Diurnal Desynchronization/Winter Fugue

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:12:16 -0500, mixed nuts
<melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote:

>dave hillstrom wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>
>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>
>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>
>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>
>>
>> ok, fellow geek, that depends. it depends on whether your IR
>> receptors are ~sensitive~ enough to detect in that range. for
>> instance, a high resolution IR imaging system that they now use on
>> police copters would NOT be able to see a cold cup of coffee, as it
>> blends PERFECTLY into the background ambient.
>>
>> so, neener.
>>
>Rooms with lots of metal halide lamps are more interesting in any case.

well, yes. but its made more interesting by the addition of several
high pressure sodium lamps.

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:03:49 -0500, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
bloviated:

>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>
>>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>
>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>
>>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>
>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>
>ok, fellow geek, that depends. it depends on whether your IR
>receptors are ~sensitive~ enough to detect in that range. for
>instance, a high resolution IR imaging system that they now use on
>police copters would NOT be able to see a cold cup of coffee, as it
>blends PERFECTLY into the background ambient.
>
>so, neener.

Still emitting, just at the same freq as the background.

 

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
bloviated:

>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>
>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>
>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>
>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>
>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>
>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.

Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:03:49 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>
>>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>
>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>
>>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>
>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>
> ok, fellow geek, that depends. it depends on whether your IR
> receptors are ~sensitive~ enough to detect in that range. for
> instance, a high resolution IR imaging system that they now use on
> police copters would NOT be able to see a cold cup of coffee, as it
> blends PERFECTLY into the background ambient.
>
> so, neener.

Pattern-recognition! neener right back!

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

"It's a Boo--!"

< _The Hunting of the Snark_

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:21:23 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:12:16 -0500, mixed nuts
> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote:
>
>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>
>>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>
>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>
>>> ok, fellow geek, that depends. it depends on whether your IR
>>> receptors are ~sensitive~ enough to detect in that range. for
>>> instance, a high resolution IR imaging system that they now use on
>>> police copters would NOT be able to see a cold cup of coffee, as it
>>> blends PERFECTLY into the background ambient.
>>>
>>> so, neener.
>>
>>Rooms with lots of metal halide lamps are more interesting in any case.
>
> well, yes. but its made more interesting by the addition of several
> high pressure sodium lamps.

"Here comes the sun . . . It's alright."

*doo*deedeedoodeedeedoodeedee dee

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Let there be another leaf.

< _Small Gods_

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:19:57 -0500, mixed nuts wrote:

> mimus wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:21:20 -0500, mixed nuts wrote:
>>
>>>mimus wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>
>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>
>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>
>>>IF YOU COULD SEE IN THE INFRARED YOU WOULDN'T WASTE TIME LOOKING AT THE
>>>COFFEE.
>>
>> <puzzled>
>>
>> Why not?
>
> Silicon video cameras have an annoying ability to see the writing on
> both sides of the paper unless you use a blocking filter. Cotton and
> rayon are quite the same as paper in the near infrared (0.7..1.0 um).
> It gets worse as one moves out past 3 um. There's windows so to speak.

I thought of that but then thought that only a total perv would even be
thinking of that.

Set to "non-silk bands", eh?

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

There's no such thing as a trained snake, OK?

< _Strip Tease_

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
> bloviated:
>
>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>
>>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>
>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>
>>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>
>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>
> Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
> object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.

An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.

HAH

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Given a manifold M with a submanifold N, N can be knotted in M
if there exists an embedding of N in M which is not isotopic to N.
Traditional knots form the case where N = S1 and M = S3.

< Deep wisdom from on high (Wikipedia)

 

mimus wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>bloviated:
>>
>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>
>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>
>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>
>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>
>>Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>>object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>
> An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>
> HAH
>
A detector which is somewhat colder and something like 10^7 seconds (8.3
fortnights) to interact with some very low frequency photons.

--
nuts

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:07 -0500, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
<melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:

>mimus wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>bloviated:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>
>>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>
>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>
>>>Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>>>object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>>
>> An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>>
>> HAH
>>
>A detector which is somewhat colder and something like 10^7 seconds (8.3
>fortnights) to interact with some very low frequency photons.

And how many photons will you be collecting?

 

Aratzio wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:07 -0500, in
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>bloviated:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>>
>>>>Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>>>>object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>>>
>>>An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>>>
>>>HAH
>>>
>>A detector which is somewhat colder and something like 10^7 seconds (8.3
>>fortnights) to interact with some very low frequency photons.
>
> And how many photons will you be collecting?

Describe the radiator (of the order of a light-year in extent or larger)
and I could work out the specifics (if I felt like it).

--
nuts

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:20 -0500, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
<melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:

>Aratzio wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:07 -0500, in
>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
>> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>>
>>>mimus wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>bloviated:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>>>
>>>>>Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>>>>>object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>>>>
>>>>An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>>>>
>>>>HAH
>>>>
>>>A detector which is somewhat colder and something like 10^7 seconds (8.3
>>>fortnights) to interact with some very low frequency photons.
>>
>> And how many photons will you be collecting?
>
>Describe the radiator (of the order of a light-year in extent or larger)
>and I could work out the specifics (if I felt like it).

The damn coffee cup.

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:32:23 +0000, Aratzio wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:20 -0500, in
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>
>>Aratzio wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:07 -0500, in
>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
>>> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>>>
>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>bloviated:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>>>>>>object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>>>>>
>>>>>An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>>>>>
>>>>>HAH
>>>>>
>>>>A detector which is somewhat colder and something like 10^7 seconds (8.3
>>>>fortnights) to interact with some very low frequency photons.
>>>
>>> And how many photons will you be collecting?
>>
>>Describe the radiator (of the order of a light-year in extent or larger)
>>and I could work out the specifics (if I felt like it).
>
> The damn coffee cup.

<squint>

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

Where am I, Dove?

< _The Einstein Intersection_

 

Aratzio wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:20 -0500, in
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>
>>Aratzio wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:07 -0500, in
>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
>>><melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>>>
>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>bloviated:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>>>>>>object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>>>>>
>>>>>An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>>>>>
>>>>>HAH
>>>>>
>>>>A detector which is somewhat colder and something like 10^7 seconds (8.3
>>>>fortnights) to interact with some very low frequency photons.
>>>
>>>And how many photons will you be collecting?
>>
>>Describe the radiator (of the order of a light-year in extent or larger)
>>and I could work out the specifics (if I felt like it).
>
> The damn coffee cup.

Too small. The peak of the blackbody curve for 1 nK is at a wavelength
of 2897.768 kilometers. You need something much bigger than that to
radiate efficiently as a blackbody - a light year or two would work
nicely. You would, of course, have to build a similarly sized
refrigerator to perform the measurement.

--
nuts

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:05:56 -0500, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
<melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:

>Aratzio wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:20 -0500, in
>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
>> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>>
>>>Aratzio wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:07 -0500, in
>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
>>>><melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>>>>
>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>bloviated:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>>>>>>>object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HAH
>>>>>>
>>>>>A detector which is somewhat colder and something like 10^7 seconds (8.3
>>>>>fortnights) to interact with some very low frequency photons.
>>>>
>>>>And how many photons will you be collecting?
>>>
>>>Describe the radiator (of the order of a light-year in extent or larger)
>>>and I could work out the specifics (if I felt like it).
>>
>> The damn coffee cup.
>
>Too small. The peak of the blackbody curve for 1 nK is at a wavelength
>of 2897.768 kilometers. You need something much bigger than that to
>radiate efficiently as a blackbody - a light year or two would work
>nicely. You would, of course, have to build a similarly sized
>refrigerator to perform the measurement.

Which was kinda my point. Just because it radiates does not mean it is
measureable in any reasonable or even unreasonable manner.

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:20:14 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:03:49 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>
>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>
>>>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>
>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>
>> ok, fellow geek, that depends. it depends on whether your IR
>> receptors are ~sensitive~ enough to detect in that range. for
>> instance, a high resolution IR imaging system that they now use on
>> police copters would NOT be able to see a cold cup of coffee, as it
>> blends PERFECTLY into the background ambient.
>>
>> so, neener.
>
>Pattern-recognition! neener right back!

if the coffee and cup are at the same temp as ambient, and the handle
of the cup is not at right angles to you direction of view, it will
look like any of a number of nondescript things. it could be a rock,
or a loaf of bread, or a jar of something, or a can of campbells soup,
or a pen holder, or a picture frame, or the shrunken head of a
squarehead swede, or that cube in hellraiser, or a small box full of
flesh eating beatles, ad infinitum, ad nauseum...

even if the handle IS at right angles to your direction of view, you
still wouldnt be able to tell whats in it, if anything.

pattern recognition, which, as a slightly autistic person, i am quite
familiar with on a personal basis, still needs cues in the pattern for
it to be recognizable from background noise.

nyah!!!!!!


--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:31:27 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>> bloviated:
>>
>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>
>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>
>>>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>
>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>
>> Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>> object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>
>An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>
>HAH

id think it would take that slow moving electron some time to move
even a foot at that temperature.

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:18:07 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:03:49 -0500, in
>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
>bloviated:
>
>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>
>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>
>>>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>
>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>
>>ok, fellow geek, that depends. it depends on whether your IR
>>receptors are ~sensitive~ enough to detect in that range. for
>>instance, a high resolution IR imaging system that they now use on
>>police copters would NOT be able to see a cold cup of coffee, as it
>>blends PERFECTLY into the background ambient.
>>
>>so, neener.
>
>Still emitting, just at the same freq as the background.

yes, but unless your detecter is stereo, which to my knowledge, most
are not, it would still just fade into the background noise.

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:55:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:32:23 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:20 -0500, in
>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
>> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>>
>>>Aratzio wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:07 -0500, in
>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
>>>> <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> bloviated:
>>>>
>>>>>mimus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:33 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, in
>>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>bloviated:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>>>>>nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Okay puzzle me this, what kind of detector would you use to detect an
>>>>>>>object that radiates at 0.00000001 degrees kelvin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>An electron moving through a wide wide magnetic field.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HAH
>>>>>>
>>>>>A detector which is somewhat colder and something like 10^7 seconds (8.3
>>>>>fortnights) to interact with some very low frequency photons.
>>>>
>>>> And how many photons will you be collecting?
>>>
>>>Describe the radiator (of the order of a light-year in extent or larger)
>>>and I could work out the specifics (if I felt like it).
>>
>> The damn coffee cup.
>
><squint>

i dont drink coffee, anyway. but i do drink tea. so you can squint
at me all you want.

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:18:49 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:20:14 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:03:49 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>
>>>>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>
>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>
>>> ok, fellow geek, that depends. it depends on whether your IR
>>> receptors are ~sensitive~ enough to detect in that range. for
>>> instance, a high resolution IR imaging system that they now use on
>>> police copters would NOT be able to see a cold cup of coffee, as it
>>> blends PERFECTLY into the background ambient.
>>>
>>> so, neener.
>>
>>Pattern-recognition! neener right back!
>
> if the coffee and cup are at the same temp as ambient, and the handle
> of the cup is not at right angles to you direction of view, it will
> look like any of a number of nondescript things. it could be a rock,
> or a loaf of bread, or a jar of something, or a can of campbells soup,
> or a pen holder, or a picture frame, or the shrunken head of a
> squarehead swede, or that cube in hellraiser, or a small box full of
> flesh eating beatles, ad infinitum, ad nauseum...
>
> even if the handle IS at right angles to your direction of view, you
> still wouldnt be able to tell whats in it, if anything.
>
> pattern recognition, which, as a slightly autistic person, i am quite
> familiar with on a personal basis, still needs cues in the pattern for
> it to be recognizable from background noise.
>
> nyah!!!!!!
>

Now I'm wondering what I drank this morning.

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

"Ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah."

< _Shaun of the Dead_

 

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:38:44 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:18:49 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:20:14 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:03:49 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:46 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:08:24 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:15:37 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:18 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:27:18 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:48 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:23:12 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:16 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:50:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>I overslept badly this morning, 'til almost noon-- watched the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Memphis-Tennessee game last night *hic*-- and *damn* here I am finishing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>my usual third and final pint cup of coffee and it's already dark . . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>The sun is gone! the sun is gone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>><weep>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>><slurp>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> you need metal halide. thats what you need.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I take metal halide all the time.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Even throw a dashlet into the coffee basket.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> see, like, its all in the delivery. you need to stick it in a glass
>>>>>>>>>> nodule and run electricity through it till it emits light. dig?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Um . . . at what temperature does coffee start glowing?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> if yer on shrooms, room temperature.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE INFRARED, IT ALWAYS DOES. Bah.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> not if its been sitting around for a while.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hey, if it's above O deg. K it's glowing.
>>>>
>>>> ok, fellow geek, that depends. it depends on whether your IR
>>>> receptors are ~sensitive~ enough to detect in that range. for
>>>> instance, a high resolution IR imaging system that they now use on
>>>> police copters would NOT be able to see a cold cup of coffee, as it
>>>> blends PERFECTLY into the background ambient.
>>>>
>>>> so, neener.
>>>
>>>Pattern-recognition! neener right back!
>>
>> if the coffee and cup are at the same temp as ambient, and the handle
>> of the cup is not at right angles to you direction of view, it will
>> look like any of a number of nondescript things. it could be a rock,
>> or a loaf of bread, or a jar of something, or a can of campbells soup,
>> or a pen holder, or a picture frame, or the shrunken head of a
>> squarehead swede, or that cube in hellraiser, or a small box full of
>> flesh eating beatles, ad infinitum, ad nauseum...
>>
>> even if the handle IS at right angles to your direction of view, you
>> still wouldnt be able to tell whats in it, if anything.
>>
>> pattern recognition, which, as a slightly autistic person, i am quite
>> familiar with on a personal basis, still needs cues in the pattern for
>> it to be recognizable from background noise.
>>
>> nyah!!!!!!
>>
>
>Now I'm wondering what I drank this morning.

as well you should.

--
dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

<This space for rent.>