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[CortJstr]

Sometimes I still sit down for a Red Alert 2 minithon. The unit voiceovers are so much better than in the original (But they still get annoying after a couple of hours). Also, Eva is hot. I'm glad you get with her at the end instead of Tayna.

[misterqueue]

For my show the frontman came out in a flaming motorcycle helmet. After the fire died down I could see there were all kinds of hoses and whatnot attached to it as well.

I guess was just confused because when I hear "tesla coil" I picture towering implements of death surrouding soviet bases that are always a bitch to sneak Tanya past.

Tesla Coils, like mammals, come in any number of sizes.  But we're talking about a man who reportedly caused earthquakes, so I dunno if he was all that concerned about Tanya.

Am I ousted from the thread because I was a StarCraft guy and never played CC?  I did play Duke Nukem if that makes up for it.

Mmm.. early crossover cable mulitplayer experience...

[CortJstr]

My first PC came with the shareware version of Duke Nukem in the DOS directory of all places. I just recently found out they made a FPS version of this game which I can only assume is the corniest FPS ever.

[Teslaguy]

A very good friend of mine did a show in NYC with Jaime(sic), and afterwards they brought out the Tesla coil.  Jamie picked me and thrust a fluorescent light tube into my hand.  Then they fired up the terrifying death machine, and an arc of electricity shot out and lit up the tube in my hand.  I did a few seconds of half-hearted Jedi moves for the amusement of those assembled and told him to turn it off because I was scared to death.  Jamie took pity on me and did so.  

Jamie, incidentally, is neither as short or troll-like as the article makes him sound.

Thanks for coming to my defense.  I'm not a Keebler Elf lurking in an evil cookie tree, fondling a death weapon.  I'm 6' in my sneakers, about 170 pounds, and usually rather sweet, and maybe yes, a bit of  a dorky artist/engineer, but who else builds these things?  Usually dorky engineers.  So I stand tall and proud in Teslaland, being the winner of American drama's highest sound design awards.

I probably did truthfully say it could kill you.  So could a hairdryer in a bathtub.  There has been one Tesla death in the last 100 years, to a foolish demonstrator, but never a viewer.

But original poster, thanks for the heads-up.  In the future I will more explicitly explain the risks.  A ceiling fan will kill you, If you are stupid enough to stick your head in it.  I suppose it would be hard to be killed by a small fern.

My coil, static and active, is available for viewing at http://www.weird.org/Physics/Physics.html

I've tweaked it since these old pictures.  Now it shoots a good 7 feet.

And...Tesla's polyphase AC electric motor, which powers the modern world, has absolutely nothing to do with Tesla coils.

It's like saying Edison's phonograph relied on one of his light bulbs.

Enough.  I've said enough to discredit this.  It's just a pity when people take feeble pot-shots at one another in order to appear clever, and then don't take the time to learn basic facts about the topic being discussed.

[AlohaDawg]

A ceiling fan will kill you, If you are stupid enough to stick your head in it. I suppose it would be hard to be killed by a small fern.

My coil, static and active, is available for viewing

I've tweaked it since these old pictures.  Now it shoots a good 7 feet.

As cool as a guy who plays with lightning has to be, obviously you haven't bneen watching Mythbusters.

Edit: WELCOME, REAL-LIFE JAMIE THE SCIENCE FRIEND!

[Teslaguy]

A ceiling fan will kill you, If you are stupid enough to stick your head in it. I suppose it would be hard to be killed by a small fern.

My coil, static and active, is available for viewing

I've tweaked it since these old pictures.  Now it shoots a good 7 feet.

As cool as a guy who plays with lightning has to be, obviously you haven't bneen watching Mythbusters.

Edit: WELCOME, REAL-LIFE JAIME THE SCIENCE FRIEND!

Yes, ceiling fans are low power, dull bladed things.  My mention of them was a metaphor for the fact that the foolish interaction with many common objects creates risk.  I wouldn't ever trim my nails in a garbage disposal.

[AugustWest]

A ceiling fan will kill you, If you are stupid enough to stick your head in it. I suppose it would be hard to be killed by a small fern.

My coil, static and active, is available for viewing

I've tweaked it since these old pictures.  Now it shoots a good 7 feet.

As cool as a guy who plays with lightning has to be, obviously you haven't bneen watching Mythbusters.

Edit: WELCOME, REAL-LIFE JAIME THE SCIENCE FRIEND!

Yes, ceiling fans are low power, dull bladed things.  My mention of them was a metaphor for the fact that the foolish interaction with many common objects creates risk.  I wouldn't ever trim my nails in a garbage disposal.

I've gotta quit doing that.

[AugustWest]

Also, re: ceiling fans.  While I'll grant that they are unlikely to decapitate you, I can testify from recent experience that they are capable of giving you a nasty bruise and lump.  

About a month ago I was engaged in some hossplay with my daughters and I accidently stuck my hand into one.  Ow.  Ow.  Ow.  I still have a lump and slight residual soreness.

Also, welcome Jamie.

[AlohaDawg]

Also, re: ceiling fans.  While I'll grant that they are unlikely to decapitate you, I can testify from recent experience that they are capable of giving you a nasty bruise and lump.  

About a month ago I was engaged in some hossplay with my daughters and I accidently stuck my hand into one.  Ow.  Ow.  Ow.  I still have a lump and slight residual soreness.

Also, welcome Jamie.

Just say "neigh" to hossplay, Aug.

[CortJstr]

The actual guy from the article is posting in response to the link. I frickin' love the internet.

[net23]

...and so is the guy that brought Limmoto see the coil in the first place....

<evil laughter> :twisted:

[Teslaguy]

For my show the frontman came out in a flaming motorcycle helmet. After the fire died down I could see there were all kinds of hoses and whatnot attached to it as well.

I guess was just confused because when I hear "tesla coil" I picture towering implements of death surrouding soviet bases that are always a bitch to sneak Tanya past.

Shake it baby!

1) Go to www.ttr.com  That guy built a giant "model 12" coil that shoots 50 feet.

2) I hosted/engineered a 3 day electroacoustic music festival recently in my theater in downtown NYC, and at the end of the third night a young Swiss composer warned the room that he was going to play something very loud, and being enthusiastic, I took my hands away from the mixer faders and he proceeded to karake chop the keys of his laptop and make the loudest, most unpleasent (but still cool!) sounds I have ever heard.   Halfway through the song,  I saw bright light coming out of one of the speakers, like there was a floodlight in the cabinet.

First time in 20 years I've actually lit a speaker on fire.  Fun!  Destructive surprises are cool.  Just save them until the end of the show.


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[pmcd9]

I've gotta get one of these things.

~Paul

[Choop]

My favorite line in Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes is Meg White's first line, after sitting at a table with Jack for several long moments:
"So, Jack, are you gonna tell me about your Tesla coil?"

[slink]

My favorite line in Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes is Meg White's first line, after sitting at a table with Jack for several long moments:
"So, Jack, are you gonna tell me about your Tesla coil?"

I kept thinking of that throughout this thread, but I found it marginally painful. The wooden acting and so forth. Also I guess my hatred for the pair of them.

Props to the Colbert by the way.