Tesla coil explanation?

[Modat22]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:41:05 GMT, "LRW" <druid@NOSPAHMcelticbear.com>
wrote:

"R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote in message
news:3F6915DA.1FEE@armory.com...
Modat22 wrote:
Often it is the person with a crazy idea or slight insanity that
discovers an amazing new discovery.
------------------
No, it isn't. That's merely a delusion of the paranoid borderline
schizophrenic and white trash morons so they can comfort themselves
for their academic failure.

At risk of fanning the flames, isn't that a rather obtuse statement dripping
with hyperbole?
I'm not agreeing that ALL people who are slightly insane come up with the
crazy ideas; I'd say 99.5% of crazy people live out their lives as ...crazy.
However, I'd go so far as to say 90% of the most amazing discoveries have
come from people with a little madness.
Again, I'm not a historian or a physicist, but some ideas that come to mind
are Pasteur (sp). The idea of using mold to cure disease?? Insane! Or the
guy who invented the smallpox vaccine. He tested a potentially lethal
vaccine on himself. You'd have to be a little nuts to do that, not to
mention it's a little crazy, the idea of injecting a live virus in order to
destroy a virus? Madness!
How about Newton? He was at best a neurotic, and DiVinci was thought to be a
manic-depressive. Everyone who knew him thought that Feynman was an insane
genius, and don't forget that "Beautiful Mind" schizophrenic. And the
Curies? Playing around with radiation, for what most people thought was no
good reason? That was surely insane! And Edison was an obsessive-compulsive
who some also think was manic-depressive. And everyone here has mentioned,
including yourself, that Tesla was cookoo, but I think his place in the
history of geniuses is gaurenteed. After all, he's responsible for at leas
alternating current.

I think people who pass off the idea that great minds and great ideas don't
come from people a little off kilter, is deluding themselves blind to their
mediocrity. It takes someone who the masses see as a little nuts to go
beyond the fringes of what's "possible" in order to come up with bigger and
better.

And besides, I guess an eliteist who has no real clue about people wouldn't
realize a "white trash" person is generally white trash because they don't
care about education, and really couldn't care less about what other people
consider academic failures...but to them is nothing.

My $1.02. Keep the change. =)
Liam

Yeppers I agree. People that are different from the majority are see

as living outside the majority and are usually labled in some really
interesting ways. There are still discoveries to be made, and I bet
most of them will be found by those outside the box, with a few hairs
short of a pelt.

 

[John Todd]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:41:05 GMT, LRW <druid@NOSPAHMcelticbear.com> wrote:

good reason? That was surely insane! And Edison was an obsessive-compulsive
who some also think was manic-depressive. And everyone here has mentioned,
including yourself, that Tesla was cookoo, but I think his place in the
history of geniuses is gaurenteed. After all, he's responsible for at leas
alternating current.


My $1.02. Keep the change. =)
Liam

Tesla's place in history is guaranteed by the unit named for him,
the Tesla, a unit of flux density in which MRI machines are calibrated.
I read it is one Weber per square meter. Now if I could remember what a
Weber was....



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[Mjolinor]

"John Todd" <john@Neopha.44in88.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:41:05 GMT, LRW <druid@NOSPAHMcelticbear.com> wrote:
good reason? That was surely insane! And Edison was an
obsessive-compulsive
who some also think was manic-depressive. And everyone here has
mentioned,
including yourself, that Tesla was cookoo, but I think his place in the
history of geniuses is gaurenteed. After all, he's responsible for at
leas
alternating current.


My $1.02. Keep the change. =)
Liam



Tesla's place in history is guaranteed by the unit named for him,
the Tesla, a unit of flux density in which MRI machines are calibrated.
I read it is one Weber per square meter. Now if I could remember what a
Weber was....

It's a carburator (remember them ,cars used to have them on)

 

[Sir Charles W. Shults III]

A Weber is the amount of flux that - if reduced slowly to zero- induces a
single volt in a one turn coil.

Cheers!

Chip Shults
My robotics, space and CGI web page - http://home.cfl.rr.com/aichip

 

[R.Lewis]

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"John Todd" <john@Neopha.44in88.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:41:05 GMT, LRW <druid@NOSPAHMcelticbear.com
wrote:
good reason? That was surely insane! And Edison was an
obsessive-compulsive
who some also think was manic-depressive. And everyone here has
mentioned,
including yourself, that Tesla was cookoo, but I think his place in the
history of geniuses is gaurenteed. After all, he's responsible for at
leas
alternating current.


My $1.02. Keep the change. =)
Liam



Tesla's place in history is guaranteed by the unit named for him,
the Tesla, a unit of flux density in which MRI machines are calibrated.
I read it is one Weber per square meter. Now if I could remember what a
Weber was....


It's a carburator (remember them ,cars used to have them on)

I think a certain formula one car still has a Weber on board.

 

[R. Steve Walz]

LRW wrote:

"R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote in message
news:3F6915DA.1FEE@armory.com...
Modat22 wrote:
Often it is the person with a crazy idea or slight insanity that
discovers an amazing new discovery.
------------------
No, it isn't. That's merely a delusion of the paranoid borderline
schizophrenic and white trash morons so they can comfort themselves
for their academic failure.

At risk of fanning the flames, isn't that a rather obtuse statement dripping
with hyperbole?
I'm not agreeing that ALL people who are slightly insane come up with the
crazy ideas; I'd say 99.5% of crazy people live out their lives as ...crazy.
However, I'd go so far as to say 90% of the most amazing discoveries have
come from people with a little madness.
-------------

Nope. Not when they were crazy.

Again, I'm not a historian or a physicist, but some ideas that come to mind
are Pasteur (sp).
------------------

It was easy to figure out.
Heat kills living things, was the clue.


The idea of using mold to cure disease?? Insane!
------------------
Fleming saw some mold polluting some petri dishes. It killed the
bacteria.

Or the
guy who invented the smallpox vaccine. He tested a potentially lethal
vaccine on himself. You'd have to be a little nuts to do that, not to
mention it's a little crazy, the idea of injecting a live virus in order to
destroy a virus? Madness!
How about Newton? He was at best a neurotic,
-----------

He was a beaten child who remained a virgin all his life to try to
be perfect. His early genius was polluted and useless by this delusion
after he was 35.

and DiVinci was thought to be a manic-depressive.
------------

Pop legend.

Everyone who knew him thought that Feynman was an insane genius,
-----------

Feynman was extremely stable. People simply wish to hate geniuses,
or find they are flawed. It help people cope with their failures
to believe such dreck.

and don't forget that "Beautiful Mind" schizophrenic.
------------

The real guy was autistic and not even THAT functional.

And the
Curies? Playing around with radiation, for what most people thought was no
good reason? That was surely insane!
------------

NO one knew any such thing about radiation back then.

And Edison was an obsessive-compulsive
who some also think was manic-depressive.
-------------

More pop garbage.

And everyone here has mentioned,
including yourself, that Tesla was cookoo, but I think his place in the
history of geniuses is gaurenteed. After all, he's responsible for at leas
alternating current.
---------------------

Barely. You simply wish to believe insanity is genius, either because
you deeply resent genius, or fear you're crazy.

I think people who pass off the idea that great minds and great ideas don't
come from people a little off kilter, is deluding themselves blind to their
mediocrity.
--------------

No, they're normal! You're NOT!

It takes someone who the masses see as a little nuts to go
beyond the fringes of what's "possible" in order to come up with bigger and
better.
---------------

The "masses" don't have the vaguest idea what Truth is.
This is all compensation for failure.

And besides, I guess an eliteist who has no real clue about people wouldn't
realize a "white trash" person is generally white trash because they don't
care about education,
----------------

No, that's because white trash are just ignorant and wish to tell
themselves that "book learnin'" is unimportant to their worth, and
they're wrong!

and really couldn't care less about what other people
consider academic failures...but to them is nothing.
Liam
---------------------

You're nuthin'.

-Steve
--
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[LRW]

"R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote in message
news:3F6BCF22.2E61@armory.com...

LRW wrote:

"R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote in message
However, I'd go so far as to say 90% of the most amazing discoveries
have
come from people with a little madness.
-------------
Nope. Not when they were crazy.

Everyone who knew him thought that Feynman was an insane genius,
-----------
Feynman was extremely stable. People simply wish to hate geniuses,
or find they are flawed. It help people cope with their failures
to believe such dreck.


And everyone here has mentioned,
including yourself, that Tesla was cookoo, but I think his place in the
history of geniuses is gaurenteed. After all, he's responsible for at
leas
alternating current.
---------------------
Barely. You simply wish to believe insanity is genius, either because
you deeply resent genius, or fear you're crazy.


I think people who pass off the idea that great minds and great ideas
don't
come from people a little off kilter, is deluding themselves blind to
their
mediocrity.
--------------
No, they're normal! You're NOT!


It takes someone who the masses see as a little nuts to go
beyond the fringes of what's "possible" in order to come up with bigger
and
better.
---------------
The "masses" don't have the vaguest idea what Truth is.
This is all compensation for failure.


and really couldn't care less about what other people
consider academic failures...but to them is nothing.
Liam
---------------------
You're nuthin'.

-Steve
--
-Steve Walz rstevew@armory.com ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/rstevew

ROTFL!
OK Oh great and all-knowledgeable Steve. I defer to your obvious superiority
over all the masses and people who compensate their failures in your eyes by
calling genius a little mad.
Thanks for the laughter. My co-workers and I have gotten a kick out of your
arrogant elitist rantings and have passed your posts around the network. I
think we have a couple of ladies in our PR department who would like to
discuss some inaccuracies with your oral sex instructions on your website,
BTW.
I was hoping to troll you out a bit longer and refute your opinions (by the
way, you might want to brush up on what makes an opinion different from
fact,) but you're obviously not worth it.

If anyone else who's posted to this thread is reading, thanks for your time
and replies. I appreciate your taking the original question seriously and
posing thoughtful, respectful replies. Much appreciated.

Ciao!
Liam

 

[Tony Williams]

In article <bkfvsb$ma6$1@thorium.cix.co.uk>,
R.Lewis <h.lewis@connect-2.co.uk> wrote:

I think a certain formula one car still has a Weber on board.

Apparently it's even a Mk.1............

--
Tony Williams.

 

[Don Bruder]

In article <3F6BCF22.2E61@armory.com>,
"R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote:

You're nuthin'.

-Steve

Hey, Steve...

Who pissed in your cheerios??? Or have you just got a mad-on for the
whole world?

--
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Hate SPAM? See <http://www.spamassassin.org> for some seriously great info.
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[R. Steve Walz]

LRW wrote:

"R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote in message
news:3F6BCF22.2E61@armory.com...
LRW wrote:

"R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote in message
However, I'd go so far as to say 90% of the most amazing discoveries
have
come from people with a little madness.
-------------
Nope. Not when they were crazy.

Everyone who knew him thought that Feynman was an insane genius,
-----------
Feynman was extremely stable. People simply wish to hate geniuses,
or find they are flawed. It help people cope with their failures
to believe such dreck.


And everyone here has mentioned,
including yourself, that Tesla was cookoo, but I think his place in the
history of geniuses is gaurenteed. After all, he's responsible for at
leas
alternating current.
---------------------
Barely. You simply wish to believe insanity is genius, either because
you deeply resent genius, or fear you're crazy.


I think people who pass off the idea that great minds and great ideas
don't
come from people a little off kilter, is deluding themselves blind to
their
mediocrity.
--------------
No, they're normal! You're NOT!


It takes someone who the masses see as a little nuts to go
beyond the fringes of what's "possible" in order to come up with bigger
and
better.
---------------
The "masses" don't have the vaguest idea what Truth is.
This is all compensation for failure.

ROTFL!
OK Oh great and all-knowledgeable Steve. I defer to your obvious superiority
over all the masses and people who compensate their failures in your eyes by
calling genius a little mad.
Thanks for the laughter. My co-workers and I have gotten a kick out of your
arrogant elitist rantings and have passed your posts around the network. I
think we have a couple of ladies in our PR department who would like to
discuss some inaccuracies with your oral sex instructions on your website,
BTW.
I was hoping to troll you out a bit longer and refute your opinions (by the
way, you might want to brush up on what makes an opinion different from
fact,) but you're obviously not worth it.

If anyone else who's posted to this thread is reading, thanks for your time
and replies. I appreciate your taking the original question seriously and
posing thoughtful, respectful replies. Much appreciated.

Ciao!
Liam
--------------------

Posture, posture, posture.
Ho-hum. No content from you, we see.

-Steve
--
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Electronics Site!! 1000's of Files and Dirs!! With Schematics Galore!!
http://www.armory.com/~rstevew or http://www.armory.com/~rstevew/Public

 

[R. Steve Walz]

Don Bruder wrote:

In article <3F6BCF22.2E61@armory.com>,
"R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote:

You're nuthin'.

-Steve

Hey, Steve...

Who pissed in your cheerios??? Or have you just got a mad-on for the
whole world?

--
Don Bruder
-------------

I just hate useless illogical morons who can't stick to content.

-Steve
--
-Steve Walz rstevew@armory.com ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/rstevew
Electronics Site!! 1000's of Files and Dirs!! With Schematics Galore!!
http://www.armory.com/~rstevew or http://www.armory.com/~rstevew/Public

 

[Rich Grise]

Actually, I think that if somebody invented such a weapon, then
everybody on the planet should have one. There'd be a lot less
rude, annoying people around that way. ;-)

I like Scott Adams' "Atheist Airlines" idea. Instead of a security
gate with x-rays and crap, you have a booth with at least one icon
from each religion, and have passengers come in and blaspheme all
the gods. Then let them carry chainsaws, bazookas, whatever they
want onto the airplane. He remarks something to the effect that
Atheists generally don't go around starting trouble unless there's
a handy means of escape nearby. (which an airplane in flight
doesn't really have. )

Or was it Dave Barry?

Cheers!
Rich

Don Bruder wrote:
....

actually come up with. The man was a genius, and secretive to the point
of paranoia, but if he actually cooked up a weapon that could make a
nuke look tame, I guess it isn't really paranoia to want to keep it on
the quiet...