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    Tunnel with 40,000 LEDs Is the Closest You'll Ever Get to Light Speed

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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    02/24/09

    In reply to Tunnel with 40,000 LEDs Is the Closest You'll Ever Get to Light Speed
    Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages, during the first experiments on America's greatest and most secret project, the Time Tunnel.
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    02/24/09

    @DeadWriter: Now there's a referential blast from the past...or, would that be the future? Can't tell, it's all a swirling maze...


    And (speaking of actors we all thought would be dead by now but somehow aren't) did you know that Lee Meriwether, 73, is not only still alive but continues to work in both film and television?

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    02/24/09

    In reply to Tunnel with 40,000 LEDs Is the Closest You'll Ever Get to Light Speed
    run a zipline through it and gimme 3 hits of acid and i promise i'll entertain myself for 12 hours.
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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    02/24/09

    In reply to Tunnel with 40,000 LEDs Is the Closest You'll Ever Get to Light Speed
    Boo wee ewuuu

    Boo wee ewuuu

    Doo dee doo de do do de-do

    boo woo
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/24/09

    @DeadWriter: Who?
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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    02/24/09

    @bosskev: Jelly Babby? (vegan for you)
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    02/24/09

    @DeadWriter:

    Private note to DeadWriter:


    You do realize how many readers here have no idea what we're on about. You know--the culturally deprived, the hopelessly uneducated, the "I-take-every-comment-literally-because-I-have-no-idea-what-a-joke-is" types. And, of course, then there's also all those FaceBookers...


    Or was that redundant?


    Anyway, please keep this message to yourself, don't want to get slammed on my FB wall!!!
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    Image of mikeness mikeness
    02/24/09

    In reply to Tunnel with 40,000 LEDs Is the Closest You'll Ever Get to Light Speed
    Energy consumption in the name of art... I love it, especially in the Nation's capital. Eat that damned dirt hippies.
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    02/24/09

    @mikeness: According to the article, it's in "Washingtong DC".
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    02/24/09

    In reply to Tunnel with 40,000 LEDs Is the Closest You'll Ever Get to Light Speed
    What is this, a preview of Ohare's tunnels being refitted?
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    Image of 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle
    12/16/08

    In reply to LightSpeed Binoculars Transmit Secure Video and Audio Via Infrared
    It should have been easier to have devolped ultra technological sattelites that can produce videos to up a feet away of the to spy on subject.
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    12/16/08

    @It s off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle: Syntax; you need to use more of it.
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    Image of Justin Dean Job Justin Dean Job
    12/16/08

    In reply to LightSpeed Binoculars Transmit Secure Video and Audio Via Infrared
    Yes but will it blend
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    12/16/08

    @Justin Dean Job:


    Will it blend?!


    Seriously, aren`t you tired of that shit?

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    12/16/08

    @It s off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle: Obviously he's not as tired of it as you are. And in my opinion, your reaction was worth him saying it!


    You're so cute when you're angry :P

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    Image of Bsjskier Bsjskier
    12/16/08

    In reply to LightSpeed Binoculars Transmit Secure Video and Audio Via Infrared
    It's untappable as long as no one can decode the IR information.
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    12/16/08

    @Bsjskier: And stand directly in between the sender and receiver without being noticed (or blocking the entire transmission)...
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    12/16/08

    In reply to LightSpeed Binoculars Transmit Secure Video and Audio Via Infrared
    Don't most night vision goggles us IR illuminators to see? So wouldn't they spot this "beacon" flashing from a good distance off?
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    12/16/08

    @LMAO-SteveDave loves this guy->★: So long as you aren't attempting to transmit data into the ground a few feet in front of you, the optics of the binoculars will obscure the source, and any beam spread falling around your transmission target would probably be too weak to notice from very far (if at all). There is always the possibility of some particulate matter in the air scattering a little IR light near the transmission source but that would hardly be a dead give away.


    I also get the impression that these would be used more for stationary defense observation or along strategic perimeters rather than in a full on stealth recon scenario...

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/16/08

    In reply to LightSpeed Binoculars Transmit Secure Video and Audio Via Infrared
    What? Hand signals are passe now?
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    Image of fsusmithc2 fsusmithc2
    12/16/08

    In reply to LightSpeed Binoculars Transmit Secure Video and Audio Via Infrared
    Never say something is untappable, unhackable, undetectable, etc. Somebody will find a way. Saying you can't only makes the hackers/modders/etc. try that much harder.
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    12/16/08

    @fsusmithc2: Thank you Captain Caveat. So... How many computers do you have buried in your back yard?
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    12/16/08

    In reply to LightSpeed Binoculars Transmit Secure Video and Audio Via Infrared
    Undetectable?!? Use a camcorder and you can see the IR Led of your remote control. If it's electromagnetic radiation, it can be detected.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    12/16/08

    @b0bcat: It didn't say the LED light was undetectable, it said the data transfer through LED light was undetectable.


    But if that's true, how does the other binoculars detect the data transfer...oh noes... I think we made the data transfer TOO secure.

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