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Aug. 20th, 2005 01:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingFrench scientists manage to control speed of light using off the shelf components - including making portions of an optical signal go *faster* than c
They're talking about adjusting phase velocities to create the illusion that parts of the pulse are "FTL", but that's not the point. Repeatable, with off-the-shelf stuff.
Meanwhile, "Freedom scientists" are making laws that deny compensation to workers injured on the job if traces of alcohol or drugs are found in the worker's bloodstream - leaving the decision on *how much* that impacted the accident in the employer's hands, and denying 100% of compensation for *any* employer-decided culpability.
Yes, this applies to legal nonpresciption drugs.
Yes, this applies to a hangover - or your employer THINKING you're hung over.
Yes, this applies to a beer at a business lunch followed by stepping in a beartrap set to catch rats in your office.
They're talking about adjusting phase velocities to create the illusion that parts of the pulse are "FTL", but that's not the point. Repeatable, with off-the-shelf stuff.
Meanwhile, "Freedom scientists" are making laws that deny compensation to workers injured on the job if traces of alcohol or drugs are found in the worker's bloodstream - leaving the decision on *how much* that impacted the accident in the employer's hands, and denying 100% of compensation for *any* employer-decided culpability.
Yes, this applies to legal nonpresciption drugs.
Yes, this applies to a hangover - or your employer THINKING you're hung over.
Yes, this applies to a beer at a business lunch followed by stepping in a beartrap set to catch rats in your office.