YSaC, Vol. 1609: Saturday Night’s Alright (For Photon)
2013 October 4
photon cought
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Wow. It’s only been a few months since Chen, et al. published their results on building a transistor with a single photon. (Science 16 August 2013: Vol. 341 no. 6147 pp. 768-770 DOI: 10.1126/science.1238169) It’s a really fascinating piece of research – they used a cloud of cesium atoms coupled to an optical cavity and then used a pulse from a “gate” laser. The amazing part is that catching just ONE photon was enough to detune the system. Neat huh?
And now just three months later, here it is on Craigslist. I’ll bet there’s currently dirty socks hanging off the thing.
Oh well. Science!
Thanks, Ralph!
Set phasers to stun, we’re going to catch that photon no matter how many red shirts it costs us!
Dang! What a bad day to be wearing red!
And if it’s a red photon, you can bet there will be cats chasing it too.
“It’s pronounced ‘Throat-warbler Mangrove’.”
Spark’ meant “futon couch.”
Probably spelt it as some form of “foot-on cough” (which is probably accurate for the color of the smell).
But, then again, a Futon is a bed, not a sofa with a laryngeal paroxysm.
Which is the sort of thing that could collapse a wave front of quantum particulate probability into a single identified datum.
And, now, back on Sigma Iota II . . .
This is why you should make your photon wear a name tag with your telephone number on it.
I’d like to know his method. I’ve set several traps around my front door, but they keep getting in.
Black windows. None more black.
Is it true female black windows eat their mates? And not in a fun way?
I saw right through that Windy.
Is that a comma in your pocket or are you happy to see me? 8)
This item appeared in the “Free” section of craigslist when it should have been in the “Pets” section. I didn’t know Schrödinger’s Cought was still alive.
Or perhaps this is a Kobayashi Maru test — Arm futon torpidity!
If you want to catch a photon, first you must understand the basics of Photangular Dynamics and Photonian Algebra.
*Hides photonian algebra and photonian algepanties.*
Nothing to see here. Move along.
[resists urge to google image search “algepanties” and goes straight to corner, instead…]
Undies made out of algae. That is not a good mental image.
Well, if their shields are down it only takes one photon.
Well, I’m going with “futon couch” also, mainly because I don’t understand any of that other shi…I mean stuff. …c’mon guys!….it’s Friday….let’s talk about beveraging or bees or sex (clean sex, not dirty sex) O.K., someone make room in the corner…..
Jazzie…if you are not a Trekker (there is NO SUCH THING as a Trekkie) then forthwith get thee to a Netflix or whatever the kids are doing these days, and watch the movies.
NOW!
GO!
You’re still sitting there.
Don’t make me go all KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN on yo’ ass.
C…J, I thought that was, “I mo’ get awl medieval on yo’ ass!”…..(different movie??)
and no….I’m not a trekker, or trekkie, or trekkette, or any of those silly things.
Silly? Silly? SILLY?!!
*storms off in a huff, tribble in tow*
Yes, but don’t start with Movie #5 because… well, just don’t. Bad concept, developed badly, executed badly. The one good scene is where McCoy faces his pain.
I see the ad read as Khan, from King of the Hill
Jazzie, that may have been a bad move, pissing off C””J. After drmk, Dan, Irregular Fractal, Me, Capn Mac, Dave, and all the ferrets, she’s the most influential commentator around!
Thanks, Windy…apparently he doesn’t realize that “From Behind……Suddenly” isn’t just something I add to my signature.
Recommend S2E17 “A Piece of The Action” as entirely apropos of today’s snark.
Also as an introduction to Thispin.
Further, as canon that was to lead to an episode in Enterprise.
Lastly, since we need to charge our Disruptors, as “Captain Worf” has been announced (Mike Dorn apparently being willing to wear an appliance and say “K’plah!” again). [huzzah!]
Uh!…did it sound like I said “silly”?…. I meant “sensational!!!!!!! Yeah, that’s right!!!!
Since this is a family show, I won’t tell you what came to mind when Cap’n talked about Mike Dorn wearing an ‘appliance’. I’ll just go meekly and silently into the corner. Ooh, look! Romulan Ale!
That will teach you to try an play left-handed thispin before the fifth Tuesday in a month with no g’agh!
(If memory serves, MD refers to the forehead part as “intestines”)
Hot ninja sex approves of this photon.
Maybe it’s a photon coat. You know, something light-weight for summer.
Ah, as in a snappy 14oz navy-blue wool serge for the raymond luxury-yacht crowd?
A “put-on coat” then?
Hmm, a coat of many leptons or would that be bosons? Those Higgs’ could be a bit more revealing than Paris tumbling out of a limo, though . . .
I sold him a code and two pair of plans. That’s a some joke, eh, boss?
You have a “heff code”? Probably been cought wit the octangles too much.
I cought the photons once. Had to take penicillin and notify my partners. Awkwaaaaaard…
My photon cought once too. Next thing you know, the whole house had cold fusion.
Usually if cold water is thrown on the cought photon, things change in a hurry!
“Optical Cavity” is the name of IF’s Third Eye Blind cover band.
A 450 nanometer photon walks into a bar. The bartender says, “why so blue?”
A photon stopped at the bar and asked if there was a room to rent. The bartender said “Sure thing. Can I take your bag up to your room?” The photon said, “No, I’m traveling light.”
A photon walks into a bar. The bartender tries to get his attention and his drink order. After several attempts, the photon says, “I’m sorry. Something’s been grating on me, and it has me a little diffracted.”
A photon walks into a bar. The bartender says, “What’ll you have?” The photon says “light beer.”
A priest, a rabbi and a photon walk into a bar, and a drunk says: “I think I see the light!”
I’m really hungry, so I’m hoping Sparky is actually offering a ton of pho. Mmm, hot delicious Vietnamese soup!
Honestly, I have no idea how to pronounce this word “cought”.
Is it with a silent gh as in “caught”? Are the gh pronounced like an f as in “cough”? Are the ou pronounced oo as in “through”? Or ah as in “cough”? Or ow as in “couch”?
Someone put me out of my misery!
Yes
Beveraging on Friday night usually takes care of all the week’s misery.
Okay, remember you aske for it, GG.
*Hands over a tumbler full of “It’s Green.”*
Breaking News.
“Frozen Light” is IF’s ELO tribute band.
Foxie, I am losing track of things. Did I punch you already? I will assume that’s a no. Punchity Punch Punch!
Good. . .Day, Science Types!