Lasers

[den]

I remember when Lasers started appearing in a big way. At first they were a Lab thing that scientists played around with. "Hey! We can bounce them off mirrors on the moon!" was pretty cool. "Hey we can make holograms!" was bloody amazing I wanted the one that exploded things. Scientists had them. The thing went ZAP and the target went BLAM! I wanted a laser, preferably in a handy gun so I could explode things. ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

Now I have 3 lasers. 3!

Two of them are mounted in little boxes, and shine through revolving mirrors. They create a flat disc of red light and are used to take levels during surveys.

The third is on a key ring and is used to point at screens and things.

What a let down.

Comments

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

yeah I know, I have about 4.. its not like it was supposed to be!!

[sjwt.livejournal.com]

what??
you dont own any CD players or CD/dvd ROMS?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

oh yeah. 3CDdrives, 2 CD players and a DVD. But those are hidden lasers.

[sjwt.livejournal.com]

then you arnt useing them to the full
posibiltys!!

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

You wanna have fun with a laser?

Duct tape one to a pair of binoculars and go to the window of a tall building.

It's really funny to see how people react when this little
red dot is hitting the pavement 3 feet in front of them as
they're walking around.

You will just not believe just how easy it would be to aim a weapon of some sort.with a laser site on it. :/

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

Hehe, well, much as I also wanted lasers which blew things up, now I don't. Why? Because I eventually learned that with such lasers, any reflection which happens to beam even a glancing blow back at you could make you go boom as well. Well, maybe not boom even, you might just suddenly have a limb fall off. That or your eyes will pop like grapes.

LASERS

[ursuscal.livejournal.com]

I own three lab-grade lasers (I built them) and a few laser pointers. I share your disappointment in their inability to level towns, or at least destroy morons.

The most powerful laser I've used was a water-cooled berilium-glass Krypton/Argon gaseous laser that registered an amazing 5 watts (a lot for a laser). If you focused it on a piece of paper for about 10 seconds it would set it alight. Limited usefulness, unless, of course, I could focus it on certain selected private parts of my enemies. Hmmm... Slower can be better... Bugger...

Re: LASERS

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

ooooh I want one of them.

a mate had a CO2 laser he used to cut patterns in 5mm plate steel. It was nice.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

You don't have a CD player? They have lasers too. We have, um, (counts...) three.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I didn't count them. 3 CD roms, 1 CD player, 1 DVD player.

[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

The keyring lasers are WONDERFUL "critter toys"---

Dogs and cats LOVE to chase the little red dots, and will spend hours doing so.

If you want to "calm down" rowdy, noisy neighbors (whom you don't like anyway) simply "dot" one of them (outside at night, from a secluded, dark vantage point) with the thing, and when somebody notices it...have an assistant rack the slide of a pump shotgun or large-caliber pistol (.45s work best). Then watch them scatter like quail!

Of course, there IS the rather "questionable" SOCIAL and LEGAL ramifications of such an action, as well as the very real risk of having one or more of the rowdies opening fire in your direction...

HAHAHAHA!!!!

(And I realize that this "activity" is not possible in certain parts of the world, due to laws that only allow criminals to possess firearms...)

Ducking and running for cover---