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*shrug* whatever...
You say there is indeed such a thing as bad reporting?
alcaray
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8/23/2008 12:13:09 AM
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Fancy that!
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Broadcast power breakthrough at Intel?
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ER
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8/22/2008 1:54:34 PM
Quantum Tunnelling Energy Transmitter
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Bluh
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8/24/2008 10:43:59 PM
Here you go... it's a lot cooler than the article suggests...
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ARRELL
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8/23/2008 12:21:21 AM
Intel blog w/video
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Robert
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8/22/2008 4:56:36 PM
Broadcast power
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ER
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8/22/2008 5:14:37 PM
Narrowcast power
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Robert
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8/22/2008 8:16:42 PM
A little more here
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 10:57:52 PM
This is what I hate about popular news articles- they avoid discussing the science like the plague...
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 3:21:57 PM
By the way, ER...
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 3:39:24 PM
I think the media caters to the 99.9% of the population who wouldn't understand a scientific explanation.
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alcaray
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8/22/2008 7:02:30 PM
On the other hand, and in this case...
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alcaray
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8/22/2008 7:13:42 PM
"I doubt that the media knows any more about this story than you do" Not sure where that came from...
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 7:42:12 PM
You seemed to want a detailed explanation of how the deed is done.
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alcaray
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8/22/2008 8:15:46 PM
Nope, just basic principles
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 8:51:44 PM
Links please, to this out there information?
(n/t)
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alcaray
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8/22/2008 9:12:35 PM
OooooKaaay....
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 10:55:05 PM
"I am not sure what has you so irritated..."
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alcaray
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8/22/2008 11:10:07 PM
*shrug* whatever...
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 11:29:48 PM
You say there is indeed such a thing as bad reporting?
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alcaray
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8/23/2008 12:13:09 AM
So you agree it was bad reporting...?
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ARRELL
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8/23/2008 12:31:55 AM
I don't see enough info in either article to make out how the thing works.
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alcaray
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8/23/2008 12:42:20 AM
Ah tunneling. Now I get it.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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8/23/2008 12:53:20 AM
Okay....
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ARRELL
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8/23/2008 12:50:42 AM
Ooops, here is link
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 10:58:37 PM
For instance the power law important here might be 1/r^3
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 7:44:49 PM
It is fun to speculate.
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alcaray
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8/22/2008 8:16:32 PM
If you like what they do to science,
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ER
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8/22/2008 5:07:42 PM
"you must love what they do to politics. " Totally different animals in my opinion...
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ARRELL
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8/22/2008 6:21:31 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.