#maiman

On May 16, 1960, Theodore Harold Maiman operated the first laser, utilizing a synthetic ruby crystal grown by his colleague Dr. Ralph L. Hutcheson.  A race had been underway in the scientific community for more than a decade to develop such a device, starting first with masers before moving on to lasers.

The word LASER is an acronym (the first acronym to appear on this blog) and stands for light amplification by stimulated emmission of radiation.  When the laser (and maser-microwave amplification by stimulated emmission of radiation) was first developed it was know as a solution looking for a problem.  Scientists and engineers saw incredible potential for such a device, and now lasers are ubiquitous and range in size from smaller than the head of a pin to the size of football fields.  Lasers can be found in cd and dvd players, fingerprint readers, bar-code scanners, in medicine as a replacement for scalpels, in printers, dermatology, welding and cutting and even rock concerts and kids shows.  

YOU ARE FUCKING BEAUTIFUL

Me: GOTTA CATCH THE D

Maiman: GOTTA CATCH EM ALL. POKE D MON

Me:POKE D MON. POKE THE D MAN

Maiman: ASH WOULD BE THE TRUE POKEDMON MASTER IF YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING

Me: BROCK ONLY LIKE THE ROCK-HARD D'S

Maiman: MISTY LIKES HER D A BIT WET

Me:JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

THIS IS WHY WE CANT HAVE NICE THINGS JOHN

OH, SHIT

NO. STOP. I WILL INVADE THIS CONVERSATION. JAWN THIS IS AMAZING. JAWN. JAWN ARE YOU LISTENING. Oh hi other Jon!!

Hahaha thank you Alyssa!:D Hang on I'll get other Jon