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Stop Light. Now Go Again.
11 Dec 2003 by Jason Fried
The first thing I thought after I read that physicists stopped light was “if someone on the street asked me to stop light, I’d have no clue where to start.” The second thing I thought of was that old joke, “How many physicists does it take to unscrew a lighbulb…”
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11 Dec 2003 | Chris from Scottsdale said...
I just turned off my lamp. It worked!!!
11 Dec 2003 | Brad Hurley said...
I just held up a mirror to my lamp and, look at that: it stopped light and made it move the other way! ;-)
11 Dec 2003 | Don Schenck said...
When I read about this on Wednesday, I was floored. This is HUGE. Seriously.
11 Dec 2003 | pb said...
"How do I shut down?"
"OK. Push the Start button, and the...."
"But I want to shut down."
"Right. Push the Start button, and then fin...."
"No, I want to shut down."
16 Jan 2004 | Quivier said...
This topic is one we will tackle later in this article, but it refers to making sure that your application and the dock aren't fighting it out for supremacy of the screen.
