Re: beanstalks (was Re: Metallic hydrogen ...)

From: Henry Spencer (henry_at_spsystems.net)
Date: 06/16/04


Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:50:12 GMT

In article <canhvo02hvc@enews1.newsguy.com>,
Eric Gisin <ericgisin@graffiti.net> wrote:
>Lightning sees everything but good insulators as a conductor.

And it's willing to reconsider its opinion of good insulators at the
slightest excuse, too, having just punched through a couple of kilometers
of a normally-excellent insulator...

"You cannot stop lightning from going where it wants to go. You *can*
offer it a more attractive alternative and hope it takes the bait."

-- 
"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend."    |   Henry Spencer
                                -- George Herbert       | henry@spsystems.net


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