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Drider_it · 05-04-2004, 04:13 PM

Ok was tossing this around at work

now keep in mind lol this was a joke that got on a tangent and ended up with a thought behind it

we use a rotating laser on our jobs doin concrete.. sits on top of a tripod useing a reciever on a 6 foot metal stick for measurin..

we got to thinking..

if you had a laser with a semi powerful beam.. that shot into a .. say for lack of better words..

a round container of undefigned size.. in the middle is a crystal with 50 facets each facet is off-centered to a mirror that will reflect the beam back to another facet .. thus each facet hits each mirror in order.. now say that it goes back onto number 1 facet and begins the process over again.

in doing so.. could you shut the light off and the beam would keep going with out a source?

i havent found any info on a subject like this yet for my time is limited so was wondering the same.

i mean light is there right.. is constant but fades.. but if it is refected constantly would it fade.. the obvious answer is yes.. but still seems there is a way to keep is going with out the original laser source..

if it does fade.. this come to the second part.. could this set up intensify the beam in any way? say tweak the facets so each one is stronger magnfication then the last then at the end it the last facet would hit the last mirror and instead of hitting the number one facet.. instead shoots out of a predetermined hole?

we read alot of scifi books and play several scifi tabletop rpgs..

05-04-2004, 04:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Drider_it Junkie Location: Louisiana	laser power a question Ok was tossing this around at work now keep in mind lol this was a joke that got on a tangent and ended up with a thought behind it we use a rotating laser on our jobs doin concrete.. sits on top of a tripod useing a reciever on a 6 foot metal stick for measurin.. we got to thinking.. if you had a laser with a semi powerful beam.. that shot into a .. say for lack of better words.. a round container of undefigned size.. in the middle is a crystal with 50 facets each facet is off-centered to a mirror that will reflect the beam back to another facet .. thus each facet hits each mirror in order.. now say that it goes back onto number 1 facet and begins the process over again. in doing so.. could you shut the light off and the beam would keep going with out a source? i havent found any info on a subject like this yet for my time is limited so was wondering the same. i mean light is there right.. is constant but fades.. but if it is refected constantly would it fade.. the obvious answer is yes.. but still seems there is a way to keep is going with out the original laser source.. if it does fade.. this come to the second part.. could this set up intensify the beam in any way? say tweak the facets so each one is stronger magnfication then the last then at the end it the last facet would hit the last mirror and instead of hitting the number one facet.. instead shoots out of a predetermined hole? we read alot of scifi books and play several scifi tabletop rpgs.. __________________ It means only one thing, and everything: Cut. Once committed to fight, Cut. Everything else is secondary. Cut. That is your duty, your purpose, your hunger. There is no rule more important, no commitment that overrides that one. Cut. The lines are a portrayal of the dance. Cut from the void, not from bewilderment. Cut the enemy as quickly and directly as possible. Cut with certainty. Cut decisively, resoultely. Cut into his strength. Flow through the gaps in his guard. Cut him. Cut him down utterly. Don't allow him a breath. Crush him. Cut him without mercy to the depth of his spirit. It is the balance to life: death. It is the dance with death. It is the law a war wizard lives by, or he dies.