OT - Is this computer for real?

Henry Spencer henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org
Wed Aug 24 15:40:03 UTC 2005


On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, James Knott wrote:
> > It's possible to make transparent conductive layers.  Any time you look at
> > an LCD, you're looking through one...
> 
> Truly transparent? Or very close to?  Even glass isn't completely
> transparent.  Nothing short of a vacuum is.

Even vacuum isn't, if we are being really strict and paying attention to
quantum-mechanics issues.  Which says that being strict is silly; a more
pragmatic definition of "transparent" is needed for normal purposes. 

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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