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News IBM researchers boast of spintronics breakthrough

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Gareth Halfacree, 14 Aug 2012.

  1. Gareth Halfacree

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    Gareth Halfacree, 14 Aug 2012
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    Didn't the last Labour government master this? Surely it would've been cheaper to licence it from Darling than reverse engineer it.
     
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  3. alpaca

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    Liquid cooling would never achieve a temperature lower than the ambient temperature. Unless you use TEC-like technology. But maybe we'll need another nuclear power plant or two to support the power draw then...

    /nitpicker
     
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  4. Gareth Halfacree

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    You're thinking of water cooling. Liquid cooling, which is what IBM used, can go way below ambient. Think liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen, liquid helium...
     
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    wtf are you talking about
     
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  6. alpaca

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    Ah yes. Excuse me for being stupid.
     
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    I believe he's referring to the former government's extensive use of 'spin' doctors - although he'd have been better mentioning McBride, rather than the relatively darling Darling.
     
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    I like your thinking. But surely our Eternal Leader Kim IL Sung has mastered everything, including spin.

    Sent from my Orange San Francisco using Tapatalk
     
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    I wonder if they realize that they are creating the way the electrons act.
     
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