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| Thread ID: 29820 | 2003-02-04 01:16:00 | OT: A question for skilled mathematicians, or am I just thick? | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 118101 | 2003-02-05 23:37:00 | Heather. For avoidance of any ambiguity, you can take it that: 1. The Barber was not a woman 2. The Barber was not too young to shave 3. The Barber didn't have a (non-fuzz)beard and did need to shave 4. The Barber didn't have a skin condition which eliminates facial hair. If you'd like another version of the same thing that cuts out the distractions, consider which of the following comments is correct: My comment immediately below is wrong. My comment immediately above is right. |
rugila (214) | ||
| 118102 | 2003-02-06 01:07:00 | Sorry rugila, I took the question as being light hearted so my answers were a bit frivolous. To reply to your points: (a) I don't disagree (b) I did not seriously suggest the barber was a woman, that's just one option. (c) is not dissimlar to (a) (d) is simply one way of dealing with the question. It doesn't mean that at another time and place I might not choose to wrestle with it. (e) ???? I have a deep and abiding interest in the works of Nicolai Tesla, I am simply saying I have not yet found any report of this experiment that is anything more than an unsubstantiated story. Since I don't claim to possess his genius, I will have to wait until I am enlightened by the discovery of more information. I am reasonably well up on the theory of electromagnetic propagation and the physical laws that such energy obeys, and that quite possibly blinkers my view of other techniques Tesla may have employed. I tend to think in terms of the radiation of electromagnetic energy, and the means by which that energy can be detected and a proportion recovered at a distance. Lighting a bulb at 30kM is either very difficult or relatively straightforward, depending on how much energy is required to light the bulb and how much energy you have at your disposal to start with! Relatively lossless transmission of useful amounts of energy is another matter altogether. Lacking the vision of a genius, I see the problem as one of effectively radiating sufficient electromagnetic energy to ensure that sufficient is available at the receiving end to light the bulb. Over 30 kM, even with highly directive and efficient radiating and receiving antenna systems, hundreds of kilowatts of energy are reduced to a few milliwatts at best. So you see, I can't see past the end of my nose on this one and must await enlightenment. It is a fascinating proposition and it is my view that if it is indeed true that Tesla accomplished this feat, one day perhaps we will see his papers or the technique rediscovered. (f) Well, I guess you would have to ask my satisfied clients. I do not advertise and have more work than I can handle, all of which comes word of mouth. Whether you could afford to have me do your electronic diagnostics is another matter.:D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 118103 | 2003-02-06 02:06:00 | Billy T. I think it's all good lighthearted stuff and enjoy it. Doesn't mean that it should be light-thoughted though (not saying that your contribution is that). Perhaps its good that you backed off from the logic debate since I'm sure this is arid stuff to most PressF1ers (although I find it most fascinating.) So lets have another look at Nikola Tesla. (Your name for him, Nicolai, was one of Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov, so perhaps you've read that recently.) Tesla didn't achieve his alleged feat through radiation of electromagnetic energy as you imply might have been his approach, I don't see that as feasible with existing technology. He used terrestrial stationary waves (through the ground) and achieved it by getting his resonances right. I have an abiding interest in Tesla. Billy, I'm sure you're a top electronic diagnostician and I'm even more sure that I couldn't afford you. Luckily no need to, since I can do all of my own stuff in that area very satisfactorily for my own purposes (inter alia I did a science degree majoring physics at Victoria University a while ago - and that's NOT a John Davy qualification.) As to whether I could afford you or whether you could afford me, that also might be an interesting question. Cheers, and happy diagnosing. :) :) and more :) |
rugila (214) | ||
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