And lo on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:43:15 -0000, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>  
did spake, saying:

> Invisible wrote:
>> True. But - at least according to Wikipedia - it's still due to making  
>> electrons jump between different energy levels in atoms (rather than  
>> building an electronic oscilator). It's just a lot more controlled than  
>> a whitehot lump of iron...
>
> It's light amplified by stimulated emission of radiation.

I've always wondered if you Yanks wished it was light amplification by  
Zowee! emitted radiation, just so it'd be spelled 'correctly' :-P

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