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[I'm not selling anything, so I don't know which discount you're talking about. Is this something from Google Ads? You'll have to contact the actual advertiser. -billb] Biff New-York, USA Continental - Friday, December 28, 2007 at 04:07:03 (PST) Hi, I find your site honest and informative. Something for anybody interested in science. Good Job. Leonard Krugersdorp, Gauteng SA - Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 23:08:34 (PST) Just learned about this awesome application. Is there a Windows version? If not, are there any plans to release a Windows version anytime soon? thanks! Irene Miller Billings, MT USA - Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 23:11:20 (PST) Hello, I want to thank you for the wealth of useful information on your website. I came across it by accident, but I will be returning. Demond Jackson Lansing, MI USA - Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 21:47:03 (PST) A great science fair project could be developed from this work. A simple and inexpensive apparatus can be used to measure a spin force around humans, animals, plants, bowls of fruit. This fills a gap between spin of sub atomic particles and spin of planets, stars, galaxies, and super galaxies. The amplitude of the spin force around humans has been found to vary with solar/geomagnetic activity, vitality of the subject, phase of the Moon, and sometimes, for some subjects, intention. Remote healing by 20 subjects influenced the amplitude in 17 trials. Observations by one Russian, indicated that spin forces radiate very much faster than light. It is suggested that 'spin' be assumed to be a fundamental force, replacing magnetism, which is a special case of spin. Please check my website, www.buryl.com . Click the "Spin" link. There you will find more information on my discovery. Buryl Payne Soquel, CA USA - Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 12:36:10 (PST) Comprehending The Bernoulli Principle http://svbutchart.com could be a good addition to the reference list. stan Butchart Seattle, Wa USA - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 21:10:35 (PST) Your theory regarding the capacitors is genious. Thank you for your great contribution in form of this site. Hariton Gusman San Diego, CA USA - Monday, December 17, 2007 at 02:37:20 (PST) cool tele USA - Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 02:13:53 (PST) In the case of the UFO binoculars seen on a different page that had a link to this one. Use a reflecting telescope and place the solar cell over the top of the secondary mirror. I suppose this could be done with a huge telescope and clean electronis to reduce the "hiss" noise but have not read about that being done. Barry Stephens San Marcos, TX USA - Monday, December 10, 2007 at 19:33:01 (PST) Great site. Better than 4hv.org 4hv.org really sucks big time. Chris Russell USA - Sunday, December 09, 2007 at 15:48:07 (PST) Great site with tons of great info and love the utube vids by Beaty which I would like to hear from; check out my website! I am on the way to detecting esoteric types of energies using and verifying new and other peoples' detectors! MrZeta7@yahoo.com Mistah Gray Rockland, Me USA - Wednesday, December 05, 2007 at 21:42:38 (PST) How about something on less fantastical potential alternative energy sources: hydrogen producing algae or bacteria, elecricity-producing bacteria, biological fuel cells, synthetic photosynthesis and so forth... No matter what it is, all the scientific brainiac orthodoxy always seem to say it'll take 20 years regardless. Maybe several someones not so rooted such science dogmatism, and/or without too much vested interesed in jeopardizing petroleum-stock portfolios might just actually come up with something and be able to make it public knowledge, that is, before the petroleum/neocon police come knocking on their doors with an offer that s/he couldn't refuse, i.e.: "hand over the patent and the prototype... or we'll ruin you...or worse." Karl MN USA - Saturday, December 01, 2007 at 21:06:48 (PST) No! I only wanted to click and get quick satisfaction - and your magnificent site is HUGE! I'll be coming back for more, and putting you on my poor, baby blog. Brilliant stuff. I'm an unemployed physicist - you might just help cure my awful cravings. Respect. Amanda Gipson Sheffield, UK - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 12:26:56 (PST) At my site you could find the project of superluminal particle accelerator soon. Paradoxically, it is deduced from Einsteins Special relativity petar bosnic petrus Samobor, croatia craoatia - Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 13:54:59 (PST) :) CAPS> WRITE ONLY http://www.runescape.com hhhohohoh Phoenix, FT USA - Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 19:28:06 (PST) Who owns this place? I'm doing research and want to know when this site was published and your last name and first initials please. put it on your website. Thanks! bye jagex New york, NY USA - Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 19:25:47 (PST) Great site. just what i was looking for. Dining Room Furniture USA - Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 08:06:17 (PST) Wery good website. Thanks. andy Brooklyn, NY USA - Monday, November 19, 2007 at 07:18:39 (PST) What an excellent and refreshing site. I have copied quotes onto "myopia free". I get "beaten up" or a regular basis by the majority-opinion ODs -- that myopia can not be prevented. On the basis of pure-SCIENCE I say that it can be. But that is scientific truth for me. Otis Otis Brown Waynesboro, PA USA - Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 14:09:42 (PST) I will agree with my last comment and say that its been 7 years,and this place is still a big ass waste of time. :) James Villella Colorado Springs, CO USA - Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 08:52:16 (PST) this site is the bomb like a Andrew-splosion Andrew Johrendt Cocoa, FL USA - Monday, November 12, 2007 at 12:04:33 (PST) Here's a website that hosts a Java based traffic simulation that allows you to alter road and traffic conditions at your whim with unexpected results( http://vwisb7.vkw.tu-dresden.de/~treiber/MicroApplet/ ). For example a higher speed limit will not always result in traffic moving faster; in most cases having a lower speed limits reduces bottlenecks and improves traffic flow. Elliot Los Angeles, CA USA - Monday, November 05, 2007 at 10:34:35 (PST) Some are wise and some are otherwise. denny dallas, ko usa - Saturday, November 03, 2007 at 12:03:39 (PDT) i am a freak the c.d skips when i am stressed, if i am in a bad mood i blow the amplifier, if i am feeling energetic i turn my car head lights off and the light remains on, every car i used to go in - the car battery would go flat, street lights on off, if i am tired brand new batteries go flat, my laptop computer won't turn off, machines hate me as i tend to break them - i really think i am the interference disk to stop humans from being mind controlled by aliens, i think i am a genetically modified human, perhaps i have alien implants in me and these cause interferrance, i use to wake up in middle of night and go outside - always i would see at least two satellites going past - perhaps my thoughts bounce off satellite and onto another, i saw four alien ships - the control room they wrapped me in green light and when i went to bed they said were putting me in hospital and i saw a green light scanner on my ceiling - i was terribly ill at that time and they healed me - i know i not crazy - they told me to put my helmet on - (perhaps they meant my virtual reality helmet - they said i from andromeda and since i got da green light i have been able to heal people - miracles - my boyfriend had a brain tumor and i saw green light over him and he now lives, other people had made me take my hands away as they have felt electric shock and a lot of heat go through the parts on them that need to be healed - they say they can still feel the heat days later - they then become healed - i am scared that i may be found out as a freak and scientists will want to cut my brain up and do tests on me - i heard in my bedroom a voice that said i was a fine specimen - they think i am just an animal but that makes them not very highly evolved to think of me and treat me like an animal - they have also saved my life however i use to hear invisible helicoptors and had an ongoing fight with machines on a radio - the machines started to hate me and eventually disowned me as i think i did their poor heads in ha ha i say their experimenmt got out of hand and i toughened up and kicked their arss as in dreams the hypnotising grey aliens now have to wear protective glassers as i will hypnotise and over power them these days - yeah i a human - not superhuman just a super human julia auckland, new zealand - Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 12:18:56 (PDT) I found your site in a reference listing.I would like to coment on what a terrific informative site that it is.Great job,well done! Fred Hansen de - Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 15:19:03 (PDT) Another man's mind is a closed book. astana denver, kolorado kolorado - Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 10:17:17 (PDT) From where does electron flow, from higher potential to lower potential or vice versa. The lecture of college said that it was vice versa in a DC circuit. It means that current flow from higher to lower potential. But in the case of a condutor connected to an ac outlet, current flows due to the movement of electrons(i know it is the real fact about the conduction in solid metal) and the current flows from higher potential to lower then what about the direction of electron. Please help out as quick as possible. Trusting in ur answer [ "higher" and "lower" can be misleading, since a large negative potential is "high" voltage, yet it's negative, so it's "low?" Better to say that electrons in a passive load will flow from MORE NEGATIVE to MORE POSITIVE potential. Positive ions flow the other way. Wires conduct because of their movable electrons. But most non-metal conductors (plasma, salt water) contain movable positives AND movable negatives. (Also, electrons in a generator coil or on surfaces of battery electrodes will flow backwards against any potential measured on the generator or battery terminals! "Charge pumps" such as batteries and generators push electrons backwards against potential, that's why they are sources of energy. -billb] Faisal Banglore, India - Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 05:07:05 (PDT) HI and good day to all! I qualified as an Electronics Engineer and spent the latter part of 20 years working with radar, television and finally VHS video signal processing. But, after all those years, I feel like trying my hand at a valve (you guys call them tubes in the USA!)project. Finding your site was a blessing! By the way, where in Seattle are you based? I spent around 5 yrs trying to get into the USA via a suitable job but gave up in the end :( Jag Olde Englande, UK - Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 09:28:57 (PDT) I have just stumbled across your site whilst doing some research and I have to say it is one of the best written technical sites I have come across. The business I work for website is nowhere near as well written as yours, informative but easy to read and an enjoyable read. Thank You simon johnstone Huddersfield, England - Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 04:18:59 (PDT) I simply wished to point out this article: http://www.physorg.com/news110191847.html In reference to confirmation of your page on water threads: http://amasci.com/freenrg/wasser.html The Physorg article appears to confirm the results. Moreover, they didn't even require the initial thread, or "bridge," apparently they simply used high voltage DC and the water did the rest! Cheers, ~Michael Gmirkin Michael Gmirkin Beaverton, OR USA - Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 02:37:53 (PDT) Liked you site, lots of information, will try to send you an e-mail. Microwaves. don v Fort Mcmurray , ab Canada - Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 10:59:55 (PDT) I inform about the new Gearturbine, power by barr, with retrodynamic dextrogiro vs levogiro effect, an non parasitic looses system, and over-unit engine. To see details: www.geocities.com/gearturbine Carlos Barrera Monterrey, Mexico - Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 10:43:50 (PDT) I first came upon the concept of 'wave theory' and 'friction' as they relate to traffic, in a book I read in the 1970's called "Expert Driving". I have also noticed the 'calming' effect that a single vehicle can have on a huge traffic stream. It won't take very many people operating in this manner to have a HUGE effect on traffic, accidents, and commute time! Resonance is a truly amizsing thing! -bob Bob Audlee Leominster, MA USA - Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 19:01:01 (PDT) I was reading your eletrical people story, but didn't find one like mine. I have no control over it or when it happens, but plenty of witnesses. I feel an eletrical current running through my hands sometimes when I touch them together or touch another person, usually when I am very at peace and feeling a lot of love. I can actually touch another person's face when this is happening and rub the outside of their ear and they will hear a buzzing noise like I was running something electrical over their ears. It freaks them out and me too. Ever hear of anything like it? Tanya Houston, TX USA - Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 01:25:41 (PDT) Beware. This site will convince you that light(and emr generaly)is a wave and possibly show you that a lot of your life has been in vain. geoff harries munich, Germany - Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 06:32:07 (PDT) Hi, I appreciate your views on transistor's working.I think it will be nice if you add your view on relationship between collector,base,and emitter current. sale Sara New York, USA - Sunday, September 09, 2007 at 04:37:14 (PDT) Karen, I send you mail and it's coming back as eskimo won't allow it to go through. Can you contac them? Otherwise I have no way to send you the notes to the class you registered for. Maria Marsala USA - Sunday, September 09, 2007 at 00:48:26 (PDT) Its a nice job you are doing... people worldwide require science awareness.. Free funny videos OL, CA USA - Saturday, September 08, 2007 at 09:17:55 (PDT) Bill, yours is one of the few websites that I have read, and read, and read, and read... and read again... and again. It has been a great help to me and helped me to figure out many of the things that have helped me to understand alchemy a bit. Thanks! Your website is a treasure! It looks great. Thanks! -Josh Josh Gulick Portland, OR USA - Monday, September 03, 2007 at 20:04:02 (PDT) In a way to be exhaustive in your web site, you could had the following address: http://membres.lycos.fr/degravitation/intro/html/intro1.htm. This French searcher (Dct in physics) has published 2 books in French (ed: Manuscrit.com) that are very interesting. Congratulations for your excellent website Best regards MH Franck Hollender Paris, france - Monday, September 03, 2007 at 01:32:32 (PDT) Hi, Bill! I've enjoyed your website for years. I found it early on in my mad (read, 'amateur') scientist haunts. I started to build a tesla coil years ago. Got as far as a really AWESOME secondary coil; it took many hours, many nights to wind it myself by hand. Then I tucked it away in a corner of the garage, out of site, out of mind. I rediscovered it last spring when cleaning. Picked it up; it was heavy at one end, so I gave it a slam, dislodging the rat's nest, turds, etc, that came plopping out on the concrete floor. So, that coil was tossed. But it got me back on track. This time I've acutally bought a nice, new, suplus flyback transformer, and a 4" sphere for the topload. I think this time I'll actually build the thing (but will buy the secondary, pre-wound, from eBay!)and maybe even have some fun and not fry myself in the process. Keep up the good work! Jerry Slack SF Bay Area, CA USA - Friday, August 31, 2007 at 23:46:04 (PDT) Thank you for putting my anger and frustration toward the "teachers" in this field so eloquently into english. I KNOW HOW TO MAKE A TRANSISTOR WORK. I WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS. Thank you. And your theory on capacitors. Brilliant. I'm one of those that dont accept crap that my brain cannot wrap around. (crap, wrap.....hmmmm). Then I refuse to move on. I'm stuck. Then I suffer. Not the teacher and the blind followers, only too happy to waddle on...not knowing. I also have a problem with the convention direction of "current". Any help you can lend me on the subject? Thank you and I, bless you. Adrian Bartholomew Leawood, KS USA - Friday, August 31, 2007 at 07:36:18 (PDT) Hello,I'm a middle school student who needs an idea for a science project and i stumbled upon your video on youtube,thus finding your site here.So do you have any tips for me as a student who would like to try your project? I mean this is like the coolest thing i have ever seen as a science project =) Please email me at Knownas23@aim.com,if you cannot reach me on here =) thanks,You rock! for a physics teacher anyway =D Tyler Loxahatchee, FL USA - Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 14:46:38 (PDT) Hello Good job!!! Alex Alex New York, NY USA - Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 07:38:06 (PDT) I could kiss you right now for FINALLY clearing the 5year "how the $&@! do transistors work?!" fog from my head. Your explanation was perfect. I hope you do someday find the time to replace the ascii drawings w/ animations but I highly commend you for the excellent "drawings". : )
I've finally found someone who understands my sensical dilemma. How very
compassionate of you to take the time to dispell the wall of confusion
facing so many people. I graduated in physics, took an electronics
course, walked away w/ ZERO electronics knowledge and still don't know a
single person who graduated w/ me that could explain transistors. It took
your site + a 35year IBM veteran to place me where I really wanted, and
should have been, my senior year of college.
thank you!
matt
--=[tweakman at mac.com]=-- The web site http://www.sailmag.com/cclasscats/ shows an example of an sail for class c catamaran that is symetrical and is a good example of your assertion that a "wing" does not need to be curved above an flat below to generate lift. I saw this up close in Bristol, RI yacht club recently (Aug 2007). Since a yacht has to tack in both directions into the wind it would have to be symetrical. Interestingly, the flap at the back is very large. David Ramage Rahway, NJ USA - Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 18:25:58 (PDT) I inform about the new Gearturbine, power by barr, with retrodynamic dextrogiro vs levogiro effect, an non parasitic looses system, and over-unit engine. To see details: www.geocities.com/gearturbine Carlos Barrera Monterrey, Mexico - Friday, August 24, 2007 at 16:49:44 (PDT) After ages spent re-reading Wikipedia articles, I finally found William Beaty's fantastic explanation of transistors. I really, finally, fundamentally, understand them, and I do thank him for all he has done for us electronics newbies. Elen Baxter USA - Friday, August 24, 2007 at 07:26:22 (PDT) I would like instructions how to build youyr model that repells gravity at one end and attracts it at the other end email is www.timetraveler6666@yahoo.com bill visalia, ca USA - Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 17:33:26 (PDT) I have enjoyed (only briefly, so far) your web site. Just a quick comment: Have you ever considered that some of the more advanced concepts in physics are also ... well, simply wrong. For example, no one on Earth actually knows what electron spin is. Sure, I understand the Dirac equation and its derivation, but no on knows what electron spin "IS" in terms of bouncing balls and walls you can punch with your fist, and so on. And, another example: The universe we live in is three-dimentional. Duhh. Einstein published the SR articles in 1905, and when the mathematicians came along (I forget which ones) and described it all as four-vectors, Einstein said something like, "They've taken my theory and recast it into a form that I don't even understand!" (He was being hyperbolic, of course.) And, BTW, time is NOT the fourth dimension. The "fourth dimension" (which is merely a mathematical convenience and does not actually exist) is not "t", it is "ct" -- it's the *distance* that light would travel in vacuo in time "t". And never mind string theory. Don't take me there.
Physicists believe that if they understand the math, then that's all there
is to know and if you ask questions, you're just naive and dumb. Nobody
even knows why inertia exists! (Yea, yea, OK ... maybe it's the Higgs
boson.)
Anyhow ... these are just friendly comments ... There's a lot of
complacent self-decption out there among physicists.
Regards ... I have had a long time interest in high frequency energy production.I found your site very interesting. Thanks.It worked really well. dzordz dzordz New York, NY usa - Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 06:58:32 (PDT) Hi, I appreciate your views on transistor's working.I think it will be nice if you add your view on relationship between collector,base,and emitter current. sale Bangkok, CA Thailand - Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 17:02:19 (PDT) Mr Beaty, I have been an electronics technician for more than 30 years, have made plenty of money, am confident in my trade but have to admit, don't really know that much about electronics. After sufing the web for a better understanding of transistors, I found your sight. Thanks for being down to earth and straight forward. I look forward to developing my own gut-feeling about the trade that I "thought I knew" a lot about. I know you're busy but I would enjoy staying in contact with some of your other readers. V/R David Yutzy (...ftsccs@batelco.com.bh++==) David Yutzy USA - Friday, August 17, 2007 at 09:43:53 (PDT) Weird phenomena in Seattle... On Columbia ave, walking up the hill between 2nd/3rd on the sidewalk next to the United Way building, something strange is oozing from the cracks in the pavement. It's been there for several weeks, and hasn't evaporated or washed away. It looks like water, but it's solid!
I've stepped in it to see if it was water, it's not, it's some kind of
glassy material. At first, I thought it might be spilled resin, and the
largest patch appears to be 'emerging' from a intentional seam in the
concrete, which would make sense if someone spilled some there, and it ran
downhill. But further down there is more 'weeping' from a stress crack in
the concrete, like water can do. This stuff has been there for a month or
more now, and it hasn't changed. It seems to have emerged sometime in the
past, and then set up.
I've seen small 'soda straws' and other cave-like things growing from the
undersides of old concrete bridges, but this material is water-clear! It
looks like water-glass, but I can't think of a way it would form in
concrete.
I may try getting a sample later. This theme is closed, or here it is possible to ask a question? Thanks... MIkeeeee MOS, RUS - Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 10:03:10 (PDT) Wopps Forgot to say the name of the who's CD that came from. It is called "Endless wire".^^ We are learning what we have forgotten.... John F. Hendry White Salmon, WA USA - Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 15:15:03 (PDT) Look at what you are reading because what you are reading is relative to what you are thinking. Look at what you are thinking because what you are thinking is relative to what you are feeling. Look at what you are feeling because it is relative to what time it is relative to an initial inertial frame of reference.
You need to learn to count cycles of feeling and where to start counting
from. I need to learn what you know. Stop moving and you will find the
point of reference I am talking about.
I owed you one;-)
Great site sir. I often end up here doing my searches for my book on
Relative Relativity. This time it was in reference to the Neurogenetic
reflex action. The search on Google was "matter equal positive and
negative charge."
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Cool site. Thank you. George Wilmington, DE usa - Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 07:37:19 (PDT) Ref Tesla's mistake. Take a look at Konstantin Meyl's work: http://www.etzs.de/onlineshop/products_new.php and especially get to grips with his scalar waves experimentation kit, that demonstrates the interaction of the spherical antennae. Have a think too about his spiral coils (as Tesla used) and think what the electromagnetic induction properties are of constant speed waves around a coil of decreasing radius. There is still more to this than regular school physics. For example Tesla measured the Schumann frequency of the resonant cavity between ionosphere and planet surface which was later corroborated, and also the scalar frequency, which Meyl corroborates. Andy Davidson UK - Friday, June 22, 2007 at 13:41:22 (PDT) Taos Hum sound balancer wanted Trent Smith Taos, NM USA - Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 10:42:00 (PDT) Mr. Beaty, I just want to say thanks for the infrared goggles project. When I came across it last year, I had been looking for ways to make ultraviolet pass goggles - obviously considerably more dangerous when looking around outside, but still fun. I happened to break one of the filters I was using a few weeks ago, and figured what the heck, let's order some Congo Blue gels as well. I received my gels today and was thoroughly amazed by the results,
especially with regards to flowering plants. Blood red sunflowers look
pretty amazing. I plan on trying these in tandem with my UV-pass filters
eventually, so if I notice anything particularly interesting with that
combination I'll let you know.
Thanks again, and keep experimenting! I am pretty damn sure my mom and me have this problem -or ocurrance andy thing not grounded Expt) labtops and cell phones we tend to fry or just develope odd problems with I found that ensureing its plugged in and useing wire less key boards help It seems to come fronm her side (her and I are physicly simmuler and my brother who looks more like my dads side dosent seem to have it he parents and sybolings aren't big into computers or cells really so i don't know about them, also not knowing if it may be related we both have a relitivly larger amount of dreams that end up happening expcially when it comes to tramatic events there never exact but the referance to deaths its expecilly clear I don't know that could just be that were parinoid though. Sjomspearbar@hotmail.com sally enning, sd USA - Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 07:46:48 (PDT) I have been looking into the Scalar Wave Weaponry. Some of the weather events may have been caused by this, worth looking into. Lu Fort Myers, Fl USA - Sunday, June 10, 2007 at 17:50:40 (PDT) on page http://amasci.com/amateur/neodymium.html#fall dead link: "The info about this is now on John Lahr's page."
old adress:
http://lahr.org/john-jan/maglev/maglev.html
new adress:
http://jclahr.com/science Hello, have loved this site for years, thanks. My comment goes to the science museum page, concerning an addition. The Teylers Museum, in Harlaam, Netherlands (outside Amsterdam). It's website is in Dutch at http://www.teylersmuseum.nl/index_flash.html I always think it's fun surfing in languages I don't know. However, they have a great *.pdf tour at the rather long address of http://www.teylersmuseum.nl/dossiers/files/Dossier%20Welcome%20to%20Teylers%20Museum.pdf
Enjoy, add to the list, and if you want to visit Amsterdam, I recomend staying in Harlaam.
dennis lee trabue Many years ago, when I was working for SLAC in Menlo Park, CA, a friend of mine came in on the midnight shift with a Toyota rear axel and two bearings. He said he needed a 40 ton press to press the bearings on the axel. I said I didn't know where they had such a thing, but I knew another way to do it. We cleaned the axel off real well and went over to the liquid nitrogen tank they kept in the research area. It was three stories high, and about 10 feet in diameter. We poured some LN2 on one end of his axel and the bearing went right on....After it warmed up, we did the other end the same way......Saved a lot of time not having to search for a 40 ton press! William E. Graham Salem, OR USA - Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 13:49:16 (PDT) Just a thought about your traffic model. I thought about the phenomena too, but it seems that you've left out one of the rules I considered key: When the cars/road ratio increases -- even for very small lengths of road -- cars tend to slow to adjust back to "safe" following distance. There's more than one idea in that, but it's similar to a "virtual" accident at the point of increased car density -- which takes on a life of its own. By the way: Neat site! Alex New-York, NY USA - Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 05:38:06 (PDT) I discovered this week that my house is not grounded. When I had the original galvanized plumbing replaced with the latest and greatest Plastic pipes I lost my ground line. Before cooling my house this year I had an ominous feeling about the status of the evaporative cooler. For some reason I remembered the cut line hanging off the exterior of my historic home which now hung from the electric box into thin air. Just dangleing there. I called the plumber. He is licensed. He is a professional. Well, the company is anyway. Intially the company came to bid the job as if I was a new customer. After showing the plumbber the dangling wire his eyes got large. The Manager of the company is coming tomorrow to place an 8 foot metal rod into the ground. He says casually that I need a sticker on my electric box indicating I have a "non metalic" home. I told him I think I need more than a sticker. I am not sure what the actual danger has been living in a non grounded home.I am getting a long rod after a long difficult conversation. I am an educated woman. This may be a hinderence. I think it is serious not to ground a house. I think it is really amazing nothing has happened. I am thinking that perhaps this is a big deal. I have gone on line to look up "Grounding". Your article makes sense to me. It appears to be important to a lot of people that everything be grounded. I am confused how anything actually worked since the house is not grounded. The refrigerator is running. My phone is charging. I am using my laptop un-plugged now that I know for sure the house is non-grounded. I won't use the dishwasher, the washer machine or even my juicer. I feel fear. I feel unsafe. If they don't complete the rod installation tomorrow I am planing on sleeping elsewhere until the job is complete. Am I over reacting? Electricity seems like a big deal to me. I am flabergasted that the plumming company is so relaxed about making the install of the rod. I called three times after the plummer saw the situation to get a solution scheduled. The owners would not take my call. The poor receptionist had to listen to me go on and on each time explaining that it is 103 degrees outside and I can't turn on my cooler. My house happens to have air conditioning too, but I can't imagine using it as it is a brand new appliance installed just prior to the severance of the ground line. I don't want to fry out my new machine and burn my house down. Am I being over dramtic? Last week three houses burned down in Tucson. It caught me attention on the news. It is what actually prompted me to remember the dangling ground line.That and the 103 degrees creeping in. What do you think Bill B. I see you are swamped. I will post this note and see what others might think. Thanks for not spamming, Thanks even more for the information. Gaia Tucson, AZ USA - Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 23:29:22 (PDT) Thank you for your section on "BIONS", LEUKOCYTES, AND "FLOATERS." I'd been wondering whether there was something wrong with my eyes, and this site is the first I've found with a valid-sounding explanation. Marie Canton, MI USA - Sunday, May 27, 2007 at 14:22:04 (PDT) I found by reading your explanation of "How a transistor works" that I also think from a physicists' "Babylonian viewpoint". I knew I wasn't crazy sensing something being wrong in regards to textbook explanations.... How about the explanation of how a MOSFET works. I think I have a good idea now but would love to read your explanation.... GREAT SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John P Nawoh Edison , NJ USA - Friday, May 25, 2007 at 12:16:55 (PDT) Awesome cite! Keep up the good work!!! Samantha USA - Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 08:49:52 (PDT) Hey Bill! I think I finally managed to release the ID monsters you talked about. I was at a holiday, at the bathroom, about to take a
poo. But the toiler paper was inconveniently placed at the back wall, same
as the toilet. Annoying to reach for. The obvious solution would
be to simply place a roll of toilet paper in front of me on the ground.
But in a fit of creativity I decided to ignore the obvious. I instead
figured that since toilet paper is normally placed on a wall to your side,
it might be the best place. So I turned 90 degrees left on the toilet.
But the shape of a toilet is such that it was too short now. So I
decided to turn another 90 degrees and sit on the toilet backwards, with
my legs around it. But I had my pants pulled down to my ankles, so I
couldn't. The obvious solution would be to take off my pants completely. I
ignored the obvious solution. I instead lifted my legs ABOVE the
water reservoir sitting backwards on the toilet, ready for action! Then I
realised how riddiculous this whole thing is and fell off the toilet from
laughing too hard. I reached the insanity phase. I wonder if
genius will follow.
Cheers,
Vlad what a nice site you've got. just signing the guestbook for the heck of it have a nice day. Noodles Columbus, IN USA - Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 09:24:22 (PDT) Hi all, I can only imagine the frustration of inventers in the quest for alternative energy. As a simple housewife, with no time to experiment, only a limited knowledge of the currently available options, and even less money to try anything of significance, I am totally frustrated that no one can find a simple, affordable system that the individual homeowner can put in place, that wouldn't conflict with local zoning, or look like crap up on my roof. I'm tired of seeing projects that would ultimately still depend upon those wires on poles sending me the energy I use. (read also as - big gov't bucks to fund the power companies' efforts that in no way will lower the bills) Somebody, PLEASE - power a home for a year!! There would be no better proof in a product. If it can be done for under $5k for the equipment, you will find investors, believe me. Shoot, forget investors, just start making/selling it yourself. Isn't that how Bill Gates started? In the garage? Jean Winston-Salem, NC USA - Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 08:08:05 (PDT) Hi Dear Bill B., I have a few questions for you if you don't mind answering or if you have the time to do that, here they are:
Are Wommelsdorf Generators and Van der Graaf Generator both electrostatic generators? Can they also be called Potential Generators? What about Tesla coils?
Which one is better or what are the applications where you would use one over the other one?
Are Van der Graaf Generators amplifiers by nature or can you obtain amplification by cascading them?
What's a better device, a regular Tesla Coil or a Van der Graaf Generator? A "Real" Tesla Coil ( I saw your explanation for this on the net, having a "third coil", forgot now the purpose) or Van der Graaf Generator?
If you wanted to create huge voltages (millions upon millions of volts), could you use a Van der Graaf Generator to create your initial "BIG" potential and then use a Tesla Coil or Real Tesla coil to further Magnefy your initial BIG voltage?
Thank you, and I hope my questions are of interest for you too, regards,
Joaquin
trickyeve@hotmail.com
After I read the explanations on electricity and related topics on your website, I had for the very first time began to understand what exactly electricity is. First the first time I could perceive the subject matter of electricity so clearly. If all teachers and text books in the world were as precise and as clear as your explanations here, the world would have been a much better place. Thank you very much for your great service and please keep it up. Fan Stuttgart, Germany - Monday, March 26, 2007 at 05:12:55 (PDT) Thank you. I am just an old layman, who likes to have gut-feeling understanding of my universe. About 2 months ago I saw a physics article without to many scary equations, so I decided to read it. It lead to my most intense study period yet experienced and with plenty of despair. Your site finally got me through. It probably sounds lame to others that what I finally realized is just that energy has no mass, not even a snip of plasma or a single electron. Those things have energy but aren't. I always tried to pin something to it, a beam, a wave... Now I get it as nothing but a principle. 3 days ago I understood it. 2 days ago I really-really got it, and yesterday I accepted it. Sincerely, Rasmus Rasmus Pituffik, Greenland - Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 10:15:46 (PDT) First, thank you so much for helping me realize that I, too, also think from a physicists' "Babylonian viewpoint". I have always stuggled with the textbooks now I know why. I have some invention ideas that I like to prototype. I'd like to find a hobbyist type of person that 1) knows what electronics components are out there...off-the-shelf and widely available. 2) is willing to do small projects and not ask too much money for it. Can you give advise where I can find someone like this? If any hobbyist is interested, I can be reached at dannyhcwang(@)yahoocom Danny Wang Los Angeles, CA USA - Friday, March 23, 2007 at 15:07:32 (PDT) My 6 year old grandson is very interested in science of any kind. He is currently reading a book about weather. My son would like to find a science club in the Orland Fla area for him. Any suggestions? Thanks Howard Bierley USA - Friday, March 23, 2007 at 14:45:23 (PDT) I tried the microwave and steel wool approach for "bigger better balls" of ball lightning and can confirm it worked four times out of four i na standard doemstic 750W oven. Power only needed for 2 seconds. Would suggest the bigger the Pyrex container around the steel wool the better to enable the discharge to last a bit longer. Kids were scared, wife was out, the only damage was when stupid me dropped the glass turntable on the floor!! Tim Bunce Vale of Glamorgan, UK - Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 04:03:47 (PDT) I try to be courteous to drivers merging in to my lane when things get tight on the freeway. But what of the motorist who feels that he/she is too good to wait in line with the others and seeks unfair advantage by driving up in a free moving lane such as an exit only lane or even the shoulder, and then wants to merge in at the last moment? I am not so kind to these arrogant types. F.M. [ But nobody can stop cheaters, they can force their way in. If you try to block them, your fight causes traffic to come to a halt. Also, in many situations the "cheaters" are perfectly normal people who missed seeing the end of a very long backup, and nobody is letting them in near the back of the line. It's not like a queue at a bank teller; since they cannot drive backwards to take their fair place at the back. When I'm in that situation, I see the close-packed people in the line as having an "I've got mine" attitude. If they won't let anyone in near the rear of the line, then we're justified to take our fair place: at the front. In actual practice, I like to get in line early, then let huge numbers of people get in ahead of me, still at the back of the line. This often shatters the traffic jam as I approach it, since the jam was entirely created by people who pack tightly together and prevent all merges except at the very front of the line. By letting people in early, I eliminate the supply of cars that have to butt their way in at the front. Since this technique works, it shows that those people weren't cheaters at all, since they happily take their place near the back end of the line... but only if the people back there open up some space. -billb] F. Monaco Coconut Creek, FL USA - Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 19:51:53 (PDT) You have a mistake on your 'ridiculed' page. The tv camera guy is *John* L. Baird, not James Bill Vancouver, BC Canada - Monday, March 12, 2007 at 20:17:34 (PDT) Dear sir, I am a electrical and electronics engineerign student(India) and I would like to now more about "Kelvin's Thunderstorm" in depth. Some questions on this topic is what is the range of the voltage? where we can apply this? any reache are going on in world? If Any research center(India) are researching in this stream please give me the address or email Id Manjunatha.N manjunatha5 yahoo com Manjunatha.N Bangalore, india - Thursday, March 08, 2007 at 20:59:35 (PST) Thank you for the wonderfull website. After finding your article on maglev trains on this web site, I have come up with a solution to propell the "simple" maglev train: Attach a strong electro magnet at the begining of the track, when you swich it on it should push the maglev train quite nicely. thanks Science Student MI USA - Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 16:17:05 (PST) My 8 yr old son was researching projects for his science fair and came across your website.... under Electric Projects is a link entited "Pikas Shoes" - the site it takes you to IS NOT a site for an 8 yr old boy.......It was story a regarding Pikachu from Pokemon with extremely BAD LANGUAGE!!!!! What kind of website are you running??? This website is supposed to be for Science Projects.... Kim USA - Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 14:27:18 (PST) I am a math/physics prof w 20 refereed publications. Over the past few years I have concluded the following: 1)My research is useless unless students are involved. 2)Students won't do research for free unless it's fun. 3)Very few students are sufficiently dedicated even if it is fun. 4)To get those who are truly interested, I have must collaborate on-line with students outside my particular school. Hence I came up with the science of boatbuilding. For more details, as well as ideas for science fairs projects in "boatology", visit my non-comercial website at: http://faculty.valpo.edu/gvandegr/ Guy Vandegrift Valparaiso, IN USA - Friday, January 12, 2007 at 10:15:34 (PST) HI William. I appreciate your views on transistor's working.I think it will be nice if you add your view on relationship between collector,base,and emitter current. Abhishek singh Bangalore, Karnataka India - Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 23:12:40 (PST) i hate your site and it hurts my head i dont understand good day kiki spokane, wa USA - Friday, January 05, 2007 at 08:45:15 (PST) Thank you for this website! Yesterday night, I lay in bed thinking about electricity, and in particular about how bothersome it was that some aspects of electricity were still puzzling to me, even after having successfully completed an EE degree many years ago. As I mulled it over, I realized that my biggest frustration lay in my inability to reconcile the seeming contradiction between high-voltage static electricity and low-voltage circuits. In the former, excess charge will readily move from, say a Van de Graff generator sphere to a metal ball, without the need for a return path. Yet when dealing with batteries and lamps, we are lead to believe that we need a closed path. I got to thinking about whether it would be hypothetically possible to drain an AA cell using a quarter, by touching it to one terminal, then moving it to the other, and repeating this process over and over again. From the electrostatic viewpoint, it seemed plausible, yet from the circuit viewpoint, it seemed absurd. While I do not still have an answer to this small thought experiment, this website has been spot on in identifying the issues that I have struggled with for so long and gives me confidence that perhaps I'm not as ignorant about electricity as I had previously thought. At least I seem to be asking the right questions! PS: If anyone wants to comment on my AA cell thought experiment, please write to marciot at Y a hoo. Marcio Teixeira Fort Collins, CO USA - Friday, December 29, 2006 at 18:04:22 (PST) I have concept or theory of the creation,of a "black matter" not to be mistaken for dark energy, or dark matter, this invention has no prodo-type as of yet? But I'm working on one at this time. I whish I could say more as to the concept behide this process but a US patent stands in my way. Your web site has been very informative in my research and I. Thank you. Inventor: Mr Todd J. Tocco Rotterdam , N.Y. USA - Friday, November 24, 2006 at 18:58:27 (PST) Marc Millis of NASA asked me to post every thing I know about forming wormholes and manipulating gravity. It has taken me about five years. It's up and running. Any one that would like to know how to do manipulate gravity can now find out how it is done. Larry L. Burks www.ufoworkshop.0catch.com Larry L. Burks Merkel, Tx. USA - Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 20:15:11 (PST) Dear Mr. Beaty, My name is Pranab Jyoti Ghosh, I am an Indian physics graduate and myself have theoretically developed a technology on producing energy without any kind of fuel. This technology is about producing energy by extracting heat from atmosphere. This technology is a combination of processes that are well tested and now in use in different industries and research projects. I have done everything that I can do by myself. But for further advance, I need financial and technical assistance. I am assuring you that this project is just need to be made and improved. All the basic experiments had been already done successfully and enough data had been gathered. In short, it is a new and exciting kind of technology and as far as I know, nothing like this exists this day. I am writing this letter to you to know your opinion about this technology. The so-called “skeptics” have a tendency to just ignore when they are challenged. Anyone can contact me and I will supply him the necessary information to build this technology just after signing an NDA. He/ she will have all rights to test the technology and I will help him/her fully. But he/she wouldn’t have the right to patent it on his/her name and sell or license it in the market. Previously I have challenged skeptics in the same manner, but haven’t got any kind of response. I want to know what you are thinking about that. If possible, kindly refer me to some places where I can find skeptics and challenge them. They think that they only have right to challenge everybody, but I want to see them before challenges. Best regards, Pranab Jyoti Ghosh Pranab Jyoti Ghosh Kolkata, W.B India - Sunday, November 05, 2006 at 09:32:28 (PST) The women in my family do alot of weird things. My mother, as unbelievable as it is, has almost been hit by lightening 3 times and it was close like 2 feet away, each time. One time was on a clear day with not a cloud in the sky and no lightening or anything. We all make watches stop working and cause electrical outages in our house. It is nice to know that there are others out there. Now, I do do the shock thing like I will get a strong shock on some light switches and I have made the house black out in sections and sometimes it's sections that are connected as far as fuses and only half of it goes out. It happens most when I am mad and happened alot when I was going through puberty. My fiance cannot get his cell phone to charge in his vehicle if I am touching it or even within 2 feet of it. I have worked in an office and had computer techs tell me that they can not figure out how I caused the problem that my work computer has. I have had times when people used some electrical device and it worked fine and I go to use it and it won't work properly or even not at all. I can't wear watches and my ipod battery drains very fast. I also shock myself on car doors and other things even more frequently than other people. A jeweler once told my mother that we have high magnetic fields. It always kind of freaked me out because I have no control over it and I tend to break stuff by accident when I am mad. Then again I have always had alot of unusual characteristics I guess this one is just another on my list. How would I be catagorized. Stacey Dudek Harrisburg, pa USA - Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 13:41:10 (PDT) I have a question about building the hovercraft. How does the hovercraft move? Please email me at crzynluvx3 at aim com Helen - Thursday, October 05, 2006 at 17:50:38 (PDT) yes, yes, yes. I agree with your findings totally. i have practiced the leave-large-gaps strategy for years and it works. The other offshoot of this is avoiding using your brakes unless you really have to. The trick is to break the cycle of brake light triggering the one behind it triggering the one behind it, etc. I'm convinced this is the cause of 'phantom' slowdowns; no obvious cause. SR520 is just a parking lot disguised as a bridge. There's no hope for it. Use I90. The extra capacity makes it work. rick chinn sammamish, wa USA - Saturday, September 30, 2006 at 01:01:02 (PDT) I HAVE READ SOME OF THE STORIES ON THIS SITE, AND ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T TURNED ON AND OFF ELECTRICAL ITEM, NOT THAT I HAVE NOTICED, I DO GIVE OFF A VERY PAINFUL AND 6" BLUE ELECTRIC SHOCK, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WITH PEOPLE AND METAL ITEMS. I HAVE NEVER PUMPED MY OWN GAS, AS I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS SPARK WILL APPEAR AND AM SCARED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN THE MOMENT TO TOUCH THAT NOZZLE. AS FOR ELECTRICAL ITEMS, AS I SAID BEFORE, I HAVEN'T TURNED THEM ON AND OFF, BUT I CAN WALK BY A HOUSE AND TELL YOU WHAT ELECTRICAL ITEMS, SUCH AS A TELEVISION OR COMPUTER, IS ON. IN A HOUSE I CAN FEEL AND HEAR A TELEVSION AND SUCH BEING TURNED ON OR OFF, AND I HAVE RECEVEIVED A SHOCK A NUMBER OF TIMES FROM PHONES AND KEY BOARDS. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I THOUGHT IT FUN AND A GAME. NOW THAT I AM OLD, AND THE SHOCK HAS BECOME STRONGER AND MORE FREQUANTLY, I FIND IT NOT SO FUN. I GUESS I'M ASKING WHAT CAUSES THIS AND HOW CAN I STOP IT -- I CAN'T PET MY CAT, I SHOCK HER, KISSING MY PARTNER IS ALWAYS AN EXPERIENCE FOR A "LIGHTING BOLT" (AS WE NOW CALL THEM) CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME AND IS THE MOST PAINFUL. GUESS JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYTHING TO STOP IT. BUT I AM GLAD TO HEAR IT IS MORE COMMON THAN I THOUGHT. FAYE MELBOURNE, FL USA - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 14:11:31 (PDT) Bill Beatty's comments on subtle energy are interesting but by definition limited if subtle energy is so difficult to detect. There is a new system called ISIS for Intra-Spectral Imaging System that reveals this field in fine detail. For details please visit www.subtle-energy.ca/ If anyone is interested in subtle energy research please contact me at "chryancomm at dccnet com2 chris lovelidge Vancouver, BC - Monday, September 25, 2006 at 19:50:17 (PDT) The site is GREAT.But, could you please,please make it compatible with more browsers ( namely,Opera).I really hate it when I have to switch to IE or Firefox to use such a Great Resource. Thanks a lot for all help I've taken from your Site.I love it!!!!!! [ What part doesn't work in Opera? I checked some sections of the site in Opera long ago, back when that browser was free. It would help if you'd said what problems Opera has -billb] Irf Lord Delhu, India - Monday, September 18, 2006 at 08:56:20 (PDT) I thought you might be interested in this video Professor Bannister posted on You Tube explaining how bumblebees fly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCsWNGT11xs Best, Adam adam long uk - Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 09:10:03 (PDT) Bill, I didn't see in your observations on traffic waves any comments on the calming effect that a reduced use of brakelights has on traffic behind you. [That's because I realized that avoiding brakes has only a small effect. If we compare it to the problems created by normal speed mismatches, we find the brakes aren't really the problem. Since nobody can keep their gas pedal set perfectly, we all will vary a bit and drift forward and back. Even if you're moving slightly *faster* than average, you approach the guy in front too closely and need to slow down. Whether fast or slow, it creates "noise" which builds up and *forces* others to use brakes to avoid collision. When driving with close spacing, whenever all the cars ahead of you hit the brakes, you have no choice but to do the same (and neither did they!) No inferior "Nervous Nellies" or brakelights are needed so long as the tiny changes in speed get amplified. One person drifts backwards, causing the next person to drift backwards more, the next more, and then the next actually has to tap the brake pedal. Even if everyone is the same, and everyone is an expert driver, whenever driving with close spacing, the tiny changes get amplified. That's the origin of traffic waves. The usual solution: preserve a large space ahead of your car. If you have a large space ahead of you, you won't need to respond to speed-changes in the traffic ahead, even if those speed changes are quite large. When "noise" approaches you, it gets damped out rather than amplified. Cars behind you drive smoothly. -billb ] When traffic is moving in waves, a significant part of the jamming feedback is caused by seeing brakelights ahead of you, well in excess of the actual decceleration of the vehicles themselves. You can see waves starting on account of the injudicious use of brakes by "nervous nellies", who aren't really slowing down, but feel a need to apply their brakes anyway, causing everyone behind them to do the same, regardless of whether they need to or not. Mark Tilley Brampton, ON Canada - Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 06:22:39 (PDT) Consider looking into the partial differential equations behind this. You have qualitatively nailed the phenomena which can be quantified. Two equations are necessary to model flow: Conservation equation: Cars entering a control volume = Cars leaving + change in density w/in control volume (accumulation/depletion) Constituative equation which relates the velocity of cars to the density of cars. In liquid fluid dynamics the density is constant and velocit is related to pressure. In traffic flow the velocity depends on traffic density. The simpliest way to model it is velocity = (K/density). Open road, low density == driver free to go fast. Traffic dense driver wants to slow down. Combined and taken to the limits these equations create a partial differntial equation which gives you the wave behavior you describe in a traffic jam. See the PDE text by Richard Haberman for more information. d o u g l a s _ d @ m s n . c o m David Douglas Moscow, ID USA - Sunday, September 03, 2006 at 22:55:27 (PDT) Thank you so much for this excellent explanation of how electricity REALLY is. I, too, am guilty of believing the model to be "the truth." After reading your site, I will never think of or explain electricity the same way again. I am a teacher, so you are affecting many. Lynda Jones Vista, CA USA - Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 10:54:49 (PDT) I have invented a liquid that spontaneously produces the full spectrum of colors. I filed the patent application several months ago. Now I am looking for a manufacturer to produce and market products made with this. Any ideas? (see my website for some examples). BMTN @ Earthlink net Bob Blackstock Los Angeles, CA USA - Monday, August 28, 2006 at 19:39:55 (PDT) For some reason I can't comment on the traffic jam part of your site so I'll do it here. I invite you to come over to Amsterdam and try your cute little theory here, just to see how long you last. 'Aggressive drivers' passing you are how we all drive here. So you'd be here on the highway in a traffic jam with your huge open space and the people behind you will be annoyed by the fact that that space is there. The people on the other lane will cut in front of you so they can drive on for a bit, making the lane next to you fast than yours, so the people behind you will pass you through that lane and everyone will be fast than you. Have fun! Anna Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Friday, August 25, 2006 at 06:45:18 (PDT) Brilliance. Its disturbing and comforting that the human mind can handle living with falsehoods. Its good to unclutter my brain of false statements. :) Elvin Pleasanton, CA USA - Friday, August 25, 2006 at 02:55:59 (PDT) Well, I've found a place where my own experience and experiments have been done separately with many of the same conclusions, using different terms, and passion. Congratulations, and Thank you! I'm going to read lots of the materials here, and comment again. "Surfing the freeway" was an old piece I did. This is super. I love the graphic illustrations. John <johnewald.abp comcastnet> Mercer Island, WA USA - Thursday, August 24, 2006 at 18:11:10 (PDT) Hello! Nice HP, really! I have an explanation of the following "phenom": Quote: Sometimes during the night I hear music just faintly and when I get out of bed the music usually stops. One evening my son awakened to the music and asked me where it was coming from and neither one of us could find it and it once again just suddenly stopped. The music is not of this generation it is more of maybe the 30's or 40's. Another strange thing I hear at night is a low humming or a low voice talking like someone sending a radio signal somewhere on a submarine. I cannot make out what they are saying. J. Thurau Lake Havasu, AZ USA - Sunday, September 01, 2002 at 17:23:32 (PDT) Had the same thing. Came out of an uncleaned air ionizer. An electrician told me, it´s possible to receive faint radio signals this way, because of semi-conductive properties of the collected dust along with some moisture of the air + dc can make this work very much like the crystal detector radio. The stopping of the sound is just the changing of your perception after standing up, imho. The old style music maybe due to some nowadays' station playing classics, too. Best regards, Kai Kai Germany - Monday, August 21, 2006 at 00:17:30 (PDT) I am one of these people. I've never been able to wear a watch, I kill computers, telephones, and fax machines. I shock other people and metal surfaces. I've arched off of stereos and TVs in front of witnesses. This is inlightening for me, as I thought I was alone. This problem is getting worse for me. Here I've found some solutions, thank-you. Debra Trask Farmington, B.C. Canada - Sunday, August 06, 2006 at 11:57:36 (PDT) About a month ago. sometime around june 5th 2006, I was walking with my friend down her street at about 11:00 PM. It was very humid, it had just finished raining and we could see flashes of sheet lightening in along teh horizin. All of the sudden there was an explosion of a thunder and an extremely bright flash of white light. In the light we could see a melon sized ball of light with rays of light shooting from it horizontally infront of our eyes. The next thing I knew I was on the ground in the dark (the power on her street had gone out) and I looked up to see my friend running and screaming towards her house. I was not hurt; I fell to the ground as a reaction to the extremely loud explosion. We both had no idea what had just happened to us. Was this ball lightening? Erin McGuire Waterloo, ON Canada - Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 08:46:25 (PDT) Loved your latest video uploads :-) Your site rules! Johnny San Diego, CA USA - Saturday, July 29, 2006 at 03:20:40 (PDT) Hi Bill, Coming to your site is a wonderful experience for me. I always find explanations that I don't seem to have picked up before. One of those gems is your article: "In A Simple Circuit, Where Does The Energy Flow?" What an amazing job to collect and assemble all the information and commenting it in an understandable way! What a great way of creating understanding!
Today I'm coming to this site to get a better understanding of a specific
usage of op-amps. I have seen in several places that they can be used for
three things: 1) as capacitance multipliers 2) as inductor simulators or
inductance multipliers and 3) as resistor multipliers. And it's these
specific usages that I would like to get a better grasp of. I will
appreciate hints. Thanks! Plse email to JuD..... I wondered if you could answer a question. I
have build a generator, and ik works!! But i wondered why it also works
with a distance of 5 cm between my droppers and upper cans (called
'inductors'). i don't get it! Seperation of charges have to take place, so
i thought that the droppers had to be very close to those upper cans. But
my aparatus says something else...How does this work? Can
somebody help me? it's for a very important school paper, (so i can take
part in my exams!) for some sort of Grammar school in Holland...(that's
why my Enlish grammar isn't perfect ;) ). My e-mail is:
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I saw an incoming visitor from your website in my Dec05 web-stat so I
follow the link and end up here. Fantastic site - although the forum seems
not supporting images, which is great when illustration can support the
discussion and sharing of steps/method. Feel free to visit my company site too! We build games and physic+maths is some subjects that we have to like. sarah Msia - Friday, January 20, 2006 at 02:17:12 (PST) Plants need photosynthesis. CHLOROPLASTS ARE PHOTOTACTIC. Do warm-blooded animals need "Magnetosynthesis"? WHAT IF MITOCHONDRIA ARE MAGNETOTACTIC? Then you must move in the earth's magnetic field, like a 5 year old, to have the best health. I have been working on a idea for some 12 or more years now, and back in Dec 97 I built a device that should have the power to make people live a lot longer, healthier. The device, I call it "THE SHIFTER", causes a person to be moving in a magnetic field, (like the earth's), like kids do, or better. The device moves a magnetic field around me while I sleep. It is just a high-tech rocking chair or cradle. Facts have lead me to the understanding that we use the earth's magnetic field. And that people who do not move enough in a magnetic field like the earth's are unable to maintain good health. Alan E. Jackson Price, UT USA - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 16:09:53 (PST) i like skittels!!!you stink!!!i like skittels!!!!you stink!!!i like skittels!your site is sooooooo boring!!! you should go to eskimo bob!!!go 2 gooogle type in eskimo and skroll to find eskimo bob he's funnny!!!bye bye!!!!!:) skittels toronto, 45 USA - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 07:53:13 (PST) Looking for information to build Van De Graaff generator... found this site. What an awesome resource! May the static force be with you RR Anderson Tacoma, WA USA - Monday, January 16, 2006 at 17:47:49 (PST) Dang! Weird Science and its links are great but way too extensive. I'm trying to refind something I spotted a few days ago. Rough description; a guy in perhaps eastern Europe who has developed some kind of "accumulators," (my word, I think). You supposedly charge them by simply staring at them. There is also something, in the description I'm looking for, about his researching records that were maybe 400 years old. If you recognize what this is about drop me a note, or tell me where to find it, or give me his name (maybe it starts with "P".) [That would be the Pavlita radionic device. Try the "Infolios" guy for info -billb] C. Chuck Bainbridge Island, WA USA - Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 20:57:17 (PST) This website is a useless website, who every made this gay webiste u need to get a life! Tony Sanfransisco, USA - Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 16:09:38 (PST) THIS WEBSITE SUCKSSSSSSS SO MUCH!!! Tony brazil, USA - Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 16:06:08 (PST) I am writing in response to the I.R. Goggles. I would like to make a pair. I was wondering if they would work with a very powerfull flashlight with an I.R. filter on it. In my line of work it might be a lifesaver. [If you have a powerful source of that type of near-IR light, then you don't need the filter goggles. And most people will be able to see it. However, if you use a B&W camera, then you can make a very inexpensive illuminator by putting a few layers of congo blue in front of a normal incandescent spotlight. -billb] I see security companies are now using active I.R. systems with black and white cameras and I.R. illuminators........hmmmmm Thanx for all the tantilizing information. Frozen in Minnesnowta Ron Konieska Willmar, mn USA - Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 21:42:49 (PST) Bill, Your description of the rationale for polarized plugs is incorrect. No manufacturers intentionally connect one of the plug wires (on a 2 prong plug) to their metallic housings. Certainly not today, but I once had an inexpensive old tube-type guitar amp from the 1950s which lacked a power transformer. The input jack's shield conductor was "hot," and they relied on plastic and masonite insulation to keep anyone from touching the live metal parts. I suspect that very sleazy audio equipment like this is still around, since the main effect would be that people get electrocuted from touching a metal microphone while standing in a puddle. Polarized plugs are used to provide an additional measure of safety for appliances that typically have an on-off switch and a motor. The hot wire goes from the plug to the switch, another wire goes from the switch to the motor lead A, and the neutral wire goes from the plug to motor lead B. The motor is the device that is most likely to short to the case so when a short occurs and the switch is off, voltage is prevented from reaching the motor and potentially electrocuting someone. If the short occurs when the switch is on, the current is interrupted when the operator releases the switch. This might still result in electrocution but at least it's a little safer than continuing to supply voltage to the motor even after the operator has released the switch. Not only is this not an adequate safety precaution but it is easily foiled when outlets in the building are wired incorrectly and voltage is provided to the large prong instead of the other way around. David Mills Cincinati, OH USA - Friday, January 06, 2006 at 11:52:44 (PST) Wings that don't cause spinning vortices might be the tips of vultures wings,ie,shaped like our hands.I think they;re using this design now because of how high a vulture can fly on very short wings. Scott N USA - Thursday, January 05, 2006 at 05:19:19 (PST) Bill thank you so much for your website. It is truly unbelievable how much I have learned in just a few weeks about "electricity" through your amazing ability to get concepts across. Problem now is, everywhere I look for further info I find many of the misconceptions you speak of and realise it is little wonder the subject is so hard for people to learn. Karl Sydney, NSW AUS - Thursday, January 05, 2006 at 00:39:22 (PST) Just wanted to let you know that if you put a bit of water and dry ice in a baking sheet, you can draw in the smoke that it creates with a wire from a VDG Nicole Austin, TX USA - Wednesday, January 04, 2006 at 17:22:56 (PST) Has anyone downloaded the entire Amateur Scientist Handbook? Dan Campbell, CA USA - Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 22:00:39 (PST) I periodically enjoy visiting your site. I ran across a footnote in an old book from the 1950's that might interest you. It's intriguing but rather vague on the specifics which would be interesting to discover and replicate for fun and/or profit:
Associated Press: "The eminent French chemist, M. Georges Claude, [a.k.a.
the father of the neon] performed "miracles" at Fontainebleau in 1928
through his demonstrations of oxygen transformations. The Associated Press
reported that M. Claude, at a scientific gathering, 'turned a handful of
sand into precious stones, iron into a state resembling melted chocolate,
and, after depriving flowers of their tints, turned them to the
consistency of glass.'" Hi Bill (and everyone), Wow - that's a lot of great links on your site. I wanted to let everyone know about my free Tesla coil design program at my new website www.teslamapcom Please feel free to
check my site, and if you deem it worthy, maybe you could do me the favor
of adding a link from your website. Your hydraulic capacitor analogy is very well done. Would it be possible to extend it? For instance, electrical capacitance can't be analogous to just the volume of your sphere, since the flexible divider could be anywhere from balloon-thin to immovably thick and stiff. But capacitance can't be analogous to just divider stiffness, because a larger divider would always allow more hydraulic capacity. Can't be just divider area, either, at least after the divider gets pressed against the far wall... Maybe the hydraulic analogy just can't be taken that far? What I'm looking for is an analog to the perceived "stiffness" of an audio amp power supply - a concept that approaches superstition in the electrical realm. Personally I've given up on capacitors for that purpose - there is no capacitor remotely as "stiff" as a bank of car batteries! Loren Amelang Philo, CA USA - Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 14:50:45 (PST) If you drive at a steady slow speed you will use less fuel than stopping, accelerating and running at higher speeds. I think it will cost less to run your car if you leave breaking spaces. Dr Peter Cage Birmingham, UK - Saturday, December 17, 2005 at 04:29:27 (PST) Just to let you know, you little pop bottle electrostatic motor fried my 27" tv. Please pass this information on to to your web page viewers.[The warning on TV set as power supply isn't clear?!! Someone already reported that it killed their TV set. I can change it -billb] thanks Steve steve d. asheboro, nc USA - Saturday, December 10, 2005 at 12:53:52 (PST) Hi Bill, I am an Instrumentation engineer from India. Its been 2 years I passed out of college, but could never understand how a transistor worked. Basic queries never got solved and I never wanted to just summarise the mathematical equations to satisfy myself. I was too scared of Electronics, since everything was built from transistor, about which i had no clue. No good books, be it Millman, could sove my queries. Your article today has created an interest in learning electronics and getting a hang of this subject. I have recommended this site to everyone. Thanks a lot. Vatsala Vatsala Bangalore, Karnataka India - Monday, December 05, 2005 at 10:32:37 (PST) My son used my 37" JVC TV to generate an electrostatic motor. Now the TV powers on and quickly goes off. I have to unplug it to turn off the ticking. Can anyone tell me how to save my television? PLEASE!!!!! Please email me at debbielynn.at.frontiernet.net or dlaphotos yahoocom Thank you Debbie Elk Grove, CA USA - Sunday, December 04, 2005 at 23:55:28 (PST) I know you said no advertising, but this is a non-commercial (educational) site, and I do think you would find it interesting ... however if you absolutely will not tolerate any advertising of other sites then just ignore this message. :P The website is www.larryspringcom and it details the findings of Larry Spring in areas such as physics, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. The site also features Flash visualizations of Larry's discoveries such as magnespheres and the Spring atom. I find the visualizations and information presented to be very educational, and it is all 100% free, without advertising, no membership required, etc. etc. I hope you'll enjoy the site as much as I have. Thanks for your time, -Jonah Dempcy Jonah Dempcy Seattle, WA USA - Saturday, December 03, 2005 at 19:04:41 (PST) For the first time in 30 years of tinkering with electronics, I FINALLY understand what the third prong is for! I'm trying to debug a vexing house wiring problem and this article was the one thing I've been able to do find that actually reduced my frustration level. Thank you so much! (Re: Why Three Prongs -- http://amasci.com/amateur/whygnd.html) Jonathan Dubman Seattle, WA USA - Friday, December 02, 2005 at 19:34:09 (PST) I miss Carl Sagan. If he were still alive, what would he be doing now? Darin Bend, Or USA - Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 20:40:11 (PST) Bill: Your summary of wing theories is very good. One comment though: The link for Gale Craig dead ends. I have a fairly extensive page at Regenpresscom I hope you read this and change the link. Thank you and best wishes. Gale Craig Gale Craig Anderson, IN USA - Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 11:45:27 (PST) I am doing a project on a maglev train and I am extremely close to experimentation. I have all of the parts but I was wonderig if you know of a cheap, inexpensive way to measure the ohms for the LSM hall effect circuit IC (SS41). An e-mail reply from just about anyone would work as well, of c |