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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: tomcat on August 11, 2006, 23:02:57

Title: ok boys&girls
Post by: tomcat on August 11, 2006, 23:02:57

what dos the word laser stand for........... :D  :D  :-k  :-k

Title: ok boys&girls
Post by: rangerider on August 11, 2006, 23:07:19

Light Amplification Stimulated by Emission of Radiation

Title: ok boys&girls
Post by: karlo on August 11, 2006, 23:07:36

Could it be: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Title: ok boys&girls
Post by: tomcat on August 11, 2006, 23:13:29

top marks.. :D  :D  :D  :D  =D>  =D>

Title: ok boys&girls
Post by: rangerider on August 11, 2006, 23:15:58

can do RADAR too, but for some reason SONAR escapes me at the moment !



quantum physics....the dreams stuff are made of

Title: ok boys&girls
Post by: hobbit on August 11, 2006, 23:19:44

SOund Navigation And Ranging

SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging) — or sonar — (in British use ASDIC until 1948) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate or to detect other vessels. There are two kinds of sonar — active and passive. Sonar is a subcategory of acoustic location.

from wikipedia :wink:

Title: ok boys&girls
Post by: rangerider on August 11, 2006, 23:21:59

just came back to post that having had one of those flashes of inspiration that occur at random times :)

Title: ok boys&girls
Post by: Sheddy on August 12, 2006, 13:42:39

Laser is the one word the unequivicably proves that Americans are thick.  As has been stated, it is an acronym, a wordmade up of initials.  So why do the yanks spell it with a "z"?

there can only be one answer - because they are thick.