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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Salon article -- off topic
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Eugen Leitl |
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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Salon article -- off topic |
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Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:48:53 +0100 (CET) |
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Steve Schear wrote:
> Since David is promoting a new regulatory regime based on good science his
> proposals need to take into account QED and the effects on his proposals,
> if any. I've brought this to David's attention but neither of us has the
> rigorous background to adequately field these questions.
Matter-mediated photon coupling via NLO doesn't occur in thin media (air,
glass) at fluxes normally used for signalling. This is only moderately
less lunatic fringe than generating particle/antiparticle pairs from thin
vacuum...