@Unholy_Hero: I hate this guy for having the time to do this.

@8x10: Is that the eye of the Mote?

@Tzepish: Is it simplified terminology or poor grammar? I lean towards the latter.

@polle404: "excessive posting on geeky blogs and the like"

I'm obviously missing something here. It sounds like they've discovered that electric fields interact over a distance (no shit Sherlock). Is it that the process follows Bose-Einstein statistics? I'm not even sure that a 1nm vacuum deserves to be called a vacuum, and at those distances, it is surprising that the…

How creeped out is Sir Patrick Stewart feeling about this?

A corner office, fantastic view. Marketing exec behind enormous desk, macbook open, logo displayed prominently. A group of four or five minions in chairs in front of the desk. Chair heights subtly lowered.

I've never had one before so I'm not sure, but I think I just had a nerdgasm.

@Tipop: Some say the Buddha found enlightenment by sitting under a tree. I say he found it using lasers and the tassels from an exotic dancer's brassiere.

@rhmoon: Exactly. It doesnt really matter what X is, the sentence is automatically improved.

@Tipop: I'm in partial agreement. Who wouldnt be? I mean: lasers!

@Janglesatwest: You can be a dreamer without accepting the idea of singularity. You dont have to beleive that the rate of change will continue to accelerate until we reach some sort of post human state to dream of FTL travel or holidaying on Mars or whatever.

@icelight: I dunno. It's not that lasers and diamonds do not improve a sentence. That's obvious and not up for debate. But, I think "using lasers and" does most of the heavy lifting there.

@Stevox: OMG! You would eat that?

@wagnerrp: In addition to the fact that [all of the numerous industry sponsored studies to date have failed to conclusively find a statistically significant link between the frequencies they use and] cancer...

@Befitzero: Assuming you had the strength to lift it above your head.

@Subliminal Bukkake: The antenna was on the roof, and shielded by the steel panels they used in those days. Probably safer that today...

@SG-17: I guess you're thinking of the point where the signal becomes indistinguishable from the background noise? The signal strength is inversely proportional to the distance squared - even the most focused laser will spread.

@LeftClicker: my first thought as well.

where's that damn myxomatosis when you need it?