Ian Molton wrote in message ...
RdM wrote:

http://www.newscientist.com/hottopic...=Hot%20Stories

OMG. they're using a 5-story-high laser micrometer to read a record...

that has to rate as one of the better total misuses of a scientific
resource this century...

Not at all. That's R&D trying to justify their budget with a
non-military application. Now if Engineering could only shrink the
package to slot into a computer hard-disc bay.