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In Praise of the Mad Scientist [Genius Inventor Nikola Tesla]
The Village Voice ^
| January 4th, 2005
| Samantha Hunt
Posted on 01/13/2005 8:04:25 PM PST by The Loan Arranger
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To: fo0hzy
Michael Moore needs to make a documentary of the life and times of Clint Eastwood first...
& Get alot of good closeups at Clint's home...
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:16:28 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: Teslas Pigeon
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:16:43 PM PST
by
fo0hzy
To: joesnuffy
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:18:07 PM PST
by
fo0hzy
To: RadioAstronomer
What wonderful fun!
Any other Tesla experiments you'd care to share about publically or privately?
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:19:31 PM PST
by
Quix
(HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
To: El Gato
Ulitimately it was the Tesla/Westinghouse alternating current that won out over Edison's direct current system. It's a good thing Edison kept his shares in General Electric, even after he was forced out of the company he founded.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:20:23 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Republican - The political party for the living.)
To: Straight Vermonter
"I knew someone would beat me to it." I had to dig DEEEEP into Google images for that one LOL
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:22:00 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: Moonman62
Good thing, how? 'splain, Lucy.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:22:31 PM PST
by
fo0hzy
To: Great Prophet Zarquon
I didn't realize he was the source of that story.
Bandler and Grinder cite the story without credit as justification for a therapist charging for his knowledge.
Only they had it that the expert tapped a boiler with a hammer or some such.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:22:32 PM PST
by
Quix
(HAVING A FORM of GODLINESS but DENYING IT'S POWER. 2 TIM 3:5)
To: fo0hzy
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:23:35 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: Darkwolf377
In such a climate, what will happen to the independent scientist? Somewhere they are toiling in suburban basements, on city rooftops with well-thumbed copies of Popular Mechanics piled by their sides, but with evolution being labeled "just a theory" in some textbooks, try building a submersible airplane in your garage or grafting your own DNA with the great blue heron's today. Try building a ring around the equator or drafting plans for population control that read like poetry. Chances are your neighbors will turn you over to the Department of Homeland Security. And so after praying for a winning lottery ticket, independent scientists should start to pray for a government that doesn't use prayer to draft scientific policy. Pure unscientific drivel.
Government mandated research has been spectacularly unsuccessful next to the private sector. Look at realms of research undertaken by greedy capitalists: semiconductors, software, medicine, drugs. Incredible progress has been made in the last forty years.
Compare that to two big government research projects: space and fusion (physics). Neither one is noticeably different from forty years ago.
To: fo0hzy
To: KoRn
Are they still playing as "Sofa Kings"?
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:24:49 PM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Liberalism: The irrational fear of self reliance.)
To: Straight Vermonter
"Are they still playing as "Sofa Kings"?"I have no idea. I happened on some of their songs today while going through the vast MP3 database.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:26:34 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: BansheeBill
Seen that one before... when I can afford it, I'll run many volts through my family. In a non-harmful way, of course.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:26:51 PM PST
by
fo0hzy
To: Ready4Freddy
Maybe they can show some of the arguments Edison & Tesla had over the future of AC vs DC. Edison had his flaws and so did Tesla. The difference is Edison was able to minimize their effects and went on to bigger and better things.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:29:29 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Republican - The political party for the living.)
To: KoRn
Download "Possum Kingdom"
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:29:48 PM PST
by
fo0hzy
To: Moonman62
Err.
The biggest difference was Edison's money.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:30:59 PM PST
by
fo0hzy
To: The Loan Arranger
Great read. Thanks for posting this. He truly was a genius and an inspiration to me in my own studies.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:31:16 PM PST
by
superskunk
(Quinn's Law: Liberalism always produces the exact opposite of it's stated intent.)
To: The Loan Arranger
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:33:29 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Caution: Poster is too old to give a s*** anymore.)
To: fo0hzy
Tesla was a multimillionaire at one time, and he had the backing of JP Morgan, the richest man in the world. You're obviously a fan of Tesla. Learn the whole story , not just the parts the anti-capitalists want you to know.
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posted on
01/13/2005 9:36:35 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Republican - The political party for the living.)
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