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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Lasers for communication
Message-ID: <19149@frog.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 90 21:48:00 GMT
References: <1872@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> <153DAVE@ORION> <1990Sep19.194119.229@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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In article <1990Sep19.194119.229@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, spgreg@earth.lerc.nasa.gov (Greg Macrae) writes:
> In article <3809@osc.COM>, jgk@osc.COM (Joe Keane) writes...
< >and cool down.  My stupid laser takes half a minute just to turn on.
> 
< The delay before start of your laser is a government mandated safety feature

Thus giving you enough time to line up your eye with the beam output?	;-)

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