I am sorry that I cannot elaborate more on that for now(4am) but the cooling effects of light are known for quite some time already. Please check laser cooling as a keyphrase.
For every one hundred comments that say that ideas do not matter I will have to add one comments that say:
IDEAS is what matter. Please do not confuse idea with a confused unclear statement with no connection with the specific implementation. Ideas is the specific intellectual way to move forwards and towards your goals.
The way your HN title is written it makes your project look like a fb plug in or somthing. You may be more direct in what is your interesting project about.
Ι just add my comment here with the hope that your question gets with some luck to the front page.
It is a very interesting question but it is really so uncommon that somebody (even)here owns an ISP company that people may think that you could be just asking that for fun.
Humans tend to have opinions even for things that they do not buy. And their opinions can be of more interest/use when they have to do with massively popular products.
Bretthellman, the badge that shows up when I visit the page is extremely annoying and indicates an impatience unnecessary
and maybe even dangerous for the viability of your site. I would suggest let the visitors see at least a poll undisturbed and then decide by themselves if they want to give you their ID.
Another data point of an accomplished man being down to earth. I almost find this just a step beyond the call of duty.
Scenario: Imagine that you are looking for a job to the next hot small start-up. Send an email pretending that you are a high school student looking for a word of guidance. See if they will have the time to respond the same way dmr did. Judge