Bill Pragnell wrote:
> I'm not sure how scotch-guard works, and I think 'chemical' is a bit of 
> a nebulous term.

Uh, less nebulous than "nanotech" I think.

> I always thought nanotech refers to discrete artifacts 
> smaller than a micron (i.e., whose size is best measured in nanometres). 

You mean, like, molecules? :-)

I always thought nanotech had to be "devices", like it says on the wiki. 
I.e., it isn't nanotech if you don't know the physical shape of the 
molecule. (Necessary but not sufficient.)

> I don't know anything about that. I think I heard of a demonstration 
> some time ago, but what would you use it for?

To demo that you have the technology to create such things!

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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