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OK, I want a 10000 millimeter lens that weighs .1 oz, and is less than .5 inch thick.
1 posted on 05/27/2005 7:40:58 PM PDT by aimhigh
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Wow, this could have some very interesting ramifications...I can't wait to see what they come up with!


2 posted on 05/27/2005 7:42:59 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
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Scientists invent lens than a sheet of paper

Well I should hope so the piece of paper has already been invented.

3 posted on 05/27/2005 7:59:56 PM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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Lens five times thinner than paper developed

How about this title?

4 posted on 05/27/2005 8:14:21 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Remember, this is only a temporary exile!)
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"How do you know it's there?"

"Well, I just assumed..."


5 posted on 05/27/2005 8:46:06 PM PDT by kenth
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It's interesting, but an astonishing number of people are quite happy with the old Wollaston landscape lens.


6 posted on 05/27/2005 8:46:16 PM PDT by Redcloak (Over 16,000 served.)
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I hate it when happens!


8 posted on 05/27/2005 9:24:50 PM PDT by Publius6961 (The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
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Cool, I'd like a telescope built with this technology.


9 posted on 05/27/2005 9:57:02 PM PDT by Brett66 (W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
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That settles it. I am inventing thinner paper.

Can we get some thinner contact lenses now? And how about for my camera?


10 posted on 05/28/2005 2:42:49 AM PDT by weegee ("Do you want them to write a piece about how great the military is?" Elizabeth Bumiller - NY Times)
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