Re: Powerful Green Laser Pointer - Visible 2 Miles Away

From: John Steinberg (seesig_at_bottom.net)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:31:09 -0500

Chris L Peterson wrote:

> I'd buy a laser from someone who guarantees a power rating, but not
> from someone whose idea of powerful is "visible 2 miles away" (I've
> seen my 3mW red laser from 8 miles away with no difficulty at all,
> but it is useless as a star pointer).

Far more problematic for me is this quote:
http://www.greenlazer.com/greenlaserphotos.htm

"You will feel like Luke Skywalker waving your light saber!"

Bah, I want to feel like Hans Solo or Captain James Tiberius Kirk, or
even Harrison Bergeron. What a rip-off. 

-- 
-John Steinberg
email: not@thistime.invalid
When in the chronicles of wasted time . . .
                       -- Bill Shakespeare

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