.
We observe it regularly in our lab while sending acoustic/elastic waves into a pack of slabs of material.
The same thing happens with electromagnetic waves, just like Isaac Newton observed a few centuries ago [harvard.edu].
Sending the light in a direction parallel to the lenght rather than perpendicular does not discover anything new.
Next post, please...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256884</id>
	<title>Re:Leprechaun</title>
	<author>SEWilco</author>
	<datestamp>1259404560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It is now apparent that the gold is in a bucket, not a rounded pot.</htmltext>
<tokenext>It is now apparent that the gold is in a bucket , not a rounded pot .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It is now apparent that the gold is in a bucket, not a rounded pot.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256860</id>
	<title>Re:Nothing new here, move along...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259404320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses</p><p>You better have a look at the paper.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Si tacuisses , philosophus mansissesYou better have a look at the paper .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Si tacuisses, philosophus mansissesYou better have a look at the paper.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30259478</id>
	<title>Re:Nothing new here, move along...</title>
	<author>gardyloo</author>
	<datestamp>1259436060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I did read the article (which is one page, and contains nothing complicated). It's *exactly* a Newton's rings experiment, and has practically nothing to do with metamaterials, nor with an "adiabatically-tapered waveguide", as the article claims. Looks to me as though New Scientist did some \_very\_ sloppy reporting, and<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/. got snookered into picking it up as real research.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I did read the article ( which is one page , and contains nothing complicated ) .
It 's * exactly * a Newton 's rings experiment , and has practically nothing to do with metamaterials , nor with an " adiabatically-tapered waveguide " , as the article claims .
Looks to me as though New Scientist did some \ _very \ _ sloppy reporting , and / .
got snookered into picking it up as real research .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I did read the article (which is one page, and contains nothing complicated).
It's *exactly* a Newton's rings experiment, and has practically nothing to do with metamaterials, nor with an "adiabatically-tapered waveguide", as the article claims.
Looks to me as though New Scientist did some \_very\_ sloppy reporting, and /.
got snookered into picking it up as real research.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256770</id>
	<title>If the light is trapped,</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259403000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>how come we can see it?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>how come we can see it ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>how come we can see it?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30260562</id>
	<title>Re:Traped light?</title>
	<author>Nathrael</author>
	<datestamp>1259500740000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>One of Kurzweil's observations is that as soon as we can create a machine equivalent to a human brain, we can create a machine more powerful than a human brain.</p></div><p>Which would also mean that we wouldn't be that far away from creating a machine capable of enhancing the human brain.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>One of Kurzweil 's observations is that as soon as we can create a machine equivalent to a human brain , we can create a machine more powerful than a human brain.Which would also mean that we would n't be that far away from creating a machine capable of enhancing the human brain .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>One of Kurzweil's observations is that as soon as we can create a machine equivalent to a human brain, we can create a machine more powerful than a human brain.Which would also mean that we wouldn't be that far away from creating a machine capable of enhancing the human brain.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256504</id>
	<title>Re:Leprechaun</title>
	<author>failedlogic</author>
	<datestamp>1259400420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>We all assuming its pots of real gold at the end of the rainbow. Leprechauns lied once, they'll lie twice. I saw its pots of fools gold.</p><p>I think the US Gold Reserve isn't in Fort Knox. Its at the other side of the rainbow too.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>We all assuming its pots of real gold at the end of the rainbow .
Leprechauns lied once , they 'll lie twice .
I saw its pots of fools gold.I think the US Gold Reserve is n't in Fort Knox .
Its at the other side of the rainbow too .
; )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We all assuming its pots of real gold at the end of the rainbow.
Leprechauns lied once, they'll lie twice.
I saw its pots of fools gold.I think the US Gold Reserve isn't in Fort Knox.
Its at the other side of the rainbow too.
;)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256882</id>
	<title>What about the gold?</title>
	<author>aldld</author>
	<datestamp>1259404560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'd say this is useless unles they've also trapped the gold.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'd say this is useless unles they 've also trapped the gold .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'd say this is useless unles they've also trapped the gold.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256494</id>
	<title>Also neat because?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259400360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Okay, aside from the obvious "nifty" factor, can someone explain in dummy-terms what other cool stuff this might lead to? I realize that research isn't necessarily about making immediately useful things, but surely someone knows of some fantastic avenues this might lead towards?</p><p>Not trying to downplay any significance here, just looking for some insight from someone more familiar with what's going on.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Okay , aside from the obvious " nifty " factor , can someone explain in dummy-terms what other cool stuff this might lead to ?
I realize that research is n't necessarily about making immediately useful things , but surely someone knows of some fantastic avenues this might lead towards ? Not trying to downplay any significance here , just looking for some insight from someone more familiar with what 's going on .
: )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Okay, aside from the obvious "nifty" factor, can someone explain in dummy-terms what other cool stuff this might lead to?
I realize that research isn't necessarily about making immediately useful things, but surely someone knows of some fantastic avenues this might lead towards?Not trying to downplay any significance here, just looking for some insight from someone more familiar with what's going on.
:)</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30256526</id>
	<title>Re:Also neat because?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1259400600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Okay, aside from the obvious "nifty" factor, can someone explain in dummy-terms what other cool stuff this might lead to? I realize that research isn't necessarily about making immediately useful things, but surely someone knows of some fantastic avenues this might lead towards?</p><p>Not trying to downplay any significance here, just looking for some insight from someone more familiar with what's going on.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p></div><p>It's neat because it proves that man is the most powerful being in the world, capable of trapping even light.</p><p>Where's your god now?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Okay , aside from the obvious " nifty " factor , can someone explain in dummy-terms what other cool stuff this might lead to ?
I realize that research is n't necessarily about making immediately useful things , but surely someone knows of some fantastic avenues this might lead towards ? Not trying to downplay any significance here , just looking for some insight from someone more familiar with what 's going on .
: ) It 's neat because it proves that man is the most powerful being in the world , capable of trapping even light.Where 's your god now ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Okay, aside from the obvious "nifty" factor, can someone explain in dummy-terms what other cool stuff this might lead to?
I realize that research isn't necessarily about making immediately useful things, but surely someone knows of some fantastic avenues this might lead towards?Not trying to downplay any significance here, just looking for some insight from someone more familiar with what's going on.
:)It's neat because it proves that man is the most powerful being in the world, capable of trapping even light.Where's your god now?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30269054</id>
	<title>It started out fine</title>
	<author>pugugly</author>
	<datestamp>1259589780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>And then, the rainbows turned on us, the seven frequencies combining their harmonics into a single meta-Frequency</p><p>A frequency . . . of DEATH!!!!!</p><p>RUN - SAVE YOURSELVES!!!!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And then , the rainbows turned on us , the seven frequencies combining their harmonics into a single meta-FrequencyA frequency .
. .
of DEATH ! ! ! !
! RUN - SAVE YOURSELVES ! ! !
!</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And then, the rainbows turned on us, the seven frequencies combining their harmonics into a single meta-FrequencyA frequency .
. .
of DEATH!!!!
!RUN - SAVE YOURSELVES!!!
!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30259874</id>
	<title>Re:Also neat because?</title>
	<author>JWSmythe</author>
	<datestamp>1259487840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; Two very important quotes to remember....</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him."  -Nietzsche</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; "Nietzsche is dead." -God</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; One is pretty easy to verify.  There's <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=1481" title="findagrave.com">a gravestone in Germany</a> [findagrave.com] with his body under it.  Well, I assume it's still there.  in 1998, they were talking about digging up the area to strip mine for coal.  Hmmm.</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; As for God, I haven't seen his gravestone quite yet.  Then again, no one has ever seen his body, so that makes it pretty tough to confirm that he is dead, or even existed.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; (and, yes, I understand the real meaning of the Nietzsche quote, it's called humor.)</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>    Two very important quotes to remember... .     " God is dead .
God remains dead .
And we have killed him .
" -Nietzsche     " Nietzsche is dead .
" -God     One is pretty easy to verify .
There 's a gravestone in Germany [ findagrave.com ] with his body under it .
Well , I assume it 's still there .
in 1998 , they were talking about digging up the area to strip mine for coal .
Hmmm .     As for God , I have n't seen his gravestone quite yet .
Then again , no one has ever seen his body , so that makes it pretty tough to confirm that he is dead , or even existed .
: )     ( and , yes , I understand the real meaning of the Nietzsche quote , it 's called humor .
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>
    Two very important quotes to remember....
    "God is dead.
God remains dead.
And we have killed him.
"  -Nietzsche
    "Nietzsche is dead.
" -God
    One is pretty easy to verify.
There's a gravestone in Germany [findagrave.com] with his body under it.
Well, I assume it's still there.
in 1998, they were talking about digging up the area to strip mine for coal.
Hmmm.
    As for God, I haven't seen his gravestone quite yet.
Then again, no one has ever seen his body, so that makes it pretty tough to confirm that he is dead, or even existed.
:)
    (and, yes, I understand the real meaning of the Nietzsche quote, it's called humor.
)
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_11_28_1812203.30259850</id>
	<title>Re:What happens when the laser is turned off?</title>
	<author>JWSmythe</author>
	<datestamp>1259487120000</datestamp>
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&nbsp; &nbsp; That was my thought on it.  They aren't "capturing" it.  They're looking at refracted light.  It's a very fancy prism.   They spent a lot of money on water drops.  Otherwise, they should be able to quantify the photon dust on the bottom of their apparatus.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... and I was just making a joke about the photon dust, but I googled it, and it's theorized to exist.  Well, kinda.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; I guess there's gotta be something at the bottom of a black hole from all that light that can't escape, right?<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>    That was my thought on it .
They are n't " capturing " it .
They 're looking at refracted light .
It 's a very fancy prism .
They spent a lot of money on water drops .
Otherwise , they should be able to quantify the photon dust on the bottom of their apparatus .
: ) ... and I was just making a joke about the photon dust , but I googled it , and it 's theorized to exist .
Well , kinda .
: )     I guess there 's got ta be something at the bottom of a black hole from all that light that ca n't escape , right ?
: )</tokentext>
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    That was my thought on it.
They aren't "capturing" it.
They're looking at refracted light.
It's a very fancy prism.
They spent a lot of money on water drops.
Otherwise, they should be able to quantify the photon dust on the bottom of their apparatus.
:) ... and I was just making a joke about the photon dust, but I googled it, and it's theorized to exist.
Well, kinda.
:)
    I guess there's gotta be something at the bottom of a black hole from all that light that can't escape, right?
:)</sentencetext>
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