June 17, 201312 yr dem beats, on 16 Jun 2013 - 21:48, said:I just read some photography text books, and then did follow up research online. A buddy gave me a few dozen on a thumb drive.Optics and how they work never stop amazing me.Some of these things I knew before taking a photograph and thinking about it. Then after taking a bunch of shots I "learned", a bunch of misconceptions because of my perspective in relation to the act of taking the picture. Now being objective again and learning about what and why things are happening my mind is blown.I knew something logically, repetition lead to behavior, that lead to a belief that was completely illogical.Goofy.I just didn't learn. Basically I work for an optics company and understand them, but never bothered to apply anything. Had to have some targets that were worthwhile pushing the boundaries to care. Regrettably I find out afterwards what I didn't pay attention to, but it was a good lesson.
June 17, 201312 yr Missing the chance to record my wife's graduation other than a fee shots made me think really hard.I thought your company did more with sound than optics.
June 17, 201312 yr Depends on if you are referring to the technique or the results. I normally stick to the latter. What we manufacture though are optical tools. Whether they be Mach Zehnder Interferometers, Laser spectrometers, Video stroboscope, or White light interferometers. All require crafty optical techniques to minimize noise, increase SNR, and so on. To put it in perspective. Laser pointers can be up to 5mW. Our Mach Zehnder is 1mW, but yet we can resolve femtometers of motion. Nutso.
June 17, 201312 yr We are in the optics region of Germany. Reason being, all the devices we manufacture are intrinsically simple (ie, you can build one in a 200 level Physics lab) but the implementation for industry requires optical sensitivity that is far from trivial.
June 17, 201312 yr I can accept that it's possible, but I cannot imagine how you measure a femtometer. Edited June 17, 201312 yr by dem beats
June 17, 201312 yr Exactly why I stick to discussing the results normally.Your customers appreciate that. I find it all fascinating.
June 17, 201312 yr Missing the chance to record my wife's graduation other than a fee shots made me think really hard.I thought your company did more with sound than optics. I won't record the graduation simply because my ex was stupid One less event I guess
June 17, 201312 yr An aunt has been trying to hook me up with some girl she tutored math to, turns out she's blonde, blue eyes and cute. Hot dang, I never expected that
June 17, 201312 yr I can accept that it's possible, but I cannot imagine how you measure a femtometer.Has to be at a rather high frequency.
June 17, 201312 yr Something moving even a VERY small amount one million times a second has a shitload of energy
June 17, 201312 yr Something moving even a VERY small amount one million times a second has a shitload of energyThat kind of stuff gets me so enthusiastic! Should have been an engineer.. or maybe they guy who the engineers send in when they need to talk to mortals.
June 17, 201312 yr Something moving even a VERY small amount one million times a second has a shitload of energy Hummingbirds. Rather, they expend a shitload of energy.
June 17, 201312 yr I thought you were going to talk about your cock nextThough full of energy it doesn't vibrate much.
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