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Posted by Folkert Rienstra on 09/27/89 11:38
"PeterD" <peter2@hipson.net> wrote in message news:emalt1pg6ker7k6sl25u367i8d9k9b16io@4ax.com
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:40:51 +0100, "Folkert Rienstra" <see_reply-to@myweb.nl> wrote:
>
> >
> > It was proven again when Richard Hammond of Top Gear put
> > a car under a High Tension supply line and they drew an arc
> > of several meters long for half a minute with him sitting in it.
> >
> > He drove it away after that, fully functional.
> > Both of them, him and the car.
> >
>
> Geeze, Rienstra,
Why do I always get the impression that a person that says this is sit-
ting in front of a mirror, preparing a troll, using himself for inspiration.
> get serious.
I am, which obviously can't be said of you, although with your limited
abilities you probably think you are.
> That's the biggest pile of horse pucky I've seen you write in months.
> Birds sit on power lines all the time, and they don't get electrocuted--
> so a power line is a faraday shield too?
>
Have I told you before that you can't read?
> To have voltage flow you need to have both ends of the circuit
Yep. Any idea what an arc is PeterD(umb)?
> --Hammond of Top Gear (whoever that is) didn't have that.
(What you can't get the Beeb where you live? You in Hillbilly land?)
Gosh, maybe that is why he lived to tell. Novel eh.
That's the whole point of a Faraday cage, stupid.
>
> Get your mommy to take you to a science museum some day, where
> they have the platform on glass and a high voltage generator.
> Best when you have long hair, quite an experience.
For someone with your obviously limited abilities it probably is.
For me that is like taking a comb through my hair. Wow, what a thrill.
And you know what. That comb may kill an electronic circuit perfectly.
> I'm sure your folks will take you.
That may be a bit of a tall order. You Jesus, by any chance?
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