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Slow motion video of a laser beam on an aluminum target watch!

lasers.llnl.gov — "These test results reveal the functioning of several mechanisms when the laser is used to destroy a target: thermal heating of the high explosive to ignition; increased material removal due to combustion of certain materials from the increased oxygen during air flight; and aerodynamic forces that literally rip the membrane from the annealed..."

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  • ericdano, on 05/04/2008, -95/+4Gosh Digg, less than 30 diggs and it's on the front page? What the heck.
    • greenlight2001, on 05/04/2008, -16/+59I ***** hate you. I hope you get run over by a trash truck, you ***** *****.
      • pault107, on 05/04/2008, -13/+8That's a little over the top, but I, too, am not particularly pleased with Eric's comment.
        • greenlight2001, on 05/04/2008, -1/+18Check out this assholes profile... commenting on stories coming to the front page with X number of diggs is all this guy does.
          • pault107, on 05/04/2008, -9/+4Yeah, check my profile. I've submitted 280 stories, "commenting on stories coming to the front page with X number of diggs" is hardly all I do. I'm just not as angry as you. Calm the ***** down.
          • RunnyBabbit, on 05/04/2008, -2/+11He's not talking about you pault, and he's right. Look at eric's comment history. He's a pretty busy troll.
          • pault107, on 05/04/2008, -3/+8@Runny - Ah ok, makes sense now.
          • greenlight2001, on 05/04/2008, -2/+7You can shout me an apology.
    • lordthor, on 05/04/2008, -8/+1Wery Coolski
    • tehbored, on 05/04/2008, -4/+21Shut the ***** up you ***** *****! You and everyone else who makes comments like that are ***** retards who should never be allowed on the Internet ever again.
      • KaiUno, on 05/04/2008, -9/+4Tantrum much?
      • greenlight2001, on 05/04/2008, -2/+6I feel your rage! These assholes make me so angry.
      • mike17032, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4Start taking a look at the names, its the same few assholes who are pissed because they need to find real jobs now instead of spamming stuff to digg.

        Just report them for abuse, it fits.
    • deaconyermouf, on 05/04/2008, -7/+3sure it's an annoying comment, but you people have real anger issues...
      • dlllb, on 05/04/2008, -0/+10NO! YOU HAVE ***** ANGER ISSUES!!!!!!1111
    • mike17032, on 05/04/2008, -1/+2You must be really god damn stupid, because you seem shocked every single time it happens. You have made at least 5 comments just like this one before.

      That makes you a ***** useless piece of ***** spammer, or a ***** idiot to stupid to remember what he saw. Either way, you should be killed before you are able to spread your defective seed along (not a big danger in that anyway given the time you seem to spend failing on digg anyway).

      We are all oh so sorry you cant game whatever ***** propaganda you used to to the homepage as easily anymore. Really, we all loose sleep over the income you lost from not being able to spam digg anymore.
    • legendxx, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5http://digg.com/users/ericdano/history/comments

      You say the same thing about every article. You find some kind of sick enjoyment out of it.

      Troll Reported.
    • itsradBrad, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1I'm just pissed because you used "gosh". Who the ***** says gosh?
      O shucks I gotta go, papa will tan my hide if I don't have them cows milked by supper time.
      • YoctoYotta, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Gosh effin darn mother. Jeeeeeze.
  • Grantismo, on 05/04/2008, -2/+40We all love these laser demonstrations until our future overlords use them on us :[
    • bashar129, on 05/04/2008, -1/+2The lasers ARE our future overlords!
      • sublimemm, on 05/04/2008, -1/+5Obligatory:
        I for one welcome our new overlords
        • imomushi8, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5electromagnetic overlords*
          • redfox2600, on 05/04/2008, -3/+3photonic overlords*
          • Seth024, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1lasershark overlords*
          • DaHuuuuuudge, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Why has everybody on Digg been talking about laser sharks recently? Did I miss a memo?
    • acdcfanbill, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4Yea, I want to know how long until I can mount a large laser on my Mad Cat mech.
      • Aphilliott, on 05/06/2008, -0/+0w00t mech warrior! good times, I remember those days :')
    • JoeSpaceTime, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4Less QQ, more pew pew.
    • webcrumb, on 05/04/2008, -0/+3Yeah, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.. and a cylindrical section of their brain... and the back of their head...
  • snagra, on 05/04/2008, -9/+2It has something to do with how fast it obtains diggs compared to how long its been submitted.
  • PhattyPhattMatt, on 05/04/2008, -11/+6If I knew what any of the description meant I would be like "WHAO!! That's COOL!!" but I don't, so I can't, sad day...
  • gplpark92, on 05/04/2008, -6/+1dangerous
    • dlllb, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2It's only aluminium... Blowing concentrated air on it will put a hole straight through it. :S
  • killbert24, on 05/04/2008, -9/+13You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!
    • KayIslandDrunk, on 05/04/2008, -8/+2Since I can't bury that damn movie out of existance, I'll just bury you.
      • diggrnumber1, on 05/04/2008, -1/+9how did you not like that movie?
        • webcrumb, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3Nothing should be as toight as a toiger.
  • redcosmic, on 05/04/2008, -1/+52When I went to the Patterson Institute where they study cancer, I asked what they spent their money on because all their money is raised from donations. The guy looks at me (he was about 26 and clearly loved his job) and said "Macs and ***** powerful lasers". They basically fired these laser pulses at cells and then used the Macs to take one photo every ten seconds for thirty days. Now that is data collection...

    (Come to think of it I didn't actually learn anything that day, except sometimes you can have a great job and a ***** wage and not care)
  • cowsgonemadd3, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1Neat!
  • Shadowgamers, on 05/04/2008, -2/+23I don't see a shoop da woop or a giant red laser :V
  • IDIGTHEDIGG, on 05/04/2008, -4/+59Best Slow Motion Video: http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2008/sexy-slow- ...
    • Quicksilver4648, on 05/04/2008, -0/+8Dugg for the link of the topless woman driving a BMW.
  • lnappropriate, on 05/04/2008, -6/+0Where's the laser? I see no light..
    • gsenechal, on 05/04/2008, -0/+19Not all lasers are in the visible band.
  • pcrepairshop, on 05/04/2008, -9/+1now against "will it blend?"
  • Charlatan22, on 05/04/2008, -2/+38No offense, but the speed of light doesn't translate well to super slo mo... it's still kinda too fast
    • mal1964, on 05/04/2008, -1/+6Some people like Cause , And some people like Effect .
  • kh99, on 05/04/2008, -0/+9I didn't realize there was a "National Ignition Facility". Are they hiring?
    • manitoba98xp, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1Yes, for laser physicists, interns, technicians, etc.

      https://jobs.llnl.gov/prod_index.html

      Look for postings referencing "NIF" or "National Ignition Facility". There's a few in there.
      • kh99, on 05/04/2008, -0/+0Cool...now if "LEOT" somehow means "someone who likes to burn things", then I'm in.
        • manitoba98xp, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1LEOT = Laser and Electro-Optics Technology/Technologist/Technician
        • JustLoren, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1@manitoba: So.....yes?
  • maddla, on 05/04/2008, -2/+5Now all we gotta do is figure out how to make Sharks shoot lasers that shoot knives that shoot bullets that shoot chainsaws.

    .that would be awesome.
    • dafunkmonster, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Until the Irani's got ahold of it...
  • MrESaulved, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5Just the thing for those pesky enemy satellites, and airplane skins, both made of the same material demonstrated. Mount that laser on a 747 and you have yourself an honest to goodness Battle Cruiser. Case in Point:

    http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/abl/i ...
    or
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1
  • GorfTron, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2Will this technology help the man-animals defeat the Cyclos? No!
  • mal1964, on 05/04/2008, -10/+1Looking in my own eyes (hey lord),
    I can't find the love I want,
    Someone better slap me,
    Before I start to rust,
    Before I start to decompose,
    Looking in my rear view mirror,
    Looking in my rear view mirror,
    I can make it disappear,
    I can make it disappear (have no fear),
    my aeroplane, my aeroplane, my aeroplane, my aeroplane
    • dlllb, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4You must be lost. =)
      • mal1964, on 05/04/2008, -3/+1I was thinking about terrorist using them to shoot down planes someday.
        And can you give me directions to a good doctor? :-)
        • DaHuuuuuudge, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1I know a vet that's good with euthanasias.
  • Nuggstein, on 05/04/2008, -11/+1Imma Firin' Mah Lazer!!!1111one1
  • gsenechal, on 05/04/2008, -1/+2The NIF project at LLNL is amazing. If you have any interest at all in high powered lasers, I encourage you to browse the rest of the LLNL website. Really really cool stuff.
  • Ryan367, on 05/04/2008, -2/+0ouch
  • Armor1901, on 05/04/2008, -4/+3Now if we can only put these things on sharks...
  • Borgcube636, on 05/04/2008, -2/+1So why don't we have phasers yet?
  • slinky317, on 05/04/2008, -0/+29PEW PEW PEW
  • ChairDance, on 05/04/2008, -6/+0The aluminum just lost its laser virginity. That's one scrap of metal it's not getting back.
  • HayString, on 05/04/2008, -0/+16Check out this video of them growing a big ass crystal:
    https://lasers.llnl.gov/multimedia/video_gallery/k ...
  • OffPiste, on 05/04/2008, -6/+1What the ***** is "annealed"? Is that even speled right?
    • deltageek, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4It's the process metal goes through during the transition from liquid to solid as it cools and crystallizes
    • Bladwor, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Man, anyone else think this comment is beautifully ironic?
    • ProgressBar, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Google mother****er... do you use it?!!
      • DaHuuuuuudge, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1*****, *****...do you use it?!!
  • fusion5, on 05/04/2008, -2/+2But that's just aluminum. Armor plating, made by steel for instance, is much harder to penetrate with a laser.
    • ProgressBar, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Ah, but we could heat it up and make those inside slightly uncomfortable.
  • VVCephei, on 05/04/2008, -5/+0There was a little Spanish flea
    A record star he thought he'd be
    he heard of singers like beatles and the chipmunks he'd seen on teeveeeeeeeeee
    ....Why not a Little Spanish Flea?
    • itsgotyou, on 05/04/2008, -0/+3What does the ***** flea have to do with the freakin' layzer?!
  • Quicksilver4648, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3-Comment Removed-
  • BloodyCochlea, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3For those of you who use Linux and don't have the flash player you can use this:
    wget --no-check-certificate https://lasers.llnl.gov/multimedia/video_gallery/f ...

    It's wrong for the government to use proprietary software.
    • TechCF, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Thanks, still no 64bit flash so...VLC will have to do
      • oderdigg, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Actually the command above will download the file so you can watch it with any program.
        Worked for me. Thanks!!
  • aijalon, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3Back in the 60's, I had a weather changing machine that was, in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a "laser." Using these "lasers," we punch a hole in the protective layer around the Earth, which we scientists call the "Ozone Layer." Slowly but surely, ultraviolet rays would pour in, increasing the risk of skin cancer. That is unless the world pays us a hefty ransom.
  • zavats, on 05/04/2008, -0/+0"100 meter/sec air flow" ?! this is over 220mph !!! What exactly are they testing ?
    • NeonDistraction, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0Well, so far it seems that the most likely real world application for high powered lasers is shooting down missiles. Knowing how high winds affect the damage inflicted by the laser would definitely be useful information to have, then.
  • whiffen, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3"do you expect me to talk ?".... "No Mr Bond, I expect you to die !"
  • flawless1979, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1that sucks
  • AJQuick, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1I was hoping for the death star blowing up aluminum foil.
  • replaysMike, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2I don't get it - does it cook popcorn faster?
  • primet21, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0huh? i mean...wow!
  • satyarth, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1WTF is 'Aluminum'?
  • whalt, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Frickin' laser beams on their soda cans.
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