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Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla
NikolaTesla Memorial Society ^
| July 6, 2006
| Me
Posted on 07/06/2006 7:02:41 PM PDT by eleni121
The Nikola Tesla Monument within Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls (Canadian Side) will be unveiled on July 9, 2006 at 12 noon celebrating the 150th birthday of Nikola Tesla.
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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: betterlatethannever; callingartbell; catastrophism; electricity; genius; godsgravesglyphs; longerperspectives; science; serbia; serbianorthodox; stringtheory; tesla; unsunghero
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To: eleni121
My son did his graduation project on Tesla a few years ago (after I read a thread here at FR and suggested the project) and I was absolutely floored at the genius of this man.
For those who don't know, it is Tesla who is responsible for those electric outlets on the walls of every home in the country. Edison had taken the "DC" track with the idea that electricity could be wired into large manufacturing facilities. He toured the country electrocuting elephants to show the power of DC electricity.
Tesla took the "AC" track figuring that electricity could be provided to every home and business.
To: carmenbmw
A genius at lousy record keeping. The government was pulling at him from all sides to do the work they couldn't do. A genius at the Einstein level.
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:09:39 PM PDT
by
Tolkien
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
To: William Terrell
I wonder if a lot of super intelligent folks also exhibit some not so normal behavior- I dont know but just speculating from what I have read....
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:10:04 PM PDT
by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: All
Tesla was a true genius. There is not too much info even on the web that I have found about him.
?????????
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:13:31 PM PDT
by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: Army Air Corps
"It's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it."
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:13:44 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: eleni121
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:17:32 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:20:37 PM PDT
by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: carmenbmw; All
No offence here, we are just using the resources that Tesla helped us achieve to communicate and have a bit of fun!
H.B. Tesla! Thank you!
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:23:04 PM PDT
by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: eleni121
Tesla experimented with a "Death ray" in the 1930's that is very similar in concept to particle-beam weapons. He may also have been responsible for
this. (An old article, but still fun to ponder as it does sound like something Tesla would do).
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:23:55 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: carmenbmw
Look at you, in those candy-assed monkey suits.
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:28:50 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
THATS the one that I was thinking about! The details as I read were a bit different, but I remember the Siberia part.
Very strange...
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:29:15 PM PDT
by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
It's a 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarrettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Hit it!
Classic, classic line.
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:29:23 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
'At least we have a change of clothes'.
And BTW, wheres that $$$$ you owe me you M*F*'
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:31:09 PM PDT
by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: carmenbmw
"I mean this in all sincerity, was Tesla a bad guy?
I know that he was a brilliant kook, but did I miss something in the history?"
A good man I would say. He championed alternating current electricity and essentially the entire electrical system of the world is based upon it. Alternating electricity at high frequency is what makes your computer work. He was some guy. Check him out.
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:31:52 PM PDT
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: WestVirginiaRebel
That would be a nifty knock on Kim Jung Il's door...
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:32:01 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: eleni121
To: eleni121
Ha! Had to go back many many pages on google images to find this! I'd all but forgotten about them lol.
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:34:39 PM PDT
by
KoRn
To: Nuc1
I have read about him for quite some time. Interesting fellow. I will never look at my electrical sockets in the same way again.
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:35:30 PM PDT
by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: carmenbmw
Er, the ones installed in the walls in my house. That my computer is plugged into.
(Had to explain that for the DU trolls that are around)
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:38:52 PM PDT
by
carmenbmw
(My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
To: Army Air Corps
How much for the little girl? Your women,,,I want to buy them.
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posted on
07/06/2006 8:44:11 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
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