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From: Darren New
Subject: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 11 Jun 2009 17:45:54
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http://beta.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23650/
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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 12 Jun 2009 04:36:30
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Darren New wrote:
> http://beta.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23650/

I wonder what colour oxygen molecules are?


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 12 Jun 2009 12:12:36
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Invisible wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> http://beta.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23650/
> 
> I wonder what colour oxygen molecules are?

Blue.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 15 Jun 2009 04:23:04
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>> I wonder what colour oxygen molecules are?
> 
> Blue.

WIN!


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 15 Jun 2009 10:27:52
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On 12-6-2009 18:12, Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Darren New wrote:
>>> http://beta.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23650/
>>
>> I wonder what colour oxygen molecules are?
> 
> Blue.
> 
Are you sure? Lack of oxygen changes your color from reddish to blue.


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 15 Jun 2009 11:54:12
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andrel wrote:
> Are you sure? 

Pretty sure. You have to freeze it to see the color, tho.

> Lack of oxygen changes your color from reddish to blue.

That's iron you're seeing, not oxygen. Altho I suspect you're joking.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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   border of the State of Mind.


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From: Eero Ahonen
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 15 Jun 2009 18:35:52
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Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> 
>> Lack of oxygen changes your color from reddish to blue.
> 
> That's iron you're seeing, not oxygen. Altho I suspect you're joking.
> 

But iron gets red when combined with oxygen...

;)

-Aero


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 15 Jun 2009 18:52:12
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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> andrel wrote:
>>> Lack of oxygen changes your color from reddish to blue.
>> That's iron you're seeing, not oxygen. Altho I suspect you're joking.
> But iron gets red when combined with oxygen...

Well, yes. Welcome to hemoglobin. I'm obviously missing something you think 
is funny.

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   border of the State of Mind.


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 16 Jun 2009 09:03:40
Message: <4a37982c@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:

> Pretty sure. You have to freeze it to see the color, tho.

LOX is cool looking. IIRC, one of the few liquids to actually "crawl" 
out of it's container. Also paramagnetic, I saw a demonstration of that 
a while back.



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~Mike


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: So much for the shannon limit. :-)
Date: 16 Jun 2009 09:04:49
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Eero Ahonen wrote:

> 
> But iron gets red when combined with oxygen...
> 

Of course! The electron orbitals are different, which absorbs photons 
with different energies. :D

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~Mike


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