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SolRo
10-25-2006, 09:55 PM
Anyone wanna split the cost? I'll pay the S&H.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/896a/
fasteronfire
10-25-2006, 11:44 PM
thats worth more than my car
DaChrisDude
10-26-2006, 07:42 AM
insane. I have no need for any laser pointer, let alone a blue one, let alone a blue one that costs a grand...
cagirly2006
10-26-2006, 07:44 AM
why dont you just go buy a cheapy RED one at petco or 7-11 or radioshack and figure out how to put a blue light in it!! Alot cheaper :D
lucubrator
10-26-2006, 08:36 AM
why dont you just go buy a cheapy RED one at petco or 7-11 or radioshack and figure out how to put a blue light in it!! Alot cheaper :D

Blue has roughly 1.5x as much energy as Red, which is why it took so long to come out with it. Einstein was the first to figure that one out.
luistwentyone
10-26-2006, 08:58 AM
$1,000 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

what does it do ?
SolRo
10-26-2006, 09:07 AM
what does it do ?

Blinds people 1.5 times better?
jrjuiliano
10-26-2006, 10:03 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by luistwentyone

what does it do ?


Blinds people 1.5 times better?


Does it come with a better mount for frickin' sharks? :D
DaChrisDude
10-26-2006, 12:45 PM
"I want frikin sharks with frikin lazer attached to their heads!"
lucubrator
10-26-2006, 04:50 PM
"I want frikin sharks with frikin lazer attached to their heads!"

Yeah, way to get the joke.
Daniel
10-26-2006, 08:14 PM
:D lol
FishBulb
10-26-2006, 08:32 PM
Green lasers are out too and popular with astronomy because they project much farther/better. I guess the blue would be even better than the green.
FB
lucubrator
10-26-2006, 08:55 PM
It doesn't quite work like that.
Peak output of the sun is around 500nm which is the wavelength have evolved to percieve best, because it's most abundant. (ID people, we'll just say that we percieve 500ish best because... god said so, in any case, we do.) So even at the same power level, we can see green as much brighter, as in the case of a lecturer who has one. Alternately, we can see the scattering off many many fewer particles, which is why you see the green line in the sky, and need smoke to see a red laser.
Blue is about as visible as red, so it won't be any more fun.
SolRo
10-26-2006, 09:03 PM
It's mainly for astablishing geek dominance...you can spot the alpha geek by the blue laser pointer.
DaChrisDude
10-26-2006, 09:51 PM
"alpha geek"

Classic, lol.
Fishaholic
10-27-2006, 07:26 AM
I got $5 could that get me an hour with the "Blue Laser Pointer" lol