Bo_almighty

yea, it's funny when people mistake mW for MW anyways, the two lasers i own are my favorite toys, and they are worth every penny i spent on them, (out of sheer enjoyment, and the WOW! from all the kids at school and my work) i'm trying to save up for a stronger laser right now

ctually, lasers burn by creating heat. the heat is created when an object absorbs the light radiation and gives off heat radiation in return. therefor, objects which absorb greater light (black, or opposite colours) will generate more heat. thats why when i pop a balloon with my green laser, i use a red balloon, and when i pop a balloon with my red laser, i use a green balloon (blue would probably work too) Black balloons work for both of these of course. that's also why you can cut electrical tape, and melt holes in garbage bags. when i want to burn a match, first i have to colour it with a black pen. as for why i used a magnifying glass, it was to focus the beam (if the energy is focused onto a smaller point, then it will generate more heat) that's the same reason that the equater gets more heat from the sun than other areas of the world. as for legal, what you are thinking of is presentation lasers. in Canada and the US, those are limited to 5mW, in the UK, only 1mW. the reason behind this is if you are using one in a meeting, people will probably get headaches if they are looking at the reflection for an hour. and if you shine it into someone's eye it will hurt (and probably cause flash blindness, although it will clear up) these lasers do make amazing starpointers, because you can use the beam as a guide if you are into astronomy. i'm just a laser hobbyist, and like to create cool effects using the lasers, so aside from getting pigeons of the roof of my workplace, i don't use it for any specific application. oh one other thing, see the 75mW lasers on that site? the US military is actually making them standard issue for soldiers in Iraq. anyways, the wickedlasers forum has people from all over the world who use these lasers, (Canada, US, England, Germany, Australia to name a few)

the red lasers make great cat toys. one of the reasons why the green lasers look so spectacular is because the human eye is more sensitive to green. with cat's, they see red more clearly, and so it's a more attractive target. as for the stuff about electrical tape, you should check out the video gallery http://wickedlasers.com/gallery.php

does anyone here have a laser pointer? (automatically i would assume many people would reply yes) let's change the question a bit, does anyone here have a laser that is more than 1mW, or have a shorter wavelength than 650nm? recently, while i was down in Vancouver, my sister was playing with a 2mW red laser pointer, i became fascinated, and the next day we bought 3 of those little dollar store lasers ( i found at Canadian Tire up here a 2mW red laser ($10), but when it's batteries died, and i went to replace them, i discovered that it uses 3 hearing aid batteries which cost $4 each. anyways, it wasn't long after untill i discovered green lasers. i don't know anywhere in my city that sells them, so i bought them online. First a 5mW green (that's 532nm). this green laser (for a price of $80) is visible for 7km, and shows a visible beam in low light levels. i was amazed by it's power. It also came with a free 5mW red laser. the 5mW lasers are the legal limit for presentation pointers, these are all class IIIa lasers. soon after, i began looking for stronger lasers (Class IIIb) because with the visibility of the beam, (especially more so in higher mW lasers) they make great astronomy tools, and the higher the power, the more usefull they become. i stumbled onto a website called Wickedlasers.com i purchased a 55mW green laser (which to my amazement, has a range of 24 miles, and can also pop balloons.) the great thing about these lasers is the fact that thy use AAA batteries. which means with a couple NiMH rechargables, you're set forever. I also purchased a 100mW red laser. the red laser while it seems more powerful, is actually less, due to a wider beam, that results in more energy being spread over a larger distance. but as far as red lasers go, this laser has a range of 5 miles, has a visible beam, can pop balloons, can cut through electrical tape, and with the aid of a focusing lens can light matches. all things that are unimaginable with red lasers. the site i purchased them from was http://wickedlasers.com/index.php if you love things like this, or just have money to waste, i suggest you check it out (you can also use my discount code of 3962 to save 5% off purchases) i've taken all kinds of pictures, and made lots of videos too, and uploaded them to the website (if they like your pictures, they pay you and add them to the gallery) none of my pictures are in the galleries yet, so i don't know whether or not i should link to them, but here are a couple anyways... just a long exposure shot of me waving the laser at the mirrors. the beam is visible in this picture. the red laser is a 5mW by contrast this is from waving my red 100mW and green 55mW over steam just a red beam red and green combine to make white? i have a ton more, as well as a couple videos of me burning matches, popping balloons etc.

that bridge in tokyo, i've been over it, both on the el-train, and the car deck it's a pretty big bridge too

wow!! very nice...everything! sorry i havn't posted in a while. any chance of seeing an entire region image anytime soon?

very nice! i'm glad to see that there is more developement north of amiton

I'd imagine it is exporting to New Chicago.

looking good, nice use of the rail-sub transitions on the mountain btw

can we see another regionwide map again? i'd also like to see more expansion towards the western side of the region.

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i wonder what's taking them so long to ban you, i've already reported most of your posts to the moderators

i vote number 2. i'd also like to see more story involving the characters

the water didn't actually rise, it's just leveled out land, he used PEG's pong kit to create the water, making it appear to be filled. i believe that all of those mods can also be found on this website

i quite liked that disaster as well. i wish they'd bring it back along with creating the new disaster terrorist attack anyways, cool newspaper.