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Thread ID: 48460	2004-08-23 21:35:00	Beware if you notice this	Spacemannz (808)	Press F1

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264786	2004-08-25 22:15:00	>>until one day the mother-in-law drops dead on the floor. I wonder if she was insured for $10,000,000 :)	Dolby Digital (160)
264787	2004-08-25 23:34:00	>I too had no problem getting a "possible" (100%) in both grouping and >accuracy. Perhaps it improves the eyesight for that? Did you also notice the peripheral vision was also much quicker on moving targets!. Les 3.	leshibbard (873)
264788	2004-08-26 05:03:00	The most common form of color blindness is the inability to distinguish between red and green; really dangerous! Vince	Vince (406)
264789	2004-08-26 06:59:00	But have you considered the alternate view, that the 12% of us that see things "differently" are the only ones that see it correctly? The rest of you could actually be seeing things wrongly. Describe to us the colour Red, the colour Green and the colour Blue, without reference to objects that you believe are Red Green or Blue. Describe the nature of the colour. To me, I see Red as about 580 nanometer, Green as 540 nm and Blue as 450 nm in wavelength. As you can see, the ability to judge between 540 nm and 580 nm can be very selective. But I believe I am right, do you have the same confidence in your perception?	godfather (25)
264790	2004-08-26 07:02:00	Perhaps we should vote on the matter?	metla (154)
264791	2004-08-27 08:08:00	> Power points don't fail suddenly either, so it has > probably been like that for quite some time, probably You want to bet on that? We saw a number explode the other day. There was a good reason and it was a huge power spike at work that just shorted out everything and ka-blooey.	Big John (551)
264792	2004-08-27 08:12:00	> > Traffic lights are no problem!! different shades I > > suppose. > > Red is always on the top ... ? And did you know that Canada has a different set of rules for traffic lights? I was on a bus on the way to the skifield and the bus driver was explaining how it worked over there. It goes Green means go Orange means go Red means if I go fast enough I can just make it Just as he said that he had to brake very suddenly to avoid the car that had crossed through the red light on his right. And you thought Kiwi drivers were bad.	Big John (551)
264793	2004-08-27 13:13:00	Different sort of problem BJ, we were talking about spread or broken earth socket contacts, or loose earth wire connections, not catastrophic explosion of power system wiring & terminations. To get the effect you describe, the system would probably need to suffer a 6.6 or 11kv flashover. It won't happen at 230 volts, though once an arc is struck 230 might just maintain it, and 400 volts almost certainly would. So yes actually, I would bet on that. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
264794	2004-08-28 06:57:00	> Different sort of problem BJ, we were talking about > spread or broken earth socket contacts, or loose > earth wire connections, not catastrophic explosion of > power system wiring & terminations. He was talking about explosions. > To get the effect you describe, the system would > probably need to suffer a 6.6 or 11kv flashover. It > won't happen at 230 volts, though once an arc is > struck 230 might just maintain it, and 400 volts > almost certainly would. > > So yes actually, I would bet on that. That is correct and it happened at work. You see we generate our own power and do feed the grid. We had huge buildups of salt spray and did have massive flashovers. Made for an awesome light show as well. Did scare the poor guys coming to work on their little motor scooters though.	Big John (551)
264795	2004-08-28 09:46:00	Who was talking about explosions? Can't recall. Seems it was a problem with 240v wall sockets. And Billy T got it correct. All to do with contacts, & earth connections, so as Billy said, thats the problem.	Bazza (407)
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