[TBP]

BTTT.

[dr_lew]

So much for the mathematicians. These hypotheses, according to some people, underestimated the resources of the human mind; they bowed to the unknown, proclaiming the ancient doctine, arrogantly resurrected, of ignoramus et ignorabimus. Others regarded the mathematicians' hypotheses as sterile and dangerous nonsense, contributing towards the creation of a modern mythology based on the notion of this giant brain - whether plasmic or electronic was immaterial - as the ultimate objective of existence, the very synthesis of life.

Solaris, by Stanislav Lem

[Westlander]

I recall when a 6 transistor portable AM radio was a biggy.

[SunkenCiv]

Over the past few years, graphene has been pretty danged popular as the topic of FR topics. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

...a team of physicists has taken a key step in fulfilling graphene's promise as a hotbed of exotic physics by showing that the electrons within it can team up to behave like particles with a fraction of the electron's charge. The effect is called the fractional quantum Hall effect, and it's an esoteric embellishment of an already esoteric phenomenon known as the Hall effect.

The Hall effect was what led to the breakup, and obscurity for Oates as well as Hall. Thanks neverdem.

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[Billthedrill]

I dunno about this quantum computing thingy. I mean, when the Captain sticks his head in my cube and shouts “Ensign Drill, are the deflector shields up?” I’m gonna want to be able to answer something better than, “Probably, boss.”

[allmost]

What is the temperature range here?

[Captain Beyond]

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