[TCML] TV Heads UP: Tesla, History Channel, 14 May, 8PM, EDT

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Bart, ALL

Also watched the show, kudos to all that participated.  It was
informative, entertaining, and finally gave Tesla due credit.
It is astounding to realize how much his foundation work
touches the average "Joe-on-the street".  It would be an
interesting statistic to make note of how many times a day
we each touch an "object" that directly utilizes "Tesla Technology".
I would be willing to bet the numbers would very surprising!

I am DQ'ing myself from that "test", my present work involves
substation, switchgear design and arc-flash studies, so my
numbers might be BIG...   ;^D

According to History website, it will be replayed this Saturday
5/17/2008...

http://www.history.com/search.do?searchText=mad+electricity

Best Regards
Dave Sharpe, TCBOR/HEAS
Chesterfield, VA. USA

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: bartb <bartb at classictesla.com>
> Hey Jeff,
> 
> Great job! I had a blast watching the special! I enjoy Modern Marvels 
> format and I thought they did a great job here as well. Sure, it would 
> be great to have the time to inlay much more detail, but still, the show 
> was interesting and as David pointed out, I was impressed with their 
> attention to giving credit to Tesla for his inventive spirit and how 
> that spirit changed our world. I think they really drove that aspect 
> home to the crowds enjoying the show.
> 
> The bicycle analogy was too cool! Got a real kick out of that. Really 
> enjoyed Sam's glass shattering demo as well.
> 
> Kudo's to all of you involved!
> 
> There are probably some on the TCML that missed it. Will they be running 
> the special again soon?
> 
> Take care,
> Bart
> 
> David Rieben wrote:
> > Hi Jeff, all,
> >
> >
> > I just watched that special this evening. I thought it was one of
> > the best Tesla documentaries that I've seen ;^) I got a chance to see 
> > a few of the TCML thread contributors such as you, Sam Barros, and 
> > Jeff Behary as well as seeing some of those beuatiful
> > coils, too. Lots of nice arcs and sparks footage ;^))  I was also glad 
> > that they showed Ed Wingate's maggie in action, too. Loved seeing 
> > those umpteen-stacked 1256Ds behind Sam Barros as well as those 3 huge 
> > pigs behind you for the Beijing Olympics Tesla coil. Overall, it was 
> > well worth watching and it gave Tesla the proper credit that has long 
> > been overdue.
> >
> > David Rieben
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff W. Parisse" 
> > <workshop at teslacoil.com>
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> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TCML] TV Heads UP: Tesla, History Channel, 14 May, 8PM, EDT
> >
> >
> >>>    Minor Note:
> >>>     History Channel can be a lot less then accurate, in their
> >>>     history...
> >>
> >> They did their best on this one but constantly asked us to simplify 
> >> our explanations for "the folks at home".
> >>
> >> So what starts out as a brilliant explanation turns into mush... :-)
> >>
> >> Jeff
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