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A Laser Phalanx?
"Dan" wrote in message ... Greg Hennessy wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:29:48 -0700, wrote: Lasers weren't developed with any particular purpose in mind, let alone a military one, but the people who developed them mainly saw a use for them in experimental physics for use in spectroscopy and interferometry. Cheers, Ralph- Hide quoted text - Yes they were. Siemens and I.G.Farben worked on medical lasers and beam weaponry during World War II, for those specific purposes. [snip utter ********] Ardnut is off his pills again....... It's the hormone therapy in preparation for his sex change. Hmmm ... I have a couple friends who have worked for Siemens in recent years. I wonder if they have access to sooper seekrit documents .... hmmm ..... It can't be all about making cancer radiation treatment machines .... the plot thickens ... - nilita (if nothing else, Usenet is a great source of conspiracy theories .... |
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A Laser Phalanx?
"Vince" wrote in message ... William Black wrote: "Vince" wrote in message . .. wrote: Lasers weren't developed with any particular purpose in mind, let alone a military one, but the people who developed them mainly saw a use for them in experimental physics for use in spectroscopy and interferometry. Cheers, Ralph- Hide quoted text - Yes they were. Siemens and I.G.Farben worked on medical lasers and beam weaponry during World War II, for those specific purposes. source on lasers in germany in WWII? Look Vince the text is so obviously the work of a deranged mind that it's not even worth querying. Watson-Watt rejected the 'death ray' idea in about 1934, interestingly after rumours of a German device... Nobody even built a Maser until after 1950, never mind a laser. Forget it, it's just more Internet conspiracy rubbish. I fully agree. My Father in law was student of Lamb's at Columbia and knew Gould and all the other laser pioneers.(Gould was a student of Kusch who shared the 1955 Nobel prize with Lamb) Ed actually took the first photograph made with a laser I was just assuming it was a mistranslation of the source This is the Internet. Never assume it's a simple mistake if there's the possibility of lunacy... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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A Laser Phalanx?
La N wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message ... Greg Hennessy wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:29:48 -0700, wrote: Lasers weren't developed with any particular purpose in mind, let alone a military one, but the people who developed them mainly saw a use for them in experimental physics for use in spectroscopy and interferometry. Cheers, Ralph- Hide quoted text - Yes they were. Siemens and I.G.Farben worked on medical lasers and beam weaponry during World War II, for those specific purposes. [snip utter ********] Ardnut is off his pills again....... It's the hormone therapy in preparation for his sex change. Hmmm ... I have a couple friends who have worked for Siemens in recent years. I wonder if they have access to sooper seekrit documents .... hmmm .... It can't be all about making cancer radiation treatment machines .... the plot thickens ... - nilita (if nothing else, Usenet is a great source of conspiracy theories ... I have finalized my Unified Conspiracy Theory. It seems everyone in the world is part of the conspiracy except me and they are all out to get me. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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A Laser Phalanx?
"Dan" wrote in message ... La N wrote: "Dan" wrote in message ... Greg Hennessy wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:29:48 -0700, wrote: Lasers weren't developed with any particular purpose in mind, let alone a military one, but the people who developed them mainly saw a use for them in experimental physics for use in spectroscopy and interferometry. Cheers, Ralph- Hide quoted text - Yes they were. Siemens and I.G.Farben worked on medical lasers and beam weaponry during World War II, for those specific purposes. [snip utter ********] Ardnut is off his pills again....... It's the hormone therapy in preparation for his sex change. Hmmm ... I have a couple friends who have worked for Siemens in recent years. I wonder if they have access to sooper seekrit documents .... hmmm .... It can't be all about making cancer radiation treatment machines .... the plot thickens ... - nilita (if nothing else, Usenet is a great source of conspiracy theories ... I have finalized my Unified Conspiracy Theory. It seems everyone in the world is part of the conspiracy except me and they are all out to get me. I think that's pretty obvious to everybody but you, Dan! - nilita |
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A Laser Phalanx?
La N wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message ... La N wrote: "Dan" wrote in message ... Greg Hennessy wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:29:48 -0700, wrote: Lasers weren't developed with any particular purpose in mind, let alone a military one, but the people who developed them mainly saw a use for them in experimental physics for use in spectroscopy and interferometry. Cheers, Ralph- Hide quoted text - Yes they were. Siemens and I.G.Farben worked on medical lasers and beam weaponry during World War II, for those specific purposes. [snip utter ********] Ardnut is off his pills again....... It's the hormone therapy in preparation for his sex change. Hmmm ... I have a couple friends who have worked for Siemens in recent years. I wonder if they have access to sooper seekrit documents .... hmmm .... It can't be all about making cancer radiation treatment machines .... the plot thickens ... - nilita (if nothing else, Usenet is a great source of conspiracy theories ... I have finalized my Unified Conspiracy Theory. It seems everyone in the world is part of the conspiracy except me and they are all out to get me. I think that's pretty obvious to everybody but you, Dan! - nilita See? I knew it. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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A Laser Phalanx?
On Sep 15, 9:17 am, Vince wrote:
wrote: Lasers weren't developed with any particular purpose in mind, let alone a military one, but the people who developed them mainly saw a use for them in experimental physics for use in spectroscopy and interferometry. Cheers, Ralph- Hide quoted text - Yes they were. Siemens and I.G.Farben worked on medical lasers and beam weaponry during World War II, for those specific purposes. source on lasers in germany in WWII? The lasers that they worked on in WWII were not the optical and fiber lasers used today. They were just modifed X-ray equipment. Since the lasers used today assume you know something about digital computers and Turing machines, rather than military morons. Vince |
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A Laser Phalanx?
"Andrew Chaplin" wrote in message ... "William Black" wrote in message ... "Vince" wrote in message ... William Black wrote: "Vince" wrote in message . .. wrote: Lasers weren't developed with any particular purpose in mind, let alone a military one, but the people who developed them mainly saw a use for them in experimental physics for use in spectroscopy and interferometry. Cheers, Ralph- Hide quoted text - Yes they were. Siemens and I.G.Farben worked on medical lasers and beam weaponry during World War II, for those specific purposes. source on lasers in germany in WWII? Look Vince the text is so obviously the work of a deranged mind that it's not even worth querying. Watson-Watt rejected the 'death ray' idea in about 1934, interestingly after rumours of a German device... Nobody even built a Maser until after 1950, never mind a laser. Forget it, it's just more Internet conspiracy rubbish. I fully agree. My Father in law was student of Lamb's at Columbia and knew Gould and all the other laser pioneers.(Gould was a student of Kusch who shared the 1955 Nobel prize with Lamb) Ed actually took the first photograph made with a laser I was just assuming it was a mistranslation of the source This is the Internet. Never assume it's a simple mistake if there's the possibility of lunacy... Ockham's eclectic razor? Ockham's laser? More like 'the back of Ockham's knife'... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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A Laser Phalanx?
"Dan" wrote in message ... wrote: snip Since the lasers used today assume you know something about digital computers and Turing machines, rather than military morons. Translation please? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Dan ... Dan .... Dan .... you're still out of the loop! Always the one who arrives late to the dance! zzbunker is a *bot*, not a very well tuned bot, but a bot nonetheless. I wish, btw, its programmer would fix its spellchecker. - nilita |
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