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Laser Invented May 16, 1960!! - Sort of
Posted by Norski • 5/16/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Tags: history, lasers, technology, the human condition
The laser was invented on this date in 1960!
I read it on the Web!
Then, I did a little nosing around. Sure enough, a milestone was passed on May 16, 1960: and that's important.
What's funny is the number of camps I found online, each with their own version of what 'really' happened.
Jockeying for credit aside, there's an interesting bit of science/technology history here.
apatheticlemming.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-16-1960-invention-of-laser-on-tha...
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You mean we've had the laser for 48 years now...
Where the hell is my laser gun then... I mean - it took only about 15 years after the invention of smokeless powder to get basic automatic weapons that became the template for modern weapons...
... I want my ray gun.
And speaking of ray guns....
Where's all the flying cars... and jet packs... and food pills... that were supposed to happen by 2000?-
Why, dont you know? All of that stuff is being shipped to Mars.
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"The future isn't what it used to be."
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Wasn't this a British invention? -
Laser? I hardly know her
Ba dump shh-
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Ouch.
Good one. -
Someone had to do it
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