My apologies if this appears more than once- my work computer was in spastic fits today- and of course the IT techie is out sick. I'm trying to re-post from home now. I've made a test stand that can hold up to six laser pointers simultaneously. I will bring it to the SLAS meeting tomorrow night. The plan is for everyone who is curious as to where their laser rates as far as brightness goes, to bring it to the meeting and put it to the test. Up to six at once will be turned-on, the beams exiting the test stand through apertures that hide the lasers themselves. The beams will be aimed at a screen of black flocked paper so we're not dazzled by the spots. Those in attendance, with their backs to the spots, will look at the six BEAMS and vote on the descending order of brightness. A number will be next to each aperture for identification purposes. If enough people bring their lasers we can have multiple eliminations to determine the finalists, then repeat the test to determine the brightest. We can then build a table showing brightness vs. price, and other data useful to the consumer. If bringing a laser for test, and you have your own O-ring, bring it as well, otherwise we'll use rubber bands to hold-down the switches. This is not a scheduled event, so we will do it only if there is sufficient time; secondary to scheduled events/speakers. Comments/suggestions? __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com
Throw all participants car keys in the middle of the floor. Place all participants in a circle, and at the sound of the gunshot, let the laser beams fly. First one who can see to get his/her car keys, wins... I prefer a practical approach to that of science. ;) Quoting Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com>:
My apologies if this appears more than once- my work computer was in spastic fits today- and of course the IT techie is out sick. I'm trying to re-post from home now.
I've made a test stand that can hold up to six laser pointers simultaneously. I will bring it to the SLAS meeting tomorrow night. The plan is for everyone who is curious as to where their laser rates as far as brightness goes, to bring it to the meeting and put it to the test. Up to six at once will be turned-on, the beams exiting the test stand through apertures that hide the lasers themselves. The beams will be aimed at a screen of black flocked paper so we're not dazzled by the spots. Those in attendance, with their backs to the spots, will look at the six BEAMS and vote on the descending order of brightness. A number will be next to each aperture for identification purposes. If enough people bring their lasers we can have multiple eliminations to determine the finalists, then repeat the test to determine the brightest. We can then build a table showing brightness vs. price, and other data useful to the consumer. If bringing a laser for test, and you have your own O-ring, bring it as well, otherwise we'll use rubber bands to hold-down the switches.
This is not a scheduled event, so we will do it only if there is sufficient time; secondary to scheduled events/speakers.
Comments/suggestions?
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Would whoever knows please post the agenda for the SLAS meeting Tuesday? Thanks. Sounds like a good idea Chuck for those of us who haven't decided yet on a laser. --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
My apologies if this appears more than once- my work computer was in spastic fits today- and of course the IT techie is out sick. I'm trying to re-post from home now.
I've made a test stand that can hold up to six laser pointers simultaneously. I will bring it to the SLAS meeting tomorrow night. The plan is for everyone who is curious as to where their laser rates as far as brightness goes, to bring it to the meeting and put it to the test. Up to six at once will be turned-on, the beams exiting the test stand through apertures that hide the lasers themselves. The beams will be aimed at a screen of black flocked paper so we're not dazzled by the spots. Those in attendance, with their backs to the spots, will look at the six BEAMS and vote on the descending order of brightness. A number will be next to each aperture for identification purposes. If enough people bring their lasers we can have multiple eliminations to determine the finalists, then repeat the test to determine the brightest. We can then build a table showing brightness vs. price, and other data useful to the consumer. If bringing a laser for test, and you have your own O-ring, bring it as well, otherwise we'll use rubber bands to hold-down the switches.
This is not a scheduled event, so we will do it only if there is sufficient time; secondary to scheduled events/speakers.
Comments/suggestions?
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Richard Tenney wrote:
Would whoever knows please post the agenda for the SLAS meeting Tuesday? Thanks.
The only thing I've heard so far is the annual BOD election. I just called and left a message for Siegfried asking him to call me with the meeting agenda. If he does call I'll include the data in tomorrow morning's issue of News. Patrick
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