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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Tesla's Folly |
| Date | 2016-01-19 01:30 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <g6g0nc-6h1.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
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benj <none@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/18/2016 06:27 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: >>> On 1/18/2016 4:15 PM, Dan Elton wrote: >>>> Tesla was a great inventor, >>>> >>>> The truth is that Wardenclyff was a fool's errand. >>> >>> bullshit, >>> >>> he was on the edge of the state of the art. Lots of people were trying >>> all sorts of things. >> >> Sure they were, but in Wardenclyff Tesla was trying something already >> shown to be impossible. > > You mean "impossible" like trans-Atlantic radio? Yeah nobody ever was > able to do that. > >>> hindsight is always 20-20, but looking ahead like Tesla could and did is >>> pure Gold. >>> >>> >>> why dont you go beat up Edison for inventing cylendrical records that >>> should have bee flat like a pizza ? >> >> Cylindrical records worked just fine. > > Well, except if one considers the geometry and the hours of recording > that can be stored in a given volume of space. Compared to what, a DVD? -- Jim Pennino
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Tesla's Folly Dan Elton <delton17@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 14:15 -0800
Re: Tesla's Folly Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-18 16:33 -0600
Re: Tesla's Folly Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- --- -.dotat> - 2016-01-18 23:57 +0100
Re: Tesla's Folly benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 19:54 -0500
Re: Tesla's Folly Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- --- -.dotat> - 2016-01-19 10:59 +0100
Re: Tesla's Folly Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-18 19:31 -0600
Re: Tesla's Folly jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-18 23:27 +0000
Re: Tesla's Folly benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 20:07 -0500
Re: Tesla's Folly jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-19 01:30 +0000
Re: Tesla's Folly benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 21:08 -0500
Re: Tesla's Folly Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-18 20:12 -0600
Re: Tesla's Folly benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 23:37 -0500
Re: Tesla's Folly Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-19 08:24 -0600
Re: Tesla's Folly James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 16:00 -0800
Re: Tesla's Folly benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 19:47 -0500
Re: Tesla's Folly Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-18 19:35 -0600
Tesla's Folly HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 16:26 -0800
Re: Tesla's Folly benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 21:05 -0500
Re: Tesla's Folly Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-18 20:14 -0600
Re: Tesla's Folly benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 19:37 -0500
Re: Tesla's Folly Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-18 20:17 -0600
Re: Tesla's Folly Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-19 08:24 -0600
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