8 Jul
2004
8 Jul
'04
9:10 p.m.
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
5. One could call terahertz "hard RF" in same way that hard x-rays bleed into soft gammas. But calling anything "hard" implies danger, and we mustn't scare the proles. Perhaps soft IR is better.
Technically, it's closer to soft IR. If I remember correctly, terahertz detectors are closer to bolometers than to antennas. However, "hard microwaves" could be good (or bad, depending on your side of the chessboard) name for psyops purposes.