[VO]: OT: Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941

2006-12-07 Thread RC Macaulay
BlankHowdy Vorts, Visited funeral home tonight pay respects to old friend served with in the US Navy WW2 I thought about Iraq and the pending commission study report to Bush. My thoughts are our leaders should never pull a gun on a man they don't intend to kill. All it gets is a lotta good men

Re: [Vo]: Mars Wet

2006-12-07 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Thu, 7 Dec 2006 17:44:15 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Gnorts, Vorts! > >I'm sure that, by now, all have heard the news. Mars is all wet. But, JIC: > >http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061206-mars-water.html > >Terry > >Life is Ubiquitous The same types

[Vo]: Re: Going Van de Graaff

2006-12-07 Thread Michel Jullian
Oops should have been between "definite shock" and "unpleasant shock". Beware that the thing will be capable of arcing at your fingers from about 200mm away (~1mm/kV). Michel - Original Message - From: "Michel Jullian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 4:25 PM

[Vo]: Mars Wet

2006-12-07 Thread Terry Blanton
Gnorts, Vorts! I'm sure that, by now, all have heard the news. Mars is all wet. But, JIC: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061206-mars-water.html Terry Life is Ubiquitous

Re: [Vo]: Ripe lemon from Edo

2006-12-07 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:01:29 -0800: Hi, [snip] >What happens when a Japanese Auto designer is allowed to cross-breed, >morph and "electify" two - not one but two... >... of "the most advanced cars in the world' [ in 1955] i.e. none other >than the the Citroën DS

[Vo]: Re: Going Van de Graaff

2006-12-07 Thread Jones Beene
Fred, With all the old uranium mines near you, you should be able to start "remediating" some of the local NM geology quicker than I can say William Barker

[Vo]: Ripe lemon from Edo

2006-12-07 Thread Jones Beene
What happens when a Japanese Auto designer is allowed to cross-breed, morph and "electify" two - not one but two... ... of "the most advanced cars in the world' [ in 1955] i.e. none other than the the Citroën DS ?? A double-Prius after an all-nighter in the Karaoke bar? http://www.eliica.com/

[Vo]: Re: Going Van de Graaff

2006-12-07 Thread Michel Jullian
> potentially lethal 200,000 volt Hi Fred, 20mJ is only between "perceptible sensation " and "definite shock". It takes 10,000mJ to die it seems. http://www.jci.co.uk/Electrostatics/Wshop-04.pdf DischargeResponse: energy(mJ) 1mJperceptible sensation 10mJ definite shock 1

[Vo]: FW: Re: Going Van de Graaff

2006-12-07 Thread Frederick Sparber
- Original Message - From: Frederick Sparber Sent: 12/7/2006 5:31:26 AM Subject: Re: Going Van de Graaff In order to get around working with potentially lethal 200,000 volt power supplies I ordered a 200 KV Van de Graaff from Edmunds Scientific, http://scientificsonline.com/produc