Mellotronists

As one who has worked with lasers for many years, you'd be amazed at what 
the general public thinks are lasers - combine a mirror ball and a fog 
machine, and people will argue for hours that it is a laser show.  Even the 
small moving-pattern disco spots that many clubs use are perceived as lasers 
by many.  Sad how scientifically illiterate the average person is.  And, 
almost any large laser is water-cooled - they develop a tremendous amount of 
heat.  We actually had to run hoses from the nearest bathroom into the 
planetarium to host an OmniScan (full-dome laser projector) demo a few years 
ago.

In a message dated 11/22/2005 5:08:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jonesalley@... writes:

Sad how  scientifically illiterate the average person is.


Scary how smart you're sounding lately. I'm always awed by those who  
manipulate light.
 
Frank

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Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:01 PM

Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] incoherent light...

In a message dated 11/22/2005 5:08:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jonesalley@... writes:

Sad how scientifically illiterate the average person is.

Scary how smart you're sounding lately. I'm always awed by those who manipulate light.

Light? I'm awed by those who manipulate electricity. Sorcery, I call it. The work of Beelzebub. I mean, WHY, exactly, do a bunch of particles too small to see zooming along a wire make things work? And why can they kill you? I've had the water analogy explained to me a million times, but I still don't get it. I'm going to go and live in a cave.

Andy T.

M400 #1145: Wondering if steam power might work.

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From: jonesalley

To: Mellotronists

Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:13 PM

Subject: Fw: [Mellotronists] incoherent light...

The geek dribbles through once in a while, despite my best efforts. Oh, did I mention I have a 4.5 watt HeNe laser? It's great fun from a rooftop at night...

Do that round here and you'll get a 747 land on your roof, or the local constabulary making an unscheduled call. Or both.

Andy

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Andy Thompson wrote:

>   Light? I'm awed by those who manipulate electricity. Sorcery, I call
>   it. The work of Beelzebub. I mean, WHY, exactly, do a bunch of
>   particles too small to see zooming along a wire make things work? And
>   why can they kill you? I've had the water analogy explained to me a
>   million times, but I still don't get it. I'm going to go and live in a
>   cave.


i hear ya.

my father [an engineer of many sorts] used to try and explain things to
me. he finally gave up after spending 2 hours trying to explain his
slide rule to me. he wore it in a pouch on his belt the way people
wear a cell phone today.

he was better at doing than he was at teaching.

i inherited the slide rule.
still have it.
still have no idea how he used it.

[yet, i can read stereo instructions and badly translated synth manuals,
and my VCRs only blink "12:00" after a power outage]


...jeff

>   Andy T.
>   M400 #1145: Wondering if steam power might work.
>
>

In a message dated 11/22/2005 6:15:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
andy.thompson@... writes:

Light? I'm awed by those who manipulate  electricity. Sorcery, I call it. The 
work of Beelzebub. I mean, WHY, exactly,  do a bunch of particles too small 
to see zooming along a wire make things  work? And why can they kill you? I've 
had the water analogy explained to  me a million times, but I still don't get 
it. I'm going to go and live in a  cave.



I recently  read up on the work of this guy, Ben Franklin. What the  fuck!
 
Me