[Admiral_Stones]

What does that mean?
I guess when using photons the only damage you can get is thermal, as holding your hand into, say, the HERCULES laser would probably scorch but not push it.

[Mongoose]

Photons also tend to travel at, y'know, the speed of light.

[Admiral_Stones]

What? Light travels at speed of light?

Nah sorry. What do you mean by that comment?

[pecenipicek]

y'know, the speed of light, 299,792,458 meters in a second?

[Mars]

As in... you know... faster than 300 ms^-1

[Droid803]

Then they don't actually shoot photons.
(and for the record, the ML-16 shoots at 450ms^-1)

[Admiral_Stones]

Oh. I dind't understand in which context you meant that.

Well, what exactly IS realistic in FS? Tech Descr. says it's an argon gas laser. Laser = Light, right?

[pecenipicek]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser

The term "laser" is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Laser= EM waves, not as in neccesarily light.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Well, it does amplify light, right?

[Mongoose]

Laser= EM waves, not as in neccesarily light.

Any part of the EM spectrum is light...just not necessarily the visible variety.

And what I meant is that, despite the tech description, the ML-16 is in no way a laser.  The closest realistic approximation one could make to what it actually is would be some sort of constrained bursts of superheated plasma.

[pecenipicek]

i think we can just write it off as "magical pink flying ponies make it work"

[Androgeos Exeunt]

...or sugar power...

[pecenipicek]

shush. dont let em know about the sugar or all the plans are ruined.

[Admiral_Stones]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser

The term "laser" is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

Laser= EM waves, not as in neccesarily light.

Laser DOES equal to light. Then, there are uvasers, xasers and so on. Maybe even infrared? But strangely, irasers sounds familiar.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Irasers sounds like erasers.

[Admiral_Stones]

^^^ = Familiar

[Mars]

the iRazer

[Colonol Dekker]

The next Apple face shaving product no doubt.

Scream as your face is ripped, but dance to the ting-tings while you do it.

[Wobble73]

The next Apple face shaving product no doubt.

Scream as your face is ripped, but dance to the ting-tings while you do it.

Don't know why, but I read that and thought of Little Britain!

(Ting Tong)

[Droid803]

Pssst. I think you're in the wrong thread.