[LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

Fred Gleason fredg at paravelsystems.com
Mon Aug 25 16:31:10 UTC 2008


On Monday 25 August 2008 11:38:44 am Gene Heskett wrote:
> This discussion is off topic, and occasionally hillarious due to the BS
> content.  And I do enjoy a good BS session from time to time.  Usually over
> a 6 pack of suds, but that is another time & place.

This whole thread reminds me of a short story written by Robert Heinlein back 
in the late 40's or early 50's.  In it, a consulting engineer (named 'Waldo', 
hence the story's title) is called in to investigate why the power 
utility's 'radiant power system' is undergoing seemingly inexplicable 
failures.  Turns out that the whole 'science' of 'radiant power' is quite 
literally *imaginary* -- it was the mental energy of the system's users that 
was creating the power, and all that was needed was for people to *want* it 
to work hard enough!  Absolutely hilarious.

Cheers!


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